The Penn's Grove record., 1908-11-20

dFaWn ioCm SiIiaI, re hunobsGsf -
raelita c'Ald point T. the tabernacle
and say. FThe glers Of Cod still Ioi
lowe us .a.} Ihtottgb cur wilderness
Wandefin ing II thai taernace y5nders
and Rith0,r ma il wuid never hays
been conpit ~ yolt life. where it
IS needed >, tho sring Of some-
thing greater ser tbRn the
tabernacle in ttfe Nofid1f today, and
without 1t Tie kingdoI 1I God win
never come ia its flal4ts. Before
tbis al other heG3s OF III noe sink
into lrsignit cance; TO IT,. truest
tabs scle for the BH Wig forth of
GOD the world iSSsDe a pattern
hide " She majesty Of approach
able NaFSGs nor Is Il ans8is or
catfedra aeA sai as tlge ma he.
sut q We simple 5isfwdi thodgh
with lu2arlaat ana diyiignrnlshiags
@ithtn; 4 life spent whe levels
where ogr fellow ufsa I've shears,
flied not with sucA canerated fur
bishtngs as adorned Ie tabernacle
Moses fashioned, butith .the Graces
and kindly deeds meneed to ses 1aS
fael near at hand hiz is cur work,
as divineiy appointeto us as It vas
70 Moses. 1t IS the eater building.
IN which all W conon tasks aad
humblest efforts may We an hcnored
place ae truly as aiithe altar and
LAYER in the ancient ~,sernacie.
But Tor this s~uccesuf building Of
our lives into Gods trpose we, 200,
must seek u patte "a I mount
Coo Himself builds aerGiag 20
plan. Evea q casual gas at 3l5s
wonderful world this ny win.
disclose tb2G. PUrpcs are
everywhere Not j
50 e Law unCo Itself. 9ge
looms, or Wltbcrs. rIsu.
one Leaf drops bet lala
BIRD note is uure' IS 20 ls
born from present .aJtloIS, and
wakes Its own echo. thiags FAIL
into their, place and csy out Ln9 III
vine purpose.
This is tAe mathot 5ne divine
bnii1i1E whether 81 aa 2 or in bn-
lives. And i1 lC.se so in vour
HE . mine VI Iaay @ow Gods
purpose tor us and as truly
IS the grain q 1870 wCI. tha
b!rG az TIC III any sasf Wtlls III
to do His wiz, = zRi4 tbs TASTE. BE
shall know Goo les n withhold
Sis plan froa any 9Ea he mount
cf2c ready Scr the reeves ng Of the
pattern brtuct fUrst taxa III time
to leaF3 10 wi.hdra 10 retreat
The pattern cam not sos til ne
had twice speat iorty do ant forty
nights IL the mount alun WITH God.
After mary year, rujt,u III the
wilderness came laap De- Saptiss,
herald OF Christ Wilderness was
mis- mount OF VISION. uaae; mad q
spiritual ear. snd aye thgocld the
oratDr!o 81 the Messiah, al When We
near il We must not forget BE long
period of preparation &icaeg An
selo lad the spif aal eve a,5 hand
aud painted the fgescoes Of e Paul
Inc Caapei with the representations
Of the n1artyrdou OF S. Peer and
tie conversion OF ST. Paul 8N carved
the satues Oh David al Moses. .
X Pau spent three years 81 arabia
rc Mediate upon the Vision ne mad
had of the Christ, who had let him
his way to Damascus; if Christ
Himself retired to solitary plaes for
quiet and prayer, You and l nee time
for such a disclosure of Gods VII for
us as He is waiting to give. lefore
we can RI htly rear the table aacle
OF u nvos =. -. ~
vice we must seek the pattern inihe
mount, not Sinai, but the heapn-
reaching life of Christ. The divir
pattern has come near men in JEST
Christ. We have not to seek it ann
the perils, darkness and dificultis
of Sinai; it is here with us, built /
all its divine perfection on the levei
OF our daily needs; supplying US wit
all desirable inspirations, helps ant
satisfying fellowship, opening tn,
very vail by which we enter into tn,
most holy place itself. 1t is not
mount distant and removed, but {
presence near at hand, familiar will
our needs, to which we may with
draw in moments of discouragemenr
or temptation, full of divine comfor'
and solace for the hours of sorrow
full of divine strength and vitality il
our days Of weakness when all othel
help seems far away, full of graciou.
warning when we are careless an(
wayward. We need ever to be with
drawing into this mount, Jesu;
Christ, if we are to realize the pattern
in the plain of our earthly living. Be
cause it is S accessible, SO complies
in Its ministry. See, therefore, tha
thou make all things according to til,
pattern that was Showed thee in II.
mount"