The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-18
Wheels Within Wheels.

A few Sundays ago Rev A. N KeigwiI
Of West Church preached sermon OF
"Wheels within Wheels" Of which ou
recollection has been revived by the fol.
lowing extract from a sermon preache;
by A. 9. Dixon, on the 9th inst, from
Ezekiel LILO. And the heavens were
opened and | saw visions of God" In his
vision the prophet saw wheels within
wheels resting upon the earth. The
whsel Is the symbol Of progress. Civili-
zation moves forward on wheels; take out
the wheel and 1t would stop. These wheels
on the earth moan the organization. the
machinery, if you Please, with which the
work Of the Lcrd Ii done. 1t is the human
side of the Church's activities. The
wheels were so high that they were dread
full and we should have great plans fol
God. We cannot undertake too much for
Him. The danger Is that We will not at
tempt things great enough to bo worthy
of so great God. The rings of these
wheels were full Of eyes round about. In
telllgence is In the organization Wo are
to use our mental capacity for the I'D
vancement of ruth.
l fear that some OF YOU men have great
wheels III your business, full Of eyes, but
the wheels in your churches are stono
blind. You have not put into the church
work the snme sAgacily and capacity that
you have put into your business. The
great teaching, however, OF this vision
and If we miss this we have missed all-is
that the wheels Of the earth were under
the control of the Il 0 in the living Great
ures. 1t il a picture of earth responding to
heaven, the Spirit Of God enduring our
endswments, His life permeating all Of our
lives and plans and organizations. As the
living creatures moved the wheels moved.
whom the eliving creatures stood, The wheels
stood. 1.-The spirit OF the living creatures
was In the wheels" This makes work
easy.
Some Of us, sad to say, try to turn our
own wheels.
We form our organizations, and by the
energy Of the flesh we would run them,
We try to make things go. As a result.
thero 10 nervous prostitution. We must 20
to Europe or to a sanitarium. 1t may be
we simply go from one wheel to another,
putting forth the same determined energy
until we arc broken agaiu through the
weight and fric ion Of our work. Let us
seek Gods will and Gods way, and then
believe that heavens life will be felt in all
the activities of our lives. II We are linked |
with God, Gods power will make it easy
for US to meet the rospons biliti0s that are |
upon us, and carry forward the work which |
He has committed to our care. But II the |
wheels on earth do not respond to the life
Of the Spirit, their movement will not |
mean advance, and sooner or later all will |
come to wreck
In conclusion, as the prophet gazed at
his vision, he saw above the living Great |
lres and the wheels u throne, and upon 1t
was he appearance Of a man. It's with
)ut doubt a vision Of tho enthyoned Christ.
And this Is what we should see amid all
The activities of earth and heaven: Christ
,rowned and sceptered. Ours is not
lead Saviour, but the Christ who lives and
oves. As the prophet still gazss at the
'ision he sees tie rainbow upon the cloud.
The true optimist is tho man who sees this
,nthroned Christ No one can despair
" no believes in the resurrection aud all
that 1t brings to us. His future is wreath.
ID by the rainbow OF hope.