The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-23

Moses could nave lea 5UvJ.UJO lsraclrcs
out into the wilderness and supported
them there for nearly forty years.
where there was not one spear OF grass
growing and practically NOT ono drop
OF water How did he do IL: That
fact is the greatest miracle Of all the
Bible. Believe that and you can he
lieve the miraculous conception OF
Jesus Christ ami the resurrection OF
Easter day and the ascension from
Mount Olivet Aye. you can believe
anything written IN the Bible. I care
not where you may find IL
The Wilderness Was Barren.
The wilderness Of the Old Testament
Is wilderness Of rock and sand That
region lies 10 the northeast of Mount
SHAT That region is the dricst NJ.
gion In all the east outside II the Sa-
hara desert There is no living crea-
ture there except the venom0us ser
pent You may have seen the horrible
picture called death Valley and It's
Harvest" There In the valley where
so many miners have met their death
Is "a poor. starving. thirsty. dying pros
pector. In HIS delirium he secs noun
tains and brooks and huhhling springs
But sand. endless sand. only rs around
him So is The desert where Moses
led the children Of Israel and kept
them there for nearly forty years. II
Is wilderness ~ rock and desolaiion.
How did he feed these 8oo0.Oo0 men
and women and children How did he
give them drink where no river was
dowinaY Tell me. W scofiers Of the
bible how did this Hebrew leader
do II unless he did II by the power Of
GodY Why. the miracle of dead
man rising up ont Of his grave and tes-
tifvinG 10 you OF the divinity ~ Jesus
Christ is not 10 be- compared ~ this
miracle worker IN the desert of the
forty years wandering II We viii
not believe Moses and the prophets.
neither will ye believe though one rose
from the dead Herr n. mani ~
Moses testimony hear ~
Then We have Moses the prophet as
well as Moses the miracle worker /
wish | had more time 10 speak upon
this theme. hut my time Is already
gone and must be brief But ! VIII
say this-Moses was not only prophet
whom the Lord saw face to face. but
be was also a prophet who could lift
his finger and raise tho curtain which
separated the present from the future
and look away down into the coming
centuries until he saw into the manaer
Of Bethlehem and saw the cross and
saw Jesus celestial triumph"
But must pause a moment before
I close. l now present 10 you the most
overwhelming fact Of all this sermon
Some Of Us have not only rejected the
testimony OF Moses. but We have
rejected the testimony OF one who has
risen from the grave as well Did you
ever stop 80 think this text may be- a
two edged sword which cuts both
waysf The thing Dives asked for
has been done. A greater than Laza-
rus has risen from the dead; but, as be
said men are not convinced We have
not only rejected the testimony Of a
Moses in reference 20 Gods love. hut
we have also rejected all the testimony
we have OF the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. Can It b. that any one here
today Is committing that awful double
SIM Let me close by reading the text
with a little change And be said unto
him. II they hear not Moses and the
prophets. neither will they he persuad
cd even though Christ. who shah oo
erucifed and buried. shall rise again
from the dead" Brother. Is that
doubter Of Gods love herei Is he IN
this building todayi Is Jesus Of the
parable speaking to theei