Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-04-18

IADfI az true nfr-
>A- z OF God
William Carey brought another
great thought from heaven. and Rob
ert Raikes another. In our own land
Dwight l. Moody and Francis F. Clark
and Frances Willard have each been
the bearer OF rich messages from God.
All these have met with stout opposi-
ton. for Ny thoughts are not your
thoughts. saith the Lord" and yet
eventually their message has been re-
ceiyed. and has been Incorporated in
70 the life Of the church.
One accent o., the Holy Ghost.
The needless world hath never lost.
That God has messages for the
church Of today no one can doubt.
Never was there an age which needed
divine wisdom more than ours Great
problems confront Us. great dangers
threaten US Many Of Gods people
seem dazed by the difficulties before
them, and cry out in pitiful tones.
Who is sufficient for these thingsF-
Instead o. waiting upon God for a re
newal Of their strength. they resort to
all manner OF worldly expedients 70
gain the attention Of the fckle crowd.
Others recognizing clearly the same
difficulties and dangers are ciamorinK
loudly for A man with a message.
Why should not every Christian be
A nan with a MESSAGE Was Il not
said % our day. 4 will pour out ny
spirit upon all fesh. and your sons
n your daughters shall prophecy.
and your young men shall see visions
and your old men shall dream
Greams7- Was IL not said Of all be-
levers. Ye shall be Witnesses unto
me-
Surely God needs Us all as mssssn-
gers Of mercy L this siustricksn
world And yet how many seem 20
have no message. They have nothing
10 say for God because they have
heard nothing. and they hear nothing
because they are rot living in com
muniou With him They are like a
broken telephone. which can neither
receive nor transmit. Their wire is
down. their Communication broken.
they are % no Use.
How important Il Is then that those
who are In open Communication With
God should take line 10 be holy. take
tine to receive ard deliver the mes
- OF God
aire. He had gone deeper and found
He~ to OBTAIN a Message.
There are ave difficulties IN the
way Of even those who are busiest in
the service OF God. This Is an 2 Of
hurry and wOrry. and unless We are
very careful We shall fall into the spir.
il of the age nj allow ourselves TO
be robbed Of that quiet and repose
which Is essential 10 a deep acquaint-
ance with God. Somehow We must
get time 10 be alone with God. time
TO let the truth as II is in Jesus filter
down through our being until u
whole life is saturated with its spirit
SO shall We come forth from u
closets each day with the dew Of
heaven upon our hearts. and with a
fresh message upon "a lips. He that
hath IN ear to hear. let him hear what
the spirit saith unto the churches"
Avoid the Danger.
IL Is a dangerous thing 10 know
Gods viii and not do it. And q OF
the perilous things a Christian
can do. is to try to hold his own sim
ply. and no go forward into the deem
things Of God when thus led BY the
spirit | have read OF a Christian man
who became so engrossed in his bust
ness hat he largely lost his fellow
ship with God After a while his bust
ness began to fail; he found that in a
few weeks the vein OF coal from which
he had been drawing his supplies
would be exhausted. and all his invest
meut would be useless. He was also
impressed that his business trouble
were due to his departure from God
and this led him to much Player.
One night in a dream a voice seemed
10 say to him. Go deeper" 1t seemed
10 him 10 be the voice of God. and IL
led 10 an entire transformation of his
life As he entered upon a closer
walk with God his heart was filed
with new joy and power. But still the
voice kept speaking to him so per
slstently that he began 20 think il had
something to do with his business
And so one day he proposed to his
foreman that they should abandon the
old vein OF coal, and sink a new sbaft
with a view Of finding a deeper store
The foreman ridiculed the idea for all
the indications were against il. pu,
he insisted and at length a shaft was
sunk, and after they had gone down
a reasonable distance they struck. no,
a vein of coal. but 10. an immense
vein OF iron, and suddenly the hank.
rupt miner found himself a million.
aire.
Is not this Gods message TO MS m
day, Go deeper?" II we have az.
hausted all the satisfaction and pou.r
there is in our present KNOWLEDGE .,
truth. let us enter into the deep things
OF God. depths Of wisdom.
Dwell deep. o my soul. deeper yet. hon,
by hour.
Dwell deep. deeper yet. in his fullnes, q,
power.