Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-09-21

sne suaarnal;ons and hidden in these artl-
ave &C REORGANIZATION enough choeraic
rarn,s RI have left by this time all the
Sites mourning in the cemeteries. =
thanl ali the doctors and quaraht,nes, ouS
more than all and first OF all anu ids.
ali and all the time thank Eod. d ~ a."
the 5000 years of the worid eAlsmnod
there has not one thing merely napIWeneu
500 God is not an Anarchist pu' !" Ni"e'
Father. &c pres;dont |
When little Tad, the son OF frest,G ;rnd
III, The sorrow in the White House. ne
need need 70 rush into the room where tne
Cabinet was in session and while the Nus
on;nent men of the land were discussing
tbe questions of national existence Du'
;he child had no care about those gues
t;o,s No, God the Father and GOD tne
Son and God the Holy Ghost are IN per,
,,o,,al sassion in regard to TINS WORM
nd kindred worlds Shall YOU, HIS chuu'
rnsh in to critioise or arraign or condemn
the divine government! NO. Inc J
met Of the eternal three can govern anu
viii govern in the wisest ana DesC Wy
and there never will be m'Stake a aiot
like razor skillfully swung; shali Gu; mo ~
which ought to be AVOIDED; L .r'I,, time.
the very hairbreadth. Earthy I'M n'
',;eces NAV 90 ont of order and STRIKE
wrong saving it is / o'clock when IT is
or . when II is 8. Gods clock Is always
r;gbt and when it is it strikes i, and
when Il is 10 it strikes ID and the second
| hand is as accurate as the minute hand;
| Further. my text tells us that Uou
| sometimes shaves nations: I'm the same
| dav shall the Lord shave with razoi
| that is hired" With one sharp SWEEP
| He went across iudea, and down went III
| pride and it's power. IN 1851 zoo snaTe ~
| the American nation. We had aiioNeu ~
| grow Sabbath dissertation ana oPpi.s,.;H3n
| and b,aspbemy and fraud a'd inquiry
and ali sorts of turjitude. The South had
Re sins and the North had its SINS ana
tho Fast its sins and the West It's SINS;
We had been warned again and again, ana
we did not heed. At length the sword OF
war cut from the st. Lawrence to the 'uii
and from Atlantic seal GARD to Paclhc sea
hoard. The pride OF the land. not 1ne
towards. but the heroes. on both s'q fe
went down. And that which we TOOK l or
the sword of war was the LORD razor ~ =;
1862 again it went across the ,dhui -,
| 1863 again: in 1864 again. ihen ane Sn''p
instrument was lncased ana put amI' s,,r,.
One would think that our nationai sym,
bol Of the eagle might sometimes s1gges'
another eagle, that which ancient, Rome
carried. In the talons OF that cage wer'
Stitched at one time Britain, France
Sna;n. Italy. Dalmatia, Rhaetia, Nor,cum
ppnnon;a. Noesia, Dacia, Thrace,. Mace
don;a Greece. Asia Minor, Syria, fhoenl
c;a Palestine, Egypt and all n4rt,neIl
Africa and all the islands OF the Medltef
ranean-indeed all the world tIat VIZ
worth having; l200O0,OOO OF peoplee unu;
the wings Of that one eagle; Wnere !;
she now? Ask Gibbon, the hls. S Eaii -
| ha 'I)orl1nc~AnQ
.ha Roman Empire" Ask her giganti
; ruins, bemoaning their sadness throug
the ages. the screech owl at windows GU
Of which worldwide conquerers iooke'
Ask the day of judgment, when ne nc
: crowned debauchees Commodus ana re
t;nax and Caligula and Diocletian, sha
answer for their infamE As man ana
S mat;ons let lis repent and have our truS
$ in hardening God rather than depSen
4 ON former successes for immunity W ~
of thirteen of the greatest patties oi '.
!; world Napoleon had lost but one oe feo
d Waterloo Pride and DESTRUCTION oi's
}, rode in the same saddle. a.,
Y Rut notice once more and more lh<
,. ali in nv text that God is so kIno az az
n loving that when it is necessary ior III II
S. 70 cut He has to go to others Tor !.
d sbarn edged weapon. I'm the same d
Y. Shai} the Lord shave with razor that
II h;rad Cod is love. God is pity VI
Is Is helm God is shelter. God Us resc'
Sc There are no sharp edges about HIM,
n thrusting points, no instruments ol ,acel
~ ton. II you want balm for WOUNDS,
Id has that. If you want divine save
II. eyesight, He has that; But II ineLe
r sharp and cutting work 70 40 I Gnd
I'd nothing about Him that hurts, save WI
Or dire necessity demands, and then he |
ed to 90 clear off to some one else to get.
ne Instrument. This divine clemency VIII
ly no novelty to those who have pohael
nd The Calyarean massacre, where Uod $
es merged Himself in human tears ana OK
re soned Himself from punctured after
as md let the terrestrial and internal wor
'es mani Him until the chandeliers Oh
III sky had to be turned out because the y
lie verse could not endure the Outrage. ~
on trious for love He must nave oeeh " =
nd all that as our substitute. paying ont
OH His own heart the price OF our adihiss
ng at the gates of heaven:
be King Henry II. of England crowned
lge SON as king. and on the day of coronat
Tor mt on a servants garb and waited,
Ire Inc king, at the sons table, to the asl
ing ;shment of all the princes. Butwe XII
, | of more wondrous scene, the Ming
lid heaven and earth offering to put on
at His child. the crown of life and IN
RS form, of a servant waiting on you W
,pe Messing. Extol that love, all painting,
ian SCULPTURE. all music, all architecture
les. worship! In Dresdenian, gallery, iet
ne pbael hold Him up as chld, ana ln I
ouss werp cathedral let Rubens mana = .
md lcwn from the cross as a martyr anu =
ard del make all his oratorio viorate s sio
zen hat one chord-"He was wounded ior
Ter, yransoressions. bruised for our lnlquiti
oft Rnt not until all the redeemed get 1T
md nd from the countenances in all the
yer Iar;es Of the ransomed shall be .reve
ibe wonders of redemption shall e>
9TH nan mr. seraph or archangel know
me, be;oht and depth and breadth of the
lam Of God.
ing. honor OF him who did more than any
cree to achieve our American indepeno
tate was for scores of years IN building,
ion. most of us were discouraged ana s'''
was never would be completed ana now y
his we all were when in the presence Oh
end highest officials OF the nation the
to was done But will the monument TO
" a ,yho died for the eternal liberation OF
de human race ever be completed! fof
And fbe work has been going up. Evange
he md anostles and martyrs have been
GER inc TO the heavenly pile, and every OF
lme- the millions of redeemed going up.
his earth has made to it contribution OF
his ness, and weight OF glory IS swung ~ =.
sue ton of other weight OF glory, hlghs,r
for higher as the whole millenniums ron,
own nbire on the top of jasper, sardony
ords the top of chalcedony and chrysop
the above topaz, until far beneath snail o
of walls and towers and domes OF our {,
but Iv capitol monument forever and
been ever rising and yet never DONE
dore Hin; Him who has loved us and wash1e
from our sins in His own blood and |,