Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10
NUMBER 81.

make us believe that Gods children
are on the limits and the chief refresh
ments and enioyments of life are for
outsiders and not for His children.
1t is stark atheism. There is noinno-
cent beverage too rich for, Gods child
to drink, there is no robe too costlyfor
him to wear, there IL no hilarity too
great for him to indulge in, and no
house too splendid for him to'iive in.
He has n right to the joys of earth;
he shall have right to the joys of
| Heaven. Though tribulation and trial
and hardship may come uh,o him, let
him rejoice. "Reioice in the Lord, ye
righteous, and again | say rejoice"
remark agaiN, that Christ comes
to us in the hour OF our extremity.
He knew the wine was giving out be-
fore there was any embarrassment or
modification. Why did He not per-
form the miracle sooner? Why wait UNI
til it was all gone, and no help could
come from any source, and then. come
in and perform the miracle? This is
Christ's way, and when He did come in,
at the hour of extremity, he made first
rate vine, so that they cried out: 'srhou
hast kept the good wine until now"
Jesus in the hour of extremity! He
seems to prefer that hour. In Chris
tian home in Poland great poverty had
come, and on the week day the man
was obliged to move out of the house
with his whole; family. J That night
he knelt with his family and prayed
to God. While they were kneeling in
prayer there was a tap on the window
pane. They opened the window, and
there was a raven that the. family had
fed and trained, and it had in its bill
a ring all set with. precious stones,
which was found to be ring belong
ing to the royal family 1t was taken
up to the Kings residence, and for the
honesty of the man in, bringing il. back
he had a house given to him and
garden and a farm. Who Yves il that
sent the raven tapping on the window?
The same God that sent the raven to
feed Elijah by the brook Cherith. Christ
in the hour of extremity i. ci
You mourned over your sins. You
could not find the way out. You sat
down and said: "God win not be inerci-
full. He has cast me Off" But in that,
the darkest hour of your history light
broke from the throne, andrJesus said:
"Qh, wanderer come home; 4 hsyf seen
all thy sorrows. o. In this, the hour of
| thy extremity ! offer thee pardon and
everlasting life!" '. - ~
Trouble came. You We're almost
torn to pieces by that ttoubfe.P You
! braeed yourself up against iit.I You
said: II Will be a stole and will not
care" But before you got through
making the resolution it, broke down
under you. You felt that all your re-
sources were gone. And. then. Jesus
came. ''In the fourth watch of the
night" the Bible says, "Jesds came
walking on the sea-" Why did'he not
come in the first watch or in the Sec
ond watch or in the third, watch? I
do not know. He came in,.thei fourth
and gave deliverance to. His disciples.
Jesus in the last EXTREMITY!
I wonder if it will be so in our very
last extremity. WeshaTl fan Suddenly
sick, and doctors will tdhe, but in
vain. We will try theanodynes and the
stumulants and the bathipgs, but all
in vain. Something will say; "You
must 60" No one to hold us back, but
the hands of eternity stretched out
to pull us on. What their? Jesus will
come to us, and rs we say: Lord.
Jesus, | am afraid of tbRt;l water; I
cannot wade through to, the other
side" He will say: '";Take hold of my
arm And we will take hold of His
arm. and then He will put His foot
in the surf of the wave, taking us on
down, deeper, deeper, deeper, and our
souls will cry: "AllT Thy WINES and BIZ
lows have gone over met They cover
the feet, come to the knee; and pass the
girdle and come to the head, and our
soul cries out: Lord, Jesus Christ,
cannot hold Thine arm any longer"
Then Jesus will turn around, throw
both His arms about MS and set us
on the beach far beyond the tossing Of
the pillows. Jesus in the lsst;extrem-
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The wedding scene is gone now. The
wedding ring has been lost, the tank
: ards have been broken, the house is
down, but Jesus invites us to o gtander
wedding. You know that the. Bible says
that the church is the. Lambs wife,
and the Lord will after awhile come
to fetch her home. There will be
. cleaning of torches in the sky, and the
trumpets of God will ravfsh The air
with their music, and Jesus wilgstretch
out His hand, and the churoh,i robed
in white, will put aside her. veil and
King, and the Bridegroom will say to
the bride: "Thou hast BEEN faithful
through all these years! Themansion
is ready! Come home! Thou art fair,
my Lowell" And then He win put upon
her brow the crown of diminfoh, and
the table will be spread, andiit will
reach across the skies, and the mighty
ones of Heaven will come in, garIanded
with beauty and striking THEN GYM
: balls, and the Bridegroom and, bride
will stand at the head Of the table,
and the banqucters, looking up, will
: wonder and admire, and say: "That is
Jesus. the Bridegroom But the scar
, on His brow is covered with the coro-
: net, and the stab in His side is covered
with robe!" And "That is the bride!
The WEAKNESS of her earthly woe lost
in the flush of this wedding Triumph"
There will be wine enough at that
wedding; not coming up from the poi
soned watts Of earth, but the Vineyards
of God will press their ripest clusters,
and the cups and the tankards will
blush to the brim with their heaven
ly vintage, and then all the bandueters
will drink standing. Esther, having
come up from bacchanalian revelry Of
, Ahasuerus, where a thousand lords