The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-03-24

eternal e~ntAronement or choosing ever.
lasting exile. Oh. what i IS 70 be a man:
Oh, what Il IS 10 be q woman! SupIlne auu
bundle OF faculties. Inc tnouSAs
OF it staggers ne. swamps me- s1uns me,
bevilders me. oyerwhelms re, On, what
abundle OF life Abigail OF my text saw III
David and which we ought to see IN every
human yet immortal being.
Know, also. that this bundle OF life IS
properly directed. Many a bundle hn.
missed its way and disappeared because
the address ha, dropped, and no one can
and bv examination for what city or town
or ueighborhood it was intended. All great
carving onpanie5 have 50 many misol-
rected packages that they appoint days OK
vendue TO dispose OF them. All Intelligent
people know the Importance OF having 4
valuable package plainly directeu. the
pane Of the one to whom it Is TO go plainly
Written. Baggage master and eSpressman
ought 70 Know at the first glance TO whom
to take It.
The bundle Of life that Abigail in my
text speaks Of is plainly addressed. By
divine ppnmanship il is directed heaven
word. However long may be the earthly
distance it travels its destination is the
ete,nal city Of G1i on high. Every mile it
gees away froc4 that direction is by some
human or internal fraud practiced against
II. There are those who put it on some
other track, who misplace it IN some wrong
CONVEYANCE. who send it of or send 1t back
BY some Iiabolic miscarriage. The value
OF that bundle IS SO Well known ali up and
down the universe that there are 1000, 900
dishonest hands which are trying to detaln
or divert it or to forever stop its progress
in the right direction. There are so many
Influences abroad to ruin yOnr BODY, mind
and soul that ny wonder is not that so
many are destroyed for this world and the
next. but that there are not more who go
down irremediably.
Every human being is assailed at the
start. Within an hour Of the time when
this bundle Of life is made up the assault
begins. First Of all there ars the infantile
disorders that threaten the body Just
launched upon earthly existence. Scarlet
fevers and p~neumoniAs and dipltherias and
tntluenZas ard the whole pack Of epidemics
surround the cradle and threaten its occu-
pant; and infant Moses IN the ark OF bull
PUSHES was not more imperiled by the mon
sters Of the Nile than every cradle is lmper-
lied by ailments all devouring. In after
years there are foes Within and foes with.
out. Evil appetite joined by outside al.
lurements. Temptations that have utterly
destroyed more people than now inhabit
the earth. Gambling saloons and RUNNER
les and places where dissOluteness reigns
supreme. enough in number to go round
and round the earth. D;scOuragements,
lealOuSies. revengeS malevOlences. disap-
pointments. swindles. arsons. conflagra-
tions and cruelties, which make continued
existence of the human race a Wonder
ment. "es ever any valuable bundle ever
50 imperiled rs this bundle OF life? Oh.
look at the address and get that bundle go
ing IN the right way! Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul
and mind and strength
Know also that a bundle NAV have in il
more than ona invaluable. There may be
In ff a nhnfOyvav ny - u lnvnA orN ~
jewel for a carcanet. 1t may contain an
embroidered robe and a Dore's illustrated
Bible. A bundle may have two treasures.
Abigail i'll my text recognized this when
.he said to David. The soul Of my lord 10
bound in the bundle Of life with the Lord
may be bound up with flowing and sympa-
thetic God. We may be as near to Him a.
ever we're emerald and ruby united in ono
ring, as ever we're two deeds in one pack
age. as ever were two vases on the same
shelf. as ever were two valuablea In the
same bundle. Together in time OF sorrow.
Together in time Of Joy. Together on
earth. Together in heaven. Close com
partnership OF God. lea Him, II will
never leave thee. nor forsake thee" For
the mountains shall depart and the hills b
removed, but Ny kindness shall not depart
from thee. neither shall the covenant OF
Ny peace be removed, saith the Lord that
unNn ucloy oA-tuct. Anu wien tuOSO
Bible authors compared Gods friend
ship to the mountains for height and
nrnpess they knew what they were
writing about; for they we'll knew what
mountains are. All those and are moun-
tainous. Mount Hermon, Mount: Gilboa,
Mount Gerizim. Mount Engeii, Mount
Horeb, Mount Nebo. Mount Pisgah, Mount
Olivet. Mount Zion. Mount Moriah. Mount
Lebanon. Mount Sinai, Mount Golgotha.
Yes, We have the divine promise that all
those mountains shall weigh their anchor
age OF rocks and move away t-om the
earth before a loving and sympathetic God
will move away from Us II We love and
trust Him. Oh, II we could realize that
according to my text we may bound up
with that God, how independent ii would
make Us OF things that now harass aud an
lNy and discnrnnSa mi &.-aAA. l.