The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-04

west Of the MIssissippi becomes the prop
erty OF the American Union. Conclusion
between United States and spain. and
Cuba T. liberated Conclusion between
iceberg and iceberg. between bowldsr and
bowl3er. and a thousand conclusions put
this world into shape for mans residence.
Conclusion between David and his enc
mlez. and out came the Psalms, which
otherwise would never have been written.
Conclusion betx cen Gods will and mans
Will. and ours overthrow, We are new
creatures IN Christ Jesus. Conclusion Of
misfortune and trial for many OF the
good. and out comes their conservation.
Do not therefore BE- frightened when
you see the great upheavals the great
agitations. the great earthquakes. whetn-
or among the rocks OF among the nations
or in individual experience. Out of them
God VIII bring best results and most mag
nificeHt consequences. Hear the crash al
round the Lords sarcophagus and see the
glorious termination Of its dead inhabi-
tant. Conclusion, II ever a general Euro
pean war. which the world has been ex-
pecting for the last twenty years. should
come conclusion 50 wide and a con-
cussion so tremendous would not leave
. throne In Europe standing as Ii now =.
! The nations Of the earth are tired Of hay-
ing their Kings born to them. and they
would after d while elect their Kings.
and there would be an Italian republic.
and German republic and a Russian re-
public. and an Austrian republic. and out
Of the cracks and chasms OF that con-
eUssion would come resurrection for all
Europe. Stagnation is deathful; concus-
sion is Messianic.
ssNrsfna .t-
the stone after he had rolled il away
from the mouth of the SaviOur's mausO-
leum. The Book says he rolled away the
stone from the door, and sat upon It.
All Of US ministers have preached a ser
mon about the angels rolling away the
stone, but We did not remark upon the
sublime fact that he sat upon it, Why
did he sit upon IL? Certainly not because
he was tired. The angels are a fatigue
less race, and that one could have shouI-
oered every rock around that tomb, and
carried IL away. and not been besweated
He sat upon it. think, to show you and
TO show me that we may make every
earthly obstacle throne of triumph.
Triumph of Effort.
THE young men who get their educa.
ton easy seldom amount TO much. Those
who had to struggle for it come out atop.
There is no end of the story of study
Ing by pineknot lights, and reading while
the mules of the towpath were resting.
and Of going hungry and patched and
barefoot, and submitting TO all kinds
OF privations 10 get scholastic ad-
vantaSes. But the day of graduation
came, and they took the diplomas with a
hand nervous from night study. and pale
from lack OF food and put their aea-
demic degrees in the pocket of a thread
bare coat. Then starting for another ca
reer of hardship they entered a profes-
sion or a business where they found plen-
~ OF disheartenment and no help Yet
saying, i VIII succeed God help me- for
no one else WILL they went on and up.
until the world was compelled to &C
knowledge and admire them,
The fact was that the obstacle be
tween their discouraging start and their
complete success was rock of fifty tons.
but by resolution, nerved and muscular
lied and REINFORCED by Almighty Gcd.
they threw their arms around the obsta-
Gle. and, with the strength of A s,iper-
natural wrestler, rolled back the stone.
and, having become more than conuueror.
they sat upon IL. Men and women are
good and great and useful Just i'm propor-
ton as they had to overcome obstacles.
You can count upon the fingers of your
one hand all the great singers, great ora
tors great poets, great patriots, and
great Christians who never had a strug-
gle. That angel that made a throne of
the bowlder at Christ's tomb went bacI,
to heaven, and 1 warrant that. having
been born in heaven, and always had il
easy, he now speaks of that wrestIe with
the rock as the most interesting cbanter
IN all his angelic lifetime. Oh. men and
women with obstacles in the way. tell
you that those obstacles are only thrones
that you may after while sit on.
is the obstacle in your way sickness ?
conquer II by accomplishing more for God
eurihs your lnNalldism than many accom-
push VINO nave never known an ailment
Are you prosecuted? By your uprightness
ana courage compel the world to acknoWl-
edge your moral heTOism Is il poverty >
conquer IL by being happy in the com
panlonship OF your Lord and Master. who
IN all His life owned but 81 cents, and
those He got from a fish's mouth and
Immediately paid it all out in taxes TO
the Roman assessor, and who would have
Deen buried in potter's field had not
Joseph of Arimathea contributed a place:
for He who had not where To Law HiS
head during His life, had a borrowed nil.
low for the last slumber There is no
throne that you are sure TO keep EXCEPT
that which you make out of Vanuuished
obstacles.
Some High Examples.
AN ungrateful republic at the ballot
oox denied Horace Greeley the highest
place AT the National Capital, but could
not keep him from rising from the stems
OF New York printing Office. on which
he sat one chilly morning waiting for the
boss printer TO come that he MINT get
job, until he mounted the highee throne
of American journalism. He - back
the stone and sat upon il.
"A poor orphan boy, PICKING % chips
at Richmond, Va. accosted BY pa sing
sea Captain, and invited to come on board
his vessel, drops the chips and starts
right away, and is tossed from port to
port, and, homeless and friendiess. wan
ders one day along fremont street. Bos-
ton. and sees Park Street Church open.
and, speaking of il afterward on a great
occasion and using sailors vernacular.
as was usual with him, he says: I put
in, | up helm, unfurled sail. and made
FOR the gallery, and seud under bare poles
10 the corner pew Then | hove 10 and
came TO anchor. The odd man. Dr. Griffin.
was just naming his text Pretty soon he
unfurled the mainsail raised the topsail
ran up the pennants 10 free breeze. and
tell you the old Gospel ship never sailed
more prosOerously. The salt SPRAY flew
in every direction. but more especially did
il run down my cheeks. Satan had 10
strike sail. his guns were dismounted or
spiked, his various crafts by which he
led sinners captive were all beached. and
the Captain of the Lords hosts rode forth,
conquering and 10 conquer
Before that sailor boy was poverty.
but he conquered IL; and 0rphanage bit
he conquered Il; and ignorance bur he
CONQUERED IL: and the scoff of the world
but he conquered il: and he rose rill eV-
cry sailors Bethel In the world blessed
him and great anniversary platforms in
Nited him. and Daniel Webster and Charles
Dickens and FrederiEa Bremen, and poets
and orators and senators sat eIe~frified
at his feet, and his gospeliZing influence
viii 80 on until the last Jack tar IS con-
yer,ed and the sea shall give up ifs dead
All the obstacles of his life seemei gath
cred into one great bowlder, bat Edward
T. Taylor, the World-renOwned sailors
preacher rolled back the stone and sat
upon 1t.
Move 1t First.
Yet do not make the mistake that
many do Of sitting on IL before ii is