The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-20

bo many years of hard work yet boforo
tho oloonsumnation, hut tho aigns are to
mo so encouraging that I would not Be
unbslieving is q saw tho wing OF Tho
apoc, lily yns,o.noetl eprealsfor its lasttriS
0mpbals saightia8t6is day d. sunset or'lit {
tomorrow W morning ths# ocean cables
shon'' 9 e hrill VI with the nows ,ha
Uhrlss tho Lord bad alisLt on Noun.
Oliyet to proclaim universal domini,n.
All doad churches. wake upi Throw
back the shuttera Of stiff ooolesin,ti. !.
cisDl and lot tho hight Of tho spripg
morDiog ON in 8 Morning for tho
land Morning for tho soa 5Mornipg
of light aud love and peao u Mornit {
OF q day in which there ehall b,,no
chains to break, no SORROWS to asauage,
no despotism to shattor, no woes to
compassionate. Blessed Christ, de-
scsnd Scared tempie, take tho oto y |
Bruised hand, tako the soepterl Wouad-
cd fo,t, stop on tho throne! '.Tbine
10 tho kingdom. l
These things T gay beoauio I want
you to be alert. want you to bo
! Watching all these wonders unrollioe
from tho heavens and the oarth. GoS
has classified them 4 whether oaiaini
tous or pleasing. The divino purpoaos
are harnesSed In traces that cannot
break and in girths that osnnot slip
and IN buckles that cannot loaen and
are driven by reins they must answar.
i preach no fatalism A aHarthy on.
gineor at one of the depots in Dakota
said. Whom will YOU got on the ID,
comotive and take o rido with tus? y
"Well," !" said. nov, if that suits
You." So | got on ono aide OF the 10.
comotivo, and a Methodist minister,
who was also invited, got Oa tho othor
Bide, and between us wero the onginee
and the atoker. The train stated The
ongincor had his hand on tho sgitated
pulse of the great ong'no. Tho stokor
shovolod in the coal and shut tho door
with e loud olang. A vast plan alipp
cd upder us, aud tho hills saopt by,
and that great munster on which We
rode troubled and bounded and snort
ed aud ragged as it hurled us on. I said
| to tho Methodist minister on tho other
side Of tho locomotive: "My brother.
Why should ministers quarrel about tho
dcorees and FREQ agency? You see that
track, thas firm track, that iron tracs !;
that is tho deor;e. You see this engi-
necr'a arm; that is free agenoy. How
beautifully they work together They
are going to take us through. Wo
could not do without tho track, aud wo
could not do without tho ongineer."
So ! rcjoio day by day, work for all
to do, and wo may turn the crank Of the
Christian machinery this wsy or that,
for wo arc free agents. But thero is
tho track laid so long ago no ono rom
ombers it-laid by the hand Of the
Almighty God in sockets thet no ter.
roatrial or satanic pressure can ever af.
feet. And along the track the car Of
tho world 8 redemption will roll and roll
to the Grand UontrAl depot Of tho mil
lennium. l have no anxiety about the
trace. | am only afraid that for our in
dolenco and unfsithfulness God will
discharge US and get somo othor stoker
and somo othor ongineor. The train
is going through With us. So, my
brothorn. watch all tho events that arc
going by, If things soem to turn out
right, give wings to your JOY. Ii things
SOON to turn out wrong, throw out the
anchor Of faith and hold fast
There is $ house in London whore
Peter tho Great Of Russia lived awhile
whom he Was moving through the land
incognito and in workman's dress that
he might loarn ship carpentry, by
which ho could supply the needs Of his
people. Asstranger was n visiting at
that house, wv hats IN that b6x299
The ownor said: ST don't know That
box was there when I got the house,
and it was there whom my father got it,
We haven't had any curiosity to look
Of it. I gucss there nothing in it,"
WELL" said the stranger, ''i'll give
you s2 for it," .Well, dono," The
s2 was paid, and the content. Of that
box were sold to tho car Of Russia for
| $50, ,000 In it the lathing machine OF
Peter tho Great, his private letters
| ard documents Of value beyond all
monetary confederation, And hore are
tho tyenls that seem ytrg insignitic ant
aud unimportant, but they incase trea-
sures Of Divine Providence and eter-
mites Of moaning which after awhile
God will demonstrate before tho ages
as being Of stupendous valuo.
Those Of you who are in midhfe may
woll thank God that you hayo soon 80
many wonjrous things. hut. there. are
people alive toGsy VINO may live to 500
shimmering veil botween tho material
and the spiritual world uplifted. Mag.
notism, 8 world With which wo coyor up
our ignorance, will yet be an explored
realm. Electrioty, tne fiery oourser of
tho sky, that Benjsm Frankland las.
soed and Morse and Boil and Edison
have brought under com pleto control,
has greater wonders to reveal, Whether
here or departed hi, life, we will soc
thing. 1t docs not make much differ
enco whore we stand, but tho higher
the standpoint tho larger the prospect.
We will SEQ them from heaven if we do
not soc thom from earth.
Years ego I wss at Fire Island, Lopg
leland, and went up in the oupola
from which they telegraph to New YorS
the approach oeveBsels hours before
thoy como into port. There is an open.
| ing in. the wall, and tho operator puts
/ his telescope through that opening and
| looks out aud aees vessels fer out OF
soa. While I was talking with him be
went up and looked out. He said, "We
are expecting tho Ar z,ns tonight
said: "ls it possible you know all those
vessels3 Do you know tho as you
know mans faoe?" He said: "Yes:
never mako mistake. Before | &C