The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-15

went and looked at the revival They
wanted him 20 stop d. He stood ln no..
pulpit on the Lords day and looked over
the snlouu auditory and hG sald This.
brethren. Is In reality the work oi cod.
BcWaro hOW Nou stop lf. Md he Was
an old mmf leaning heavily on his stalT--
"a very old man And hc lifted that staff
and took hold Of the small end Of The staff
and began TO Jet lt iall slowly through be-
tween the finger and the thumb. and be-
SAID: ooh. thOu Impcuitent. thou art fall
ing now-ialnR from life. falling away
from peace and hclYcn, falling az certain
ly as that cane is falling through my hnnd
falling certainly, though perhaps falling
slowly! And the cane kent on iallug
through John Lving-tbu's hand. The rc.
liRlOu- emotion ~ the audience was over
pOWcrng, and men saW q tEDc Oi their
doom ~ the cane kept falling ana falling,
until the knob oi the cane struck Mr.
Liyiug-tons hand. and be casIed IT stout
Iv and said. But the grace OF God can
then there was gdduos- all through the
house ~ the fact 0i pardon and peace and
salvation "Well| said The people after
The service. ! guess YOU had pettcr send
Livingston home. lie is making the re-
vWal worse. oh, for gales from heaven
TO sweep all the continents! Tho danger
of the church of God Is not m rcyiyals
Agnlu, my subject impressed me with
the fact that Jesus was God aud man in
the same being. Here lie ~ IN the lHrE
part OF the boat oh. how tired lie looks
What sad dreams lie must hayc' Look at
Ills countcuaucc; He must be thluk,ug
OF the cross 10 come Look az Him. lIc
flesh. Tired. He falls asleep; he is man.
But then ] find Christ a. the PROV o' pa"
boat: / hear Him saw. Peace lc s'ill.
and ! see the storm knccIng at Ills feet
and the tcmpcsts folding their wings iu
Ills presence; Tie is God. II have soi.
row and trouble and want sympathy. !
go aud kuccl down AZ the back pant at the
boat and say: 80 Christ weary One of
GouncWrct svmpatm2c with all my sor.
row, Man ol Nalcrcth Man ot the
Cross,' \ Man. "a Man" But if | want
10 conquer my spiritual foes, IT ! want 90
get the victory over sIn, death and hell.
come 10 the front oi the boat. and
Christ. Thous who didst hush the tempest,
hush AL my picl. hush al my temptation,
hush all my sinl'
| learn once more from this subject that
Christ can hush "A tempest. IL did seem
as It everything must 20 20 ruin The dis
clpIcs had gwen mp the idea ot managing
the ship: the crew were entirely dCmpral-
l2cd; vet Christ rises and the storm
crouchcs at~ilis feet. Oh, yes, Christ can
hush the tempest You have had trouble
Perhaps It was the little child taken away
from yuu-thc sweetest child OF the house.
hold the one who asked the most curious
questions. and stood around YOU with the
greatest iouducss, and the spade cut down
through your bleeding heart Perhaps II
was an only SON. and your neart has ever
since been like dcsolatCd castle. the owls
of the night hootmg among the fallen
arches and the cwmhlur stairways. Or
al your property swept away, You SAID
Il had so much bank stock; | had 50 many
Government securities; | had 80 many
houses. | had 80 many iarms-all gone.
al gone Wllss sir, all the storms that
ever trampcd with their thunders all the
smpwrcCks have not been worse than THIS
to You. Yet yOu have not been complete
" ovcrthrowu. Why Christ says: II
have that little one IN Ny keeping, ! can
care for him as well rs YOU ,an, better
than YOU can. q hcrcavCd mother' Hush.
ing the tempest When your property went
away away, God sand. "Ihorc are treasures
in heaven IN banks that never break.
Jesus hushng the tempest
There Is one storm into which we VIII
all have To run. The moment when we
let GO ot this world and try 10 take hold
of the next we Viii want oil the grace nos.
s,hc Nouderl see q Christian soul rock
ing ON the surgcs Of death. All the powers
of darkness sccm let out against that soul
the swWlng wave. the thunder Ot the
sky the shrek ot thc wind all seem 90
unite together liut that soul rs not
troubled There h. no signing. there are no
tears, plenty 6i tears IN the room a' the
departure, but he weens no tears calm,
satisfied and peaceful, all is well, Ry the
flash of the storm YOU sec the harhor Ust
ahead, aud YOU are making for that har
hor All shall bc well, Jesus being our
pilot
Into the harhor ot heaven now We glide;
We're home M last, home at last.
Softly we drift on the bright, silv ~ tide,
We're home at last
Glory TO God, all our dangers are DER;
We stand secure on the glorjhed shore,
Glory To God. we viii shout cvermorc,
Mr'rr hnmr M Inst