Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-30

nv. 81 1oose ends. Cholera rwee2s acrr<z
V,rseilles and Madrid and Palermo. aa4
~. watch a~nxiously. Will the er;le~l.
sween Europe and America Feop'e 80.
THAT will entirely DEPEND on Wheeler
tho ,roeulation is a s1Ircessful eSperimtn.:
that will depend entirely on Gua-7n- -
,a@,,at;on. that viii depend on the e,viv
~. late aprearance of frost thai ennlsv~-
e nftftsh into the weird, and It a1ts oh:o
,ler;nc across The continents. anH i. sef
cuesswor,, and ali .rpa!inc psrh7rs'
mi nerhars that Cri rad sometime =
40 With il and that HIS nlerte my have
n SONG wav protected us. that IT, r~a~
h.xe done "a much for us as the oaa-ee.
five and the health officers. It vas -h-
and A necessity that all caution shon5tt -
,.sed. but there have come enough mas
roni from Italy and enough grapes iron
the south Of France ant enousii rags i'm
,a.terdermalions and hidden m thc>' art
cles of transportation enough ei5o'ere.
germs to have lett hv this tiwe II! 4.
cities mourning IN the ceinetere
thank all the doctors and quar- %ant'ne> "
more than all and frat OF all and les. =
all and all the time | thank 9'od- IN n
the M years OF the worlds e->te7ec
,bere has not one thing r,creiF "haprHnei
So God is not an anarchist, bu' 4 hlns,
When little Tad. the son Of Pres -:
Lincoln, died. all America svnpathZ n
| with the sorrow IN the White House. II
used to rush into the room whore Ia
Ceb;net was in session and while the nos.
| eminent men OF the land " re discuss ~
| the questions Of national existence ta>
the child had no care about those cue
| tons. No. God the Father and God IL
| Son and God the Holy Ghost are IN ~.
| petual session in regard I" tnis ~Hall
, and kindred worlds. Shall YOU. tf1s m
rush in to critjcise OF .arralgn or c%anfieH"
the divine government: No. Tie oat
met of the eternal three can govern a't
will govern in the wjsest and best vts
and there never Will he a mistake
Ike razor skilliully swung. shall cut Tia
which ought to be avoided. Precls1ai. |
the verv hairbreadth. Earthly tins
pieces NAV go out OF order ana stt-'
wrong. saving it is | o'clock when = N
or . when il is 3. Gods clock * alwsv-
right. and when It IL ! 1T strikes j aat
when it is IL it strikes u, and the sem
hand is as accurate rs the minute hand
Further. my text tells us that O.
sometimes shaves nations: In the s1Iat
dav shall the Lord shave with a rafa7
that is hired With one sharp sweep
He went across Judea. and down wentis
pride and its power. In 1901 GOD shaw.
the American nation. We had allowed I
grow Sabbath decoration and oIpff~~'o'
and hlasphemv and fraud and 'mlu,a
and all sorts OF turDitude. The South t#t
its sins and the North had - SINS and
the East its sins and the West ~ SINS
We had been warned again and oEi'n. tn'
we did not heed. At length the sword 9
war cut from the st. Lawrence TO tie ''tii
and from Atlantic sea- GARD to Iacilc -
board. The pride OF the land. not ne
towards. but the heroes. ON both >"hs
went down. And that which we took -
the sword of war was the Lord razor. -
1862 again it went across the land II
1863 again: in 1864 again. Then the sharp
instrument was incased and put away
One wouId think that our national s'n-
Dol of the eagle might sometimes Suggest
another eagle. that which ancient haft
carried. In the talons OF that eagle were
c!utched at one time Britain, France,
Sps,n. Italy. Da'matia, Rhaetia. Nor,cum
Ramona. Moesia. Dacia. Thrace, Mace
don.a. Greece. Asia Minor. Syria, Pilo.ni
Africa and all the islands of the Mctiter.
ranean-indeed all the world that was
worth having; l20, 0o0, 900 OF people undfr
the wings Of hat one eagle Where =
she now? Ask Gibbon, the historian. ~
his prose poem. the decline and fatl 81
the Roman Empire Ask her -lgante
ruins, bcmoaning their sadness throach
the ages. the screech owl at windows oa'
Of which worldwide connuerers io3fea
Ask the day OF judgment, vhen arf
crowned debauchees, ComlnoduS and -
tinax and taligula and Diocietlan. sa2.'
answer Tor Their lnialny. Is m2ti an4 "~
nations let Us repent and have our tti
in a parloning God rather than dci =
on former successes for immunity. tAf
OF thirteen OF the greatest battles - re
world Napoleon had lost hut one h,oaf
Waterloo. Pride and destruction olt.n
rode in the same saddle.
But notice once more and more tiafl
all in my text that God Is 50 ard aH''
loving that when it is necessary ior l'Hn
to cut He has to go to others 1t =
sharp edged weapon. In tae sane dy
shall the Lord shave with a razor tnut )
hired God is love. God, IS pity. GoJ
is help. God IS shelter. God j. rC~"fis
There are NJ sharp edges about bW -
{ thTustinc points. no instruments =
ton. If You want balm Tor woln!~. il@
: has that. Ii you want divine s7lvc ff
T eyesiaht. He has that. Bar il tifet" i
: sharp and cutting work to do r
qulres a razor. that lie hires. tot 4
nothing about Him that hurts ,lya N =
| dire necessity demands, and fhen II =
: to 60 clear off to some one els. to get 'tt
5 instrument. This divine clem"n@ vii
10 novelty II those who base ponder
l the Caivarean massacre. "hsrc t'ni
merged Himself IN human tears and c
soned Himself IRON punctur.i AT, EFT
s and let the terrestrial and IuiernaI "e.
| maui Him until the chandeliers n. ts'
/ sky had to be turned out because til e
verse could not endure the outta4e
trious for love He must have hrcn T.
I all that as our substitute. paving or
His own heart the price OF oar adm
r at the gates OF heaven.
King Henry ii. q England crowned :
+ son as king, and on the day oi coron
:; put on d servants ga"S and waltca. !
n the king, at the sons table. to tht a-tH.-
Z lshment OF all the princes. Bat ~. III
:. o. q more wondrous scene, the IN &
g heaven and earth Offering 10 put 81
G HIS child, the crown o: lie and t. 81
!. form Of a servant waiting on >ot u.s.
$ blessing. Extol that love. all p~alntirT.
: sculpture, all music. all architecture
4 worship In Dresdenian cai.ci~ lo1 F.
0 phaei hold Him up as a child and ? A.
werp cathedral lei Ruben- hani Il
6 down from the cross as a mart T and i:
i del make all his o~ratorio ylbtate ar
9 that one chord-"He was woIndet f0r
transSress!ons, bruised Tor on. |lp.llEt.s
BHt not until all the redeemed -cs
g and from the c~ountenanct- III ali IT,
5 Ierles Of the ransomed shall le req
the wonders Of redemption shall
r man Or seraph ~ archange! kraR