The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1901-12-21


dations and took dwelling houses, barns,
| men, women, children, horses, cattle and
tossed them into indiscriminate ruin nnd
lifted q rail train and dashed it Gown, u
the airbrake. Cyclone in Kansas, cyclone
in Missouri, cyclone in Wisconsin, cyclone
in Illinois. cyclone in Iowa! Satan,, prince
of the power of the air, never made such
And am not right III saying that one OF
the Characteristics of the time IL which
We live is disaster .cyclonc!
But look at the disasters oceanic. Shall
call the roll Of the dead shipping?, Yse
monsters of the deep, answer Wlcn L call
Schiller, the City of Boston, the Melville,
the President, the Cimbria the Oregon,
the N1ohegan. But why should l go OIL
calling the roll when noir of them an
scroll OF the Atlantic surf at Cape Hat
tcras breakers! Ii the oceanic cah.cs could
| report all the scattered life and all tine
bleached bones that they rub against in
the ocean, what a message Of pathos and
eighty fishermen persisted of tic coast OF
Newfoundland and whole fleets of them
of the coast Of England: God help the
poo: fellows ct sea and give high seats in
heaven to the Grace Dar.i,gs and Ida
Lewises and the hfeboat men lowering
around Goodwi sands and the S.icrrics!
Tho sea, owning thrcc-fourths Of the earth.
proposes to capture the other fourth, and
is horlharding the land all around the
ton Beach backward 100 yards from where
! they once stood. a type OF what is going
on all around The world and on every
coast. The Dead Sea rolls to-day where
| ancient cities stood
So rejoice day by day. Work for nil
to ,o,. and we may turn the crank OF the
Christian machinery this way or that, for
we are free agents. But there is the track
laid so long ago no one remembers it-laid
by tnc hand Of the Almighty God in SOCK
cts that no terrestrial OF satanic pressure
can ever affect.
And a.ong the track the car Of the
worlds redemption will roll and ro! 10
the Grand Central tlepot of the milen-
mum. have no anxiety about the track.
l ain on-y afraid that for our i1do!cncc
and unfaithfuiacss God will discharge is
and set some otllcr stoker and some other
engineer, The train is going through with
lis or without lis.
There is n house in london where Peter
the Great CT Russia lived awhile when lie
was moving. through the land incor1ito
a':d III woi'kmans dress, that hc might
icaTn! ship carpentry. by which he could
supply the. needs Of his people. 4 stra:,-
er a thsa wdS box o,stn$ ns at that hou.s Whas
snow. That box was there when got the
house, and it was there w..cn NV father
got It, We harn't had any curiosity -
!2o5 1T t. it. ! guess there's nothing in it,
ior it," Wc W i''dSs doSs Ths s!Ss Ss w"s x"s
paid, and the contents OF that Eox wee
sold to the Gar of Russia for SJOO3D. Ii
il: the lathinG machine OF Peter the Great,
his private letters and documents OF va:uc
here are the events that seem very inz.:.-
nlhcant and Mnimportant. bat tEcv incasa
treasures OF Divine Providence and ctcrr:-
ties OF meaning which alter awhile Cod
wHl demoastrate before the ages as being
O.: stupcDdous value.
When Titars pay '"c;;~ they pitch
mountains, but who u..... {! 's. =: .rtic
natural forces we "a. ,c. ~.
about? Whose hay,i .,
valve OF the voca,c'
denly painted on :'.c :Enn , :. 80
continents Guive! : ',... o''.. H. :.
peace with HIM.
Through the Lord jesus ",rist this Cod
is mine and I-c is yours. tic Garth
quake that shook Pa:est. the cruel.
ilxion against all the down ro:.sings OF the
centuries. This God on our side, we may
challenge nll the centuries cf time and al
the cyc.es OF eternity
those of You who arc in miiiifc may vel
thank God that YOU have s. III SO many
alive to-day who may live to see the Slim
mering veil between the material and tnc
spiritual ..vor:d lifted.
Magnetism, word with which VIC cover
ny oui ignorance, Wttl yet Ec AL cctD.O.cI
realm. Electricity. the fiery courscr OF
the sky, that benjamin Franklin lassocd
and Morse and Bcl and Edison have
brought under complete control, has
gr7arer wonders to reveal.
Whether here or departed this life, we
will see these things. Il docs no. n:aisc
, n leh differences, whrlc We. stand. bu. the
higher thc standpoint tie larger thc pro-
rcct: We viii see theIl froa, heaven ii
we do no; see them from Garth
Years ago I was at Fire Island, Long
Island, and went up in tic cuno n f..orl
which they telegraph TO New Nor.l the
approach OF Vessels hours hrfo t.,c. cone
into port. Tlsrc is an opening in tie vail,
and the operator puts hi: tces:o.,. through,
that opening and loo'zs cut and sees yes
stis tar ont at sea. While I WAS taking
with hin, he went II? and .ooLed 1T. lie
S:ld. I'VE are expecting In, Arizona to-
night" I said: rs it possible yon lsrow
all those vessels? DO YOU know them us
You hno1 {, mans facc:" He said: Yes.
! never make a mistake. Before l see Ia.
huEs often k:iov them by The n:asts. |
know. thcEl all have watche them so
long"
On, what :.:an:i thin. it is to have
ships te.cgraphca and hera!dcd lc.lg before
thcy come to port. that friends may come
down to the w.,ari and we.come their long
absent ones! So to-day We take our stand
IN the wa-ch tower, and through tho sass
OF inspiration VIC .ook off and see whoe Z
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