The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-06

/ remark, again, that Christ comes 10
us iu the hour of our extremity. tie knew
the wine was giving out iciorc there Wa-
any enhancement or modification. Why
did He not perform tine miracle sooner
Why wait until o. was all gone, and no
help could come from any source, and
then come ia and perform the miracle;
This ~ Christi way, and when lie did
come IN, At the hour of extremity lie made
first rate wine, 10 that they cried out.
"Ihou hast kept the good wine until now.
Jesus IA the hour OF extremity. lie
seems 10 prefer that hour
Ia Christian homo ~ Poland great pow
crty had come, and on the week day the
man WAS obliged 30 move ont OF the mouse
with his whole family. That night he
kuclt with his family and prayed to God.
While they were kucclug IN prayer tncr"
was tap on the window pane. They
opened the window, and there was q raven
that the family had fed and trained aud
II had in it, bill a ring set with precious
stones, which was found out 10 bc "a ung
belonging 10 the royal family II was taken
up the kings residence and for the non
csty of the man IN bringing II back he mad
house given 10 hlm and a garden aud q
farm.
Who was it that sent the raven TAPPING
on the window The same God that sent
the raven 10 feed Elijah hy the brook
Chcrth Christ IN the hour extremity,
Nou mourncd over your SINS You cou!u
not find the way out. You sat down and
said "God will not bc mcrcltul. lie has
cast me off " But IN that the darkest hour
OF your history light broke from the thryr
and Jesus said "Oh. wundcrcl come
home, / have seen all thy sorrows. n.
this the hour OF thy extremity ! offer thee
pardon and everlasting htc,'
Trouble came. You were llmost torn
TO pieces 10y that trouble Gou uraccl
yourself mp against A. You SAID. j Wlll
bc a stole and viii not care iiuj before
you had got through making the resolution
1t broke down under you. You iclt that
all your resources were gone, and tucn
Jesus came.
In the fourth watch of the night the
Bible saws, Jesus came walking ~ he
sea- Why did He not come IN the first
watch or m the second watch or m the
third watch | do not know. He came
IN the fourth and gave dcllyerancc TO Ills
disciples Jesus in the last extremity
wonder If It will hc SO in our very
last extremity. We shall fall suddenly
sick. and the doctors will come, but IN vain
We viii try the auodynes and the stlmu
lauts and the hathings but all ~ VAIN
Something will say, You must GO No
one TO hold us back but the hands OF ctcr-
nifty stretched ont to pull us on. What
them Jesus will come TO us, and ~ we
say. Lord Jesus. | am afraid of hat wa
ter. ] cannot wade through TO the other
side He will say. Take hold of My arm,
and we will take hold of Ills arm. and then
Tie win put His foot IN the surf OF the
wave. taking us on down, deeper, deeper,
deeper, and our soul viii cry, "All Thy
waves and hilluws have gone over me.
They cover the feet, come TO the knee aud
pass the glrdlc and come 10 the head. and
our soul cries out. Lord Jesus Christ /
cannot hold Thine arm any longer Then
Jesus viii turn around, throw both lilz
arms about u- and set ms on the beach Tar
beyond the tossing of the h,llows. jesus
lu the last extremity,
That wedding scene is gone now Ih'
wedding ring has been lost. the tankards
have been broken, the house Is down, bGl
Jesus invites MS 60 a grandCr wedding
Nou know the Bible SAYS that the chuUcH
is the Lambs wife and the Lord VIII ai.
ter awhile come 90 fetch her home Iherc
will bc cleaning of torches IN the sky, and
the trtmucts of God viii rlvish the air
with their music. and Jesus viii stretch Ont
His hand. and the church, rubed In Whtr.
will put aside her veil and look up into the
face of her loru the Ming, and the Bride
groom will say 10 the bride. Thou hast
been faithful through all these years. The
mansion is ready Come home. Thou are
far. my love-" and then lie shall put upon
her brow the crown ot dominion, aud the
table will hc sprcJd. and II will reach
across the skies. ard the mighty ones of
heaven will come IN garlaudcd with beauty
and striking their cympals, and the Bride.
groom and bride will stand at the head OF
the table and che hauQuctcrs, looking mp,
will wonder and admire and say: That is
Jesus. the Bridegroom. But the scar on
His brow is covered with the corouct, and
the stab in lls side is covered with
robe. and THAT is the bride, The wcari-
ness of her earthly woe lost in the flush
oi this wedding triumph
There will I've wine enough 3t that wed.
ding. not coming up from the poisoned
watts of earth. hut the vineyards of God
will press their ripcst clusters, and the
cups and the tankurds viii blush 20 the
hrlm with the heavenly vintage. and then
all the hauqUctcrs viii drink standing.
Esther, having come mp from the hac.
chaualiau rcvclry ot AhaSuerus, whore q
thousand lords tcastcd. will I've there. And
the Queen of Shcha. from the banquet of
solomon. Will bc there And the mother
of Jesus, from the wedding M Cana. will
Toe there. And they all Will agree that the
earthly tclstiuG was poor compared with
that Then, lifting their chulccs IN that
light. they shall cry 60 the Lord of the
feast: Thou hast kept the good wine until
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