The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-01

Leave 1t all in His dear hand;
II His love for thee He planned,
Think o. Him.
when some anxious Gaze pe-p.cxes,
Think OF Him.
Lest thy inmost soul II ScHes,
Think OF Him.
Erinc thv care and thou shat see,
lie will bear it all for thee;
lie would have thee peaceful be,
Think OF Him.
Eut there was still another difficulty
with E.ijah. First, he was alone. In
ve:sc we read that he lett his servant
at Beersheba, and he himself went, into
the wilderness. 1t is 4 great mistake to
be alone when trouble comes Bear We
ore another's burdens, and so fulfill the
law os Cod gives us picture o. human
fellowship. rhile the verse. Take my
yoke upon yoa and learn CT Ne. gives Us
an idea of that fellowship which we may
have with Hin.
John Mcneil, the great Scotch preacher,
has Il fine illustration OF this point in his
sermon based upon l San!uc. the 2th
ciiaDte- and the first verse. And David
L
Gay by the hand of S>ll: there Is nothing
better for me than that ] shoa?d Srcedlly
escaoe into the land OF the Phi:istlne@,
and Saul shall despair of INC. to seek ne
any more in &ry coast OF lsraei: so shall L
escare out of his hand" David said N
his heart :nd john Mcneil says it
would h:vc been well il instead OF saying
it in his heart he wouid have said it OF
loud. 1t is the thing we say II our heart
that grows TO such great proportion aEd
leaGs Us 10 believe that we are on the
verge of despair. Without question the
passage is true, and AIr. Mcneil SUCCESS
three cures.
First-Why di&7't David say it aloud
to his servant and let his servant argue
him out O: his position, 10: there are many
things We think we would never dare to
say 20 our dearest friends.
vas a master in prayer. and if he bad but
fallen on his knees and said it 20 God, at
least have tried to say it, he would have
found that his very tongue would have
cleaved to the roof Of his mouth, for there
are things We think that We would blush
e we dared to say them to God.
Third-Nhy didn't Ne sing it. He was
much of a singer, was David. end if he had
but put it in a song his face would have
grown hot, and he would have ended with
starimering and stumbling, and then said
Mr.. Mcneil. "Why my we net follow
this rule. and when We have dnhculty,
imaginary or real, let us say it, or pray 1T,
or sing it, and if we cannot say IT.. ard 1t
won't pray. and viii not sing there Is
nothing in it. 1t is but the devils ce.r-
sion to plunge us into DESPAIR.
Fourth-He sat Gown. That was great
mistake. He never should have given up.
II he had only kept going he would have
found victory. There are so many people
in the church to-day who have done just
exactly what Elijah I'd. They have sat
down. The man who onc2 taught Sun:
day-school class is now doing nothing ard
fast slipping away from Christ. The mem:
ber Of the church who used to Re faithful
al the PRAYER meeting is row absent ara
si.ting down in his home h is of ali mc2
most miserable. That man who. was once
in the church and loved the church has
sat dowr. in the world, and he cueShoas
il he ever knew Christ. so let Us Keep
gcirs. 1t is when a man Is idle that Iataa
tri,s him up.
Fifth-Hc wanted to dictate TO God
when he said to Him "TIet me die" It ia
n rool thing that God did not take him at
his word. for he would have t,icd under.
cloud. and would have hecn buried in the
desert. What mercy it is that Col t@es
not give us all We ask for. And ny, o-va
cvrcrience doubt not is yours, the things
that Col has refused to me have been my
greatest blessings. Then let us remember
that "no" is just as much OF an answer as
"vcs." and your experience in your h1me
has been that TO for you- children usualT
is the better answer. Eut how gracious
God is in His dealings with Il ose who are
out OF the wa-. He calls Adam in tender.
ness when He says. 'Where art tho"
He. woos David bac,; again to virtue in
the story OF the eve lame, and gives us
picture of Himself il the seeking love CT
tic father of the prodisal for his boy, lets
Ms understand something Of His forgive
ness when He sends in The person Of His
Son to write upon the sand Fis disposition
to remember no more tie sin of guilty
woman, and then whispered t. .Eiijah :.s as
re is under the juniper tree in a still
small voice. and continues to whisper !G-
til at last Elijah is ON his feet and feeIr,s
for his life Lack again into the hight. On.
let us come out from under tic i"a!?cr
tree. 1t is sad place to ind Christian
ard gool place to keep away from.