The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-06-06

than God. and that follows its own
inclinations. IL is always q case Of
the rainbow and the never-found pot
of gold when Gods commands are
forgotten and disobeyed. But a.
surely as Noah rode In the ark on the
food which destroyed those who had
dcridcd him, so surely will the soul
that yields obedience to the command
of God ride above the storms and
floods 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
will speak its rcassuring message to
his soul.
LOBBYING God Is expansive in its
~ scope; II is elevating in it's tend
ency. Look Mt Noah! His obedience
to the commands of God involved the
4 destiny of the whole human race to
the present day. He did not build
for himself and his family alone. He
reared his ark that it might be a
part in the great plan of Gods re-
demptive 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
the story of Noah to drive home this
very truth to His hearers. '.As the
days OF Noe were, SO shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be. For
as in the days that were before the
food, they were eating and drinking.
marrying and giving in marriage, I'M
| til the day that Noe entered into the
ark, and knew not until the food
came, and took them all away; so
shall also the coming of the Son of
Man be-" The world prides itself on
Its breadth of life, the scope of it's
activity, the largeness of its aims and
ambitions. but. bless you, they are as
narrow and sordid in breadth and
scope and largeness in comparison
with the life which unfolds in Gods
will as the planet on which we live is
small and insignificant in COMPARE
son to the universe of which il is a
part. To obey mans will is to limit
the horizon of the life, and confine
its possibilities to the few short
years which mark the passage from
the cradle to the grave. To obey
Gods will launches the soul on the
limitless expanse of Gods purpose i'm
His vast universe and gives wind and
sail to carry through the uncnding
years of eternity.
'nBEYING God is elevating in its
~ tendency. 1t fixes the vision of
the soul up above the things of life.
il draws the soul on and on until at
last it gains the presence of God. Who
is supreme over all and above all.
The worlds wisdom tells you to aim
high, and you will hit something; to
fasten your chariot to a star. The |
possibilities of human aspirations |
are limited. The aim may be high, |
the star may he hitchcd on to. but |
what beyond these? The limit is
reached. and disappointment crowds
in at death. But the soul that obeys
God is always IN the upgrade. His
destiny is not limited to human am
bitiOn or even the far, twinkling
star, but with God Himself. Obedi-
encc to God is the only elevator line
which passes through the realm of
human possibilities into the regions
of Gods Heaven. Obedience to God
lifts the vision from the center self
and fixes it on the beacon light of
Gods unfailing blessing.
Alcxander's ambition was to con-
quer the world, but death ended |
career and ambition, and 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. Timour, the Tar
tar. desired universal conquest, say
ing the earth was too small for more
than one master. at is too small to
satisfy the ambition of great SOUL"
declared he. The sheik of Samarcand
is said to have replied to him: 1.-THE
ambition of a great soul is not to be
satisfied by the possession of NOR
sci of earth added to another, but by
the possession cf God, Who alone is
sufficiently great to fill up an In
finite thought" And only obcdi-
cnce to God can give entrance to the
glorious realization of that ambi-
ton.
NNE man, willing to obey God i'm
~ plicitly in the face of an unbc-
lieving and hayward world, can set
1t by the cars and gain an audience.
He is a marked man. IL may be
true sometimes that the world may
laugh, it may ridicule, IL may de-
nounce and oppose. Gods servants
always have to meet these conditions.
But the man who obeys God runs,
mot as uncertainty" and fights. mot
as one that beateth the air." Obey
ing God, then, gives clearness of vi
sion and definiteness of aim. These
two qualities are absolutely lacking
in their fullest sense in the people Of
the world. dare to challenge the
soul that is living outside the will
of God to disprove this declaration.
Only those who obey God have clear
ness of vision and dcfiniteness of aim.
The people of Noah's day were as
blind as bats, and as shifting as the
wind. They could see the glitter of
gold; they were far-sighted in human
and rov.vr. rcial roaSf-