The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-14

But our Pisgah heights today have
their visions ahead as well as their ex
\ plained Egyptian mysteries aud Their
pillars OF fire and oficloud. The chapter
OF my text tells us that God took Moses
unto the mountain OF Nebo. TO the top
Of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho
And the Lord showed him all the land
| Of Gilead and Dan and all Naphtall
aud the land Of Ephraim and Manasseh
ana all the land Of Judah unto the mt
most sea- DO you know what ihat
panorama meant. In nutshell? God
took Moses upon the top Of Pisgah and
said. 'See, Moses, Wonder is the prom
Used land Thy work IN Egypt ~ not
to go for naught. Thy wanderngs In
The wilderness seemed 10 lead thee
around and around ina useless circle.
hnt those wanderings have led thypco-
pie 10 the crystal gates Of the Jordan.
Now the children Of Israel shall pass
over 20 the grapes OF Eschol aud 70 the
mnd which Il flowing with milk and
honey. Look aud see what Is 10 be the
result of thy noble work. So God lets
stls climb to The risgah heights u see
the result Of our work The vision Il
here for Won now TO see if you are will
ing to open yonr eyes and look
Ia the first place. we can see IN the
dim future u noble spiritual work
which our children shall do after we
are dead. All that family was 4 hard
one for YOU 10 raise. am not now NJ
luding to the mere question Of food
and clothing. mean more than that.
mean the spiritual raising Of them
let me Sre. lDu have five children.
Three Of those children were born
good They never gave you any trou-
Die. ,Rnt two Of them-nnd especially
the Youngest son were always in mis-
chief The neighbors used 70 say Of the
Youngest He will be very good man
or a very bad one" Yes, aud II seem
ed a. though the evil would win ont IN
his nature. Then he took 10 drink. On,
how many many anxious nights you
used to have. Like David YOU were
continually mourning for your way
ward AbSalom. BUT you have changed
of late. The cloud has left your face.
I know the good news The uelghh0rs
have told 1t To me, what" you say.
''have You heard ii toe? who told YOU
that all my children are now members
# the church and that my Youngest
boy was converted about year ago
and is going 10 be 4 Christian mission
arys' Yes. / have heard it, Yon are
standing upon Pisgah'S heights, o in
ther . mother. Not only are y0ar
boys aud girls spiritually safe, but, Ike
Moses with the children Of Israel. you
can look Off upon their promised land
lou can picture their future lives.
You can see them living IN Christian
homes, rearing Christian children and
perhaps preaching III Christian pulpits.
You can today he truly thanGfHl that
your children are all safe in Christs
love and pardon,
Success Comes.
lhcu ia reference to our other lines
Of work oh. we can have wonderful
visions Ii reference to them For
years some Of us have been working
in thc temperance cause and in the
purity cause nul IN the church cause.
We have been nightly discouraged
at times. Sin seemed 10 be intrenched
i'm Gibraltar fertresses. 1t seemed t1I
be able 10 mock us aud laugh at us aqI
the enemies Of God were Able to largh
mt the blinded samson We kept say.
ing tu ourselves, Does II paw" But
as you grow older AMI look into the
past YOU find that progress has been
made. The tides of blessing each day.
each month. each year, are a little high
or. Each lakes the world little bel
ter than ~ predecessor Then YOU
began 20 sec what is going TO be done
for Christ within the next two cen
iurles. My Lord and my Cod" yon
cry, Il thank thee for this Pisgah VI
sion. | thank thee that ! am standing
upon Pisgai's heights today. I thank
thee that | can again descend into the
valleys and work n little longer IN thy
harvest fields Tor thc contamination OF
thy earthly glory"
No man ever Travelled through Tor.
eign lands as a disciple Of Jesus Christ
without realizing bow God is blessing
The work of his children IN those lands. |
After tho awful Boxer uprising IN chi I
M somr n the American people began /
10 doubt the efficacy Of foreign mission /
work, but tho Christian mon and wo- 1
mon upon the field meyer doubted II. /
Minister Congcr. fhe late representa-. /
I've Of the United States government 10 .
Picking. gaTe this rs his testimony at .
hat Time: For seven years past /
have been Ultimately associated with ,
American missionaries IN China. They I
are verifable heroes. They ARE The fore
runners ~ civilization. II was they
who FIRST planted The banner OF The
Prince ~ Peace IN every place whore
now floats the fiag of commerce and
'radc. Tho dim pathways which they
Traced. sometimes marking them with
heir lifeblood. arc rapidly becoming
he highways OF travel and trade. lined
With schoolhOuscs aud railway stations
During the memorable siege Of Pcking.
when the legation walls were being bat
cred down By cannon shot and mortar
lombs Il was the encoumglDg words