Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-09


concentrated. TO make the event one
of surprising grandeur. The prepa-
rations went forward to the very eve
OF the coronation. London's streets
had filled with the gayly-attired
guests of the nation, and a mock cere-
mony was gone through with that
each, from the king down TO the watt
ing page, might know his part and
play ii well, and then suddenly there
breaks on the ear of the world the sad
news from London. Sickness laws the
great king low, and his coronation is
of. The mute crowds in the streets
OF London see the magnificent decora-
tlons removed, hear the sound of the
hammer and the saw as the miles and
miles OF grand stands are removed, be-
hold the special coronation ambassa-
doris depart to their respective coun-
tries. The sound of the grating key in
the doors of Yves minSter abbey
raSps on the ears as the vast audi
torium which was to have been the
scene of the browning is closed. The
powerful fleet of maj estic battleships
steals out of the harbor. The hotel
men and the tradesmen and the in
instead of the harvest of golden coins
London is left in her gloom. The
world reads the sad sthry, but will it
learn the lesson? As you read the
story, the shock of the distressing ca
lamity bears in upon your soul and
makes YOU think for the moment, but
will YOU learn the lesson? Listen to
the voice of God: "Ye know not what
shall be on the morrow. For what is
your life? 1t is even n vapor. that APP
peareth for n little time, and then
vanisheth away"
All the kings power and all the
kings wealth, all his influence. all the
wisdom of his statesmen, all the skill
of his physicians, all the devotion of
his subjects, all the strength of army
and navy, all the sympathy of the ma
tions of the earth, cannot stay the
march of the disease that places the
monarch On a bed instead Of in the
waiting coronation chair. Can You be-
hold such n spectacle. can you thus
stand before such imrotcncy and weak.
ness, and turn with untouched heart
from the message of God as He de-
clares that your life is but Vapor
that appeareth for n little time
and then vanisheth away? Can YOU
stand before that silent ruin of St
/ Pierre with its crumbled walls and
buildings and its pail Of volcanic dust
covering the crushed and blackened
bodies of thousands upon thousands
of strong men, and fair women. and lit
tie children, and be unmoved by the
uncertainty of life? Again hear God
speak: Boast not myself Of to-mor-
row; for thou knowest not what "A day
may bring forth
In this modern day in which you and
j live the island of the sea has thun-
dered forth a message which has
echoed throughout the world, telling
the madlyrushing nations of the un-
certainty of life. The nations repre-
sentatives have gathered while the
warning of Mont Pelee was still ring
ing in their ears and have stood bowed
before the sick bed of "A king, instead
of paying him homage as he sat with
| a magnificent crown upon his head in
! the coronation chair, and have turned
| away realizing how poweTless and
/ weak the human arm is, and that life
! is indeed but a vapor, that appeared
| for little time and then vanisheth
/ away. In the name of the Lord, who
| loves you with a love unspeakabIe.
learn the lesson of the hour before it
! is too late, and link your life into the
latter thought OF our text: IF the
| Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or
/ that"
/ Planning With God-It is n blessed
| thought full of inspiration and comfort
! that in Christ Jesus we become linked
with God in a copartnership relation
which il is our privilege to realize in
/ the everyday affaT s Of home, the
shop. tie Office, the profession, every
where. and wherever God has set our
feet and called us to labor. If we ara
kept ~ the power Of God and realize
| it, we can serve and plan with an eve
single to His glory and know that com g
what may we are in the hollow of the
/ hand of the Almighty God and nothing
| can remove us. Misfortune may rob
us Of every earthly possession, but we
/ are still rich in Him and heir to the
| wealth OF Heaven. Calamity may come
and the fire Of a Mont Pelee may en-
wrap us, but il is only to be set free
from the prison house Of this body and
| to be forever with the Lord. Sickness
may come, or cruel accident, and lay
us low upon our beds but again we IAN
/ sing that we are more than conquer
/ ors through Him that loved us and
| gave Himself for us. and can make
| the sick bed and the rackcd body sure
| stepping stones 10 the carrying ont Of
| the plans we have made with God Oh.
/ it is blessed indeed. by the will Of God,
| to do this or that if we live u is a
weary struggle 20 plan and work alone.
/ No wonder we hear on every hand the
| discouraged cry: els life worth liy-
/ ing| Apart frouN God it is not. u is
a weary, uncertain struggle here and
darkness beyond the grave. But with