The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-22


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;-1ve out before the battle is won. They
are keen and sharp Of mind, bet have
no physical endurance. They have the
ak head, 5Et no handle. The body is
the handle Ct the soul.
Let all those who toi: for .Ecir edu-
cation remember they are especially
favored, and If things 60 against them
and the AK head should ny the helve
that very hinderment may some time
turn out advanta geousiy, us the acci-
dent by the river Jordan. which SEEM
ed to finish the young students capa:-
ity to help build the new seminary,
resulted III splendid demonstration
of the power Of Elsha's God to help
any one who helps himself. No * that
was ever welded has wrought so wei
as that az, the handle and head OF
which parted.
Notice. also, how God is superior tc
every law that he has made. even ihc
Sravitation. The stick that Elisha
threw into the Jordan ioatCd. but the
az head sank. Fly incxorahlc law 1t
must go down into tie depths Of the
Jordan, yet without so much as
touch the hard. heavy metal sought
the surface There il Is, the floatln@
ak head. What 4 rcbri:c 20 these who
reject miracles O.? The gr1"nG that they
arc contrary 70 nature, as though TIC
lew we're stronger than the God who
made the law! Again and again in Bible
times was that law revoked! Witness
the scene on the banks Of the same Jor-
dan, where, in after time. the az head
sank and rose. Elijah stood there,
wearing cape Of sheepS,:in. VIXEN there
was Il mighty stir III the air ard Il
flashing equipagc descended. Elijah
stepped into ii. and on wheels 0f lire,
drawn by horses OF fire, he rose. Fifty
men for three days searched the mGi!A-
taius to see il the body OF Elijah Lad
not been dropped among the rocks and
picked 1T By birds Of rrey. bot the
search was in vain. The law Of :s!;lvi-
tation had been defeated.
WcaGcrs of Divine Power.
There Christ stood liE his disciples
Oh the Mount OF Olives after his COM
lug out Of the sepulcLrr. No ladders
let down for his ascension, but his feet
lift from the hill, and l!c goes up until
the curtain Of cloud drops. and he is
invisible Law of gravitation again
embarrassed Enoch. Mc;huselah'S IA
ther escaping death. wc3t up bodily
and will haT., no need oi resurrection.
So will al the good w;!o shal! be still
alive at the end Of the world They
will not Eced wings Livery one OF ihc
millions OF our planet who loved and
served the Lord. i then alive. will 'te
caught up" RS the Bible says. body ~
well as soul. the law Of gravitation
plralyZeG GGi Elightier than any law
he ever created. Oh. Ike the mira.
clcs because they show God indepeDd-
cnt Of everything
Notice also the divine power IN the
W
done ut the cities Of Jericho and Icru-
salem and Babylon ard NincveE. and
the great cities CT our time have seen
the divine power. but this miracle of
MY text was il ihc bac!:woodS fax
away from the city. in the lumber dis
trictS where the students had EcEc To
cut timber for ia" new theological
seminary. And il this sermon sbal!
come. rs it will come. Ike Ely other
sermons for the last thirty years. with
out missing week. let nle Say 10 those.
far away from the house Of God and
in the mountain districts that my text
shows the divine power in the back
woods. The Lord by every stream as
be certainly WAS By the Jordan. oo ev-
CIV mountain as surely as he was or
Mount Zion. on every lake as on Ii
berias, by every rock ~ by the one
whose gushing waters slakel the thirst
of the marching lsraeliteS.
Do not feel lonely because yonr ,sear-
est ncighbor may be miles away, be-
cause the width Of the continent may
separate you from the place where your
cradle was rocked and your fathers
grave WAS dug. Weakened though You
may tc by iou'S roar or p:,nthcr's
scream. God will help you. whether as
the time the forest arnuod you raves
IN the midnight hurricane or you suffer
from something quite insignificant. Ike
the loss Of an AZ head. Take yonr
Bible out under the trees. If the weath-
ho Eu-