The Wilmingtonian., 1882-09-23

work. These Christian men and women who
have been toiling for Christ, have they see,
the full result of their work? Oh. no. ]
In the church at Somerville, New jersey,
John Yrededburgh preached for a great
many years. He felt that his ministry was
a failure, and hers felt so, although he
was faithful minister, preaching the Cos
pei all the time. He died, and died among
some discourgements and went home to
God: for no one ever doubted that John
ter. A little while after his death there
came great awakening in Sommervlle,
and one Sabbath two hundred souls stoud
up at the Christian alter espousing the
cause of Christ, among them my own fa-
ther and mother. And what was peculiar
in regard to nearly two hundred souls was
that they dated their religious impressions
from the ministry of John Vredenbourgh.
Will that good Christian man before the
throne of God never meet those souls
brought to Christ through his instrumental
ity9 oh, of course he will know them.
remember one Sabbath afternoon, borne
down with the sense of my sins and know
ing not God, l took up Doddridge's "Rise
and Progress" Oh what a dark afternoon
it was, and read the chapters, and l read
the prayers, and | tried to make the prayers
my own. Oh, must see Philip Doddridge.
A glorious old book he wrotel it is out of
fashion now.
There is mother before the throne of
God. You say her joy is full. is it? You
say there can be no augmentation of it. Cam
not there be? Her son was wanderer and
avagabond on the earth when that good
mother died. He broke her old heart. She
died leaving 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 gates OF
heaven. You tell me that that mothers Joy
cannot be augmented. Let them confront
each other.
'oh," she says to the angels of God, ''re-
joice with mel The dead is alive again, and
the lost is found. Hallelujah! never ex
pected to see this lost one come back" The
Bible says that nations are to be born in
day. When China comes to God will it not
know DR.. Abeel9 When India comes will it
know DR.. John Scudder? When the Indian
comes to God will they know David Brain
ard?
see a soul entering heaven at last. With
covered face at the idea that it has done so
little for Christ, and feeling borne down
with UNIV worthiness, and it says to itself, u
have no right to be here :" A voice from a
throne says, 'Oh, you forget that Sunday
school class you invited to Christi l was
one of them" And another voice says,
''You forgot that poor man to whom yon
gave loaf of baead and told of the heaven
ly loaves. l was tnat man." And another
says, "You forget that sick one to whom
you gave medicine for the body and the
soul. was that one." And then Christ,
from throne overtopping all the rest will,
say, ''i..asmuch as ye did it to one of the
least of these, you did it to me-" And then
the seraphs will take their harps from the
side of the throne, and cry. ''What song
shall it be?'' And Christ bending over the
harpers, shall say, "It shall be the Harvest
Home"
" One more reason why am disposed
to accept this doctrine of future recognition
that so many in their last hour on earth have
confirmed this theory. speak not of per-
sons who have been delirious in their last
moment and knew not what they were a.
pouI, put VI peIsohs WIN uieu III calIihess
and peacidity, and who were not naturally
supersttions, Often the glories of heaven
have struck the dying pillow, and the de-
parting man has said he saw and heard those
who had gone away from him.
How often is it in the dying moments par
ents see their departed children and children