The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-06

without damage, by the amount Of rough
handling We can survive, by tho facS that
the vast majority Of us 60 through life
without tho loss Of IN sye or the ortpplins
Of limb, or tho destruction Of sansls
energy Of body or faculty Of mind. ! sub
pena for this trial that man In yonder
Wow 70 or 90 years Of sse and ask him to
testify that after all tho storms and acci-
dents and vioissitudes Of long Life he still
keeps his i've senses, and, though all the
Lighthouses ~ old as he Ia have been re-
constructed or new lanterns put In, he has
in under his forehead the same two lam
terms with which God started him, and,
though the locomotives of 90 years ago
were long ago sold for old iron, he has the
original powers Of locomotion in the limbs
with which God started him, and, though
all the electric wires that carried messages
25 years ago have been torn down, his
nerves bring messages from all parts OF
his body as well us when God strung them
rs years ago. Was there ever such COM
plcte bundle put together as the human
beingp What factory! What an enginel
What mill race! What lighthouse!
What locomotive! What an electric bat
teryl What furnacel What master
piece of tho Lord God Almighty! Or, to
employ the anticlimax ard use the figure
Of the text, what a bundlel
IL Properly Directed.
Know also that this bundle Of life ia
properly directed. Many bundle has
missed Its way and disappeared because
the address has dropped and no one can
find by examination for what city or town
or neighborhood 1t was intended. All
great carrying companies have 30 many
misdireoted packages that they appoint
days Of vendue to dispose Of them. All
intelligent people know the importance Of
having valuable package plainly direct
ed, the name Of the one to whom 1t Is to
60 plainly written. Baggage master and
expressman ought to know at the first
glance to whom to take 1t.
This bundle Of life that Abigail, in my
text, speaks Of Is plainly addressed. By
divine penmRnship 1t is directed heaven
ward. However long may be the earthly
distance 1t travels, Its destination is the
eternal city Of God on high. Every mile it
goes away from that direction Is by some
human or internal fraud practiced against
1t. There arc those who put 1t on some
other track, who misplace 1t in some wrong
conveyance, who send 1t off or send it back
by some diabolic miscarriage. The value
Of that bundle Is 80 well known all up and
down the universe that there are million
dishonest hands which are trying to detain
or divert 1t, or to forever stop its progress
in the right direction. There are so many
influences abroad to ruin your body, mind
and soul that my wonder Is not that SO
many are destroyed for this world and tho
next, but that there are not more who 60
down irremediably.
Every human being Is assaulted at the
start Within an hour Of the time when
this bundle of life is made up the assault
begins. First Of ALL there are the infantlle
disorders that threaten the body just
launched upon earthly existence Scarlet
fevers and pneumonias, and diphtherias
and influenzas, and the whole pack Of cpl
denies surround the cradle and threaten
It's occupant, and infant Moses in the ark
Of bulrushes was not more imperiled by
the monsters OF the Nile than every cradle
is imperiled by ailments oil devouring. In
after years there are foes within and foes
without Evil appetite joined by outside
allurements. Temptations that have ut
terly destroyed more people than now in
habit the earth. Gambling saloons and
rummeries, and places where dissoluteness
reigns supreme, enough In number to go
round and round and round the earth.
Discouragements, jealousies, rcvenges,
malevolences disappointments, swindles,
arsons, CONGREGATIONS and cruelties which
make continued existence Of the human
race a wonderment. Was any valuable
bundle ever SO imperiled as this bundle Of
lifep Oh, look at the address and get that
bundle going in the right way Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart and SOUL and mind and strength.
Heaven with its 10 gates standing wide
omen with invitation. All the forces of the
Godhead pledged for our heavenly arrival
If we will do the right thing. All angel
dom ready for our advance and guidance
All the lightnings of heaven 50 many
drawn swords for our protection. What a
pity, what an everlasting pity, If this bun
die of life, so well bound and so plairir
directed, does not come out at the r&ht
station, but becomes lost bundle, cast
out amid tho rubbish Of tho universe!
Value of the Bundle.
Know also that bundle may have In it
more than one invaluable There may BE-
in it n photograph of loved or @nd II
Jewel for carcanet 1t may contain m
embroidered robe and Dorc's Illustrated
Bible. Aisnndle may have two ,r'snr0s
Abigail in my text, recognized IT, w q
she said to David, "Thc soul of ny herd ii
bound in the bundle of life with ti' l@HL
thy God" and Abigail was right W.
may be bound up with loving anl gym
pathetic God We may be as near 10 hsn
as ever were emerald and ruby united Ia
one ring, rs ever were two deeds III on
package, as ever were two vases on tlH'
same Shelf as ever were two Salra 'tS u
the same bundle. Together in tine for-
row. Together in time Of joy Iog1ihar
on earth. Together in heaven. Close
companionship of God. Hear him, NJ Will
never leave thee nor forsake thee" "For
the mountains shall depart and the hills
be removed, but my kindness shall not de-
part from thee, neither shall the covenant
Of my peace be removed, saith the Lord
that hath mercy on thee" And when
those Bible authors compared God S friend
ship 70 the mountains for height and firm
ness they knew what they were writing
abouj, for they well know what mountains
are. All those lands arc mountainous.
Mount Hermon. Mount Gilboa, Mount
Gerizim, Mount Engedi, Mount Horeb,
Mount Nebo Mount Pisgah, Mount Olivet,
Mount Zion, Mount Moriah. Mount Leb-
anon, Mount Sinai, Mount Golgotha.
Yes, we have the divine promise that all
those mountains shall weigh their anchor
age of rocks and move away from the earth
before loving and sympathetic God will
move away from lis if We love and trust
him. Oh, If we could realize that accord
ing to my text we may be bound up with
that God, how independent 1t would make
us Of things that now harass and annoy
and discompose and torment us. Instead
Of grasshopper being burden world
of care would be rs light as feather, and
tombstoncs would be marble stairs to the
kings palace, and all the giants Of opposi-
ton we would smite down hip and thigh
with great slaughter.
A God away up in the heavens is not
much consolation to us when VIC get into
lifes struggle. 1t is God close by, as
near to us as any two articles of apparel
were near to each other In that bundle
that you sent tho other day to that SILVER
ing home, through whose roof the snow
sifted and through whose broken window
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