Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-19

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their, were recog-
~ nized as true mes
| sengers of God.
William Carey brought another
great thought from heaven, and Rob-
ert Raikes another. In our own land
! Dwight L. Moody and Francis e. Clark
and Frances Willard have each been
the bearer of rich messages from God.
All these have met with stout opposi-
ton, for my thoughts are not your
thoughts, saith the Lord" and yet
eventually their message has been re-
ceived, and has been incorporated in
to the life of the church.
! One accent of 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,
Instead of waiting upon God for re-
newal Of their strength, they resort to
all manner of worldly expedients to
gain the attention of the tickle crowd.
Others recognizing clearly the same
difficulties and dangers are clamoring
loudly for "a man with message"
Why should not every Christian be
"a man with a message?" Was it not
said of our day, 81 will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions
and your old men shall dream
dreams?" Was it not said of all be-
levers, "Ye shall be witnesses unto
1 me?"
How to Obtain a Message.
There are grave difficulties in the
way of even those who are busiest in
the service of God. This is an age of
hurry and worry, and unless we are
very careful we shall fall into the spir-
it of the age, and allow ourselves to
be robbed of that quiet and repose
which is essential to deep acquaint-
ance with God. Somehow we must
get time to be alone with God, time
to let the truth as it is in Jesus filter
down through our being until our
whole life is saturated with its spirit.
So shall we come forth from our
closets each day with the dew Of
heaven upon our hearts, and with a
fresh message upon our lips. "He that
hath an ear to hear, let him hear what
the spirit saith unto the churches"
Avoid the Danger.
1t is a dangerous thing to know
Gods will and not do it. And one Of
the most perilous things a Christian
can do, is to try to hold his own SIM
ply, and not go forward into the deep
things of God when thus led by the
spirit. have read Of Christian man
who became so engrossed in his bust
ness that he largely lost his fellow
ship with God. After while his busi-
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
ment would be useless. He was also
impressed that his business troubles
were due to his departure from God,
and this led him to much prayer.
One night in dream a voice seemed
to say to him, go deeper" 1t seemed
to him to be the voice Of God, and it
led to an entire transformation of his
life. AS he entered upon closer
walk with God his heart was filed
with new joy and power. But still the
voice kept speaking to him so per-
Fistently that he began to think it 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 new shaft
with a view of finding a deeper store.
The foreman ridiculed the idea for all
the indications were against it. But
he insisted and at length shaft was
sunk, and after they had gone down
reasonable distance they struck, not
vein Of coal, but 10. an immense
vein Of iron, and suddenly the bank
rupt miner found himself a million
aire.
Is not this Gods message to US to-
day, go deeper?" II we have ex-
hausted all the satisfaction and power
there is in our present knowledge of
truth, let us enter into the deep things
of God, depths of wisdom.
Dwell deep, o my soul. deeper yet. hour
by hour.
Owen deep. deeper yet, in his fulIness Of
power