The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21

done, and felt in his pocket for his mon
ey. and insisted that she should take it.
Though she was black, he called her
mother, and said; Forgive me; never
will do anything so mean again" Ah,
there is a power in forGiving spirit to
overcome all hardness. There is no way
of conuuering men like that Of bestow-
ing upon them your pardon, whether
they will accept it or not. '' '''
Again, right heart is an expectant
heart. 1t is poor business to be build
ing castles in the air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don't spoil your comfort in
the small house berause you expect q
larger one. DON'T fret about your in.
come when it is So or So day; because
YOU expect to have after while $40 per
day, or $4,000 year, because you ex-
pect it to be 500 900 year. But about
heavenly things the more we think, the
better. Those castles are not in the air,
but on the hills, and we have deed OF
them in our possession. | like to see
man all full Of heaven. He talks heaV'
en-; he sings heaven; he dreams heaven.
Some of us in our sleep have had the
good place open to US. We saw the piE-
naclcs in the sky. We heard the click
of the hoofs of the white horses on
which victor5 rode, and the Clapping OF
the cymbals of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep we were glad all our
sorrows we're over, and burdens done
with, the throne of God grew whittier,
whiterl and whittier, till we opened our
eyes and saw it was only the sun OF the
earthly morning shining on our pillow.
To have a right heart you need to be
filed with this expectancy. 1t would
make your privations and annOyanCes
more bearable. In the midst Of the city
of Paris stands, or did stand, a statue
of the good but broken hearted Joee-
phine. l never imagined that marble
could be smitten with ouch tenderness.
1t seems not lifeless. If the spirit of Jo-
sephine be disentabernaCled, the soul of
the artist has taken possession OF this
figure. am not yet satisfied 1t ls stone.
The puff of the dress on the arm seems
to need but the pressure OF the finger to
indent it. The figure at the bottom OF
the robe, the ruffle at the neck, the fur
lining on the dress, the embroidery of
the satin, the cluster of lily and leaf and
rose in her hand, the poise of her body
as she seems to come sailing out OF the
sky, her face calm, humble, beautiful,
but yet sad attest the genius OF the
sculptor and the beauty Of the heroine
be celebrates. Looking up through the
riffs of the coronet that enCircled her
brow, could ste the sky btyond-,he
great heavens where all woman's wrongs
shall be riehted, and the story of endur-
ance and resignation shall be told to all
the ages The rose and the lily in the
hand of Josephine will never drop Their
petals. The children of God, whether
they suffer on earth in palaces or in how
els, shall come to that glorious rest. y,
heaven, sweet heaven, at thy gates we
set down all our burdens and all our
griefs! The place will be full. Here
there are vacant chairs at the hearth
and at the table, but there are no vacant
chairs in heaven. The crowns al worn,
the thrones all mounted. Some talk Of
heaven as though it we're very hand
some church, where few favored spirits
would come in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats all by themselves, and
sing psalms to all eternity. No, no! Il
saw great multitude that no man cod
number, standing before the throne. He
that talked with me had golden reed
to measure the city, and it was twelve
thousand furlongs"-that is, fifteen hun
dred miles in circumference. Ah, heav
en- is not little colony at one corner of
Gods dominion, where mans entrance
depends upon what kind of clothes he
has on his back, and how much money
he has in his purse; but an empire 30
vast that an archangel in a thousand
years can not fly across it.
God grant that the light of that bless.
ed world may shine upon US in our last
moment. The toughest time We had
crossing the ocean was at the mouth of
Liverpool Harbor. We arrived at night
fall, aud were obliged to lie there till
the morning waiting for the rising Of
the tide, before we could 60 up to the
city. How the vessel pitched and wri-
thed in the water! So, sometimes the
last hour of the Christian is terrible. He
is almost through the voyage;the waves
of temptation toss his soul, but he waits
for the morning. At last the light
dawns, and the day of joy rises in his
soul, and he sails up and casts anchor
within the vail. Are you readyP Is
thine heart right? Have you within you
a repenting heart, a believing heart, a
forgiving heart, an expeCtant hearth If
not, must write upon your soul what
George Whitfield wrote upon the win
dow pane with his diamond ring He
tarried in an elegant house over night,
but found there was no God recognized
in that house. Before he left his room
in the morning, with his ring he wrote
upon the window pane: One thing thou
laCkest," After the guest was gone, the
housewife came up and looked at the
window and saw the inscription, and
called her husband and her children;
and God, through that ministry of the
window glass, brought them all to Jesus.
Though you may today be surrounded
by comforts and luxuries, and feel that
you have need of nothing, if you are not
the children of God, with the signet
ring of Christie love, let me inscribe
upon your soul; zone thing thou lack.
est" l pray that whatever ese you
may miss you may not miss heaven. 1t
is too bright home to lose. Your soul
has been bought at too dear price. /
preach to you of the blood that cleans.
eth from all sin. Casting all your sins
behind you, beg Of you to start this
morning for the kingdom. Yes" you
say, "Iwill start, but not now" William
Ill, made proclamation when there was
arevolution in the nor,h of Scotland,
that all who came and took the oath Of
allegiance by the 81 Of December should
be patdoned. Mac Ian, the chieftain Of
a prominent clan, resolved to return with
therest Of the rebels, but had some pride
in being the very last one that should
take the oath. He postponed starting
for this purpose until two days before
the expiration of the term. A snow
storm impeded his way, and before he
got up to take the oath and receive par
don from the throne the time was u
and past. While the others were set
free, Mac Ian vas Gniserably put to death
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