The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-16

I MlnroA anA HIS Sons.
Lamartine tells us that King Nimrod
said 10 his three soas: Here are three
vases. and one 10 Of clay, saother Of am-
Der and another of gold. Choose now
which you will have" The eldest son,
having the first choice, chose the vase Of
gold, on which was written the word
Empire" and when opened 1t was found
to contain human blood. The second
son, making the next choice, chose the
vese Of amber, inscribed with the word
"Glory," and when opened II contained
the ashes of those who were oncs called
great. The third son took the vase of
clay and, opening 1t, sound 1t empty, but
on the bottom of 1t was inscribed the
name of God. King Niarod asked his
courtiers which vase they thought weigh
ed the most. The avaricious men Of
his court said the vase Of gold, the poets
said the one of amber, but the wlsest men
said the empty vase. because ono letter
Of the name Of God outweighed uni-
verse.
For him thirst, for his grace ! beg.
on his promise l buih my all. Without
him cannot be happy. have tried the
world, and it does well enough as far as
1t goes, but it Is too uncertain world,
too evanescent world. am not
prejudieed witness. I have nothing
against this world. have been one Of
the most fortunate or, to use more
Christian word, one of the most blessed
Of men-blessed in my parents, blessed
In the place Of nativity, blessed in my
health, blessed in my fields Of work,
blessed in my natural temperament, bless
ed In my family, blessed In my NRortuni-
ties, blessed In a comfortable livelihood,
blessed in the hope that my soul will 60
to heaven through the pardoning mercy
OF God, and my body, unless it be lost ut
sea or cremated in some conhagration,
will lie down among my kindred and
friends, some already gone and others to
come after me. Life to many has been a
disappointment, but to me it has been q
pleasant surprise, and yet declare that
II did not feel that God was now my
friend and ever present help should be
wretched and terror struck. But want
more OF him. I have thought over this
text and preached this sermon to myself
until with all the aroused energies Of my
body, mind and soul can cry out, "As
tnc AUit puutEtA A1tVS INC WutcI pAuoAcp
so panteth my soul after thee, o God"
The Safe Refuge.
Through Jesus Christ make this God
your God, and you can Withstand any
thing and everything, and that which
affrishts others will inspire you--as in
time Of earthquake, when an old Chris
tian woman, asked whether she was
scared, answered, "No; am glad that
have God who can shake the world"
or as in financial panic, when Chris
tian merchant, asked II he did not
fear he would break, answered, Yes;
shall break when the Fiftieth Psalm
hxeAks in the fifteenth verse, Call upon
me in the day of trouble; will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me-" o
Christian men and women, pursued of
annoyances and exasperations, remember
that this hunt, whether still hunt or a
hunt in full cry, will soon be over. II
ever whelp looks ashamed and ready to
sink out OF sight, it Is when in the Adj
rondacks deer by one long. tremendous
plunge into big Topper lake gets away
from him. The disappointed canine
swims out again and cringes with humil-
ldLhS yhWu Ut tut letl u LAS liuSleTs
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 pur
suers!
We are told in Revelation xii, Is,
"Without are dogs" by which l con-
clude there Is a whole kennel of hounds
outside the gate of heaven, or, as when a
master goes in door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him to come out, SO the
troubles of this life may follow us to the
shining door, but they cannot get in.
without are dogs" have seen dogs
and owned dogs that would not be cha
grined to see in the heavenly city. Some
OF the grand old watchdogs who are the
constabulary of the homes In solitary
places and for years have been the only
protection of wife and child, soNe Of the
shepherd dogs that drive back the wolves
and bark away the flock from going too
near the precipice and some of the dogs
whose neck and paw Landseer, the paint
er, has made immortal would not find me
shutting them out from the gate of shin
ing pearl. Some Of those old St. Ber-
nard dogs that have lifted perishing tray-
elers out Of the Alpine snow: the dog
that John Brown. the Scotch essayist.
saw ready to spring Mt the surgeon, lest,
in removing the cancer, he too much hurt
he poor woman whom the dog felt bound
TO protect, aud dogs that we caressed in
our childhood days, or that in later tfTne
lay down on the rug in seeming sympa-
thy when our homes were desolated-
The Secure Haven.
say if some soul entering heaven
should happen to leave the gate ajar and
these faithful creatures should quietly
walk In it would not at all disturb my |
heaven. But all those human or brutal
hounds that have chased and torn and
liberated the world-yea, all that now
bite or worry or tear to picces--shall be
prohibited. Without are dogs No
place there for harsh critics or backbiters
or despoilers of the reputation Of others.
Down with you to the kennels of dark
ness and despair! The hart has reached
the eternal water brooks, and the painting
lures, and there shall be nothing to hurt
or destroy in all Gods holy mount"
Oh, when some Of you get there it will
De ike what u nuHter teilS Oh Wueu ne |
was pushing his canoe far up north in
the winter and amid the ice foes and
hundred miles, as he thought, from any
other human beings. He was startled
one day as he heard stepping on the
Ice, and he cooked the rife, ready to meet
that calAe near. He found
man. barefooted md insane from long ex-
posure, approaching him. Taking him
INTO his canoe and kindling fires to warm
him, he restored him. found out where he
had lived and took him to his home and
found all the village in great excitement.
A hundred men were searching for this
ost man, and his family and friends
'ushed out to meet him, and, as had been
agreed at his first appearance, bells were
Jung, and guns were discharged, and
,anquets spread and the rescuer loaded
with presents. Well, when some Of you
,tep out of this wilderness, where you
AVE been chilled and torn and some
lines lost amid the icebergs, into the
warm greetings of all the villages of the
,lorifed, and your friends rush out to
rive you welcoming kiss, the news that
here is another soul forever saved will
all the caterers Of heaven to spread the
banquet and the bellmen to lay hold Of