The Grenada sentinel., 1898-01-01

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made of coral.
Take my hand. and ws will wal
!, through this bower OF the sea, while
show you that even exqulsite coral
not worthy of being compared wit
the richer jewels OF . Christian sou
The first thing that strikes me in lool
J ing Ut the coral 10 its long-continue
accumulation. It 10 not turned VI
like Cotopaxi. but is an outbutting an
an outbrsnching OF ageA In Polynesi
there arc reefs hundreds of feet dec
and 1000 miles long. Who built thes'
reefs, these islandsf The soophytss
the corsllineA They wers not sucl
workers who built the pyramids
- were these masonA, these ores
lures Of the sea. What small creation
amounting to what vsst aggregation
Who can estimate the ages between
the time when the madrepores laid the
foundation Of the islands and the time
when the ,nadrepores put ON the cap.
stone Of completed work. It puzzlea
all the scientists to guess through how
many years the corallines were build
ing the Sandwich and Society islands
and the Marshall and Gilbert groups.
But more slowly and wonderfully-ac-
cumulative il grace in the heart You
sometimes get discouraged because the
upbuilding ty the soul does not 90 on
more rapidly. Why, you have all ster.
nifty to build inl The little annoyances
of life are zoophite builders. and there
will BE- small layer on top OF small
layer, and fossilized grief ON the
top of fossilized grief. Grace
does not 80 UP rapidly in your soul,
but. blessed be God, it goes up. Ten
thousand million ages will not finish
you. You will never be finished. On
forever! Up forever! Out OF the sea
Of earthly disquietude will gradually
rise the reefs, the islands, the conti-
nents, the hsmispheres OF grandeur
and glory. Men talk as though in this
life we; only had time to build; but
what we build in this life, as compared
with what we shall build in the next
life. is a. . striped shell to Australia.
You 60 into an architects study and
there you see the sketch of q temple,
The cornerstone Of which has not vet
been laid. o, that could have AZ
sketch Of what you will |
'e after eternity has wrought un.
IN you! What pillars OF strength!
What altars of supernal worship! What
thrusting their glittering
pixies into the sun that never sets!
fou do not scold the corallines because
hey can not build an island in day,
Why should you scold yourself bscause
ou can not complete temple OF holi-
ess for the heart in this short tife-
lme? You tell me- we do not amount
much now, but try US after u thou
And million ages of hallelujah. Let
s hear the angels chsnt for = million
enturles. Give US an eternity with
od, and then see ii we do not anount
somsthing. More slowly and
larvelously accumulative Is the grace
the soul than anything can think
!. NO mention shall bs made Of
,ral." &5Es ss
Lord, help Us to learn that which
ost OF Us are deficient in-patience.
Thou canst take, through the sea
'emonss, lnillious OF years to build
le bank Of coral, ought we not to be {
illing to do work through ten yea rs
5O years without complaint, without
stlessness, without chaM ny Of spiritY
'tiencs with the erring; patience that y
can not have the millennium in al
" weeks; patience with assault Of =
'tagonists; patis nee at what seems !.
Nv fuldllment OF Bible promises; pa !
'nce with physical ailments; pa y
'ncs under delays of Providence. =
and, glorious, all-enduring, all. =
patience! Patience like =
at which my lately assembled friend, =
!. Abel Stevens, describes when q
'iting Of one Of Weslsy's preaehe hers, y
lrn Nelson, who, when man had q
u put In prison by false charges, u
being Tor . long time tOrmented
his enemy, said: 1.-The Lord lifted q,
= standard when the anger was "
ming on like food, else / should u
70 wrung his neck to the ground and u
my foot upon it." Patience like y
It OF Pericles, the Athenisp statss- y v
o, who, when . man pursued him TO =
own door, hurled at him epithsts, = 4
arriving there when it had be-
oe dark, sent his servant with q a
Oh to light his enemy back to his ~ =,
ne. Patience like that euloQizsd bv - !,
Spanish proverb when it saws: ~
have lost the rlnga but M M
9 are the fingers still, M ~,
hence! The sweetest su- ho
for the soursst cup; the balance. -,
eel for sll mental and lnoral ma ~ -
1ery; the foot that treads into pla- II.
ty stormiest lake; the bride Tor -, -,
erwise rash tongues; the sublime a.
nee that conquers the boisterous ~,
blatant. Patience like that Of TIE -, i,
t illustrious example Of all the aees - -
'sus Christ; patient under BETRAYAL: A..
ent under the treatment OF Pilates !,
and terminer; patient under the :,
OF His sssailspts; patient ~.
er hagellation; patient under the ~, nj
'ging spears Of the Roman cavalry; ~,
snt unto death. Under sll sxa., !. ~ !.
'tions employ it. Whatsvsr comes, i;.. s
9 u; hold on; wait bssr up. M..