The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-12

are so frightened out of sanity that they
are afraid to say even OF the deepest ex-
Periences of the soul. ",I know" Not so
believed" Not so John, the beloved dis.
ciple, declaring, 1--WE know that we have
passed from death unto life We know
that when He shall appear, we shall be like
Him." 1t is not modesty, but lack of faith
| am Christian" When we have life we
know it and should not he ashamed to say
SO. If we have not the life then by all the
Importance of eternity make sure of OBJ.
tanning it: It is possible to have a living
an experience that we NAV say: 'T live,
vet not /, but Christ, lveth in me" Be
lief may be glori6ed into this cxper .ence if
we yield ourselves completely and unre-
which, we hive committed to Him against
that day"
The effect of this certainty is in every
way most precious and helpful Consider
for a moment what this certitude means in
Che presence of the awful calamity which
around the globe: True, indeed. is the
Scripture. declaration eff in this life only
we have hope in Christ we arc Of all men
most miserable" If death were the end of
all then we might we'll believe that cruelty
sat in the throne of the universe: But,
staggered as all are by the unutterable sor-
row, yet God rules and overrules, and
though we cannot see it now, yet in eter-
nifty we shall know that the carelessness--
or worse-of man has bee overruled to
eternal good. Because we know that God
is love, and because we know Jesus still
lives and is the same to-day as when He
shed tears at the grave Of Lazarus, we dare
to go into bcrcavcd homes and speak of
the reunion at the right har d of the throne
of God. | went over to the pier where lay
hundreds of the unclaimed bodies, and I
would not have dared to do it, but that
might comfort some heal tbrolen one with
the assurance that God cared God loved
and in eternity God would make this I'M
JOY. Can explain it? No! But 7 could
rot preach I could not hold up my head
as Christian if I did not believe; yea. if
did not know, that somehow. some time,
the curse shall be changed into blessing
This is the privilege Of Christirns TO sav
even now: "We know that all Things work
together for good to them that love God"
Whv is it that all do not know these
things? Partly because of thcir condition.
There are to-day those who "having eyes
sec not. and having cars hear not" The
influence of training is not easily overcome.
Trained only to consider 90 real that which
can be analvzed bv scientific implements.
men refuse 10 admit the reality of things
which they cannot weigh in their scales or
measure by their rules. They are honest
So is the blind man honest who saws color
docs not exist So is the deaf man
honest whose soul cannot be moved by the
concord OF sweet sounds. 1t is not a Ques.
tion Of honesty. but of fact. God is. even
though the unhelevinc eve may sweep the
heavens with the telescope and assert
cannot see Cod. But trusting hearts will
say with ever increasing Ccrtitudc: 81
know whom believe" This gives rs com
fort in such a time as this. 1t is the only
thing which can give comfort. So, broth,
ren, let us place ourselves in the hands of
n loving God. Let us lean on the divine
power. Let us trust the divine wisdom.
Let us assure ourselves of the divine home
in those mansicns which divine love has
nrcpared for us. and let us be confident
that
''Tral works for ends
Too high for some to trace.
That oft in dark attire He scrds
Some embassy of grace"