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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, iSoi.
TIIEU'SSONS OK WINTER.
ALL SEASONS HAVE THEIR LESSONS
t FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
Itrstitlriit IniitKrrjr of Ihn llllilr, Truth
Ins; l.rmin rmm Naturr Ihn Hnimsol
tlmnon mill Mount llrrmmi Tlir Ior
of St. Ilrrimnl.
Nkw Yoiik, hVli, , Tho remarkable
movement initiated by 'I'hti Christian
Herald mtvIcm In tlui AundiMiiy of Mitnlo
t growing npneo, nnd negotiations uro
pending fornddltlonnl accommodations nil
Klgnntli) scale, I)r, Tulmnge's sermons
Kro net thousands of llm MMiplu of Nmv
York to serious thinking on religion mat
torn. At every scrvleo now itiun nml
women rise, In nil parts of tin- homo to I
linnte tlirlr tlcslro thnt tliu Christians
present would imy for tln'lr conversion,
Mini after tho regular worvlcu li concluded
they siecdlly occupy the orchestra clinlrii
while Dr. Tnlmnge nnd tliu largo corps of
workers who nru helping liim listen to
their dinicuttlcn and glvu then ndvlre.
Tonrful eyes nnd convulslvo sobs licnr
testimony to tlio earnestness of (lie fieckers.
The-New York Herald estimates t hut itur
Ihg Jitnunry nlonu over n thousand persons
..declared their irsolvo to llvo Christian
lire. Dr. TnlmnRoV sermon thin ovoiilng,
which he also piwiched In thu Brooklyn
Academy of MiihIo In tlio morning, whs
from Job xxxvlll, ii, "Hunt thou entered
Into tho treasures of tlio snow'"
t' Grossly maligned In thoncanou of winter.
Tho spring und summer and iiutiinin have
hml tunny ndinlrem, but winter, hoary
hrnded nml wlilto bearded winter, hutii
hnl iiioroiiicmlci thnn frleudn. Yet with'
out winter tho human race would Ixj Inane
nnd effortless. You might npeuk of tho
winter us tliu mother of tcuicts. 1 take
Una the father of 11 whole family of pliysl
cat, mental nnd nplrltunl energies. The
moat pcoplo thnt 1 know tiro strong In pro
portion to tho nuuilier of snow ImnkR they
had to climb over or push through In child
hood, whllo their fnthern drove tho Med
loaded with Iokh throiiKh tho crunching
drifts high as tho fence.
At this season of the year, when wo are no
familiar with tho snuw, thoso frozen
vapors," t bono falling blossoms of thonky,
those white unguis of the atmosphere, those
poeiui of tho ntorm, thoso IHiiiin Mid Odys
eys of the wlutery tempest, I turn over
the leave of my Hlblo nnd though mont
otitwaa written Inncllmo where hiiow
seldom or never fell I Hud many of these
beautiful congelation Though the writers
may Mldoni or never have felt tho cold
touch of tho nnowtlako on their check,
they had In slgui two mouittaliin, tho topn
of, which were suggestive. Other kings
onttlmea tako off their crowns, but lib
ation nnd Mount Hcrnion nil tho year
round and through tho ages never lift tho
coronet of crystal from their foreheads.
Tho lint time wo 11 ml n deep fall of hiiow
In tho Hlblo Is whoro Samuel descrlU's n
fight between Uennlah nnd a Hon in n pit,
ml though tho nnow may havo crimsoned
under the wounds of both man ami brute,
tho shaggy mounter rolled over dead, and
the ((hint was victor. Hut tho hiiow Is not
fully recognUed In tho Hlblo until Clod In
terrogates Job, tho scientist, concerning Its
wonders, saying, "Hast thou entered Into
fee treasure of tho snowr"
I Jon, TIIK LKAIINKII SCIENTIST.
1 rather think that Job may hnvo exam
ined tho snowllake with a mloroscoie; for,
although It Is supposed that the nilcroncoHi
was Invented long after Job's time, there
had been wonders of glass long before the
nilcroscoiw and telescoio of later day were
thought of. So long ago n when the Col
iseum was In It full spndor, Nero sat In
the emperor's box of that great theatre,
which held a hundred thousand cople,
and looked at the combatant through a
gem In his finger ring which brought
everything close up to his eye.
Four huudred years before Christ, in the
stores at Athens, were sold powerful
glasses called "burning spheres," and
Layard, the explorer, found a magnifying
glass amid tho ruins of Nineveh and In
the palace of Nlmrod. Whether through
magnifying Instrument or with unaided
ye 1 cannot say, but I am sure that Job
somehow went through the galleries of the
snow flake and counted Its pillars and
found wonders, raptures, mysteries, theol
ogies, majesties, infinities walking up and
down Its corridors, as a result of the ques
tion which the Lord had asked him, "Hast
thou entered Into the treasures of the
aaowf"
Oh, It Is a wondrous meteorl Hum
boldt studied It In the Andes, twelve thou
sand feet above the level of tho sea. De
8aussure reveled among these meteors In
the Alps, and Dr. Scoresby counted ninety
six varieties of snowflake amid the arc
Ilea. They are In shape of stars, In; shspe
of ooroeeta, Id shape of cylinders; art glob
alar, are hexagonal, are pyramidal, an
castellated. After a fresh fall pf mow,
la one walk you crush under your" feet
Tutllerlef, Windsor castles, 8u Pauls, St.
Peters, Bt, Marks, cathedrals, Alhambraa
and Sydenhum palaces innumerable. 1
know it depvuds much on our owu condi
tion what impression these tying metaors
of the snow make.
I shall not forget two rough and unpre-
tenaing wooa cuts wnicn 1 saw in my boy
hood side by side; one a picture of a prosper
ous farmhouse, with all signs of comfort,
and a lad warmly clothed looking out of
the door upon tho first flurry of suow, aud
his mind uo doubt filled with the sound of
Jingling sleigh bells and the frolic with
playfellows lu tho deep banks, nnd he,
clapping his hands and shouting, "It snowsl
It snows!" The other sketch was of a boy,
haggard and hollow eyed with hunger,
looking from the brokeu door of a wretched
home, ami seeing in tho falling flakes proph
ecy of more cold nud less bread and great
er privation, wringing his bauds and with
tears rolling dowu hi wan cheeks, crying,
"Ob, my God I it suowsl It snows!" Out
of tho abundance that characterise most
of our homes may there go speedy relief to
all whom this wiuter finds In want and
exposure.
COD IN TIIK SSOWFLaKK.
And now I propose, for your spiritual
and everlasting prollt, If you will accept
my guidance, to take you through some of
these wonders of crystallisation. Ami
untioe first God iu the little. You may
talc alpenstock nud cross tho Mer de
Glaos, the sea of lev, nud ascend Mont
Blanc, which rises into tho clouds like a
pillar of the great white Throne; or with
urctio explorer ascend tho mountains
around tho uortli pole, nud nee glaciers a
thousand feet high grinding against glac
iers three thousand feet high. Hut I will
tr.ke you on a less pretentious journey nud
how you God In the snowfluko. There Is
room enough between Its pillars for the
great 'Jehovah to stand. In that one froseu
drop on tbo tip of your linger you may llud
the throne room of tho Almighty. 1 take
up the snow In my baud ami sue the cours
ers of celestial donilulou pawing these
crystal puveuiento.
The tektcopa Is grand, but 1 mtut con-
i that lam quite us uiucli lutore&tei. in
the microscope. The one reveal theunl
verso altove us; tho other Just as great a
universe Is'iirath us. Hut the telescopo
overwhelms inr, whllo tho inlcroscnpocotu
fortn me. What you want and I wnnt es
pecially In n God lu littles, If wo were
neraphlnor nrchnngellc In our nature we
would want to study God lu the greit; but
nuch small, weak, shortlived Is'lugs a you
nud I nro want to Hml God In tho littles,
When I nee tho .Maker of the uuiverne
giving himself to the architecture of a
Miowllake, and making It shafts, lu
dome, it curves, s walls. It Irradiations
so perfect I concluilu ho will look after our
luslgulllcniit affairs. And if wo are of
more value than n sparrow, most certainly
wo nro of morn value than an Inanimate
miowllake. So tho Hlblo would chlelly Im
press us with God In tho littles, ltdoe
not nny, "Consider the clouds," but Itnayn,
"Consider tho lilies." Itdoe uottiiiy, "He
boid tho tempest!" but "Heboid the
fowls!" and It applaud a cup of cold
water nud the widow's two mite, and nyn
tho hair of your head uro nil uumlK'red,
l)i not fear, therefore, that you are going
to mi lost iu tho crowd. Do not think that
bcoiiuso you estimate yourself a only one
inowllake among a three days' January
mow storm thnt you will be forgotten.
Tho birth and death of a drop of chilled
vnpor I a certainly regarded by tho Ixird
m tho creation nnd demolition of a planet.
Nothing In big to God ami nothing I
imall,
What make tho honey Industrie of
South Carolina such a source of live
lihood and wealth? It Is because God
teaches tho Imlylmg to inako an opening
lu tho rind of tho apricot for tho U'c, who
cannot otherwise get at tho Juice of tho
fruit. Ho God semis tho lailyliug ahead to
prepare tho wny for tho honey Ih-o, Ho
.cache tho ant to blto each grain of corn
Mint, she puts In tho ground for winter
!ood lu order thnt It may not tako root
tud so ruin the little granary. Ho t cache
.he raven lu dry weather to throw pebbles
I nto n hollow tree, thnt tliu water far down
iiud out of reach may coiuu up within tlio
reach of tho blrd'H beak, What a comfort
that ho Is a God In littlest Tho emperor of
nil the Itttsslns lu olden time wa looking
nt a map that spread before him his vast
dominions, and ho could not Hud Great
llrllaln on tho map, and ho called lu his
Heerotnry and nahl, "Where Is Great llrltaln,
that I hear so much about?" "It Is under
your thumb," said tho secretary; nud tho
emperor raised his hand from tho map nud
saw tho country ho wan looking for.
TIIK tNKINITK IIKAI.M OK OOP. '
And It Is high time that wo find this
mighty realm of God close by nud under
our own little linger. To drop you out of
hi memory would bo to resign hi omnis
cience. To refuse you his protection would
Ihi to abdicate his omnipotence. When
you tell mo thnt ho Is tho God of Jupiter,
nud tho God of Mercury, nnd tho God of,
Saturn, you tell mo something so vant thnt
I cannot comprehend it. Hut If you tell
mo ho Is tho God of tho suowflnke, you toll
mo something 1 can hold and measure nud
realize. Thus tho smallest Kiiowllaku con
tains u Jewel enso of comfort. Here is an
opal, nu amethyst, a diamond. Here Is
one of the treasures of tho nnow. Tako It
for your present and everlasting comfort.
Ik-hold, also, in the hiiow tho treasure of
accumulated power. During a snowstorm
let nu apothecary, accustomed to weigh
most delicate quantities, hold hU weighing
scale out of the window nnd let one Hake
fnll on tho surface of tho scales, nud It will
not even make It tremble. When yon
want to express extreme triviality of
weight you nay, "Light us a feather," but
a'suowlliiko is much lighter. It Is Just
twenty-four times lighter than water. And
yet the accumulation of these flakes broko
down, a few days ago, in sight of my house,
six telegraph poles, made helpless police
and Uro deimrtment and halted rail trains
with two thundering locomotives.
We hnvo already learned so much of the
power of electricity that we have become
careful how we touch tho electric wire,
and in many a case a touch has been death.
Out a few days ago tho snow put Its hand
on most of these wires, and tore them down
as though they were cobweb. The suow
saldt "You seem afraid of tho thunderbolt;
I will catch it nml hurl it to the grouud.
Your boasted electric light adorning your
cltle with bubbles of lire, I will put out as
easily as your ancestor snuffed out a tal
low candle." The snow put It linger on
the Up of our cities that were talking with
each other and they went Jnto silence, ut
tering not a word. Tho snow mightier
than the lightning.
In March, 1888, the snow stopped Amer
ica. It suld to Brooklyn, "Stay home!" to
New York, "Stay hornet" to 1'hllndelphla,
"Btay bonier to Washington, "Stay
home!" to Richmond, "Stay home!'' It
put Into a white aepulcher most of this
nation. Commerce, whoso wheels never
topped before, stopped then. What was
the mutterf Power of accumulated snow
take. On the top of the Apennines one
lake falls, and others fall, and they pile
up, and they make a mountalu of fleece
oa the top of a mountain of rock, until
oae day a gust of wind, or even the yolce
of a mountaineer, sets the frown vapors
into action, and by awful descent they
weep everything In their course trees,
rocks, villages as when in 1837 the town
of Uriel, In Valals, was buried, and in lt34,
in Switzerland, three hundred soldiers
were entombed. These avalanches were
made up of single snowflakea.
What tragedies of the snow have bees
witnessed by the monks of St. Bernard,
who for ages have with the dogs been busy
lu extricating bewildered and overwhelmed
travelers In Alpine storms, the dogs with
blankets fastened to their backs and flasks
of spirits fastened to their necks to resus
citate helpless travelers, one of these doge
decorated with a medal for having saved
the lives of twenty-two persons, the brave
beast himself slain of the snow on that day
when accompanying a Pledmoutese courier
on the way to his anxious household down
the mountalu, the wife and children of the
Pledmoutese courier coming up the mount
ain In search of him, an nvaluucha covered
all under pyramids higher thuu those un
der which the Kgyptluu monarchs sleep
their sleep of tho agesl
What an illustration of tho tragedies of
the snow is found In that sceno between
Gleucoeand Gleucreran ono February lu
Scotland, where llonald Cameron comes
forth to bring to his father's house his
cousin Flora MacDounld for tho celebra
tion of a blrthduy, and' the calm day turns
Into iv hurricauo of white fury that leaves
Ronald aud Flora as dead, to be resusci
tated by the shepherds! What an excltlug
struggle had Hayurd Taylor among the
wintry Apennlncsl
BUSSIAN SNOWS AVENGED JOSKl'lItNK.
In tho winter of 1813, by a similar force,
tho destiny of Kurope was decided. Thr
French ,irmy marched up toward Moscow
five hundred thousand men. What can
resist them? Not bayonets, but the dumb
eletiieutn overwhelm that host. Napoleon
retreat from Moscow with alouttwo hun
dred thousand men, u mighty nucleus for
nuother campaign after ho gut hick to
Paris. The morning of Oct. It), whun they
start for home, 1 bright nml beautiful.
The nlr Is tonic, und although this Kukslau
rnmpnhu has Is-eu a failure N'upoleoti will
try ugaln u somi. othur direction with nls
host of bravo surviving Frenchmen,
Hut a cloud comes on tho sky and the
nlr get chill, and one of the soldiers feels
on his check n miowllake, and then therein
a multiplication of these wintry messages,
und soon tho plumes of the ofllrer aro
decked with another stylo of plume, aud
then all the skies let luoo upon tho war
riors a hurricane of suow, nud tliu mart li
becomes dllllcillt, and the horses llud it
hard to pull tho supply train, uml tho men
begin to fall under tho fatigue, and many
not able to tako nuother step Ho down lu
the drifts never to rise, and tho cavalry
horses stumble and fall, ami one thousand
of the iirmy fall, and ten thousand perish,
and twenty thousand go down, nud llfty
thousand, nml a hundred thousand, and a
hundred ami twenty thousand ami a hum
Ired and thirty-two thousand die, and the
victor of Jena and brldgo of ImII ami
Kyi an and Austerllt., where three great
armies, commanded by threu emperors,
oirrondorcd to him, now himself surrcn
tlon to tho Hiiowllakes,
Historians do not seem to rccogul.o that
Hie tide In that man' life turned from
Dee. 10, 1801), when ho banished by hideous
llvorco his wife Josephine from the
palace, nud ho challenged tho Almighty,
and tliu Lord charged upon him from thn
forlroscHof tho sky with ammunition of
crystal. .Snowed under! Hllllons, trillions,
(.milrllllons, (ulntrllllons of (lakes did the
uork. Aud what a suggestion of acciimii
I .the power, and what a rebuke to all of
Us who get discouraged because wo cannot
do tuucli, nud therefore do nothing!
IK) VOUII HIIAItK KOll OOII.
"Oh," says some one, "I would like to
stop tho force of sin und crime that are
marching for tho conquests of tho nations,
but 1 inn nobody; I hnvo neither wealth
nor eloquence nor social power. What can
I do?" My brother, how much do you
weigh? Asiiuichasasiiowlliike? "Oh, yes."
Then do your share. It Is an aggregation
or small liillueuce that will jet put this
lost world back into the bosom of n par
doning God, Ala that theru nro so many
men and women who will not use thu one
talent ticcnuso they havu not ten, and will
not give u penny because they cannot give
a dollar, and will not sj"ak a well a they
can because they uro nor eloquent , nud will
not bo u su(uvllakt) Imjcuiiso they cannot bo
nu avalanche! lu earthly war the gen
erals get about, all thu credit, but in the
war for God nud righteousness nud heaven
nil thu private soldiers will get crowns of
victory unfailing.
When we reach heaven by the grace of
God may wu nil arrive there I do not
think wo will lie able to begin tliu now
song right away because of tho surprise
we shall feel at tho comparative rewards
given. A wo aro being conducted along
tho street to olir celestial residence wu will
begin to ask when) live some of those who
were mighty on earth. We will nsk, "Is
.So-nud-so hero?" And thu answer will ho:
"Yes, I think ho 1 lu the city, but we don't
bear much of him; ho was good nud ho got
lu, but ho took most of his pay In earthly
applause; ho had enough graco to get
through tho gate, but Just wheru ho live 1
know not. Ho squeezed through somehow,
although I think tlio gaes took thu skirt
of his garments. 1 think ho lives lu one
of those back street lu one of tho plainer
residences,"
Then wo shall see, n palace, the door
steps of gold, nud tho windows of agate,
and tho tower like tho nun for brilliance,
and chariots liefore the door, nud people
who look like princes nnd princesses going
up nnd down the steps, nnd we shall say,
"What- one of the htenirchn lives hero?"
Thnt mut lie thu residence of n Paul or it
Milton, or some ono whoso name resounds
through nil thu planet from which wo hnvo
Juet ascended." "No, uo," ny our celes
tial dragoman; "that I tlio residence of u
soul whom you never heard of.
"When she gave a charity her left bund
know not what her right hand did. She wan
mighty In secret prayer, nud uo ono but.
God aud her own soul knew It. Sim had
more trouble than anyltody in all the land
wheru situ lived, nud without complaining
she bore it, and though her talents were
never great, what she had was nil conse
crated to God and helping other, nnd tho
lord Is making up for her earthly priva
tion by eiecial rapture here, and the
king of till country bad that placo built
especially for tier, tlio walls began to go
up when her troubles and privations aud
coiisccrntlons began on earth, and it ho
happened what n heavenly coincidence!
that the last stroke of tho trowel of ame
thyst on those walls was fclven the hour
she entered heaven.
"You know nothlngof her. On earth her
name was only once in tho newspapers,
and thnt among the column of the dead,
but she Is mighty up here. There she
come now out of her palace grounds in
her chnriot behind those two white horse
for a ride on tho banks of thu river that
Mows from under the throne of God. Let
mo see. Did you not have In your world
below nn old classic which says something
ubout "these are they who coino out of
great tribulation, and they shall reign for
ever and ever?"
rEAUM ON TIIK FOltKIIKAPS OK TIIK IttOIIT
EOUs. A we pass up the street 1 find a good
many on foot, and I say to the dragoman,
"Who are these?" And when their name
is announced I recognize that some of
them were on earth great poet, and greitt'
orators, und great merchants, and great
warriors, ami when I express my surprise
about their going afoot the dragoman
says, "In this country people nro rewarded
not according to the number of their
earthly talents, but according to tho use
they made of what tlioy had." And then
I thought to myself: "Why, that theory
would make a snowtlnke that falls cheer
fully nud In tho right place, aud does nil
the work usslguud it, a honorable a a
whole Mont Uluuc of Hiiowllakes."
"Yes, yes." says tho celestial dragoman,
"mauy of these pearls that you llnd on the
foreheads of tho righteous, anil many of
the gems In the Jewel case of priucu and
princess, aro only thu put rilled snowllnkes
of earthly tempest, for God does not forget
tho promise made In regard to them, 'They
shall bo mine, said tho 1ml of hosts, in
tho day when I tunke up my Jewels.' " Ac
cumulated power! All tho prayers and
charities und kindnesses nnd talents of all
the good concentered and compacted will
bothoworld'sevuugcl!.nt!on, Tills thought
of tho aggregation of tho many smalls into
that one mighty is nuother trcnsiue of the
snow.
Another treasure of the hiiow is thu sug
,'ustlon of tho usefulness of sorrow, Ab
auuee of snow hist winter mado all nations
sick. That snowies winter has not yet
ended its disasters. Within a few weeks it
put tens of thousands Into the grave, and
left others iu homes and hospitals grtdu
ally to go down, Called by a trivial
name, the itusshiu "grip," It was nu Inter
national plague. Plenty of hiiow means
public, health. There I no medicine that
so soon cures tho world's malaria as thesu
whito H-llets that tho clouds administer
pellets small enough to bo homeopathic,
but lu such largo doses as to Ihi allopathic,
and lucltlug. soon euomjljjo e J.U'dropath-
Ic. Like a ipongo, every (lake nbsorbs un
healthy gate. The table of mortality In
Now York aud Hrooklyu Immediately less
ened when tho snows of last December Im
gaii tn fall. Tho suow is ono of tho grand
est nud best of thu world's doctors.
TIIK III.KMINOH or WINTHIt.
Yes, It Is necessary for the land' pro
ductiveness. Great snow lu winter aro
generally followed by great harvests next
summer. Sclentllla analysis has shown
that suow contains a larger percentage of
ammonia than tho rain, and hence It
greater xiwcr of enrichment. Aud besides
that, It In a white blanket to keep tho earth
warm. An examination of suow iu Siberia
showed that It was a hundred degree
warmer under tho hiiow than ulmvo tho
nnow. Alpine plant perished In thu mild
winter of Kngluud for lack of enough snow
to keep them warm. Snow strike back
tho rich gases which otherwise would e.v
caMj In tho nlr nud bo lost. Thank God for
tho hiiiiwh, und muy those of Fobruury lie
as plentiful as those of DecemlN'raiid Jauu
nry hnvo been, high nml deep nnd wide nnd
enriching; then tho harvests next July will
embroider with gold this entire American
continent. Hut who with nny analogical
faculty can notice that out pf such chill as
tbo snow comes tho wheat, without reali
zing that chilling sorrows produce harvest
of grace!
The strongest Christians without nny
exception nro tlioso who were by lierenve
inents or sickness or poverty or persecu
tion, or nil of them together, snowed un
der, nud again and again snowed under.
Thesu snow storms of trouble! .They kill
thu malaria of tho soul. They drive, us
out of worldly dependenco to God. Call
tho roll of nil thu eminently pious of all
the ages and you will find them tho sous
nnd daughters of sorrow. Thu Muronltes
say that ono characteristic of the cedar
tree Is that when tlio air I full of snow
and it begin to descend tho tree lift Its
branches In a wny better to rccelvu the
suow and bear up under it, uml I know by
much observation that thu grandest cedars
of Christian character lift higher their
branches toward God when thu snows of
trouble aro totnlug.
Lord Nelson' collln was inudu out of tbo
masts of tliu ship L'Orleut iu which he had
fought so bravely, nml your throno lu
heaven, O sulterlng child of God, will be
built out of conquered earthly disasters.
What gave John Htiuyuu such a wondrous
drwuni of the celestial city? The Bedford
penitentiary. What gave Itlchard Maxtor
such power to tell of the "Saints' Everlast
ing ltest,"iiud to give his Immortal "Cull to
tho Unconverted?" Physical disease which
racked every nerve of his Iwily. What
mado Georgo Whltelleld so mighty in sav
ing souls, bringing ten thousand to God
when others brought a hundred? Perse
cution that caricatured and assailed him
nil up nml down England, and dead verml'i
thrown lu bin face when ho wu preaching.
What mellowed ami glorlllcd Wilder
force's Christian character? A financial
misfortune that led him to write, "I know
not why my life In apared so long, except It
be to show that a man can bo a happy
without a fortune ns with oue." What
gave John Milton such keen spiritual eye
sight that ho could sea tlio battle of the
ungels? Extinguishment of physical eye
sight. What is tho highest observntory
for studying the stars of hope and faith
nnd spiritual promise? The believer's sick
bed. Wiiat proclaims tho richest aud most
golden hurvests that wave on nil the hills
of heavenly rapture? The snows, tho deep
snows, the awful snowsof earthlycalamlty.
Aud that comforting thought is ono of the
treasures of thu snow.
THE 1.MAC1K OK I'UIUTV.
Another treasure of thu snow Is the sug
gestion that tills maiitlo covering tho earth
Is like the soul after iti forgiven. "Wash
me," said the Psalmist, "and I shall be
whiter than snow." My dear f rlond Gash
erle IK- Witt went over to Geneva, Switzer
land, for tlio recovery of his health, but
the Lord had something liettcr for him
than earthly recovery. Little did I think
when I bade him good-by ono lovely after
noon on thu other aide of tho sea to return
to America, that wo would not meet again
till we meet lu heaven. As he lay one Sub
bath morning on his dying pillow in
Switzerland, the window open, ho wa
looking out uon Mont Blanc. The air
wa clear. Thnt great mountain stood In
Its robe of hiiow, glittering lu the morning
light. nnd my friend said to his wife: "Jen
nie, do you know what that hiiow on Mont
Blanc make me think of? It make me
think thatstho righteousness of Christ and
tho pardon of God cover nil tho sins nnd
Imperfections of my life, ns that suow
covers up that mountain, for tho promise
is that though our sins 13 as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow." Was not that
glorious!
I do not care who you are, or whero you
are, you need na much a I do thnt cleans
ing which made Gasherlo Do Witt good
wlille he lived nnd glorious when ho died.
Do not take It as the tenet of nn obsolete
theology thut our nature is corrupt. Wu
must be changed. We must bo made over
again. The ancients thought that snow
water bad esiecial power to wash out deep
g tains. All other water might fail, but
melted hiiow would make them clean.
Well, Job had great admiration for snow,
but he declares in substanco that it be
should wash his soul in melted snow he
would'stlll be covered with mud like a
man down in a ditch (Job ix, 90). "If I
wash myself In snow water, and make my
hands never so clean, .yet shalt thou
plunge me In the ditch nud initio own
clothes shall abhor me," Wo must lie
washed in tho fountain of God's mercy be
fore wo can 13 whiter than snow. "With
out holiness, no man shall see the Lord."
Oh, for tho cleansing power I
If there be in all this audience one
man or woman whose thoughts hnvo
always been right, nnd whose actions
are always right, let such n ono rise, or if
already standing, lift tho right hand. Not
onel All we, like sheep, have gone astray.
Unclean! unclean I And yet wo mar !e
made whiter than suow whiter than that
which, on a cold winter's morning, after a
night of storm, clothes tho tree from hot
torn of trunk to top of highest branch;
whiter than that which tills hour makes
tho Adlroudacks, ami tho Sierra Nevada
and Mount Washington heights of pomp
and splendor lit to enthrone an archangel.
Iu thu time of Graham, thu essayist, lu
ono mountain district of Scotland an uv-
erugo of ten sbepiienis perished every
winder lu thu suow drifts, and so ho pro
posed that ut tlio distance of overy mile a
pole fifteen feet high nnd Willi two cross
plecis bo erected, showing tlio points of
the soinpnss, mid a bell hung nt the top, so
that every breeze would ring It, nnd o tho
lost ono on tbo mountains would hear thu
sound uml tako thu direction given by this
polo with tlio cross pieces midget safely
home. Whether that proposed plan was
adopted or not I do not know, but I de
clare to all you who nro in tlio heavy and
blinding drifts of sin and sorrow that
there is a cross near by that can direct you
to homo ami peace and God; aud hear you
not tho ringing of tho gospel bell hanging
to that cross, saying, "Tills I tho way;
walk yo In It?" -r-- '
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The wise man sclcctctb the "Hur
linglon route" and therefore startctb
nriglit.
He nrrnyctb hltiuclf in purple and
fine linen, for lo, and behold, he is
snuglv ensconced In a "lower center" on
the famous vestlbulcd llycr, where
smoke nnd dust nrc never known.
He providctli himself with a book
from the generous library near nt band,
adjustetb Ids traveling can, aud pro
cecdeth to pass a day of unalloyed
pleasure nnd contentment.
nd It came to pass, being hungry
and athirst, he steppeth into the dining
enr, and by the beard of the prophet,
'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison,
Blue Points, Kcrgundy, frog legs, can
vasbacks. Muni's extra dry, English
plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French
coffee, verily, the wise man waxetli
fat, nnd while he llghtcth a cigar, he
taketh time to declare that the meal
was "out of sight."
t occurrcth to the wise -n hat
the country through which he journey
ed was one of wondrous beauty, inso
much that it was with deep regret he
noted the nightly shadows fall. How
ever, tenfold joy returned ns he beheld
the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry
company It contained. Verily, It
afforded a view of Elysium.
""he wise man retircth to rest. De
llclously unconcerned, he sleeps the
sleep of the righteous and awakes
much refreshed. His train is on time,
his journey ended. He rcjolceth with
exceeding great joy, as he holds a re
turn ticket by the same route, the "Great
Hurllngton.
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The foolish man huycth a ticket of n
scalper. In the morning, behold, he
savcth fifty cents; and lo, at nightfall he
is out $9.27. lie startcth wrong.
With might and main he hurrlcth to
the depot, only to find his train four
hours late. 1 he peanut boy sizcth him
up and scltcth him a papei of an uncer
tain date.
A he journeycth along, he formcth a
new acquaintance, for whomliccashcth
a check.
Flvn minutes for refreshments. While
he rusheth to the lunch counter some
one stealcth his gripsack, lie changctli
cars, lo these many times, and it strlk
cth the foolish man that he "doesn't
get through pretty fast," and be be
moaneth bis 111 luck. , j
Be gcttcth n cinder in Ills eye, and
y be sweareth and cusscth full free.
He exchangeth three pieces of silver for
a bunk In a sleeper, and awakcth just in
time to catch an infernal nigger sneak
ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex
cuse avallclb nothing, and the foolish
man straightway puttcth his boots un
der his pillow, that no man may break
in and steal.
Hi8 train runneth into a washout, a
hackman taketh him in to the tune of
six shillings, and the foolish man liftcth
up his voice In great lamentation, for lo
and behold, the tavern Is away but
half a block.
Hcreacheth home weary and hearts
sore; his trunk comcth next day mlnut
the cover and one handle, he rcsolvch
hereafter to travel only by the "Great
Burlington."
the Burlington Route
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Pass, and Ticket Ai;eiit,
Lincoln.
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