Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1901-03-07

will also help bodily vivifcation. In or.ssr
TO 90 Inis advise you to Danish as far as
possible all fretfulness out of your life
Inc DONG OF that will make you ten years
younger. know many good, Christian
people who are worrying themselves ONT
IN managing the affairs of the un;yorsa
Ihey nave undertaken too big lob. Tbev
are trying to drive too long and iery
team. They have all the affairs OF church
this and fret about that and and FRET fret about about
the other thing. They fear that China
Will be divided up among the nations and
there Will be an ENHANCEMENT causing
wars such as we have never heard Of
They fear, that Edward VII. will not he
as as wise KING a as his mother was a queen
tional debt. They fear society is going to
pieces by reason of immoralties. They
apprehend that America will be over
crowded with foreigners They say the
newspapers are getting so bad that this
country 60 IS &c going to be utterly demoral:zed-
cial and RELIGIOUS and political calamities.
and it IS telling on their mental health.
depressing their physical health, and. in
stead OF renewing their youth like the
eagles, they are initiating the eagle who
would SIT in his nest of sticks lined with
grass on the rock, mourning about the
woes OF the ornithological world, the lone
vulture, the croak of the raven. the recE-
less OF the albatross. Would that improve
things? No. It would be molting pro-
cess tor that eagle which would never
more gloomy and less able to gain food for
It's young and less able to enjoy land
scape as 1t appears under twentv-mie
Hight on summer morning under the.
blue heavens
Il do not advise yon to be Indifferent: so
these great questions that pertain to
church and state and nations, but not to
fret about them. Realize that it is not an
anarchy that has charge of affairs in this
world, but divine government At the
head OF this universe is King whose eve
IS omnlscience and whose heart is infinite
love: His government is not going to be
trust Him in the management Of this
world and of all worlds: All you and l
have to do is to accomplish the work that
is put in our hands. That is all we have
to be responsible for. In well managed
orchestra the players upon stringed and
wind instruments do not watch each other.
Ihe cornetlst does not look to see how
the violinist is drawing the bow over the,
strings, nor does the flute player scrutin-
lze the drum. They all watch the baton
OF the leader. And we are all carrying
our part, however insignificant it may be.
In the great harmony
h.o SOOd CuliiS IL Is, al yC dge(k
Christians, that you can soon get rid OF
dulled ear and sight that requires strong
eyeglasses and infirmities which make YOU
hold on to the banister, leaving you pant
ing at the head of the stairs, and enter a.
land Of eternal health, where the most ru-
blcund cheek OF robust life on earth
would be emaciation compared with the
vigor of the immortals. What u good
thing to get beyond being misunderstood
| and blamed for what you could not help.
and picked at by hard world, and then
| pass, into. heavenly society where all
are eternal, depreciation. and SANDER and
backbiting unknown, for the gate Of heav.
en- was shut against them in the state
ment, Without are dogs" What good
thing to have satisfying and glorious ex,
planation of things that puzzled you
twenty or forty or eighty years, to have
mystery solved and Gods government vim
dicated, and you will see why He allowed
| sin and sorrow to come into the world
and why the bad were permitted to live
| SO long and the good were cut off in the
time OF their greatest usefulness and why
SO many of the consecrated find life a
struggle, while many of the Infamous ride
prosperously, princes afoot and beggars
a-horseback, and the last honest question
shall have been answered.
Gibbon in his history says that Moham-
med had dream in which he thought
that, mounted on the horse Borak, he as.
within two bow shots of the throne and
felt cold that pierced him to the heart
when his shoulder was touched by the.
hand OF God. That might do for Moham-
med's heaven, but not for Christian,
heaven. No cold hand put upon your
shoulder there, no cold hand of repulse OF
doubt, but the warm hand of welcome, the
warm hand of sanity communion. the
warm hand of God.
l congratulate all Christians who are in
the eventide. Good cheer to all of YOU,
Y our best days are yet to come You ara
yet to hear the best songs, see the grand
est sights, take the most delightful jour.
neys, form the most elevating Friendships
will be no nearer the last rapture than.
when you were thrilled with the first.
In heaven you will have what most
pleases you. Archbishop Leighton's de-
sire for heaven was desire for Christ and
purity and love, and he has found there
what he wanted. John Foster rejoiced at
the thought OF heaven, because there he
could study the secrets of the universe
without restraint, and he has been regal
ing himself in that search. Southey
thought OF heaven as a place. where he
would meet with the learned and the
great-Chaucer and Dante and Shakes
~ nv NAS0DC Aieao AOuAiu Clel1 SGyAc
of communion. That great and good Dr.
Dick was fond of mathematics, and he said
he thought much Of the time in heaven
would be given to that study, and I have
no doubt that since ascension he has made
advancement in thst science. The twelve
manner of fruits spoken of in Revela-
tion means al kinds Of enjoyment in heay-
en-, for twelve manner of fruits includes
all the chief fruits that are grown ON
trees. / suppose there will be as many
kinds of enjoyment as there will be in
habitants.
You will have in heaven just what YOU
want. Are you tired? Then heaven viii
be rest. Are you passionately fond OF
sweet sounds? Then it will be music Are
you stirred by pictures? There will be all
the colors on the new heavens, on the jas
per sea, and the walls imbedded with what
splendors! Are you fond of great archi-
lecture? There you will find the temple
of God and the Lamb and the uplifted
thrones. Are you longing to get back to-
your loved ones who have assembled? Then
it will be reunion. Are you home bodyz
Then it will be home iIere and there in
this world you ill fii. or.e one who now
lives where he was born. and three or
four generations may have dwelt in the
same house, but most people have had
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