St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14


to throw overheard al the thousands
the subjects Of revivals. Throw all
overheard because they are brought
into the kingdom Of God through great
revivals, because there is . peck Of
cha6, q quart of ehaff, . pint Of chsRi
I say let them stay until the last day.
The Lord will divi{ the chaff from the
wheat.
Do not be afraid Of great revival
oh, that such gales from Heaven might
sweep through all our churches! Oh,
for such days as chaId,Baxter saw in
England and Robert McCheyne saw in
Dundee! Oh, for such dhys as Jona-
than Edwards saw in Northampton
have often heard my father tell Of the
fact that in the early part of the CEN
tury there broke out revival ut Som
erville, n. j., and some people were
very much agitated about it. They
said: You are going to bring too
many people into the church at once,
and they sent down to NewBrunswick to
get John Livingston to stop the revival.
Well, there was no better soul in al
the world than John Livingston. He
went and looked at the revival. They
wanted him to stop it. He stood in the
pulpit ON the Lords day and looked
over the solemn auditory, and he said:
This, brethren, is in reality the work
of God. Beware how you stopit." And
he was an old man, leaning heavily ON
his stafI-a very old man. And he
lifted that staff and took hold OF the
small end of that stan and began to let
it fall slowly through between the fin
ger and the thumb, and he said: "Oh.
thou impenitent thou art falling now
falling from life, falling away from
peace and Heaven, falling as certainly
as that cane is falling through my
hand-falling certainly, though per-
haps falling slowly!" And the cane
kept on falling through John Living
ston's hand. The religious emotion in
the audience was overpoweripg, and
men saw . type Of their doom as the
cane kept falling and falling, until the
knob of the cane struck Mr.. Living.
ston's hand, and he clasped it stoutly
and said: But the grace Of God can
stop you rs / stopped that cane" and
then there was gladness all through
the house at the fact Of pardon and
peace and salvation. "Well." said the
people, after the service, II guess you
had better send Livingson home. He
10 making the revival worse" Oh, for
gales from Heaven to sweep all the con-
tinents! The danger Of the church Of
God il not in revivals.
Again, my subject impressed me
with the fact that Jesus WAS God and
man in the same being. Here He il
in the back part Of the boat. Oh, how
tired He looks! What sad dreams He
must have! Look at His countenance;
He must be thinking Of the cross 70
come. Look at Him; He il . man
bone Of our bone, flesh OF our flesh.
Tired, He falls asleep; He il . man.
But then / find Christ at the prov Of
the boat; hear Him say: "Peace, be
STILL" and / see the storm kneeling At
His feet and the tempests folding
their wings in His presence; He IL .
God. II 1 have sorrow and trouble
and want sympathy. I go and kneel
down at the back part Of the boat and
say: 20 Christ, weary One of Cen
nesaret. sympathize with al my sor.
row! Man of NAZARETH Man Of the
Cross!" A Man, . Man! But II ]
want to conquer my spiritual foes, Il
I want to get the victory over sin.
death and hell, / come to the front Of
the boat, and kneel down, and say:
20 Lord Jesus Christ. Thou who didst
hush the tempest, hush all my grief.
hush all my temptation. hush I'll my
sin!"
learn once more from this subject
that Christ can hush . tempest. II
did seem as II everything must 60 to
ruin. The disciples had given up the
idea Of managing the ship; the crew
were entirely demoralized; yet Christ
rises, and the storm crouches at His
feet. Oh, yes; Christ can hush the
tempest! You have had trouble. Per
haps 1t was the little child taken
away from you-the sweetest child Of
the household, the one who asked the
most curious questions and stood
around you with the greatest fond. |
ness, and the spade cut down through
your bleeding heart. Perhaps it waa
an only SON, and your heart has ever
since been like desolated castle; the
owls Of the night hooting among the |
fallen arches and crumbling stair |
ways. Or all your property swept
away, you said: II had SO much bank |
stock; I had 50 many government se-
curities; / had 30 many houses; had
30 many farms-all gone. all gone"
Why, sir, all the storms that ever
trampled with their thunders. all the /
shipwrecks, have not been worse than |
this to you. Yet you have not been
completely overthrown. Why? Christ
says: II have that little one in my |
keeping. l can care for him ~ well |
~ you can, better than you can, o be
reaved mother!" Hushing the tenn
pest. When your property went away.
God said: There are treasures In
Heaven in banks that never break"
Jesus hushing the tempest.
There is one storm into which We
will all have to run. The moment |
when we let 60 Of this world and try |
to take hold Of the next, we will want |
all the grace possible. Yonder zee |
. Christian soul rocking ON the surges |
Of oeath. All the powers Of darkness
seem let out against that soul-ths
swirling wave, the thunder Of the sly, |
the shrek Of ths wind. al seem to |
unite together. But that soul II mot
troubled. There il mo- signing, there
are no tears; plenty Of tears in the
room at the departure, but he weeps
no tears-calm, satisfied and peace.
full; all is well. By the flash Of the |
storm you see the harbor just ahead,
and you are making for that harbor.
All shall be well, Jesus being our
pilot
Into the harbof Of Heaven now We giides |
We:se 1o0o - last. home at last.
Doft1y - drift On the bright, silv'ry tido: |
We'To home At last
Glory. % God. all our. dangers are DER:
We stand secure on the glorifIed shorei
Glory to God. ~ win shout evermOre
Were home at last,