Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-06-03

| inclina tons. Ii is always case of
the rainbow and the never-found pot
of gold when Gods commands are
forgotten and disobeycd. But as
surely as Noah rode i'm the ark on the
Hood which destroyed those who had
| derided him, surely will the soul
! that yields obedience to the command
| of God ride above the storms and
| Hoods OF life TO the mountain top
| of blessing. and to him will come the
olive branch of Gods peace, and the
rainbow of Gods eternal presence
VIII speak its rcassuring message to
| his soul
OBEIlNG God Is expansive in it's
~ scope; it is elcvating in its tend
ency. Look at Noah. His obedience
To the commands of God involved the
destiny of the whole human race to
the present day. lie did not build
for himself and his family alone. He
reared his ark that il might be n
part in the great plan of Gods re-
demptivc work for man. The sound
! of his hammer is heard to-day. sol
EMMY warning the world of another
Judgment day TO come. Christ used
!
very truth To HIS hearers LAS the
days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be. For
a IN the days that were before the
Hood, they were eating and drinking
marrying and giving in marriage. un-
til the day that Noe entered into the
ark, and knew not until the flood
| came, and took them all away; so
snail also the coming of the Son of
Man be-. The world prides itself on
It's breadth of life. the scope of it's
activity. the largencSs of its aims and
ambitions, but, bless YOU, they are as
narrow and sordid in breadth and
scope and largeness in compa rison
with the life which unfolds i'm Gods
VIII as the planet on which we live is
small and insignificant in compari-
son to the universe of which it i "A
| part. To obey mans will is to limit
me horizon of the life, and confinc
! lts possibilities to the few short
years which mark the passage from
the cradle to the grave. To obey
Gods will launches tho soul on the
IImitless expanse of Gods purpose in
His vast universe and gives wind and
sail To carry through the unendinr
years of eternity.
OBEIING God is elcvatino in its
- tendency. IT fixes the vision of
the soul up above the things of life
IL draws the soul on and on until at
iast IT gains the presence of God, Who
Is supreme owe" all and above all.
| he worlds wisdom tells YOU to aim
high, and you will hit something: TO
fasten your chariot 10 star. The
! possibilities of human aspiratiors
are limited. The aim NAV be HIGH.
the star may be hitchcd on to. but
what beyond these? The limit is
reached. and disappointment crowds
in Mt death. But the soul that obevs
God i always IN the upgrade His
destiny ia not limited to human am
bition or even the far. twinkJiup
star. but with God Himself. Obedi-
ence to- God is the only elevator line
which passes through the realm of
human possibilities into the regions
OF God q Heaven. Obedience to God
lifts the vision from the center self
ana fixes 1T on the beacon light OF
Gods unfailing blessing.
AieXarders ambition was TO con
quer the world. but death ended
career and ambition. ard loosened his
grasp on the small part of the world
which he was permitted to subdue
His ambition and hope ended in the
dark, cold grave. Tmour. the Tar
tar, desired "A universal conquest. saw
ing the earth WIS too small for more
than one master. ut is too small to
satisfy the ambition of great soul"
declared he. The sheik of Samarcond
is said to have replied 10 him: "The
ambition of a great soul is not to be
satisfied 10y the poss cssion of NOR
sci of earth added 10 another. but bv
the possession If God. Who alone is
sufficiently great to fill up an in
finite thought" And only obcdj-
ence to God can give entrance TO the
glorious realization of that ambi-
ton.
ONE man, willing to obey God i'm
- plicitly in the face of an unbc-
lieving and maynard world. can set
II by the ears and gain an audience.
He j. marked man. 1t NAV lie
true sometimes that the world may
laugh. 1t may ridicule. il may de-
nounce and Oppose. Gods servants
always have tO-mect these conditions.
But the man who obcys God runs.
mot as uncertainty" and fights mot
as ono that beateth the air" Obey
ing God, then, gives clcarness of vi
sion and defni'eness OF aim. These
two qualities are absolutely lacking
in their fullest sense in the people of
the world. ] dare 10 challenge the
soul that T. living outside the will
of God TO disprovc this declarat ton. !
Only those who obey God have clear /
ness of vision and defnitcncss of aim. /
The people of NOah's day were a.