Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-07-05

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70 gore and trample vow. and what are
you to do? ] tell xou plainly hat all who
serve Christ must suffer persecution. It's
the worst sign 1T The world for you to be
he able to say. Il have not an enemy IN
the world" 4 wce 4. pronounced IN The
Bible against the one q. whom everybody
speaks well. II YOU are a, peace with all
the world aud everybody likes YOU and
approves Your work, II Is because you are
an idler IN The Lord. vineyard and are
not doing your d,:tv. Al those who have
served Chris. no"erer eminent. ell nave
Terrence. IoG knoa- =. .a1 so III the time
Of George Whitc1c'i wfeG he stood and
invited men INTO :!Ic Kingdom % God.
Wit did the learned Dr. Johnson say of
hun, lie pronouneed nam . miserable
monntebank. How was 4 Nle7 Robert
Hall stood and spoke - scarcely any unin-
>pired man ever DID speal: % the glories
If heaven And q nc stood Sabbath al
Ter >abDath preaching on these themes
hiS face kinGlesl wllif the glory. John
Foster. A Christian MAJ sand G tins man,
R0bert Hail Is only acting. and the smile
ltv.' ,Iola Wesley 1Grned al England
upside down with Cnri-t.ar reform. and
vet the p%un>ters were after him. and the
meane.t Jokes IN England were peTpetrated
about John Wesley. What IS true of the
pulpit X true OF the pew: il Is true CT the
street. Il - true Oh tHc SfcP diti AHS Z
/ All who live cody III Christ Jesus must
suffer persecution.
And | set IT down as the very worst sign
in all Your Christian experience if you are
any OF YOU at peace with all the world.
The religion OF Christ IA war. It is a
challenge TO tine world, the flesh and the
devil and if YOU VIII buckle on the whole
| armor OF God YOU will find a great hos
dI,puting your path between this aad
! heaven.
Agar. 7 commend the behavior of the
! d~iscip;eS TO all the bereaved. How many
of sorrow YOU behold everywhere. Goa
has His own way o. taking apar a taEl-
liz. We must get ont OF the way toI com
ing generations. We must get ~off the
stage that others NAV come on. ana tor
! this reason there i a long procession reach
ing down all the time into the valley If
shadows. This emigration from time INTO
eternity Is 50 vast an enterprise thai we
cannot understand it. Every hour We hear
the clang OF the sepulchral gate. The
sod must be broken. The ground must be
ploWed Tor resurrection harvest. Eternity
must be peouled The dust must press our
evellds. 1t Is appointed unto all men
once to die This emigration from time
into eternity keeps t~hree-tourths CT the
families Of the earth in desolation. The
ar is rent with tarewells, and the black
tasselcd vehicles Of death rumble through
| tN StIttt. l lit bosif " tHt tI1I4 tiiaI
was folded 50 closely to the mothers heart
Is put away in the cold and the darkness.
The laughter freezes to the girl s llp, and
the rose s~cattcrs. TIE boy IN the harvest
field of Shunem says. NY head. my
head" and they AIRY him home to die on
with tragedies OF woe struck into the pal
lor OF the check. Orphanagc cries in vain
for father and mother. Oh. the grave is
cruel. With teeth Of stone it clutches for
its prev. Between the closing gates of the
sepuicher our hearts are mangled and
crushed.
But Christ is always ncar-before YOU,
chino YOU. within YOU. No mother ever
threw her arrns around her child with such
warmth and ecstacy OF affection as Christ
has shown toward YOU.
Close at hand, nearer than the staff upor
which You lean, nearer than the cup you
put to your lip, nearer than the handker-
clllet with which YOU wipe away your tears,
] preach Him al everupresent, all sympa-
timing. compassionate Jesus. How can
YOU stay away one moment from Him with
Your criets? Go now. Go and tell Jesus.
1t is often that friends have no power
to relieve US. They would very much like
10 do It, but they cannot ~disentangle our
finances. they cannot cure our sickness
and raise our dead. but glory be to God
that tie to whom the disciples went has all
poW,r IN heaven and on earth. and at ou1
call He will balk our calamitles and at
Just the right time. IN the presence of an
applaIdlEg earth and a r~csOundlng heaven,
will raise our dead. He is mightier than
l1crod. He Is switter than the storm. He
IS erander than the sea. He is vaster than
eternity. And every sword OF Gods ON
impotence viii leap from its scabbard and
the resources OF IntinltN he exhausted rath-
or than that Goa 5 child shall not be de-
lINered when he cries to Him for rescue.
suppose Your child was in trouble. How
much would YOU endure 10 get him out =?
on would say. II don t care what 1t will
cost. | must get him out OF that trouble
DO You think Goo Is not 50 good a father
a. YOU: Seelns You are IN trouble and
having all power. Will He not stretch out
Ills arm and deliver YOU? He will. He is
mighty to save. He can level the mount
am and divide the sea, and can ex%tinguish
the fire and save the soul. Not dim OF
eye. not weak OF arm. not feeble OF re-
sources, but with all eternity and the uni
verse at His feet. Go and tell Jesus. Will
YOU
We whose checks are vet with the night
dew OF the grave. We who cannot look up.
" whose hearts are dried with the breath
81 >lIocco. IN the name OF the religion OF
lcsns Christ. which hits every burden and
wipes away every tear and delivers every
captive and lIghtens every darkness, | I'M
p.ose YOU nov 20 and tell Jesus.
\ little child went with her father. a
SD captain. 10 sea, and when the first
storm came the little child was very much
frightened, and in the night rushed out Of
;hc cabin and SAID, Where Is father
where Is father Then they told her
Father i on deck cmding the vessel ant
watching the storm" The little child in
rned,ately returned to her berth and said
II all right. for fathers on deck
= We who are tossed and driven in thi,
world, up by the mountains and down b,
thc valleys and at your wits ends. | wan
vou to know the Lord God is guiding tn.
ship. Your Father Is on deck. He vii
bring YOU through the darkness into tn.
harhor. Trust III the Lord. Go and tel
Jesus.
, l. you 60 10 Him Tor pardon and sym
rathl. all j. we'll. Everything Will bright
en- ny, and 10Y VIII come to the heart, ant
/, sorrow wilt depart. Your sins Will be Tor
p gwen. and Your loot VIII touch the I'D
: Warf path. and the shining messenger
that report above what Is lone here vi!
tell i until the great arches OF God re
j sound with the glad tidingS II nov will
, contrition and tult trustiulness O. soul Vol
! will only 60 and tell Jesus.
Bat | am oppressed as | think a ;hos
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