The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-14

whole consultations OF glorious ministers
have already taken their places on hiSn, !
There thew Shine even brighter than they
shonc on earth: Edward n. Kirk. OF the
congregational Church: Stephen II. Tying.
q, tho EDiscopal Church; Matthew Simp-
son. of the Methodist Church.; John DOW
ing. OF the BAPTIST Church: Samuel 4. Iai-
mage. OF the Presbyterian Chnrch; 1nolu's
De Witt. OF the Reformed Church,; John
Chambers. OF the independent Church,and
there 1 stop. for it so happens that l have
mentioned the seven stars OF the seven
churches.
l pass on to another mighty Bible seven
aud they are the seven seals. st. JOnn III
vision saw a scroll with seven seals, ana no
heard an angel cry. Who is worthy to
loose the seals thereof?" Take eight or
ten sheets Of foolscap paper, paste them
together and roll them into Il scroll. an:
have the scroll at seven different places
sealed with sealing wax. You unroi the
scroll till you come to one OF these seas.
and then you can 20 no farther until you
break that seal; then unroI again until
YOU come to another seal. and you can go
no farther until you break that seal; then
YOU go on until all the seven seals are
broken, and the contents Of the entire
scroll revealed. Now. that scroll with
seven seals held by the angel was the
prophecy Of what was to come on the
earth; 1t meant that the knowledge OF the
future was with God, and no man and no
| angel was worthy to open 1t; but the Blble
says Christ opened it and broke all the sew
! en- seals. He broke the first seal and un-
J rolled the scroll, and there was a picture OF
a white horse, and that meant prosperity
and triumph for the Roman empire, and so
it really came to pass that for ninety years
VirtuouS emperors succeeded each other
Nerva, Trajan and Antoninus. Christ in
the vision broke the second seal and un-
! rolled again. and there was Il picture OF a
red horse, and that meant blOOdShed, and
SO it really came to pass, and the next
! ninety years were red with assassinations
and wars. Then Christ brokethet third seal
and u~nrolled it. and there was a picture Of
a black horse, which in all literature means
famine, oppression and taxation; and SO it
really came to pass. Christ went On un-
til He broke all the seven seals and
opened all the scroll. Well, the future OF
J all of US is a sealed scroll, and am glad
that no one but Christ can open it. DO not
let US join that class Of Christians in our
day, who are trying to breakthe seven seals
OF the future. They are trying to peep into
things they have 10 business witt.
Dc not go to some or spirit-
ualist or soothsayer or fortune teller to
find out what is going to happen to your
self or your family or your friends. Wait
till Christ breaks the seal to find out
whether in your W personal life or the
life OF the nation or the life Of the world it
is going to be the white horse Of prosperity
or the red horse Of war Or the black horse
of anime. You will soon enough see him
paw and hear him neigh. Take care OF the
present, and the future will take care Of
itself. If a man live seventy years. his
biography is in a scroll having at least
seven seals, and let him not dur:ng the
first ten years OF his life try to look
into the twenties, nor the twenties into
the thirties, nor the thirties into the
~forties, nor the forties into the ffties. nor
the 1fties into the sixties. nor the sixties
into the seventies. From the way the
years have got the habit OF racing alcng. I
guess you will not have to wait u great
while before all the seals Of the future are
broken. l would not give two cents to
know how long | am going to live, or in
what day OF what year the world is going
to be demolished. l would rather give
$1,000 not to know. Suppose some one
could break the next seal in the scroll os
your personal history and sho1ld tell YOU
that On the next 4th Of July. 1901, you
We're to die, the summer after next,
low much would you be good for bet wcel
this and that? 1t would from now until
then be a prolonged funeral. You would
be counting the months and the days,
and your family and friends would be
counting them, and next 4th of july YOU
would rub your hands together and whine:
one year f-om to-day | an to 20. Dear
NE! l wish no one hal told ne SO long be.
fore. | wish that necromancer had No,
broken the seal Of the i%uture." And meet.
lLS some undertaken. you would say: IL
hope You will keep yourself free for an en-.
gaSenent the 4tti of July. 1901. That da,
You will be needed at my house. TIC save
time, YOU might rs we'll take my measure
now, five feet eleven inches" am clac
that Christ dropped a thick veil over tn.
hour Of our demise and Of the hour OF IL.
world destruction when He said. .Of tha
DAY and hour knoweth no man; no, not t.,
angels bat nv Father Culx.' Keen Nn,
hands of the seven seals.
Peeled
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