The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-08

uncertain a world. too e~vaneseent q
world am rot Aprejudieed witness
l have nothing against this world l
have been one Of the most fortunate,
or, TO use : moro Christian word, one
OF the most blessed OF men-blessed In
nv parents blessed In the place OF my
nativity, blessed IN my health, blessed
in my field Of work. blessed In my tield
Of work. blessed in my natural tenn
permanent blessed in my family,
blessed in my opportunities blessed
In . comfortable livelihood, blessed
in the hope that my soul will
go to Heaven through the pardon
ing mercy Of God, and my body,
unless II be lost at sea or cremat-
cd In some ooniAgratlon, will lie down
In the gardens Of Greenwood among
my kindred and friends some already
gone and others 10 come after me.
Life 70 many has been q disappoint-
ment but TO me IL has been q pleasant
surprise, and yet | declare that II | did
not feel that God was nov my friend
and represent help l should be
wretched and terror-strioken- But l
want more of Him l have thought
oyer this text and preached this SER
mon to myself until with all the
aroused energies OF my body, mind and
soul, l can cry out: 'As the heart
panteth after the water brooks. so
panteth my soul after Thee, o Cod
Through Jesus Christ make this God
your God, and you can Withstand any
thing and everything, and that which
affrights others will inspire you. As
In time Of an earthquake when an old
Christian woman was asked whether
she wss scared, answered: mo, / am
glad that I have q God who can shake
the world" or, as In q financial panic,
when q Christian merchant was asked
II he did not fear he would break, an
swersd; "Yes, / shall break when the
fiftisth Psalm breaks In the fifteenth
verse; Call upon Ne In the days Of
trouble; l will deliver thee and thou
shalt glorify Me-" Oh, Christian nan
and women, pursued of annoyances
and exasperstions remember that
this hunt whether q still hunt
or q hunt in full cry, will
Dol be overl II evor Q whelp looks
ashamed and ready to stink out Of
sight It Is when in the Adiroudacks a
deer by one tremendous plunge into
Big Topper lake gets away from him.
The disappointed canine swims In q
little way. but defeated. swims out
again and cringes with Inundated
yawn at the feet Of his master. And
how abashed and ashamed will all
your earthly troubles be when you
have dashed into the river from under
the throne Of God, and the heights and
depths Of Heaven are between you and
your pursuersl We are told in Reve-
lation 2s:l6: without our dogs" by
which l conclude there is o whole
kennel Of hounds outside the gate Of
Heaven, or, rs when q master goes In
through 3 door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him to come out, so
troubles Of this life may follow US To
the shining door, but they cannot.get In.
without are dogsF' I have seen
dogs, and owned dogs, that l would
not be chagrined to see In the heaven.
ly city. Some Of the grand old watch
dogs who are the co~nstabulary Of tho
homes In solitary places, and for years
have been the only protection for wife
and child; some OF the shepherd dogs
that drive back the wolves and bark
away the hocks from going too near
the precipice; and some OF the dogs
whose neck and paw Landseer, the
painter, has made immortal, would not
find me shutting them out from the
gate Of shining pearl Some Of those
old St Bernard dogs that have
lifted perishing travellers but Of the
Alpine snow; the dog that John Brown,
the Scotch esssyist, saw ready to
spring at the surgeon lest In remov-
ing the cancer, he too much hurt the
poor woman whom the dog felt bound
TO protect, and the dogs that we ca
ressed In our childhood days, or that
in later time lay down on the rug in
seeming sympathy when our homes
were desolated. l say, II some soul
entering Heaven should happen to
leave the gate ajAr, and these
faithful creatures should quietly
walk In, it would not at all dis
turb my Heaven. But all those
human or brutal hounds that have
chased and torn and ~lscerated the
world, yea, that now bite or worry or
tear 10 pieces, shall be prohibited.
without are dogsP No place there
for harsh critics oil bsekbitsrs or de-
spoilers Of the reputation of others.
Down with you to the kennels Of
darkness and despairl The hart has
reached the eternal water brooks, and
the painting Of the long chase is quieted
In still pastures. and there shall
nothing hurt or destroy in all Gods
holy mountain"