The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-10

OF the fact that in the early part Of the
century a revival broke out in Somcr-
Vile, y. j.. and some people were very
much agitated about il They said.
"Oh, you are going to bring too many
people into the church at once and
they sent down to New Brunswick to
get John Livingston to stop the re-
viyaL Well, there was no better soul
in the world than John Livingston.
He went up; he looked at the revival:
they wanted him to stop il. He stood in
the pulpit on the Sabbath. and looked
over the solemn auditory. and said:
This, brethren, is in reality the work
of God; beware how you try to stop it
And he was an old man. leaning heavi-
~ on his staf-a very old man. And
he lifted that staff. AID took hold OF
the small end of the staff. and began
to let it fall very slowly through. be
tween the finger and the thumb and
he said: oh. thou impenitent. thou
art falling now falling away from
life, falling AWAY from peace and
Heaven, falling as certainly as that
cane is falling through my band-fall-
ing certainly, though perhaps falling
very slowlv. AId the cane kept
ON falling through John Living
stogs hand. The religious emotion
in he audience vas overpoweriug.
Fr' men saw type OF their doom
aS the cane kept falling and falling
ratil the knob of the cane struck Mr.
Liyingston's hand. and he clasped it
stoutly and said, But the grace of
God can stop you, as | stopped that
cane" and then there was gladncss
all through the house at the fact of
pardon and peace and salvation.
well" said the people after the scrv-
icc,'l guess you had better send Living.
,tou home: he is making the revival
worse" Oh. for the gales from Heaven.
and Christ on boar the ship. The
danger Of the church Of God j. not in
rrvivals-
Nou have had troublr. Perhaps IL
wa, the little child taken away from /.
you-the sweetes, child Of the house
hold, the one who asked the most curl /
Gus questions. and stood around you
with the greatest fUmdness, and the /
spade cut down through your bleeding |
heart Perhaps it was an only son. and /
your heart has ever since been like a I
deSOlated castle. the owls Of the night /
hoottng among the falling rafters and .
the crumbling stair1vays.
All the storms that ever trampled I
with their thunderS. all the ship /.
wrecks, have not been worse than this .
TO you. Yet you have not been com
pletely overthrow Why Christ .
hushed the tempest Your little one .
,.ly.,, Il
that little one; can take care of him
as well as you can. better than you .
can, bereaved mother flushing .
the ter. pest. When your property .
went away. God said. There are
treasures in Heaven. 10 banks that
never break
There Is one storm into which we .
will all have - run. the moment when .
&c lei go OF this life. and try to take .
hold Of The next. when we will want 1
all the grace we can have--we will |
want 1t all Yonder see d Chris /
ian soul rocking on the su yes
of death, a.l the powers OF dark
ness seem let INT against th2t !
soul-thc swirling wave the tnun- ,
der of the sky. the dreaming wind. /
"'' '''Hi ~ UNIT A>ItNi'tln Dht lIdN
soul is not troubled; there - 20 sigh |
ing, there are no tears: plenty o: tea - /
in the room at the departure but he /
weeps no tears. calm. satisfied. peace
full; all is well. Jesus hushing the /
tempest. BY the flash OF the storm
you see the harbor just ahead. and you |
are making for that harbor. Strike /
eight bells. All is we'll