Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1901-05-16
9O1 NEW SERIES-,VOL. Xxx. No -

aIe men who at the prosnect; of I..s.e
prosperity build houses they will nerer 1erses Se
s4aon sam - pay Ior There are people with
lar laid up for rainy day. II IS ab.at1 aH,-
u.Asnonesty practlced on the next er.y @aner:I
ZION. such men deserve bankr1Intcev 80. 80 s,
11miopoverlshment. IN In almost every ,,,a..,. ~nu
ne there comes a winter Of cold m;sfo,s
Iune. Prepare for it while vn, ,s,s,
w nose thermometer has not Sometime.
STOOD below zero? What shin has nauss.
lfbeen caught IN storm? What nrs rso;.. mever
~ Sne 'front.' never got into battle? Have
| world. e'is - 60 VIC insectaie
s. Examine the pantries Of the ant b;,ls =
TINS weather, and you will find that lass
summers supply is not vet exhausted. Ex-
them being fspsnsSsyd y sna o0a 8 lds ~ ind sns
thou slnggard. Consider her ways and IL
Wlse, which, having no guide, oyerseer or or
fuier, prOVldeth her meat in the snm,ner
and gathereth her food in the harvest. ,,
Inns Is no argument for miserliness.
Avarlcef and penuriousness DESTROY man
apout M2 as soon as any Of the other vices.
| we have heard Of those who entered the;r.
IRON money vault for business purnoses ~
ana the door accidentally shut, and thew
were sutfocated, their corpse NOT d;scov.
cred until the next day. But every dav
ana az up and down the streets Of our
cues there are men. body, mind and soul.
ioreVer Iast IN their own money vaults.
AAccumulation q OF bonds, mortgages and
government securities and town lots and
pig farms just for the pleasure of accumn-
latlon IS desplcable, but the putting aside
oI surplus for your self defense when
your brain has halted, or your right hand
mas forgotten it's cunning, or your old ace
needs manservant, or for the support ef
others when you can no more be a bread
Mlnner thd4 e ior your household-that is right,
gnat Is beautiful, that is Christian. thai Is
dlvinely, approved. That shows that YOU
nave taken Solomon's ant hill for an oh
Ject lesson. Going out of this world With
out leaving dollar for those who remain
Dehnd, II you have done your best. Won
nave right to put your head in calm con-
ndence on the pillow which Jeremiah
prophecy, leave thy fatherless children
l Will preserve them alive, and let thy
widows trust in Me-
Ihe needle has its Office as certainly an
the telescope and the spade as nar,ia-
mentarlan scroll. You know what became
oI the man in the parable Of the talents.
VINO buried the one talent instead of put
sHls apology was of no avail
persistence is the lesson of every ant
hill. Waste not a moment in useless re-
grets or unhealthy repining. Men fret
themselves down, but no man ever vet
1retted himself up. Make the obstacles in
your way your coadjutors, as all those
worth accomplishment.
:, When during the plague in London. at
Ine RISK OF his life and under the protest
OF his friends, Rev. Thomas Vincent spent
ms time preaching the gospel to the suf-
iereTs and S,506 people perished, seven
T. ia!altles IN the house where he lived, did
Y Just happen so that he came through un-
nurt In Fulton street prayer meeting.
New York, young man rose and said: II
nave been an infdel fourteen years. / had
tne prayers OF a pious mother, but I
spurned them. I have not seen her for
htteen years. suppose she has given me
up as lost. don't know where to find
ner, but would like to tell her what the
LORD has done for me in answer to her
earnest prayers" Did it Just happen so
that his mother was present and cried out.
On, my son, my SON." You know of the
glorious Christian work in Japan, but do
you know how it began? a New Testa-
ment was dropped from an English ship
IN the harbor Of Tokyo. The little book
came into the hands of prominent jap
a aanese, VINO read it and was brought to
god, and Immediately began to commend
Christ to the people. Did all that merely
happen so? Tell that to those who do not
believe there is a God, but do not tell Il
to at least a hundred of us who have had
In our own lives providential rescues as
saslly proved as that we have ever lived
But we live in times where there are SO
many clashings There seems almost uni
versal unrest. Large fortunes swallow up
small fortunes: Civilized nations trying to
gobble up barbaric nations. UpheaFaI of
creeds, and people who once believed
everything now believing nothing. The
old book that Moses began and St. John
ended bombarded from scientific observa-
torres and college ciass-rooms Amid all
this disturbance and uncertainty that
which many good people need is not
stimulus, but a sedative, and in my text I
lind it-divine observation and guidance
Of mlnutest affairs. And nothing is to
God large or small, planet or ant hill, the
God who easily made the worlds employ
ing His inGnity in the wondrous construc-
ton of SPIDERS foot.
Before we leave this subject let us thank
God for those who were willing to endure
the fatigues and self sacrifices necessary
to make revelation Of the natural world.
SO reinforcing the Scriptures If the mi-
croscope could speak, what ) story it could
tel! of hardship and poverty and suffering
and perseverance on the part of those who
would tell of the blinded eyes of NJ
Strauss, of the Hubers and of scores Of
those who, after inspecting the minute OBJ
jects of Gods creation, staggered out from
their cabinets with vision destroyed. This
hour in many a professors study the work
Of putting eyesight on the altar of science
is going ON. And what greater loss can
one suffer than the loss of eyesight unless
It be loss of reason? While the telescope
IS reaching further up and the microscope
is reaching further down, both are ex-
claiming: "There is God, and He is in-
initely wise and Infinitely good! Worship
Him and worship Him forever"
And now I bethink myself of the fact
that we are close to season Of the year
which will allow US to be more ont Of
loors and to confront the lessons of the
natural world, and there are voices that
seem to say, ssGo to the ant; go to the
bird; go to the flowers; go to the fields;
20 to the waters" Listen to the cantatas
hat drop from the gallery Of the tree tops.
Notice in the path where you walk the les
ons of industry and divine guidance.
Make natural religion commentary on
'evealed religion. Put the glow of sum
use and sunset into your spiritual expe-
fences. Let every star speak of the morn
ag star Of the Redeener and every aro-
natlc bloom make you think of Him who
$ the Rose OF Sharon ana the Lily of the
Ialley, and every overhanging cliff remind