The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-09-03

life, faIlina away from
- aud Heaven. fniiing Us certainly
IS that cane Is falling through my
hand falling certainly. though per-
haps falling very slowly" And the cane
kept on falling through John Living
ston's humid. The religious emotion in
the audience was overpowering. and
men saw type Of their doom as the
cane kept falling and falling until the
knob Of the cane struck Mr.. Living
stoD's hand, and he clnsped IL stoutly
and said q but the grace Of God can
stop ypu, As ! stopped that cane and
then them was giadness ali through
the house AT The fact Of pardon and
peace aud salvation. We'll, said the
people after the service, Il guess you
had ipttcI send Livingston home; he is
making the revival worse Oh, for
the gales from Heaven. and Christ on
board the ship The danger Of the
Church Of God is not In REVEALS.
Again. my subject impresses mewith
the fact that Jesus WIS God and man
in the same being Here lie Is IN the
back part Of the boat. Oh. how tired
lie looks. what sad dreams he must
have Look al his countenance; he
must be thinking Of the cross 70 come.
Look al him He is a man bone OF
our bone. flesh Of our flesh. Tired, he
falls asleep: he Is man But then I
lind Christ al the PROV of the boat;
hear Him say, Peace. be STILL and
sce the storm knceling at HIS feet, and
and tha iempcsts folding their wingsin
His presence. lie is God
II I have sorrow and trouble, and
want sympathy go and kneel down
II the back part Of the boat, and say,
20. Christ, weary One 81 Gennes..et,
sympathise with all my sorrows, Man
Of Nazareth. Man OF the cross. A
man. a man hut I'll want to conquer
my spiritual foes, Il want to get the
victory over sin. death and hell, come
TO the front Of the boat, and kneel
down. and say. 70. Lord Jesus Christ,
Thou Who dost hush the tempest, hush
all my grief. hush all my temptation;
hush all my sin, A man, man; a
God. tod
! learn once more from this subject
that Christ can hush the tempest. II
did seem as II everything must 60 to
ruin The disciples had given up the
idea Of managing the ship; the crew
were entirely demorailEed; yet Christ
rises and puts his foot on the storm,
and it cnouches at His feet Oh, yes,
Christ can hush the tempest.
fou have had trouble Perhaps il
was the little child taken away from
you tile sweetest child Of the house
hold, the one who asked the most
curious questions, and stood around
you In the greatest fondness, and the
spade cut down through your bleeding
heart Perhaps II was an only son, and
your heart has ever since been like q
dcsolated castle, the owls Of the night
hooting among the falling rafters and
the crumbling stalrNvays
Perhaps IL was an aged mother. You
Always went to her with your troubles.
she WAS IN your home 20 welcome your
children into life, and when they died
she was there TO pity you; that old
hand will do You no more kindness;
that white lock Of hair you put away
In the caslet, OF In the locket, did not
look as we'll a. IL usually did when she
brushed u away from her wrinfled
brow IN the home circle or In tho
country church. Or your property
gone. you said; II have so much bank
stock, have 70 many government Sc
eurities. have 80 many houses. have
50 many farmsT-all gone. all gone.
Why, all the storms that ever tram
Piled with their thunders. all the ship
wrecks have not been worse than this
20 You. Yet you have not been com
pletcly orerthrown. Why? Christ
husl,ed the tempest, Your little one
was taken away. Christ says: Il have
that little one. can take care Of him
as well AS yon can. better than you
eau. o bereaved MOTHER flushing the
tempest When your property went
away God said There are treas
urrs ia Heaven. 10 banks that never
break