Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-10-30

CrOaQl0S, White tue QuSe waves TOSS
IL as a chip is turned somersault over
the mill wheel All is anxiety. The
pumps are at work The danger is
great, but there is yet hope ahead
With a strong keel under him and the
sails still holding to the masts. the sea
captain has hope, no matter how loud
may be the shrieking of the euroclydon.
But, though the spiritual, moral
mental and physical dangers ahead
may be lilTened unto the stout ship
struggling 10 round the Cape of Good
Hope, the spiritual catastrophes of
that past time when we We're in enmi-
ty with God were like a ship which
has been wrecked. What a scene of
terror is that storm, The masts have
been cut down or snapped by the
wrenchings of the wind like dry twigs
snapped in the fingers of a little child.
The lifeboats have been stove in or
pulled OFF from their derrickS by the
angry waves. The rudder chains no
longer can be used, for the rudder has
long ago been battered away. The an
chors are not able to retard the doom
ed ship onrushing toward the rocks.
Soon the deathknell of the surf is
heard The ship comes nearer and
nearer to its grave All the demons in
the caverns of the cliffs above shrek
in pandemonium of joy. Then the
waves come together in one last effort.
They put their broad arms under the
doomed ship. Together they lift it
with one mighty heave. They drop it
with one sudden, SCATTERING jolt upon
the rocks. For now the rocks crush
through the huIls bottom as easily as
a pile driver could mash an eggshell.
Such is the figure of the awful spiritu-
al catastrophe of our past life. 1t was
bOmbardment of sin after sin It was
yielding TO temptation after tempta-
ton. At last we were morally wreck
ed. We were spiritually doomed We
were shattered upon the awful rocks
Of despair and eternal death. Then we
did not need protector nearly SO
much as we needed a divine recreator,
q redecmer. We needed a divine chart,
not so much to save us from future
awful record of our past sins. This
obliteration of the past is just what
the Lord God Almighty will do if we
will let him Through the atoning
blood Of Jesus Christ all this can he
do Read the third chapter of Acts.
Repent We therefore and be convert
ed that your sins may be blotted out"
Yes, we have been crushed upon the
rocks Of eternal death, but Christ can
lift us up and place us upon the rocks
Of eternal life Halleluiah! For the
Lord God omnipotent saith it.
A Peaceful Scene.
Let us return to the peaceful scene of
my text. AS we climb the Judaean hills,
where sits the shepherd poet watching
his sheep, we see a tranScendent beau
" shining from the face of the psalm
list. David is not looking down to
earth, but away off. FAR far away is
his vision. He seems to be watching
his dear ones. He looks as though all
the treasures of the hills and all the
wealth of the seas were about to be
given him. He seems to hear music
sweeter than any human being ever
heard before. We look at his raptured
face a moment. Then we ask: What
is it, David? What do you see? What
Go you hear? What treasure is yours =
He looks about at first daZed. Then he
comes back to earth as he answers
''Why. l was softly singing to myself
that Fortieth Psalm. l composed it
many years ago. did not then realize
all l wrote. When l came to the
words, The Lord thinketh upon me,
[ began to summarize all the care God
has taken of me in this world. Then
l began to see visions of the glories of
the land which he is preparing for me
beyond. God is thinking of me. Yes,
he is preparing them all for me when
the right time comes for me to possess
them. Look, cannot you see those glo-
ries now?" AS David talks his inter
probation Of my text seems very plain
and very simple God is again dealing
with us as a father would deal with his
child.
God says, Nothing is too good for
his children when the right time comes"
| So he thinks ahead and plans ahead
for us. When the right time comes
and come it will-God is going to give
us q great mansion in heaven Yes;
you can picture tia white marble pal
ace, with mosaic floors and rainbowed
| fountains. 1t may have terraced gar
| dens surrounding it. Our palace will
| be as good as that There is nothing
| too good for Gods heavenly children.
| There he is going to give us health-im-
mortal health. No pain, no suffering,
| no heartache, is to be there. Nothing
| is, then, too good for us when the right
| time comes. Then he is going to give
| US back our loved ones Some of US
are very lonely now. We will not be
lonely then. Nothing will then be too
| good for us in celestial companionship.
Then God will give US a crown. Then
we shall have endless communion with
his own dear self. Oh, my friends, will
you not let God go ON planning for you
| and thinking for you? Was it to be
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