Christian herald and signs of our times . a God, and theman, who probably had never heard an argu-ment on the subject in all his life, made thisnoble reply : Sir, I have been here going hardupon fifty years. Every day since I have beenin this world I see the sun rise in the east andset in the west. The north star stands whereit did the first time I saw it ; the seven starsand Jobs coffin keep on the same path in thesky and never turn out. It isnt so with manswork. He makes clocks and watches ; theymay run well for awhile, but they get out offix and stand stock still. But the sun, andmoon, and
Christian herald and signs of our times . a God, and theman, who probably had never heard an argu-ment on the subject in all his life, made thisnoble reply : Sir, I have been here going hardupon fifty years. Every day since I have beenin this world I see the sun rise in the east andset in the west. The north star stands whereit did the first time I saw it ; the seven starsand Jobs coffin keep on the same path in thesky and never turn out. It isnt so with manswork. He makes clocks and watches ; theymay run well for awhile, but they get out offix and stand stock still. But the sun, andmoon, and stars keep on this same way all thewhile. The heavens declare the glory of , I preach this, because I want you to walkin appreciation of Addisons sublime sentimentwhen he writes: The spacious firmament on highWith all the blue ethereal skyAnd spangled heavns, a shining frame,Their Great Original proclaim. In reasons ear they all rejoiceAnd utter forth a glorious voiceForever singing, as they shine,The hand that made us is CHRISTIAN VVOKK IN JAPAN. (Sre Illustrations on this pagr and page 332.) AST January an articlewas published in thisjournal describing an1 effort that was beingmade by Mr. J. McLainBrown, an Americanmissionary to reach theUniversity students inTokio, Japan. A por-trait of Mr. Brown anda picture of the ruinsof the burned Tabernacle in which the workhad been conducted, accompanied the now give on this page a picture of the newTabernacle, which has been erected, and 333. portraits of seven young students, whohave been won by Gods blessing on labors, to seek Christ for the latter picture, Mr. Brownwrites: Four of the leading colleges are represent-ed in the group shown in the seven, who have been in my Bible class-es,have asked for and are now receiving instruc-tion preparatory to baptism, and our hearts areso full of gratitude to our heavenly Father thatwe cannot praise him enough
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