The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-06

which passeth knowledge, tnaC ye mlSns
be filled with all the fitness of Goo" The
a prison cell. Being an artist his pants
and brushes were given him: and on the
wall OF the cell he painted the picture OF
the cross with Christ on it. Over the cross
he painted the word love, at the top and
the bottom of the cross the words height
and depth. at the cross beams the words
length and breadth. and indeed, 1t is true
that no one ever quite appreciates what the
love of God is to him until ne has this TNc'
ture of the cross clearly in mind:
Have YOU ever noticed the differences IN
The ending OF the lives of Abraham. and
! Lot: Lots story is written in Genesis ".
II is an awful picture. His wife Is taken
from hun. his daughters are disgraced and
he is in despair, while with, Abraham the
picture is exactly the opposite. and to my
mind is most beautiful. Genesis 70: 20,
land these are the days of the years OF
| Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred
three-score and fifteen years: Then Abra,
ham gave I'D the ghost and died in a good
old age. an old man, and full of years, and
was gathered to his people,"
Second. Moses was an Illustration OF
the text. In Hebrews II: q; He endured
as seeing Him who is invisible. That eT-
and this vision of Christ explains how 1t
ives that when your hope seemed to be
consumed and the dearest plan of your
life was burned as in the fire, you reJolced.
David has learned the secret of happy NV
ing when he says in the text, Il have set
! the Lord always before me; because He
at my right hand: ! shall not be moved.
every difficulty. What did he care that
the mountains were on every side. certain
of the EGYPTIANS behind him and the Red
Sea before him. He marched like 4 con-
oueror until the water parted in advance
of him and drv shod he went over to the
other side. But such pictures as these
have been realized in our day when men
where other men of the world have gone
| down in defeat and all because they en-
dured as seeing Him who il invisible.
Third. our Saviour is nm illustration. He
aIwavs set God before Him. As He came
into the world He said. 10. / come to do
Thy WILL" az He sat on the well curb OF
Jacobs well. "My neat is to do the will
OF Him that sent Me- as II bowed
be done" At the beginning of His minis-
try, in the midst of it and near to its close
He gave forth the same music. What a
lie it was.
1.-THE strong mans strength to toll for
Christ,
The fervent preachers skill.
! sometimes wish. bnt better far,
To be just what God wills.
No service in itself is small.
None great though earth it fill,
But that is small that seeks its OWL.
That great which seeks Gods will"
Fourth. Paul was certainly an ~illustra-
ton OF the spirit of our text. He caught
that vision in the sky as he made hls way
to Damascus and he never forgot it. de
said truthfully; Il was not 6,sooedlent un-
10 the heavenly vision" This made HIM
insensible 10 him surroundings. There Is
| really nothing more pathetic than his re-
enumeration of bis trials. II Cor. IL: 2fH,
"Ot the Jews five times received L forty
| stripes save one. Thrice was | beaten with
| rods. once was I stoned, thrice l suffered
| shipwreck, a night and a day l have been
in the deep: in journeyings often. IN p,erlIs
| Of waters, in perils of robbers, IN perlis OF
mine own countrymen, IN perlis oy. tne
heather. in perils in the city, in perlls IN
the wilderness, IN perils in the sea. in
periIs among false brethren; in wearlness
and ~painfulness, in watchings often, in
hunger and thirst. in Hastings often, IN
cold and nakedness." And yet here he
saws. II have learned with whatsoever
state I am, Herewith to be content. He
was with Paul to the very end. II Timothy
4: rs, 81 have fought a good fight, l have
finished my course, I have kept the faith;
henceforth there is laid mp for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord. the
| righteous Judge, shall give me at that day,
and not to me only, but unto all them
also that love His appearing"
That was the secret OF his VICTORIOUS
life. and that the secret OF bis triumphant
death.
If He is before me no path is too hard
for me to travel. since He walks in every
way in which He would have n" go: nor
shall I ever walk in darkness, for He Is
the light of the world, and in Him is no
darkness at ALL nor shall | ever be moved.
Have yon never noticed the differences
between the second and sixth verses IN the
Sixtv-second Psalm. The second verse
| reads, "He only is my rock and my saliva
ton: He is my defense; I shall not be
greatly moved" And the sixth is the same
| with the exception of one word. He only
is my rock and salvation; he is my de-
tense; I shall not be moved" That word is
greatly There is deep meaning IN the
omission Of greatly" Confidence has
that the waiting heart should not be much
| shaken. that the tottering fence should
| not be quite thrown down; the second Ii
that it shall not be shaken at all.
III.
He is before me in all experiences,
whether OF sorrow or of JOY, but since men
are born unto trouble as the sparks fly up
ward it is well to remember that He Is be-
fore us in suffering. There never has been
4 heart ache on the part Of any of His fol-
| lowers that the pain did not reach Him.
| and He had fellowship with US in our suf-
!! ferings. as we are privileged to do in His.
He shall be with rs even in death.
Since Jesus is mine III not fear undress-
ing,
But gladly put off these garments OF
To die in the Lord is a covenant blessing,
Since Jesus to glory, thro' death led the
way"
w.
1t is an awful thing for a life not TO have
the helpful presence of God.
ION to have no hope in Jesus.
How dark this world would be"
One of the ocean dangers that captains
fear almost more than anything else IS the
danger Of coming in contact with a "dere-
lict," as a ship abandoned at sea is called.
There are now supposed to be about thirty.
of such vessels floating about at the will of
the currents in the Atlantic waters. They
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