Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-05-08

All lnlugS else may Oe shaken and
pass away, but for them remaineth
what neither eye hath seen nor ear
heard, nor hath entered into the
heart of man-the love of God which
passeth knowledge, the riches in
glory by Christ Jesus, the fullness
of everlasting life. When they meet
the saint who has trusted God unto
the uttermost and the God who has
been trusted, God will be ashamed to
have been called their God. for he
hath builded for them city.
The instinct # eternity in our souls
helps to explain the enigma of our
present life. One day We seem to be
at home in this present world, settled
AID content, and the next our nest Is
scattered to the winds, and we are
houseless before the tempest. One
hour we seem to catch glimpse of
the land living in the sun, fair aud
green, studded with homesteads of
peace. and the next the cold. thick
mist has closed in again. aud we are
tossing ON the grey, sulleu sea. Upon
one side of our nature we seem per-
fectly suited 90 live for ever here:
upon the other side we are harass-d
bv faculties which are ever hungerino
and CRYING out for the bread which
cometh down from heaven. We NAV
rot boz rncompaSsed by delusions. We
are certainly being led Oh bv illusions.
If this be our final dwelling place.
something has gone wrong with the
Adjustment; but if this be the place
of oar education, so arranged as 10
suggest the spiritual. % allure MS nf
ter the unseen. 10 teach us 10 rise
above the material. then our weak
ness explains this present world.
where, a> ip nest, W. must b- reared
during our c.iiow days: oar wings.
which dutter even iu tnr nest. and
tempt us into the SIR, prove the world
10 come.
This instinct ais disuiiies the
present life for it assumes that those
few years are but the opening chap
t. in our history. The futlitv of
life is apt, at times, to discourage us
and to sap the springs of our endeay
or. How short is our allotted span
from youth even to age; how much
there Is to do; how much TO conquer:
how much to learn, Has God dealt
wisely or kindly with us ia giving so
curious , mind. aud in assigning as
such an ideal of holiness. when four
score years, or very much less for
most of us, close our opportunity:
Yes. if it were So. But IL Is not So.
and our Task Master has no shame.
IL is a vast demand that We should
grow into the likeness OF Christ, and
character comes very slowly 10 the
harvest. But let us make brave
beginning. fighting the sins which 30
most easily beset us. aud carry the
cross in the discharge of common
place duty. There Is long time be
fore rs, during which we may follow
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth
DO not let us be dashed by our stu
pidity or the perpleXity of things for
what we know not now We shall know
hereafter. at is hardly worth while
going deep into the subject" said
one, Il am too old" Bat" an
swered his friend. 1--WE have eternity"
1t was Il true and inspiring word.
| The mind was never made Of God to
hunger after truth. and to perish
without being satisfied. job will
take up his tangled skein; St. Paul
pursue his magnificent Speculations;
! -NSWlpu lOilON OUT us lines OF us
covery, and William Blake read the
riddle of his visions. Good forgive
me-" said Charles Kingsley, in face
of death, "bat | have great curiosi-
~" There was no need of forgive
ness. We shall have the same curl.
osity when we are leaving school, aud
our hope shall not be vain. The i'm
aginations of the soul are shadows
whose reality does not vanish. We
have all looked into the West when
the sun was setting, aud seen the
golden clouds make themselves into
II city and there We have placed our
honor and our glory.
The light faded, and the airy
battlementS disappeared; we turned
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