The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-07

outsiders and not for His children
Ii is stark atheism. There Is no inno-
cent beverage too rich for God's chiio
to drink, there is no robe too costly'for
him to wear, there is no hilarity TOO
great for him to indulge In and no
house too splendid for him to live IN
He has a right to the joys Of earth |;
he shall have a right to the Joys OF
Heaven. Though tribulation and triai
and hardship may come unto hlm' lev
him rejoice. "Rejoice In the Lord, ye
righteous, and again l 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 OF
modification. Why did He not per-
form the miracle sooner? Why wait I'M
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 trst-
rate wine, so that they cried out: Thou
hast kept the good wine until now.
Jesus in the hour of extremity! lie
seems to prefer that hour. In Chris
tian home in Poland great poverty han
come, and on the week day the man
was obliged to move out OF the house
with his whole family. That night
L. l., se 70 Iu
to God. While they were kneeling in
prayer there was 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
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 it back
he had house given to him and
garden and farm. Who was it 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!
You mourned over your sins. You
could not find the way out. You sat
down and said: "God will not be merci-
Jul. He has cast me Off" But in that,
the darkest hour of your history, light
broke from the throne, and Jesus said:
"Oh, wanderer, come home; have seen
Ill thy sorrows. In this, the hour of
-hy extremity, offer thee pardon and
everlasting life!"
Trouble came. You were almost |
orn to pieces by that trouble. You
sraced yourself up against it. You
said: Il will be a stole and will not
are" But before you got through |
making the resolution it broke down |
lnder you. You felt that all your re-
sources were gone. And then Jesus
anne. SIN the fourth watch of the
light" the Bible says. "Jesus came
on the sea-" Why did he not
ONE in the first watch or in the Sec
md watch or in the third watch? I
10 not know. He came in the fourth
nd gave deliverance to His disciples.
esus in the last extremity!
I wonder if it will be so in our very
asst extremity. We shall fall suddenly
ick, and doctors will come, but in
ain. We will try the anodynes and the
tumulahts and the bathings, but all
4 vain. Something will say: You
lust 60" No one to hold us back, but
he hands of eternity stretched out
0 pull us on. What then? Jesus will
ONE to us, and as we say: Lord,
esus, am afraid of that water;
annot wade through to the other
de-" He will say: "Take hold of my
rm." And we will take hold of His
rm, and then He will put His foot
the surf of the wave, taking us on
own, deeper, deeper, deeper, and our
ouls will cry: "All Thy waves and bill
ws have gone over me-" They cover
lie feet, come to the knee, and pass the
rdle and come to the head, and our
,ul cries. out: Lord, Jesus Christ,
cannot hold Thine arm any longer"
hen Jesus will turn around, throw
9TH His arms about us and set us
] the beach far beyond the tossing of
lie pillows. Jesus in the last extrem-
y!
The wedding scene is gone now. The
edding ring has been lost, the tank
DIS have been broken, the house is
'wn, but Jesus invites us to a grander
edding. You know that the Bible saws
lat the church is the Lambs wife.
Id the Lord will after awhile come
fetch her home. There will be
canning of torches in the sky. and the
of God will ravish the air
it'll their music, and Jesus will stretch
It His hand, and the church. robed
white, will put aside her veil and
ok up into the face of her Lord. the
ing, and the Bridegroom will say to
e bride: "Thou hast been faithful
rough all these years! The mansion
ready! Come home! Thou art fair.
Lowell" And then He will put upon
r brow the crown of diminion, and =
e table will be spread, and it will
ach across the skies, and the mighty
es of Heaven will come in. garlanded
tn beauty and striking their cym.
Is, and the Bridegroom and bride
j stand at the head of the table, =
d the banqueters, looking up. will
'nder and admire, and say: "That is
sus, the Bridegroom! But the scar
His brow is covered with the coro-
/, and the stab in His side is covered
tn a robe!" And "That is the bride,
e WEAKNESS of her earthly woe lost
the flush of this wedding triumph"
There will be wine enough at that
doing; not coming up from the poi
led watts of earth, but the VINEYARDS
God will press their ripest clusters.
d the cups and the tankards will
lsh to the brim with their heaven
and then all the banqueters
drink standing. Esther, having
ne up from bacchanalian reyelrv of
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