Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-01-05

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are after me- 'iWhat else dost thou
isees9 leader of leaders3' 81 see q
q woman and her eldest daughter run.
ming away toward the river Nile with
Ettle babe II her arms They are
hiding that child among the bulrushes
of the river That child was and is L.
ISWhat else dost thou see, o mighty
chieftain z: y see a princess of Pha.
raoh's coert coming down, TO the river
tc bathe. see her bending over that
child and Their adopting him as her
town son,Ig; What else dost thou see.
Q leaderr In that adoption see
how Il was nadi possible FOR me "a be
educated y see that through itbis ed,,.
eatioh , was htted mentailysto DO the
work God Ehass given 70 me 20 do.
Through that adoption D became the
lawyer. the statesman. the moltler of
a people who are to become pOssessors
or yonder promised land. God fitted
e'for my work by first making me a
Itonndling and social 1outcast''y .sf.f,
t9dloId Why Trouble Comes.larfsfr-
Troubles must have a long persnac.
i've If We are, to see tnem Alright as
messengers OF mercy Thomas Fuller,
the quaint English divine. once said
that troubles appeared to him at close
: view great deal like piece of tapes
try turned wrong side out. 1t seemed
TO be nothing but a great .eonglomera-
tion Of nonsense. Ii was without head
or foot. Confusion itself had as. much
method in IT,, 1t, WAS a company of
| thrums and threads. with many pieces
| and patches OF several sorts and sizes
and colorS, all Which siynified nothing
to my understanding" Then DIR. Frll
Ter turned the right side of his tapes
try TO the delighted eyes of his audi.
eiee as lrc said :"'Fsut. though the wrong
side is an aamystery, how beautiful Is
the right side. Here are all beauti
and albright proportious.y 10 use his
exact words Here IL history not wrote
with a llens but wrought with a, nee-
de Such are the dealings of God
with ms. When we look nj, our trou.
bles close M hand we seem to be look.
| Ing ut piece OF tapestry wrong side
out. hut when we stand with Moses
upon Fiscih'S heights and Tool, AT our
troui1cs tlrongh tho inspired vision of
the years W.. sec why those troubles
came aud how they were the means OF
| Hitting MS for our lifelong usefulness.
Our past troubles fittetl us and are ar.
ting tS for Tho work God has given us
To do. Thank God for the east wind
ms well aS tor tue west wind. ..
lt But our HPisgah heights tolaya have
their visions alIca,ls as well MS their ex.
! rplainc1 Egyptian mysteries aud their
| pillars OF lire AMI Of cloud. The chapter
Of my text tells us that God took Moses
unto tho mountain OF Ncbo. 90 the ton
| OF r'Sga'' that Is over against Jericho.
And the Lord showed him all the land
| ot ',ilcad and Dan and all Naphtali
and the land OF Ephruim and Mannsseh
and all the land OF Judah unto the ut.
most sea-" DO you know what that
panorama meant. In a nutshell? God
took Moses upon the top of Pisgah and
said: "See. Moses, yonder IS the prom
ised land. Thy work i'm Egypt is not
to 60 for naughtS-Fhy wanderings In
the. Wilderness seemed TO lead thee
around and around In q useless circle.
but those wanderings have led thy peo-
pie to tho crystal gates OF the Jordan.
Now the children OF Israel shall pass
over TO the grapes OF Eschoi and to the
land which ls flowing with milk and
honey. Look and see what Is 10 be the
result OF thy noble work. So God lets
us climb TO the Pisgah heights to SEQ
the result OF our work. The vision Is
here for you DOW TO SEQ " you are will.
ing TO open your eyes and look. IA.
In The first place. we can SEQ in the
| dim future noble spiritual work
which our children shall do after we
are dead. All. mat family was n hard
one FOR youlto raisei Il mn not now a |.
luding to- the mere question OF food
and clothing. mean moro tilan that.
| mean the spiritual raising OF them.
let me see.a YOU have five children.
Three OF those children. were born
good. y They never gave You any trou.
able. wf3ut two Of thsm+,nnd especially
the youngest son--were always In mis-.
chief, The mel gh bors used TO say OF the
youngest. .lIe will bo q very good man
or very bad one," Yes. and 1t seem
ed as though the evil would win out in
his nature. Then he took to drink. oh,
how many. maiiy anxious nights you
used 10 havel Like David. you were
continually mourning for oyour way
ward Absalom.- But you have changed
1 Of late, VheT sleNds has left your face.
/ know the good news. The neighbors
have told IL To me What" You say,
Shave you heard it too?2 Who told you
that all my children are now members
OF the church and that my youngest
uboy was converted about n year ago
Z .an1 10 tYOtnr 10 hn a
arys" Yes, / have heard It, You are
standing upon Pisgah's heights. o IA,
ther, o mother. Not only are your
boys and girls Spiritually safe. but. IKE
Moses with the children OF Israel, You
can look, or upon their promised land.
/ You can picture their future lives.
You can see them living In Christian
homes, rearing Christian children and
perhaps preaching In Christian puipits
You can today be truly thankful that
your cliiidren are all safe In LChrists
4 love aud pardoanIHT EaaWyHes
lIuN ,shoou successl Go uses. ssf3E ~
i9d Then in refereace to our other lines
or iwork-oh uwe eau have wonderful
visions in refercnce to themi For
years some OF us have been working
IN the temperance cause and In the
purity cause ana IN the church cause
We have been nightly discouraged
at times. S!n Seemed to'be tntrenched
I'm Gibraltar ftortresses.T itsseemed tc
be abIe 70 mock ns apd laugh at US as
the enemies Of God were able 20 laugh
at the blinded iSamsop- we, kept say
Ing 10, ourselves, Does Il ,payt" Blu,
as YOU grow older and look into the
past yop End that progress has been
made Spke fhles otybessins each day
each mgltls each yeaf, are a little high
eE hEaehtmakes the world a little bet
ter than its predecessor. Then yor
began 10 see what is going to be done
for Christ within the next two cen
turies - Ny Lord and my God" you
cry. 4 thank thee Tor this Pisgah vi
sion. thank thee that ] am standing
upon Pisgab's heights today. ] thank
thee that eap = cretn dasnana tn+o A.