The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-01-24

us In our journey from cradle TO man
hood or womanhood for all the ages 90
come we ought TO be paying back. The
hallelujahs OF heaven vii be returned
for crucinxion agony.
Furthermore. let us admire these
young men OF Elisha's theological sem
mary for the fact that they were earn
Ing their own way. Those are the kind
OF men who know what education Is
worth and know how TO use Il.
Those students in the valley OF
palms by the. Jordan had a physical
strength and hardlhood that would
help them In their mental and spirit
ual achievements. We who are toillng
for the worlds bettermont need Drawn
as we'll IA brain. strong bodies as well
as illamIned minds and consecrated
soulS.
Il. al those who toll for their edu-
cation remember they are especially
favored. and II things go against them
and the Ak head should fly tho helye
that very Underwent may some time
turn out advantageously. as the accl-
dent by the river Jordan, which seem
cd 20 finish the young students capac-
lily to help build the new seminary.
resulted In a splendid demonstration
OF the power OF Elisha's God 10 help
any one who helps himself. No az that
was ever welded has wrought so we'll
as that az, the handle and head OF
which parted.
Notice. also. how God Is superior 20
every law that he has made. even the
strongest law OF nature. the law OF
graFitation. What rebuke 10 those
who reject miracles on the ground that
they are contrary 10 nature. as though
the law were stronger than the God
who made the law! Again and again
In Bible times was that law revoked.
There Christ stood by his disciples
on the Mount OF Olives after his com
ing out OF the sepulcher. No ladders
Jet down for his ascension. but his feet
lift from the hill. and he goes up until
the curtain OF cloud drops. and he IL
invisible. Law OF gravitetion again
embarrassed. Enoch, Methuselah's
father. escaping death. went up bodily
and Will have no need OF resurrection.
So will all the good who shall be stlll
alive AT the end OF the world They
viii not need wings. Every one OF the
millions OF our planet who loved and
served the Lord. IL then alive. will "be
caught up" as the Bible says, body as
we'll as soul. the law OF gravitation
paralyzed. God mightier than any law
he ever created. Oh. I like the mir
acles because they show God independ-
ent Of everything.
Notice also the a!Tine power In the
haes~oods. Wonderful things were
zone at the cities OF Jericho and Jeru-
salem and Babylon and Nlneveh. anu
the great cities OF our time have sren
the divine power. but this miracle q.
my text was IN the backwoods. far
away from the city. In the lumber dis.
trlcts. whore the students had gone 10
cut timber for the new theological
seminary. And II this sermon shall
come. as II will come. like my other
sermons for the last thirty years. with
out missing a week. let me say 20
those far away from the house OF God
aud IN tho mountain distrlcts that my
text shows the divine power In the
backwoods The Lord by every stream
as ne certainly was by tho Jordan. on
every mountain as surely as he was on
Mount Zion. on every lake as on IL
berias. oy every rock as by the one
whose gushing waters slaked the thirst
OF the marching lsraelitos.
DO not feel lonely because your near
est neighbor may be miles away. be-
cause the width OF the continent may
separate you from the place where,
your cradle was rocked and your faith
er's grave was dug. Take your Bible
out under the trees. n the weather
will permit. and after you have lis
tened 10 the solo OF a bird In the tree
tops or the long meter psalm OF the
thunder. read those words OF the Bible
which must have been written out OF
doors THE trees Of the Lord are full
OF sap, the cedars OF Lebanon whleh
he hath planted. where the birds max,
their nests: az for the stork. the Ar
trees are her house. The high hills are
n refuge for the Wild goats and the
rocks for the comics. Thou makest
darkness. and IL Is night. wherein all
the beasts OF the forest do creep forth.
The young lions roar after their prey
and seek their meat from God. The
sun ariseth. they gather themselves to-
gether and lay them down in their
deus. Man goeth forth unto his work
and to his labor until the evening. o
Lord. how manifold are thy works, In
wisdom hast thou made them all. The
earth Is full OF thy riches" How do
you like that sublime pastoral?
My subject also reminds US OF the
Importance OF keeping our chigf i'm
PIGMENT for work In good order.
think that young theological student
on tho banks OF Jordan was 20 blame
for not examining the ak before he
lifted II that day against a tree. lie
could In n moment have found out
whether the helve and the head were
irmly fastened. The simple fact was
he ak was not In good order or the