The Canton times., 1902-09-05

As well might the tiny molecul
which has to be searched out with tn
; microscope to be seen, boast itself {
it's size while the great earth support
its teeming millions of people and til
stars and planets OF the universe ro
in space, as for you, oh, man, to boas
yourself of life and what it holds TO
you, for what is it in comparison t
eternity? In France two or thre
weeks ago there went speeding owe
the highway the $4,000 auto of tn
rich American and his fair wife. Hoy
much life had for them. Rich and in
fluential, and full of plans. A ney
auto building, more powerful and mag
nificent than the one in which .they
were riding A palatial residence il
San Francisco, upon which alteration.
and improvements were to be made
amounting to 5000, 900, and the con
tracts for the work only awaiting the
return of the young couple to be
signed and the work begun. How full
and real and certain seemed life as
they glided with the swiftness of the
wind across the country to the gay
scenes of Paris. How dim and unlikely
seemed death and the threshold of
eternity. The peasants stopping in
their work and Leaning on their hoes
gazed after them and envied them
their lot, and thought of the years
which yet seemed before them and of
all the luxury and travel and pleasure
that would be counted off to them in
the days of the years as they rolled
around one by one. And 10, while they
are gazing the rushing auto swerves
to one side, and with the suddenness
of the lightning flash the crash comes,
deaths silence settles down upon the
fair young pair as they lie amidst the
wreckage, and their souls are in eter-
nifty.
Four Important Points.-.There are
four essential points to our text. As
Mr.. Moody used to put it: 1. There is
one God. 2. We are accountable to Him.
3. We must meet Him. 4. We need
to meet Him. Let us turn
our thoughts to the first point. There
is one God. One God, the Creator. One
God, the Ruler of the universe. One
God, the lover of mems souls and the
hater of sin. One God, the Saviour OF |
men. One God who is all this. And |
because He is the one and only God,
Thou shalt have no other gods before
Me-" Is this message for to-day?
We carry it to the heather lands,
where the hideous little gods have
heir place in every home and receive
he worship and alteration. of it's in
mates. We know it is message for
hose darkened lands, but ours is a
;hristian land, with no shrines in our
ZONES and no ugly images before
which we fall down and worship. And
because of this are there no strange
rods that are claiming our worship
nd our service? How about the god
# pleasure, the god of gold, the god
f social supremacy, the god of self
ill and self-indulgence, the god OF
ride and worldly ambition, the god
# religious forms and ceremonies.
ead the last half of the fifth chapter I
Amos if you want to see how Jealous
! outward religious activity the chill
rem of Israel were. They had their
east days, their burnt offerings and
leat offerings, and peace offerings as
| days of yore, when they ascended
5 sweet smelling SAVIOR to the Lord
'om consecrated hearts. But God
lys: 81 hate, 1 despise your feast
iys, and l will not smell your solemn
ssemblies." They had their fine
lurch music, but God says: "Take
lou away from Me the noise of thy Il
'ngs; for | will not hear the melody I
thy VOLS" Why was this? Because
Iere was no longer one God before Y
em, but "Moloch and Chiun, your {
lages, the star of your god, which ye !
ade to yourselves" L
The second point before us is that !.
e are accountable to Him. Cain was u
countable to God for the killing of I
S brother Abel. 1t is significant that a
rupture gives no record of the par :,
It's calling their son to account for
S awful sin. but tells of the wicked .
'uth being brought face to face with =
S God, the one to whom he was first =
countable and from whose search "
3 gaze he could not escape. The all -
portant question was not what y
'uld father or mother say or do, "
t what does God think about it, what q
IL He do? The all-important ques- =,
N to you, my friend, is not your -
lnding in the community, not what r
ur friends or relatives say or think A !,
out you, but what is my standing =,
fore God, whom l am to meet some ..
y face to face? 4,