Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-11-20
"A THREE=FOLD CHORD
Sunday Sermon by DR.. Chapman the
Noted Evangelist.
Points Out Why Even Seemingly Unfortunate
Mortals Have Better Reasons for Thanks.
giving Than Faultfndng.


clesiastes 4: II.
Did you ever stop to think how many
things you have in your lie Tor which You
ought to be grateful to God? Doubtless
some OF my readers may pause and say II
have very little for which l need to be
thankful and then, as a matter OF fact,
we have had more OF JOY than OF sorrow,
more days OF sunshine than OF storm, and
If we were honest we should be obliged to
say that there is more reason for thanks
giving than faulthndlng.
An old friend OF mine, blind from his
BIRTH told me that he had never seen the
sun rise and had never looked upon his
sons face, aud then he said 20 me, Have
You ever thanked God for your eye sight,
and | never had up to that time. In the
city OF Hartford, going through an insane
hospital with the attending physician, l
stopped with him at the door of room
where a Young girl frantically said, Doc
tor, | must have a breath of fresh air, for
| am being consumed with an inward
fire. The doctor gently closed the door
and said. This has been her mania for
year. and then we entered room where
in close confinement was kept man who
was reckOned one of the most brilliant
journalists III the city. who said, These
walls are coming nearer together, and the
floor and ceiling are every day approaching
each other, and my enemies have kept me
here until my life is TO be crushed out" |
doubt not but that he suffered as much as
If 1t We're an honest fact. | turned away
from the hospital with a heavy heart, but
condemned, too. because up to that time |
had never thanked God for my reason.
There are so many things Tor which we
ought to be grateful, but most of all to my
mind there is cause for gratitude in the
way God has sought for the lost world ever
since men have begun to wander from
Him Adam no sooner sins than God seeks
him in the garden and cries out Where
art thou God will not unlock the ioun-
tains of the deep and bring the flood until
he sends Noah for l2O years a. the preach.
er OF righteousness to warn the people, nor
will Tie let Sodom he drst covcd until the
angel visitors take hold of Lot and drag
him forth from the city and also strive Ill
every way 10 bring the inhabitants forth
to place of safety. Every representative
of father in the Old Testament j. pic
turc of God. Jacobs concern for his chil.
drcn: David. who stops and cries. Oh.
Ab.alom," arc hut hints a to Gods con,
Germ for His own lost children, and Tie Is
IN every WY seeking them and calling
upon Them To return In the Old Tesla
ncut He gives the law that they may be-
hold Iii, prcccpts written upon tables al
stone, and when men will not heed His
written word He opens III" windows al
heaycA and VITA an angel chor sends Ills
ONLY Son aud locates The pace ot His birth
by the star ot Both chem. and leads the
shepherds 10 adore HIM with sounds OF
angels music. and tbs Son OF God, Jesus
ri Nazareth. went NJ aud down IN" land
teaching and preaching. but most OF all liv.
ing III order that mon might ono da"
through liia come hack to tho Father.
When the world became 80 skilled III
wlckcduc-s that they world not have HIM
live IN ihoir presence because thci? lives
were a condemnation in Themselves he
made Hrs way t. Calvary aad DEED upon
the cross. the inst for the unjust, that lie
might ring IT, to con. and whea lie had
been crn"jhci. placed in the ,omh and
Ind risop lie Iwr,t win thnm at .lcru,,,
lem mtil thay should he endowed with
r,,y,r nnu, ON h,rh. Th,. ken, HIS com.
mands and whom the f,,lnas, Of Tina had
come with Rushing s,und A, OF mighty
wind the How Gho,i came npon thcm.
began to speak with other tongues u, the
Sprit gave ther utlcrdEcr. From thlt
day to this the Hoy Ghost Ia, bcra "a the
word, and - that hall tj!c trinity of God
has been all but repealed IN the Imt"rcNt,1 OF
sinful man. The Cod OF law the God nj
grace, the God of power. This thrcc.ioh
vision we have hld ot the Divine Ono and
IN every disposition He Is seeking. Tins j.
a most >o,cmn subject, because We ave iiy.
ing IN the dl~pcu>attou Of the iip'v Ghost.
the las, cord a, IT were OF the tmultr,
When the Octlrc went down on the IH-.
h.h coast. one boy. Stewart Holland, hr
name. became a hero hrcarsa while the
passengers were nantic avid the other sea,
men and officers were otherwise engaged
he broke into the powder magazine ard
again and d-aia fired Off thr shin. cannnu
that he might arouse thu itr savers and