Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-03-04
SIN OF IMPATIENCE.
Human Failing Which Robs the Soul
of Victory and Blessing.
Spiritual Impatience as Distin-
suished from Impatience OF the
Fiesh-Sermon by the .Hixh-
way and Byway" Preacher.
Copyright. 1906. by n " Kellogg News
paper Co

Chicago. March l. 1905
Tcxt-"For ye have need OF patience
thai after ye have done the will OF God
- might receive the promise Heb. 1886.
II Earth is the goiden-runged ladder
by which the soul climbs up TO the
presence of God. patience is the gentle
and never-tiriug attendant who keeps
the soul waiting on the threshold of
Gods will until the blessing is re-
ceiVed. If unbelicf is the mist which
shuts out the face of God from the
soul and blinds il TO the only safe path
ia Christ Jesus, impatiencc is the spade
wherewith man digs the grave into
which are cast his peace of mind and
sometimes his hope of Heaven. Pa
thence is a virtue of such glorious
beauty as to make God willing TO be
called God of patience. Impaticnce
l. vice which sputters and flashes in
the human heart and life and causes
more unhappiness and skaters more
nerves than any other one thing. As
the emery put into the oil will soon
grind out the finest bearings and ruin
the most costly machinery, so impa-
thence njected into the machinery of
home, social and business life will cut
the smooth surfaces and create dis
cord and trouble where harmony be-
fore prevailed. Patience is coustruc-
tive, but impaticnce is relentlessly de-
structive. Gods word declares that
patience worketh experience, but the
iWpa tient man or woman or child with
shut eyes and fingers pressed into the
cars rushes madly into the face of eX-
periencc and never learns. Patience is
ba g., a.
forces of nature are TO the earth aud
the universe. Patience prevents waste
fulness of energy and power; il guards
against dest ructivc violence and disn-
tcgrat ting processes Patience is tho
safety valve that keeps the boiler of
human dynamics under safe pressure
and prevents the destructive explosion.
Patience is the great fywheel tina!
keeps the engine of the daily existence
running true ana steady. Patience il
a sum ia addition, and according to Pc
Her's formula adds to itself goodness
or GodlikenesS But in this on-rushing
restless age the fevcrish hand Of man
has woven into the fabric Of his life
the unhappy word "impatience." He
has chisclcd the same word in the
"rchway which spans the entrance to
business and induStriaI life. and as he
moves about he cNhales an atmos phere
which is heavy with the deadly miasma
Of impatiencc.
Scripture which speaks of God as
God Of patience calls attention to the
patience of Jesus Christ, to the pa
ricuce of job, and Paul refers to his
own patience. The prophets are held
e "a.
churches at Ephesus. Thyratira and
Philadelphia were commended for
their patience. Even the patience of
tho Scriptures is declared This last
* rather a peculiar expression. but is
full of deep spiritual meaning. 1t is
most natural to speak of the patience
OF Jesus Christ, as we think of His
Is years at the carpenter bench and Of
His three years Of faithful ministry
while He faced the accursed death
upon the cross We do not consider
il out of place for Paul 10 refer to his
own patience. as we follow him in his
tedious and perilouS missionary tours
and see how in every place he first
sought out che Jews and preached TO
them Jesus, despite their bitter hostil-
itv and persecution. When James
speaks of the prophets as examples Of
patience we can but say amen as VIC
recall their long-suffcriug patience in
delivering the message of God to q
Maynard and pcrvcrsc nation When
Job is raised TO the pinnacle Of human
attainment by the same inspired
writer and Is held out as the great ex-
cuplar of patience outside Of Christ
himself. simple Justice comedies him
The place without argument. Put
when God speaks of the patience Of
IT," scriptures. the expires sion at once
ailcnges attention. What docs If
moan? 1t means that Gods marvellous
secret Of the redemption Of man has
been gradually Unfoldcd to the mind
ava heart OF man as fast ms il was
safe so 10 do. The FIRST promise IT,,
'''hcSis that the seed OF the woman
should bruise the scrpent's head held
within its simple phrase tho germ.
from which was TO spring the gIori-
"us plant of salvation. As the FIRST
FAINT blush Of the dawning morn
prepares ono for the coming Of ih.
glorious sun, SO this promise spread
rose tint over the horizon of man
which awakened in his heart the
hope OF coming light. And each
new promise sent out its CLEAN Of
light and prepared his vision for tic
fun blaze of glory of the Son of
Righteousness as lie rose with heal.
ing in His wings. And herein j.
manifested the patience Of the Scrip-
lures, in that they have so grad
ualy. step by step. led man from the
deep valley of death in sin outside
the Garden Of Eden, up, up. over the
way blazed by EHoch. Noah. Abraham.
Isaac and Jacob. Moses. David and
The prophets, until Calvary's heights