Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-22
The BUSH AFLANE WIFI GOD.


would choose them for under or pos
graduate work. Luther j first bark
woodsm2n mona Columbus veay->
rugs. First India missionary i Carey
the cobbler God takes a negro .n,
and puts him al Tuskegee. Al unSu,-
cessful tanner becomes & great gen
eraL He takes boy born in poverty
raised in obScurity. uncouth. un-ailly
and makes Lincoln Of him He
picks Moses. slave child out Of IL
Nile, puts him in 4 kings palace
learn s1a.e-Taft. then sends him la.
Of the desert TO learn wordcraf,
There he cares for cattle. shears sheen.
weaves wool. learns the stars. beasts.
birds. trees and bushes in the great
university Of outdoors. He sveats az
common toll How the Bible clorifeS
labor, Amos. the farmer; David. the
SHEPHERD; Elisha. the plowman: Gid
con. the ,hraSher; Saul. the drover.
Peer. the fsherman Paul. the ten,
maker: Christ, the carpenter The
kingdom Of heaven is easier 10 a busy
man than TO an idle one.
The Burning Bush.
One evening Moses IS coming home
along the edge OF the desert with
bis sheep Hes man now. matured
by sad experience. Ives full OF
mighty. deep heart hunger Fore
head lined with questions yet un.
answered The warnings Of forty
years pent up in his soul. No vision
yet Of God. No light along his SKY
line. third Of life gone. old age
creeping on apace. He has staked his
all Oh Jehoyah's being God and
there's been no answer. Tonight he's
coming along the side Of Mount HoTeb
He's trodlen i, for years. Its toward
evening. The suns going down. raj
idly in the west. Shadows are length
enipc. Dusk ard gloom OF evening
o. forest ed mountain. and in the
fe,,s -. .'e.l-o. W. r yoldtr i.
the valley. the sheep are bleatinc
The smell Of the flock is heavy in the
damp evening air. The cry Of jackal
is heard way UP on the hill. An owi
boots mournfuly in the tall cedars
near the summit Suddenly in the
quiet Of this familiar trail he stops.
Look ar that acacia tush up there.
Is il the CLINT of the evening sun:
He's seen that very bush scores Of
times. but never like that. Why. its
on fire. Yes. ii burns. But look.
IT. -
sumed. I, is a critical moment for
the lonely shepherd. Moses turns
aside to look. And as he turns the
world turns with him.
The Voice.
Then the Voice speaks TO him. Put
off thy shoes" Reverence. 10 start
with-a los; art today. People don't
even bow their heads in Gods house.
OF course God doesn't speak to them.
and they see no fame. The mountain
might blaze like veSuvius. but they
wouldn't be impressed. They might
look. but they wouldn't see. There's
a difference between looking and see
ing. Some people look at the sun set.
others see the sunset.
Ear;h's crarlrled with heaven.
And every bush afau.e with God.
But only those who see take of their shoes.
Moses saw the bush and il burned
in his brain from that day till the ones
"by Nebos lonely mountain" when he
heard the same voice calling. Moses.
Moses" Has God sent you back OF
Horeb. brother: Kept you there with
out q vision Of better things: Same old
task. same old path. lots Of thorn
bushes. but none on fire: Now.
preacher. l know what you are going
TO say. bur I've missed ii. I've been
to the church. I've gone through the
Bible even. But I've gone by the
place. Its too la,e in the day fCr me-
I guess that's what Moses thought
Many long day and year he had
trudced along this very road. When
suddenly one year. one day. one hour.
one particular moment. he lifted up
his eyes. and 10. there was God,
Todays Call,
Has the fame died ont and the voice
ceased? Or is God still near: Pos
sibly the vision is daily. commonplace.
VI hf ~ Ill - llf ibt'h4i- AT ltit tu~Ll
Kicking az its roots with our heavy
heels. mea Surng al It's height. pinch
ing the berries. nippiuG off a leaf.
feeling the point Of thorn with our
thumb. Yes. we know this bush-it's
an acacia. sure: bOtanically. It's
'lecuminoSa." Meanwhile the ether Is
a-quiver and the atmosphere is vibrant
with the un"onSumed power. Yes. the
church is built Of wood and stone The
Bible is the same binding and print
as any other book And Christ came
a baby, like your own. my good moth.
er. Is that our view Of the bush? God
be patient. There's a trick Of the eye
In looking. men That's an abomina-
ton 10 the Lord Has your vision
failed: Is the God of the bush no
more: Is he the God of the ancients
only: No. As Jehovah-Jireh liveth.
no. He's not the God Of the dead only.
though their name be Abram. Isaac.
Jacob and Moses. Is he the God Of