Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-09

= 7 NTtch were nelnE uDTuONCu ana the nj
melting away and houses falling. an 0
woman jumped up and down. clapped h
hands and cried: That's the kind OF
God I believe mistakes things II !
wants tor
FAITH is CoUNTERsIGN.
THAT was the kind Of God Josht
prooiaimed---a God who would overwhel
them with astonlshment as to the might
display OF His powerl So the people b,
gan TO stiffen UP their spines and thro'
back their shoulders and expect some
thing
Faith is the biggest word in the lexi
con Of a Christian. 1t is the counter
sign that admits you TO the inner circle o
power. Doubt and timdity are stranger
TO man OF faith. The man of faith Il
magnetic-gal galvanic-energeticl The maj
OF faith does not drop nor sag in tn,
| middlel His enthusiasm is as infectiou,
as the smallpox, or the laughter of Iittl,
childrenl Faith puts a song on his lips
fire In his blood-cement In his baclxbonei
It puts the ball over the fence when there
are three men on bases the last half OF
the ninth inning, two out, and you need
four runs, and you are upl
" 'Ye have not passed this way hereto
fore'-meaninR, / take II, that everything
is now to be new-different from any
thing they had previously known. The
people believed II, and soon there was
great commoton In the camp There was
the busy hum of preparation. People
worked with n will They talked with
glowing faces of the mighty God of Jacob
and what He was going to do. They were
looking for great things-far greater than
ever. Yet they had seen great things.
Most OF them were children when they
came out of Egypt. Thy had seen the
destroying angel come throughout the
land and slay the first born in every home
where the blood was not on the door
post. They had seen mama rained from
Heaven every morning for 40 years. They
had seen the mighty hand of God roll
back the waters OF the Red Sea. They
had seen the waters gush out of the rock
rs the rod of Moses struck It. They had
seen the rod of Aaron blossom and bear
almonds in night. They had seen the
cloud of quails come up and feed them
until they loathed the meat. They had
seen the dying spring into life with one
ook at the brazen serpent. They had
'een the ground open and swallow UP the
rebellious. They had seen the
'illar of fire lead them by night and the
loud by day. But now there were great
n things.
There would be more and greater re-
'ivals If the people and the preacher
expected something! The man with
title faith deserves little God. The |
nan with mountain faith gets |
arthquake results
PRIESTS WHO BLEW HORNS.
NO depositor will ever know very much |
bout the stability of bank, IL he only
hecks out 10 cents at a time. If we all /
expected more from God, there would
e fewer disappointments! The measure
nth which we receive is the same as
nat with which we believe! According
} your faith is the key with which the
ngels open the windows of Heavenl
'Ye haven ot passed this way hereto
'reH shouted Joshua's preachers. 1t was
lie priests who blew upon the rams
orns-not the lepers and the camp fol-
'wersi Heart power and singing cannot
e printed In notes. painted fire will
ever boil an egg. Too many choir sing
rs do not know any more about the gos-
Ell they sing than the town-pump does
bout the taste of water. One of the
-eatest needs is more prayer and less
onsense in our church ehoirs - more
'aise and less backbitlng-more love and
SIS fault-hnding more reverence and
ss frivolity-more of desire to honor
cd than to give concert.
" 'Ye have not passed this way hereto
re-
This proclamation was made that the
cary sons of Jacob might take a look
lck and long step forward. To stand
! new ground, he makes all consider.
ou have never stood where you stand
day. Never have you had so much be-
nd you. Never have you stood so near !
Q grave. You never have had so much
be thankful for. You never have had
much to regret. You never have had
much to enlighten or disgrace you
There are times in the lives of all of
when we need to have that thought ,
Se hold upon us, Stop and think. Then ,
ke new grip on life. !
TAKE A GOOD LOOK.
VIII you make better use of the future
an you have OF the past? What have Z
u learned from your mistakes and blum
rs? Are you going to keep on SHINING y
) same old sins-going to continue to !
the slave of the same hablts-goinR to !
ep on stumbling over the same mines /
opportunity and never pick up a mug \
Rub your eyes and take good loolxt !
Go back over the winding, aimless Jour
= that has brought you here. Notice
" many chances you have had to
'rten and straighten your course. You n
} standing on higher ground than ever.
II ought to be able to see farther!
ok back and consider how graciously 4
has dealt with you. II you have h
Ter done any serious thinking before. n
some now. just as the children of h
ael did when they pitched their tents n
the banks of the Jordan! AS they =
led up from the past all they had ex- !,
fenced in the 40 years of wandering. y
v much better God had dealt with them / q
n they deserved His faithfulness in .
10 or their unfaithfulness was evident =
t He would stand by them all the =
y! That was true In their case, and
5 In ours. All these things happened
our instruction. The way To md out v
at God will do is to look back and see =
at God has done. No man can con- .
er what God has done without feeling :,
Q to trust Him fer what He Is going a
do /,
You say 1t looks dark. Well, the fact I,
I we have had sunshine is proof that b
will have itl Think OF how all the II