The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-08

tht lNtA OF nome. NJ NHI EAM Ue more
restiul and comfortable The Hebrew for
pass the night" ls it not won.
derlul thing that the experiences that
have seemed 90 us DO be Heaven be-
gun below, but have been as hectlng as
the shadows sweeping the hillside, may be
with us an the time? What place b 90
restul as your home? / know there is a
rest that comes 90 one the moment he
accepts the pardon that b offered by the
Redeemcr and the burden of sin is gone.
Come unto Me, aud / will give you rest"
This Is His promise. and lie never has
failed but Immediately following that ox.
preston is this Take My yoke upon
you, and learn Of Me, for / am meek and
lowly IN heart, and ye shall find rest unto
your souls"
] suppose one might secure the former
and never come TO the latter Is not that
the rest that comes TO ms when we are
near enough 10 learn OF Him, which Is
only another way OF speaking of the 'se-
eret place"
What Mace is 20 comfortable as the
homeg There we are free from the an
noyances Of the world, there we have
that which seems TO soothe and to quiet.
Gould there be anything more expressive
than the words we find IN the fourth
VERSE OF the HlhN ] HhllNs AAE HAhli NhNNA
thee with His feathers" IL would be al
most sacriege for one to use the words
II they were not in the Bible but u is
the picture of the mother bird shielding
the little ones What so warm, so COM
Portable. as the mothers wings, or the
nest that love has made? But listen 10
this. If you will only dwell in the secret
place" YOU shall abide under the shadow
Of the Almighty: and as II that would not
be tender enough to WOO us, we are told
again, "He shall cover thee with His
feathers, and under His wings thou shalt
trust"
Home is the place for explanations
There we tell our secrets. If the people
of the world do not understand US, our
loved ones in our homes do.
II.
It would be impossible for one to read
the verses Immediately following the text
without being impressed with the fact
that the most remarkable results will
follow our abiding and dwelling in the
Secret place"
In order that the subject may be the
more practical and helpful I desire to sug-
gest some things which will surely be ours
when We fulfill the conditions.
/. In the Secret place" there is peace.
III Tue MOIlu We sinai nave AIADuldhlhut
our Master said. "but in Me We shall
have peace" / have read that a certain
insect has the power to surround itself
with a film Of air, encompassed in which
it drops into the midst Of muddy, stag
nant pools, and remains unhurt. And the
believer may be thus surrounded by the
atmosphere of God. and while he is in the
midst Of the turmoils of the world he may
be filed to overlooking with the peace
Of God, because God is with him.
This is true whatever your occupation
! if it is ever so mental. The Rev. Z. B.
/ Never tells us of Lawrence. the simple
minded cook. who said that "for more than
sixty years he never lost the sense of the
presence of God, but was as conscious
/ of it while performing the duties of his
/ humble Office as when partaking Of the
Lords Supper" What peace he must
have had!
If you are constantly engaged 80 That
YOU have said it was impossible for you
to enjoy your religion very much because
you were so busy, still you may have this
peace. because you are in the Secret
place" | know that it is imnossible for
one to keen two thoughts in the mind at
the same time and do them both Justice
but there is the heart as we'll as the
mind, and while the mind is busy the
heart may he rejoicing in all the fullness
of God. The orator is conscious OF the
presence of his audience, and his hear
is touched by their appreciation whil
his mind is busy in presenting thu
thoughts that move them. You may have
all your mind taken up with the bool
YOU are reading or studying, but you
heart is conscious q the presence of thu
one you love and who sits by your side
The mother may be very busy in one par
L L IL = ,
engaged but her heart is conscious of tn
fact that her little babe is in another par
of the house. and the least cry will draw
her to the child. So the mind may b
occupied to the very fullest extent, AM
even be disturbed by the things about us
while the heart may be abiding in swee
communion and fellowship with Him be
cause we are dwelling in the "secre
place"
Those were comforting words Of tn
Masters when He said. "Peace I leav
with you, NV peace give unto you, no
rs the world giveth give / unto vol
Let not your hearts he troubled, neithe
let them be afraid" So that I nav hav
peace even when trial comes. David foun
this to be true, for in that beautifl
Psalm, the 9th. he says: "Tn the tim
of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion
in the secret Of His tabernacle viii II
hide me" The pavilion was great ten
in the very centre of the camp. and whe
he was there nothing could harm him
he could be at peace even if he shoul
hear the sounds Of his enemies. But til
/ expression is even stronger than that, fC
David says that if it were necessary Go
! would even put him in the secret I
, His tabernacle;" that is the same as I'll
Holy of Holes; and who would not hay
! been safe there? Here is our "secrc
i place" again, and this is just where Go
! has given us the privilege of going. WI
! should we be disturbed if troubles al
] about us and our enemies rise up to {
! us harm?
: 2. In the Secret place" there is purit