Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-08

heights OF inti-
h mate communion
with God - and
this man called on his soul to wait
upon God.
The psalmist recognized within him
self something TO which many are
very indiferent-a soul that related
him to God. and differentiated him
from he brute creation. Whether
mat which he recognized was In itself
immortal or only contained the pos
sibility OF Immortality need not inter
est US now. but II was another self.
an alter ego. what some might call
the sublimlnal self. and which has In
those who have lived a life OF pur-
poserul sin. been stified. and vet cries
out constantly for recognition. and
nourishment. and ultimate perfection.
II Is not the imbecile who thinks Of
his soul. but II Is tn. man who recog
nires bis true humanity. ~ you please:
as In this case. oftentimes the man OF
Affairs. OF parts. Of high ambitions
And this man is frequently quite out
OF patience with those who profess to
be physicians Of the soul and yet
prescribe little or nothing that bene
fits the soul.
Great statesmen. fnanciers. railroad
nagnates. inventors. artists. manu-
f~aciurers. etc. when they 20 to
church. want soul food. something to
which the soul responds A leading
lawyer recently said with reference to
the message that should be given
from the pulpit: 1T should come from
God. and should relate TO the inner
life. II should be food for the soul"
The call was not 10 something in.
definite: Walt thou only upon God. d"
Here Is the recognition OF the cor
relative to the soul. the spiritual God.
This recognition was not OF an alb
stract idea. but OF n personality-it
gave no opportunity for ~quibbling and
doubling There was no suggestion In
any little If This man OF affairs
and great parts was not the only his
'orical character who has thus thought
and acted. Some men may be like
lob and ask where they may ind
God. but many others have had direct
and constant intercourse with the
spiritual God. they have seen him who
Is invisible.
Can this not be said OF our three
martyr presidents? or Gladstone. Of
Bismarck. OF William OF Germany. OF
Justice Harlan And as We glance
back owe the past do we not have
Chinese Gordon. StonewaIi jackson,
Oliver Cromwell. Gustavus Adolphus.
~Savonarola. Paul. David. Moses Abra-
ham and a host OF others. Granting
that these men waited on God. for so
they all professed. their achievements
are not an enigma
What T. II to wait on God, Is II not
keeping silence before him, let all
the earth keep silence before him"
And such silence before God is an es-
sential element OF PRAYER. One has
recently said that prayer Is rot the
claiming a hearing. II is giving a hear.
ing; II Is not speaking to God. Il Is
listening to God. 1t Is true that
Whatever Is bes, for me. my God will
bring TO me.
II ] do only wait. and trust. and pray.
What-r seems dark to me. shall end In
light Cor me:
'Tis bu, the cleaning. which fore-runs
the day"
This waiting before God. too. sus.
Eaafa .. -
call Of God as the old retainers would
respond 10 the call OF their Iiege
lords And vas there ever a period
OF the history Of the race when the
likelihood OF a call vas as great- The
world Is open TO men spirit-hlled 10 &c
TO the thousand million human beings
who As yet DO not know the true
God.
Another suggestion is that OF tsrry.
ing. How impatient We arei A man
must make his first millions In ten
years OF business Ten more millions
must be made in the next 1--WE years.
Who now tolls for the slow Increase
on an Investment. except the man
who lacks the speed OF action OF to
days trading7 And this Is largely
! true of christian work-we will moi
work TO the limit and be patient as
long as the fruits do rot fall into our
laps In great quantities. Ard low
impatient We are in trial. We will
not wait until God gets through his
process Of realizing for us our best
until the purifying IRE has burned
away our dross. And this waiting on
God would not be h~onoring to him un.
less our waiting was with confiden,
expectation The soul o. David would
never have received a blessing II hs
had waited before God indulgfnx .
perhaps
And this naturally brings US to the
last thought OF the text-the arsu
ment employed. Why did David cal
on his soul to wait on God? Because
his expectation was from him. Tha,
does not simply mean that David was
Just then holding "a his hands %
receive an anticipated blessing. bu,
that In his past experience his expec,
tation had always been realized. He
had proved God. And this expecta.
ton had not always been with refer
nee to things religious or spiritual
Nowadays men seem to be willing 10
concede. In a way. that God is the
source OF spiritual blessings, but rule
him out OF the balance Of their lives.
II we had mor men in the puIpits