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Gus and Il was progressive. Il was
accomplished IN a night and Il took
80 years To perfect Il u was de-
structfye and i vas constructive
The letters fell OF IN q moment.
the scars remained for generations.
They came OUT in q few hours. they
did not come IN for nearly
half a century. They said.
We shall see our enemies no
more," and while they were Jet
speaking they felt the breath
OF the pursuers on their necks. u
Is a long road from bondage to lib
erty IN the physical moral and intel
lectua1 world The path o. the
emancipated IsreaIites led them
To the sea. the wilderness. the river.
before they entered the Promised
Land They came out an undisci-
plined mob. and 10 required 40 years
Of the most painstaking care 70 edu-
cate them, unity them. discipline
them, organize them into a nation o.
fTeemen Not even the Almighty
could suddenly eHdow those 2,000.-
900 Hebrews with the benefits and
capabilities Of citizenship
The most Of the failures Of life
are due 10 the inability % men 10
hold on. They start well. but they
cannot peTseYere. The world IS fall
OF ''quitters." people who lack the
ability 10 stick 10 anything long
enough to make a success Of II.
They are jacks at all trades. but good
for nothing at any one. They are al
ways looking for other irons TO put
in the fire, but use none Of them
Herein Is the explanation Of one
Of the mysteries Of life. There are
those who assert that salyation Is
instantaneous. They say that no
matter what a man has been or has
done, though he may have the blood
Of an evil ancestry IN his veins. and
may have himself worn the chains %
base habit. he can take a single step
from ruin 70 redemption, from the
depths Of iniquity 10 the heights Of
piety, from Egypt 10 Canaan
other men say Not So II vii only
be By long process Of development
that he can hope 10 reach a high
level Of character.
The fact Is both these statements
are true. Emancipation il an act
the results are a process. The Is
TaeIftes marched ont Of Egypt on
the night Of the Passover, forever
free, but they wandered in the Wild
erness for 40 years thereafter The
emancipation OF the black man TOOK
place Jan. !, 1863. but he has not
yet come into full appreciation. 81
his liberty. The Hebrews thought
they were done with Egypt but be-
fore their song Of deliversnee Uas
ended they heard the rumbiing
chariot wheels Of the pursuing army.
Their old enemy was not set dead.
The man who expects that b. sons
uDaccountable process be VII BE-
transformed into another man makes
q great mistake. 10 one ran expect to
escape from old habits. Old appetite,
old enemies, old associations. old IT,
rannies b. turning over a new s~af
Pharaoh does not surrender 50 EASILY
Peter was an apostle and thor
Oughiy changed man from what he
once was as a Gaiileean fisherman,
but under mighty provocsti0n be
iapsed tTansieBtIy into hfs early pro
family. The fact f.. he had escaped
out Of the land Of bondage, but his
old time master once more eraekee
his whip over Peters head. 4 man
cannot strip Of his past ike a gar
meut and throw Il from him and
walk hencefoTth as though be hac
never worn Il. There vii come mo-
ments in his after fife when his rev
clothes will sit on him Ike 2 uis1r
suit.
These are the hours when the
fcOTcr IS about. lie viii mock a.
the man who f. passing through
the Red Sea Or trampfng about in
the wilderness. He will leer ~ me
pilgrim and call hfpg harsh rames
Just a. n a person might -
ozpected 70 step right ogr
F9vpt into the palaces ~
Glory. Nobody should make
such a claim Escape from D0ncage f.
one thing: settlement in Canaan r.
another. Purity f. one thing ma
turify f. another. The birth 81 =
child f. one thing the life - . nan
r. another. Failing down n ire ark
Is one thing; falling OFT ~ Il Is ar
other. To be chased b ons's enc
mics f. one thing % b captured Is
another. To Be frightened b. the
ghosts Of the past f. one thing. - -
brought into bondage again f. gElte
another. The devil never Gays - =
man. Are yoa goingz Wei. good
bye. sorry TO lose you," 20. he VII
ehsee The fleeing fazfflge - ths
yates n Paradise, fight foF rs sogI
~ the door ~ Heaven and never
cease the pursuit until the peariy
gates sIam-shBt IN his face.
yes. life f. q march fhrouzh =
wf1deruezs Old associations sfiiI
remind ~ u their ezfetenee, I'D
memories stI trouble orr feeoliec-
ion. old habits stlIi perDIez orr
thoughts. Old ghosts and s2ecfres
stfif ~ sthwzrt or path. BIT We
are marching On, little b little taeT
are losing their influence. We are
landing more upright. re are shsk-
ing OF the fears that beset IL We