The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-12-27

seas; and it is
less singular that the machinery of
our existence should cease to oper.
ate, than that II should operate at all
How surprising that one should live
an hour, to say nothing Of three score
years and ten.
''strange that . harp OF thousand strings
Shouid keep in tune so long
When we thus reflect 1t is not to be
wondered II, like David, we some
times put the question as to what We
are waiting FOR?
Our Experiences Last Year.
Putting the question to ourselves, Is
1t enough for boys and girls to say
women? OR, for youths to say that
they are waiting to get start in life
and settle down? Or, for fathers and
mothers tn say that they are waiting
to see their children educated ard es-
tablishec? Or. for others that there
are enterprises to whose success their
presence lis still necessary? Are these
contracted ccarnal things really what
we are waiting for?
Let us ask God the question, as Da-
vid did, and he replies:
!. II maybe that you are waiting to
be saved, for God is not willing that
any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance and live. fSow ne
has been pleading with some of you
during the past year! Was there no
sermon, no hymn OF invitation or warn.
ing, no boss of friend by death, no
providential escape from bodily peril
or serious illness, to remind yon of
your mortality, and plead with you to
accept Christ?
2. 1t may be that you are waiting 'tc
bear fruit. BY the grace OF God you
are already saved let us suppose. hut
for what purpose are you saved? Why
did he not call you to himself at the
moment of your conversion? As a
saint, for what are you waiting? aye
have not chosen me-" said Christ. shut
| have chosen you, and ordained you
that We shall go and bring forth Fruit,
and that your fruit should remain.
John 10 .16.) Is ii for this reason you
are waiting here? Is the dresser ,ot
the vineyard pleading that you be let
alone this year also, that IL you boar
fruit il shall be well. and If not, then
after that shalt thou be cut down
The Beoond Coming Of Christ.
3. It nSay be that you are waiting
for his coming. The coming OF oW
Lord Jesus Christ. personally and Wis
IDLY, for his saints, has ever been tht
hope of tiae true church, and blessed
Is the man whose heart is animated
by IT, Blessed is he. who like the
mother of >Sisera. only with a hoier
expectation, is looking out Of the win.
dow and cgying through the lacHce:
"why is hts chariot so long in coming?
why tarry 'she wheels OF his charioe?'
Oh. h,esacd be God. that FROM his
WIN word ft,c cheerful arregince9.ent
W made "Yoit little while. and he
saat shall cume. will come, and will
M larry"
You have seen the luscious fruit,
hanging from the Dough long after the
digging and Vhe pruning have been
ended. waiting for the genial sun to-
put the final Sloom upon its beauty,
and lbeget the sweetness and mellow.
ness of completed growth. Something
like rnis is ofteh true in a human life,
and may be true i'm yours. I'VE all do
fade as the leaf" but the fading Of
some IL often ifl@mined by the gran.
deur OF AN autuannal sunset. God
grant this TO be true Of you. young and
old, rich and poor. erst and last. May
you have a Happy New Year" in the
highest and truest sense. Happy is
me people whose God fs the Lord" AZ,
eApt him, serve him, wait for him. II
is only as we stand In such relation
ship to him that, after employing the
psalxnist's question, And now Lord.
what wait forT' we can equally apply
the comfort OF that which follows It,
and add, my hope is In thee"
upheld by hope"--a glorious hope,
AS days and years roll by;
The coming OF our Lord and King
Is surely drawing nigh.
"JIpheId by hope" all toll Is sweet
with this glad thought In view.
The Master may appear tonight
To call mis- servants true.
.Jrpheld by hope" In darkest days,
Faith can the light descry;
The deepening glory In the East
Prociaims deliverance nigh!
''Uphejd by hope" how glad the hearth
NV soul Is on the wing
Zen now his hand IL on the door,
He comes-my glorious Kingl
&c. May Grimes