Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-01-14

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autobiography in q most compressed way.
said, II have trodden the wine press
Poor in the estimation Of nearly all the
~classes. They called Him Sab
bath breaker, wine bibber. traitor, bias
probrium from cover to cover to express
heir detestation. l can think now Of only |
two we'll to do men who espoused his cause
al lIJosAph Of Arirathea. His
friends for the most part were people who, IN
climate where oph;halmia or inf .mna-
ton OF the eyeball sweeps ever ana anon
as a scourge, had become blind. SICK
people who were anxtous to get we'll. and
troubled people in whose family there was !
some one deaf or dying. II He had a purse
at all, it was empty, or we would have heard
what the soldiers did with the contents.
Poor? The pigeon in the dorecot, the rab-
bit in its burrow. the siikworln in its cocoon,
better off. better Sheltered. Aye. the b uto
creation has a home On earth, which Christ
had not. A poet says:
II on win1y days the raven
Ganbol like Il dancing skif,
Not the less he loves his haven
On the bosom Of the cliff.
Ii almost with eagle pinion
Ger the AlOs the .chamois roam,
Yet ha has sNle small dominion
IN AZ NOuc@ ~ N'shS Aio AOtAos
One Of John Bunyan'5 great books IS en-
titled tGrace Abounding.i' ut is all OF
grace that 1 am saved as has been on the
lips Of hundreds Of dying Christians. The
boy Sammy was right WHEN, being exam
ined for admission into church membership,
he was asked. "Whose WORK was your saliva
tion?" And he answered, "Part mine and
"What part did you do. Sammy" AMI the
answer was, II opposed God ali [ could and
He didthe ress!" Ga. the height OF it, the
depth of it. the length Of 1t. the breadth Of
it, the grace OF God! Mr.. Fletcher hav-
ing written a pamphlet that Pleased
the king. the kin: offered to com
Is mora grace" Yes, My blood bought
hearers grace to live by an grace to die by.
Grace that saved tho pubiican; that saved
Lydia; that saved the dying thief; that
saved the jaiier; that saved me. But the
riches Of that grace will not ba fully under
stood until heaven breaks in upon the
soul. An old Scotchman who had been
a soldier in one Of the European wars was
sick and dying in one Of our American
hospitals. His one desire was to see Scotland
and his old home md once again walk
the heather Of the highlan ls and hear
the bagpipes Of the Scotch regiments. The
night that the old Scotch soldier died
u young IldB, SOlUoWlldt IeCkitSS. DQ[
kiLd-hearted. got a company Of musicians
to come and play under tho Old soldiers
window, and among tho instruments there
was a bagpige. The instant that the 1nu-
sicians began the dying Old man IL delir-
ium said: whats that? What's that?
Why, it's tho regiments coming home.
That's the tune-yes. that's tho tune.
Thank God, l have got home oEce more!!"
Bonnie Scotland and Bonnie Donn.'
were the last words he uttere as he passel
up to the highlands Of the better country,
and there are hun treds homesick for heay.
en-, some because you have SO many be-
reavements, some heoauss You haveso many
temptations, some because you have so
many ailments-ho nesick, very homes;cl,
for the faith rIand OF heaven. ant tho music
that you want to hear now is the son. Of
free grace, aud the music that You want to
hear When you die is free grace. and
forever before the throne OF Col you Will
sing Of the ''grace OF our Lord JESUS Christ,
| who, though He was rich, for your SAX IS b.
came poor"
Yes, yes, foryour sakes! It was not on a
pleasure excursion that He cana, for it was
all pain. Ii was not on al astronomical tx-
ploration, for He knew this world as we'll
before He alig ted rs aftecward. II was not
because He was compelled to come, for Ho
volunteered. 1t was cot because it was easy,
for He knew that it would bethorn AMI spike
and hunger ami thirst md vociferatIon Of
angry MODS. ''For your sakes.' Toywips
away yourtears, to forgive your wrongdo-
ing, to conpanionship your loneliness. 10
soothe your sorrows, TO st with YOU by the
new made grave. TO bind up your wounds
in the ugly battle with the world
up tbs mists that fall on your
| dying vision with tho sunlight OF a glorious
morn. For your sakes." No: will change
that, Paul will not care and Chris. will! NOT
care If | change it, for l must get into the
blessedness of the text myself, and so l say,
"For our sakes!' For We all have our
te,a pta,ions ana b~areavenants AMI caaatata.
FoEour sakes. We who deserve for our sins
to be expatriated nto a world as much
poorer than this. than this earth Is poorrr
thar hei.yen. For oar sakes! But what a
frightf1i coming down to take US glor;ously
up!
When ArtaxerxAs was hunting, Tiresaza=.
who was atteHCing him. showed the king Il
rent in his garments. The king said. How
shall I mend III" "By giving 1t to me-
sa1i Tirebazus. Then the king gave him the
robe, but c~omnantet him never to wear It.
as it wou'd DO inappropriate.
But sea the startling and comforting fact
-while our Pr nee throws OF the robe H
not only allows Us 10 wear It, bur conmanls
Us to wear It. and it Will become Us we'll. an
for the poyer,ies OF our spiritual STATE w
may put on the ~spiendors OF h-a7en V reg lie.
nent. For our sakes! Oh. the ~personall,
OF this religion. Not Al abstraction. not a.
arch under which 10 walk to behold elabo.
rate masonry. R0t anite castle ike that -hIct
tie Empress Elizabeth OF Russia. oyer IOt
years ago. ordered to be constructed, winteI
with tstrowel o. crystals oeE4e2tincth the hug
blocks'hat had beanquarriei from tGa tro1e,
rivers OF the North, but our Fathers hous
with ths vide hearth cracking 8 hearty wei
come. Areligion OF warmth AMI insniratio1
and light aud cheer, something ~e can tai.
into orr hearts aud homes aud business
recEeations AID joys and SORROWS. No; a.
}, unnanageable gilt, ike ths gallsy nreseLte.
to P;oleny. which required 1000 men 10 row
ana its draft OF water was SO great tha,
could not come near the shore, hut some
thing you can run up any stream = annoy
, ancet however shallow. Enrichment uov
enrichment ~ioreyer.
Killed His Play mate.