The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-13

know his own friends, but Will be blasted
with such insufIerable idiocy that, sand
ing beside our best friends for all eter
nifty, we will never guess who they are
Again, | think one reason why ",
ought to accept this doctrine is, becaus
we never in this world have an opportu
nifty of thanking those to whom we ar
spiritually indebted. The joy of HEAVIER
we are told, is to be increased by re
view OF life's work. These Christian
men and women who have been toilinI
for Christ; have they seen the full resul
of their work. Oh, no. A man gives
dollar, or thousands of dollars to thu
cause Of Jesus Christ--a large sum or
small--what is the resultP He sees ONLY
temporary result. 1t takes ten thou
sand ages to count up that result. Ii
the church at Somerville, New Jersey
John Verdenburgh preached for grea
many years. He felt that his ministry
was failure, and others felt &c; although
he was faithful minister, preaching the
Gospel all the time. He died, and diec
amid some discouragements, and wen!
home to God, for no one ever doubted
that John Verdenburgh was good
Christian minister. A little while after
his death there came a great awakening
in Somerville, and one Sabbath 200 souls
stood up at the Christian altar espousing
the cause of Christ, among hem my
own father and mother. And what was
peculiar in regard to nearly all of those
200 souls, was that they dated their re-
ligious impressions from the ministry OF
John Verdenburgh. Will that good
Christian man, before the throne of God
never meet those souls brought to Christ
through his ministry Oh, of course he
will know them. | remember one Sab
bath afternoon, borne down with the
sense of my sins, and knowing not God,
l took up Doddridge's Rise and Prog
ress." Oh, what a dark afternooni it was,
and read the chapters, and then the
prayers, and l tried to make the pray yers
my own. Oh, must see Philip Dod'
dridgtl Glorious old book he wrote. 1t
is ont of fashion now. There is moth
er before the throne of God. You say
her Joy is full. Is it2 You say it can
not be augmented. Can it not be2 Her
son was a wauderer and vagabond on
the earth when that good mother died.
He broke her old heart. She died, leav-
ing him in the wilderness of sin. She is
before the throne of God now, Years
pass, and that son repents Of his crimes.
and gives his heart to God, and becomes
a useful Christian, and dies and enters
the gate of heaven. You tell me that
that mothers joy can not be augmented.
Let them confront each other, the son
and the mother. "Oh," says she to the
angels of God, "rejoice with me. The
dead is alive again and the lost is found.
HallelUjahl l never expected to see this
lost one come back" The Bible says
nations are to be born in a day. When
China comes to God, will it not know
DR.. Abeel2 When India comes, will it
not know DR.. Scudder2 When the In
dans come to God, will they not know
David Brainard? l see soul entering
heaven at last, with covered face at the
idea that it has done 80 little for Christ,
and feeling its utter uuworthiness, and 1t
says to itself, II have no right to be
here" A voice from the throne says:
'0h, You forgot that Sunday.school class
you invited to Christ; l was one of them."
Another voice says: You forgot that
Door map to whom you gave loaf Of
bread, and told of the heavenly loaves;
was that man." Another says; "You
orgot that sick. one to whom you gave
for the body and for the soul; l
vas that one." And then Christ, from a
hrone overlapping all the rest, will say;
'Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the
east of these, We did it to me-" And
hen the serapbs will take their harps
rom the side of the throne, and cry:
What song shall it BET" And Christ,
ending over the harpers, shall say: 1T
hall be the Harvest Home"
One more reason why | am disposed |
D accept this doctrine of future recogni-
ion is that so many in their last hour
n earth have confirmed this theory l |
peak not of persons who have been de-
rius in their last moment and knew not |
hat they were about, but of persons
tho died in Calmness and placidity, and
,ho were not naturally supersiitious.-
Iften the glories of heaven have struck
le dying pillow, and the departing man
as said he saw and heard those who
ad gone away from him, How often
is the dying moments parents see their
eparted children and children see their
5parted parents, l came down to the
anks of the Mohawk River. 1t was
,ening, and | wanted to 90 over the
yer, and go | waved my hat and shout
/, and after awhile | saw some one
aving on the opposite bank, and l
card him shout, and the boat came
ross and got in and was transported.
nd so, l suppose it will be in the eve
ng of our life. We will come down to
70 River Of Death and give signal to
lr friends on the other shore, and they {
i'll give a signal back to us, and the '
vat con- es and our departed kindred
e the oarsmen, the fires of the setting {
y tingiDg the tips ofthe paddles. Oh I
we you never sat by such death bed ? I
that hour you heard the departing {
ul cry. "Harki Look p You heark- s
ed and you looked. A little child
ming away because of tie death of its
other, getting weaker and weaker ev-
y day, was taken into the room where t
ing the picture of her mother. She d
emed to erjoy looking at it, and then t
g was taken away and after awhile 4
ID. In the last moment tnat wan and Il
sted little one lifted her hands, while T.
r face lighted up with the glory of the Il
xt world, and cried out: "MotherP' a
III tell me she did not see her motherP
e did So, in my first settlement at t.
lleville q plain man said to me G.
hat do you think l heard last night2 v
was in the room where one of my G.
ghbors was dying. He was good y
n, and be said he heard the angels of ii
d singing before the throne. l y
vent much poetry about me, and fl
ened and heard them, too. Said l: n
have no doubt of it." Why, we are II
be taken up to heaven at last by min
sring spirits. Who are they to be /?
lis that went up from Madras, or an.
ch or Jerusalem? Oh, no; are glori- VI
kindred are going to troop around u
Heaven is not a stately formal d.