Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-11
A FARMERS counsel.
DR. NAGE,s SUNDAY THEME


DR.. TAI AINAGE'S SUNDAY THEME
He Pfowe.s the Earth and Threshef
tic Grain By New Threshiny Ma.
chine.
TEXT: s:See'S Him TIA. rnaketh the seven
1tAIs an Orion Amos ",
a country farmer wrote this text. Amos OF
ieaoa. He riowel the earth ana th-e-hed
.Ae grain ss new thressisnc machine lust
Iavratei. as formerly the cattle sroi oQs the
eItin lie gathered the fruit o. the syca-
] NOR tree anss scarifles ii with an iron comb
.us1 before il was getting ripe. rs it WAS nac-
tss~sTs ani customary In that way to take
I1om II .he bitterness. He vas the son of a
I,orsnarherd aud suffered, bur before the
s'amnerin. rustic the phiistgnes and Syrians
| @ aa' fhann clans and Noabi'es AM Ammon-
les aha L !oni.es an I1raelites tremblea.
| Moses was law ciyer. Daniel was
| |rAase- lseita Il coartier and David king.
hdl nos, the author OF my text, was peas
anF. ia'.as might bs suppose |. nearly all
| ~ Iaraheilsms arr pastoral, his prophecy
| lah 6 tn oior Of new mown hav. and the
rat it o. locus;s. aud the rumble ot carts
| .tih >1eaE~s. 1nt the r2ar OF will beasts de-
| Folrh- tho flock while the shepherd cana
oht IL their defence H. watched the herds
~ lay, an ~ nigh; inhabi,ed booth made
| out G bushes. so that through these branches
| ne cui1 see the stars all night long. AMI
vas more familiar vi them than W. who
ila'e'isht roofs 10 cur houses ani hardly
ever Sea the stars excep, among the tail
brick ehim0ers CT the great towns R1t NJ
seasons oi the year when the herds We're in
sfechl danger he would STAY out in the
open field al through the darkness. his only
shehfr the curtain of the night heaven, with
{a ss.Ij-
we S'e1iar ehbroiderscs ana silvered tassels
Of lunar light.
Nhat life Of soitu le. all alone With his
nerd. Poor Amos. And at u o'clock at
hf-tht hartl 10 the VOLTS bark, AMI the liens
roar, ana the bear growl. AMI the owls te-
"hlf, t"-Who. an1 the serpent's hiss as he
uhWt-tin@ly sters too near while moving
| through tie thickets' So Amos, like other
lie.9sheh, got the nabit OF stu yinc the map
81 The heavens because it was so much Of the
time srreai ont before him. He noticed
some stars lvanc NJ and others receainr
lie associatet their dawn an / setting with
, certain seasons Of the year. He had a poetic
nature. ana he r al night by night, and
month by month and year by year, the poem
81 the consultations. divinity rhythmic
hut two ro#ettes OF stars especially attracted
ms at'eni ion w1i.e seated on the ground or
iYih5 on his back under the open scroll Of
Inc mld-nIg1t heayenS-the p4eiades. or
seven stars AID Orion. The former rroun
th's rustic prophet associated with spring.
as It rises about the 1st Of May The latter
ne associate with the winter, as it comes to
tie meridian in January. The plaiades. or
seven stars. connected with Nil sweetness
anu JOY; Orion. the herald Of the tempest.
y he ahc.ents We're the more apt to study tho
physiosnnmv and juxtaposition Of the
,eaVnnlv t1ediss because they thought they
Ila, haa SIR IN n apsnee upon the earth, and
-s-~ hours lifts and lets down the tides uf
the Atlantic ocean an1*the electric storms in
the sun. by all sc entitlc admission, affect
'he earth. why not the stars have propor-
uonate effect?
Aud there are some things which make me
thlnk that II may not have been all SUPER
sttntion which connected the movements
ana appearance Of the heavenly DO lies with
great moral events on earth. Did not a
meteor run. On evange!istic errand on the
hfSt Christmas night aud designate the
rough cradle Of our Lord? Dilno the stars
IA their course fight against Sisera? Was it
merely coincilental that BE- ore the lestruc-
ton OF Jerusalem the moon was hidden for
l"elVe consecutive nights? Did it merely
happen 50 that Il new star appeared in CON
teiatlon tassiQpela and then disanpeareI
Just before Charles TX Of France, who was
reaponsi bic for the St. Bartholomew mas
s:i"re died? Was il without sirniflca ace
that III tia days of the Roman Emreror
Justnian war "A: famine were preceded bv
me dlmness OF ,he sun. VIII. III for nearly a
%ear gave no more light than tho moon, al
1n0uSh there were no clouds to obscure il?
As'roiogv. after all. may have been some
tang more than Il brilliant heatlenism. No
wonder that Amos OF the text. assvinS tear T.
'Aese two anthems Of tae stars, pat down
the stout. rough staff Of the herdsman anl
took INTO his brown hanl ani cut anl
NOTED tln-sr- the pen Of prophet anta.-
F!sed the reereant people Of his time to re !
turn to God. saying. :Seek him that uaketht
the seven stars IN Orion Tais command,
which Amos gave 80 veirs 3. c, is ias.. as
appropriate fer y, 1877 A. d.
In the flr.t rldce Amos saw. as We mus:
see. tha- the d0 who made the peiades ami
orlon must be the {io.i Of order, II was not
50 nu II a star here and a star there that in
pressed the IL rirel herlsman but seven in
one group and seven in another group. He
saw that night after night and sea=Gn after
season. aEd Geeafts after decade, taev had
Kept ster Ct l;Gh. eteh ono in is oyn place. IL
;ethQod nayer c.aehinC and never contest
1n> precedence. Frgfn til" time Hesioi called
Inc lie AIDES the ''sfsyen dauch' ers of Alias"
and Frel wrote ii his "Eaeii' Of stormy
ORION. until now. they hava Observed thu
ORDER es'aois7tei fer their coming md 70
1a-; orser written. not In manu-crirt that
they alsy B. pige9n-ho;ei. but with .na hand
q tka Almighty on the dome Of the sky. -
that all Nations may reaf it-arier. persist
eat order. sublime orier. omnipotent or.ar.
rat y set.atlve 0 yGu and me. 10 whom
co3nnUHi'.~s and Nation, sometimes seen
Z Ing relln~4l. aIa the word ruled by s91a =. !
ae,ti Il. haptaz.r3 and in all efireetiorsrq
q sgsHl<tralten. sae froi who saeps sever,
vorit> III ri~k- circuit for eG01 wears cat.
cer. fatasv kesp a. tIe affairs of IT. tivjita.s
ani Nations ant continents IN adjustment
We fs.i na; ts.5t's- reg lnR>h. for sae fe-z-
arts aT-uFnstt 8 the text vas rlcbt I. Col
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