The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-03-24

! Son of Rev. Miller, who is Making
His Mark in the Religious World.
forty years in the wilderness, to hum
bic thee, and to prove thee, to know
what was in thine heart, whether thou
wouldst keep his commandments or
not" Forty years of Gods manifest
presence had not taught the children
of Israel that they were not tempted
but only tried. God did not intend
that they should wander in the wilder
ness forty years before enjoying the
promise, but they lay their sins at
heavens gate in accusing God Of bring
ing them out TO starve in the wilder
ness. Life is an eyentful journey, all
is shifting. To-day we rejoice, tO-mor-
row we sorrow; to-day we labor, to-
morrow we go TO .eward; to-day our
light shines and saves wanderer, 10
storm tossed sailor, tomorrow it is out
and someone goes to eternity UMPIRE
pared because of our neglect. Life's
path is unretraceable-on we go paus-
ing not a moment. The unkind words
of yesterday cannot be forgotten. The
unkind acts done yesterday cannot be
undone to-day. The hearts broken yes
terday cannot be made whole to-day,
though the wound be healed yet the
scar is still there. Life's journey is
perilous. There are poisonous streams.
The stream of obscene literature that
flows through our land is poisonous be-
cause it usually takes the place of the
Holy Word Of God. There are many
thorns in the flesh, which pierce our
bodies until they bleed. There are
venomous serpent hiding to allure us
h. Of Il
ing what we know to be our duty.
Beasts Turk in the branches of the trees
and wait for their prey to come near
when they spring upon them. So we
have in this path of life, we have as il
were beasts of prey hiding in their
leafy bowers, their self-righteous robes.
They belong to the church, people look
to them for an example and they in
dulge in their so-called innocent pleas
ures and lead them to the point where
they must declare that they are lost.
The birds of prey are waiting for us to
neglect our sacrifice only for a minute
when down they swoop and steal away
our blessing. Life's journey is solemn,
leading the body to the grace and the
soul to its maker, to God who gave it.
But with all the reverses, with all the
thorns, life's journey has guide, 1.-THE
Lord thy God" who thoroughly under
stands the way. He has travelled it be-
fore. When we are tempted remember
God has suffered it before you and
since you are permitted to do greater
things than these" we can overcome all
temptations. Also its Leader has re-
sources equal to every emergency
blessed be His name.
'No night so dark but His love can cheerus,
When the road is rough and wild.
Look beyond. look beyond!
God Is watching DER His child,
Mercy on thy pathway smiled.
Look beyond. look beyond!
When the pearly gates unfold.
Thou shalt tread the streets OF gold;
Many mansions there behold.
Look beyond, Oh look beyond"
The tried twelve apostles take boat
for Capernium and Jesus goes up on
the mountain to pray. After a time
one of those severe storms comes up.
The clouds darken, the wind bowls, the
lightning flashes, the sea rolls high.
Fear seizes the disciples as they see the
sails blown in shreds. They run fran
tically to and fro and try their best to
hold their course, and as Jesus has
promised and does do now-glory to
His name He appears in that dark
night shining one and calms their
fear mixed with awe at His appearance
with these words, "Peace be STILL"
But dear friends be careful for when
God blesses you then Satan is very near,
and notice he has a systematic way of
attacking you, just as he did Christ.
First he tried His physical nature. He
knew Christ was hungry-a very good
time to try Jesus who had now been
without anything to eat for some time.
"If thou be the Son of God command
that these stones be made bread" Now
il would have been wrong for Jesus to
have yielded for he would have been
folding his spiritual robe around his
human being and have committed
miracle and would not have been hui
man, hence could not have suffered in
i'm the body as we must but he set an
example that is the only way for us to
do and that was he applied the Bible to
him, ut is written, man shall not live
by bread alone but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God"
Satan tries our physical nature often.
ut is no harm to dance" "A game of
pool won't harm you" He says the
dance is healthful. Indeed-a dancing
master in the u. ;. has said, al have
never seen lady who is confirmed
dancer retain good health after the age
of twenty-five" When Augustine be-
came dumb through sickness he had
the seven penitential psalms printed