The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-03-07

lLT OF q cay lu winch iNrT' shall ut
no chains io break, no ~Drrou- 100 as.
suage, no de-poti>m to -haffrr uo
woes To compassionate. blessed
Christ, descend. Scared temple. take
the crown! bruised band. take the
scepter. Wounded feet. step ou the
throne. Chime is the kingdom"
These things say bccau-e / want
you 10 be alert. ! want you to be
watching all these wonder. mroiling
from the heavens and the earth. God
has classified them. whether caIam.t-
GUS or pleasing. The Divine purposes
are harnessed in traces that cannot
break and in girths that cannot slip
and in buckles that cannot loosen
and are driven by reins they must
answer. ] preach no fatalism. a
sWarthy engineer at one OF the
T dtpots at Dakota said. "Whcn will
YOU get on the locomotive and take
a ride with u.s." "Wcu." ] said.
'now, il that suits YOU" So got
on one side Of the locomotive. and
Methodist minister who was also in-
yited, got on the other side. and be-
tween us were the engineer and The
stokcr The train started. The cn-
giucer had his hand on the agitatcd
pulse Of the great engine. The
stoker shoyelcd in the coal and shu
the door with a loud clang. A vast
plain slipped under MS, and the hills
swept by, and that great monster ON
which we rode trembcd and bounded
and snortcd and ragged as 70 hurled
us ON. / said 10 the Methodist min
i~tcr ON the other side of the loco
motive: My brother. why should
ministers quarrel about the dccrccs
and free agency? You see that
track. that firm track, that iron
track; that is the decree. You see
This engineers arm; That is free
agency. How beautifully they work
together. They are going 10 take us
through. We could not do without
the track. and we could NOT do uifh-
ont the engineer"
So ] rejoice day by day. Work for
all 20 do. and uc may turn the crank
of the Christian machinery th., way
or that. for we are free agents. Eut
there J., the track laid SOD long ago
uo one remembers 10 laid bv the
hand of the Almighty God in sockets
that no terrestrial or Satanic pres
sure can ever affect. And along the
track The car Of the worlds rcdcmp- /
ton win roll and roll to the Grand
Central depot OF the millennium. /
have no anxiety about the track. T
am only afraid that Tor our ir'o- F
'enco and uniaithfulness God WIZ dis .
charge us and get some other sf0kcr .
and some other engineer. The train /
is going through with MS or without /
MS. So. my brethren, watch an the
events that are going by. II thing
seem TO turn ont right give wing,
TO your joy. If things seem TO turn
ont wrong. throw ont the anchor OF
faith and hold fast.
When Ttans play quo't.. they pitch
but who owns these pican-
tic natural forces we are constantly /.
reading about? Whose hand is on the
the volcanoes? Whose
foot suddenly planted ON the foot 7
tool. makes the continents Quiver'
God. ] must be az peace with Him. .
Through the Lord Jesus Christ. thi-
God IS mine and lie is yours. ] put The
earthquake that shook Palestine az
the crucifxion against all tine down
rockines Of the centuries. This God
on our side, we may challenge an the
centuries OF time and an the cycles of
tcrnity.
Years ago I was at Fire Island.
E. J., and ] went up in the cupola
from which they telegraph o.
New York the approach Of vessels
hours before they come into port.
There is an opening In the wall, and
he operator puts his telescope
through that opening and looks out
md sees vessels far out at sea. While
was talking with him he went mp
md looked out. lie said: 1--WE are eN-
,ecting the Arizona tonight ]
.aid: els it possible you know all
hose vessels? DO YOU know them as
ron know a mans face?" lie said.
Yes. / never make mistake. BE-
ore see the hulls often know them
,v the masts. know them ALL have .
watched them so long" Oh. what !
rand thing it is to have ships tele-
rraphed and heralded long before =
hey come TO port. that friends may !
ONE down 10 the W harf and welcome D.
heir long-absent ones. So to-day We
AXE our stand I'm the watch-tower.
nd through the glass OF inspiration
rc look of and see whole G
cct of ships coming in. That is
he ship of peace, with the star
{ Bethlehem floating above the
ODD callauts. That is the ship Of the
hurch. mark of salt water high upon
he smokcstack, showing She has had
ounh weather, but the Captain of
aviation commands her. and all is
ell with her. The ship Of heaven.
nrhtiest craft ever launched. mill
ans Of Messengers waiting for mill
ons more. prophets and apostles and
.artyrs in the cabin, couqucrors at
he foot Of the mast, while from the
geing hands are waving this way as
they knew us. and we wave back
yain. for they are ours. They went
% from our own households. Ours.
al. haill Put Oft The black and put 4
d. tine white. Stop toll'nr the funeral =
.ll and ring the wedding anthem.
iut up the hcarse and take the Il
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