Year: 1876


such large gathering in Mr. Hepworth's church
yesterday morning Anyway the people were there
and the minister's text from Exodus, XIV 29;-
''But the children of Israel walked upon dry land In
the midst OF the sea- The Old Testament generally
very greatly neglected. said he which serious
mistake for no man can interpret the New Testament
except by the Old. The time Of Christ Is but fulfill
mcnt OF the prophcsies OF Moses. The sunshine OF
the is tho logical result of the shadows
which the lsraelites walked The old Testament is
the prophecy of the New-thc key that unfolds all
mysteries and these strange wonderful thlngs find
so dincult rightly TO interpret. 1t Is very beautiful
privilege TO discover the symbolism which is gwen in
Its pages for us The Israeites had only intcrpre
tation-hat of fact historical truth but Chris
tans have double Interpretation Tor Inspiration
and encouragement Let me give you two
illustrations of what l mean. You know when the
Israetes crossed the Red Sea they In the hot
ands of the DESERT they nearly perishcd thirst and
Instantly Moses appeared in their midst and struck
rock, and of tho bosom of the rock
iherc flowed that its bed
right through the Israclitsh cncampment
We can almost them now-parched with
the terrible thirst, looking with wonder upon this
miracle and their falling down their knees and
drinking their Ill Of this water which comes miracu-
lousIy into their inidst If turn TO the New Testa-
ment we shall find that


CHRIST Is CALLED THE ROCK,


and will forgot that are told He is a well OF
living water, and that If shall drink of that
water he shall not thirst again. lie, call your
!cntion TO another tact of the same kind When tho
tsracitcs IN tho desert they had no natural
means OF getting food. SO Noses called God
ana told lliin OF their want, and the neat
morning when the lsraelites looked out OF
Their tents they saw httlc shiuinS PARTICLES
MI through the desert, and each man his
urc and gathered these httle bits OF material and then
made them into bread or cakes for consumption. Now
NC have this simple statement that God led HIS people
with mama; but this is not everything The mamma
IN the wilderness thousands OF years ago was out
type OF the same mystery which Was 20 be king OF
ihc world. In the first place, IL down IRON
heaven and was not natural production. SO 1t
with Christ. He not born IN the natural way He
was conceived OF The Holy Ghost He came
down iron heaven. He WAS stranger upon the
earth lie ieit HIS throne on high and descended
into the midst OF the human In .hc second
place you remember that the mama came cvcry
morning. Not a single morning looked upon that en-
canpmcnt oil lsraellics without The mamma except tho
Sabbath day, and then the day before twice as much
WITH the Provi OF God awaysg When we trust
in HIM do not We receive from aOove best gifts? |
have gone far enough to show you there is "a wonder
iul sort Of typoogy between tue old Testament and
the New. Now want to talk TO you a little about the
passage through The Red Sea The people we're slaves
you remember. They terrible bondage.
They did not own thcnseves- neither did God
tbcm-n any human way. They were owned by
earthly master. Their backs scourgcd Ivy the
lash OF cruci revenge They worked early and late,
from sunrse To sunset ana received no fruit for their





streets 1t seems 10 me thar have got them among
us even row that there are both men and women who
are brutay treated and IN bondage-peoplc who work
early and haze Tor nought- who are toiing all
day long and all night IN whose lives Is condeuce
or trust IN higher power thank God that to all of
us there is call coming IRON heaven TO emancipa.
ncn. We arc called to freedom. We called into


THE OWNERSHIP Con.


anu TO belong TO HIM and give everything up 10
Him. We are To yield ourselves to His superior
dom and generous helpulucss We like the israel
lies. There the Rod he p4ssed many IA tlme
in ME There are many Red Seas IN the world to-day.
i you will look back on VIII SEQ ono your c
You have either crossed It in triumph or bcon over
borne by it, You have ci,hcr used that dispensaiion
as God wouil have you use II or IL has used and
your op deriment There is a Rcd Sea of poycrty; n
great many OF us are In The midst OF u to-day.
These are called hard times aud undoubtedly
they are 1t rs marvel TO me when I
iooS the wide city over how han the people hvc and
IS greater marvel 10 me why the other halt does
not help them. They work so hard, and how they
make both ends meet lisa difficult problem to solve.
but somehow We sct ohi somehow We GO hni our way
over the rough places. Well hrchren, there
Time IN uis gcncratou. TO my thinking. when
ought TO show that We are brothers and members OF
ono family "a now. Freely yc have received, freely
give. IS tho lesson OF the New Testament. There
wonderful satisfaction IN DONG good he IL over 80
little, and the gratitude Ia the mans face.
He has got his Red Sca TO get over. what blessed
privilege 10 be the Noses ana Stand on the western
side with wand and swing II the waters and
ihcm part, aud then turn to the man and say, ''Go
forward tod Is using me Tor YOU Pass IN peace -
.e mc tell you little instance II rs new 20 me and
vii bc new 10 YOU poor woman, few months
,go, came from u disant part OF this country
,opnc To boitcr her tonuition. She had been
comfortable circumstances, but al ai
he avalanche came down the mountain side
IND swept everything a~ay from her. But her chill
ircn must have bread. She had moucv. Her only
sopc was to ccnc down TO tins maclsrom OF New York
and lind sonnet tnng do She gave her children away.
With what anxiety she looked INTO tho woman's face
who promised TO DC another to OF her children and
her heart must nearly have broken when She knew that
the term mother must be applied 10 some else
the future. Men cannot understand this, but women
appreciate tho feeling and touched IN sympathy by
h. One day Sue received letter irom her lit
ue child, vi spelled, perhaps, ungrammatical II may
be, hut tho significance OF the lctc- terrible II
told her OF cruel treatment of physical abuse OF whip
pings uodescrycd; % told her Of thousand troubles
which had broken The poor child heart and tho letter
was only The wa'i-one great cry from beginning TO
end--and thus. miles away and no money with lhis
great cry coming over the hills and valleys,


An! 1T WAS a RED sEs.


rhe wild waste OF waters was indeed before her Her
only way lay aerpss the water, and there
Moses 10 help her over But the money
was raised aud perhaps while | am speak.
ing the mother IS with her child. Your
rfi, your blessings COS with her Ah' there IA al
ways way over the Red Sea. God does not leave MS
without Moses Then ihero Is the ted o. trouble
and death All brethren! there are clouds over that
The loved VI yours and mnc have crossed us
waters: have lifted the cdriafn tho other side and
gone from Those that laid IN your
with lite arc row cold ~ dcath How sad u IS 10
look upon lips that are not able to part because Death
has claimed them Tor his own, rhsic moist
eyes to-day in every household There father or
mother. sister or brother lie or husband or chi that
has bid YOU goodby or. perhaps. gone withou; a part
inS word And yet there isa greater lan Moses who
stands by your side, and io can break those
When trust ~ the Lord Jesus Christ then
The Rcd Sea OF the jordan shall be divided and
we shall pass dry snod over tho bed OF the water All
that need Is simply to trust IN Christ That
1cru rod that Moses swung IN the AR type Of tho
sros and lac who walks m tho derkncss has no cross
but hc bears the cross Of Christ aioit walks
she light There is nowcr like the power OF iaitn
md there IL nothing that liit US up much
wsrm LIVING personal lovcand trust IN the Lord Jesus
Christ


CENTENNIAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
suE DEATH OF GENERAL CUSTER AND THE
LESSONS or OUR INDIAN ro1IcY-sraMoS BY