The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-27

Call upon me in the day Of trouble: 1
will deliver thee. and thou shalt glorify
me-" o Christian men and m
pursued OF annoyances and exaspera-
tons, remember that this hunt. wheth-
er a still hunt or a hunt in full cry. will
soon be over If ever a whelp looks
ashamed and ready to sink out OF sight,
it is when in the Adriondacks a deer by
one long, tremendous plunge into big
Upper lake gets away from him. The
disappointed canine swims in a little
way, but, defeated, Swims out again
and cringes with humiliating yawn at
the feet of his master. And how abash-
ed n ashamed viii all o 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 you pursuers,
ETERNAL WATER BROOKS.
We are told in Revelation xxi, Is,
Without are dogs" by which I con-
hdnzHTs outside the gate Of heaven, or.
as when a master goes in a door, his
dog lies on the steps waiting for him
to come out, 50 the troubles of this life
nay follow US TO the shining door. but
they cannot get in. Without are
dogs" I have seen dogs and owned
dogs that | would not be chagrined
10 see III Inc heavenly city. some OF
the grand ole watchdogs who are the
constabulary of the homes in solitary
places and for years have been the only
protection Of wife and child, some OF
the shepherd dogs hat drive ack the
wolves and bark away the flock from
going too near the precipice some
of the dogs whose neck and paw Land
seer, the painter, has made immortal
would not find me shutting them out
from the gate af chininO naar1 Cnrra
of those OLD st. Bernard dogs that
have lifted perishing travellers out of
the Alpine snow the dog that Ohm
Brown, the Scotch essayist, saw ready
to spring at the lest, in re-
moving the cancer, he too much hurt
the poor woman whom the dog felt
bound to protect. and dogs khat we
caressed III our childhood days or that
in later time lay down on the rug in
seeming @ympathy when our homes
were deSolated-I say if some soul en-
tering he ven should happen to leave
the gate ajar and these faithful crea-
lures should quietly walk in it would
not at a! disturb my heaven. But all
those human or brutal hounds that
have chased and torn and lacerated
the world-yea, all hat now bite or
worry or tear to pieces-shall be pro-
hibited. 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 despairi The hart has reach
ed the eternal water brooks, and the
painting of the long chase IS quoted in
still pastures, and 18th % shall be moth
ing to hurt or destroE IN all Gods holy
mount"
Oh, when some OF you get there it
will be like what = hunter tells of
when he was pushfE- his canoe far up
north in the winter an amid the ice
foes and hundred niles, as he
thought, from any other human beings
He was startled one Cay as he heard
a stepping on the ice, and he cooked
the rifle, ready z" meet anything that
came near. He found a man, barefoot
ed and insane from long exposure, ap-
| preaching him. Taking him into his
canoe and kindling fires to warm him
he restored him, found out where he
a lived and took him to his home
and found all the village in great ex-
element. A hundred men were scared.
ing for this lost man, and his family
and friends rushed out to meet him
and, as had been agreed at his first ap-
pearance, bells were run and gum
were discharged and banquets spread
and the rescuer loaded with presents.
Well, when some of you step out OF
this wilderness, where you have beer
cuilieu anu torn ana sometimes los
amid the icebergs, into the warm greet.
ings of all the villages of the glorifed
and your friends rush out to give you
welcoming kiss, the news that there
IS another soul forever saved will cal
the caterers of heaven to spread thu
banquet m the bellman to lay hold O.
h rope in the tower, and while thu
chalices click at the feast and the bell.
clang from the turrets it will be &
scene so uplifting I pray God I ma,
be there to take part in the c~elestia
merriment. And nov do you not thinl
the prayer in SOlomon's Song wher,
he compared Christ to a reindeer i,
the night would make an exquisitel,
appropriate preoration to my sermon
Until the day break and the shadow,
flee away be thou like a roe or a youn,
hart upon the mountains Of Bether?"