Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-05-11

llcity, nor for the misery It entails.
Sin is more than blunder which one
may regret. It is more than mistake
which one would try to repair. It is
open and fragrant and defiant rebellion.
When a man mournS this, then God
filings above him His smile as the rain
bow spanned the flood, and he. .shall
be comforted."
Happy are the meek, for they snail
inherit the earth. But who are the
meek? They who obey the law. Moses
has passed into history as the meekest
of men. But Moses bent the neck OF
his manhood to law, and maybe that is
the reason that to this day our best in
stitutions are all to be traced to the
legislation in the wilderness. Only
once did Moses lose his meekness, when
with an angry frown he smote the
rock. That shattered his meekness
into a thousand pieces, and he lost the
promised land. He did not inherit the
earth. Jesus was the meekest man,
and He has flung out His challenge for
the world to come to Him. He was
meek. for He was obedient, even to the
place of death.
Happy are the hungry. Hunger and
thirst are spurs which are driven into
men to drive ahead. When men are
| hungry they struggle, and there is
! hope for a nation when times are hard
| But when men and nations are filled,
! they lie down to sleep and rise up to
play. When a man is idle his arm
| grows weak with disuse. Hunger and
| thirst are spurs to activity. But the
! noblest hunger is the hunger for right.
! ness. for that is the meaning Of fright.
| eousness.'' To seek God and His
! Righteousness is to seek for God and
| His rightness. A man whose soul is
| famished with this consuming desire
may we'll be happy, for he shall be
| filed"
! Happy are the merciful. But mercy
does not always mean leniency. When
! man is convicted Of some gross crime
it is no mercy to let him go to do the
, same crime again. Mercy sometimes
: exacts an awful penalty. for mercy is
prerogative of righteousness, and
mercy belongs to God. The man stand
ing beside God, poor in spirit, mourn
ing his sin, hungry for righteousness
is merciful, and mercy comes also te
him. HE shall receive mercy"
: Happy are the pure in heart. But
| what does this mean? Who Of us i
pure? 1t means to be single in pur-
pose. The diamond must be Of "the
first water" if it is to flash the light.
The man must be single in purpose il
he is to see God. The double-minded
man can never see the vision of Him
whose countenance is as the sun shin
ing in his strength; for his vision is
broken and disturbed, like the waves
| of the sea driven by the wind and
| tossed. All! I love the sea. I've
! watched it on windy day, and heard
| it weep and moan and sob, and breathe
! out its anger in an awful curse. I've
! seen the waves rise buffeted and beat
| en-. now backward, now forward. till
! its face was white with rage, but it's
heart was black as death. I've seen it
reel and toss, till at last sObb1ng as
though it's heart would break, it would
burst into a myriad briny tears upon
the shore and pour from its wretched
| bosom the seaweed and driftwOOd and
filth it has gathered in the journey.
!! That wave never saw the sun. But
I've looked again. The sea was like a
mirror, as clear as crystal. could see
the peariy pebbles, and there in its
! heart l could see the sun. The pure.
hearted waters lay all day long and
looked into the face of the sun. Hap
py. blessed are the pure, the single il
heart, "for they shall see Cod"
The man who has supreme desire
to please God, he is pure. He may
have temptation, he may stumble, he
may fall, but he rises again, and he is
farther ahead. shame to confess it
but once played football, the barbar-
ism Of college. I've seen man fall
and slide four times as far as he could
go without falling. Hes pure man
though his clothes are covered witt
CRIME. The man who Is pure in hear
shall see Him that Is invisible. Tht
man who serves God shall see Him.
i Happy are the peacemakers, for the.
shall be caAed the children of God
God is peacemaker, and hath recon
ciled all things unto Himself. Ant
now the man who makes peace shal
be called His son. He has passes
| through the school, and has learne,
poverty and mourning and mercy an,
! singieness Of heart. and now ne i
! taken into the family of God as Nose
was taken into the family of Pharaoh