The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-15

ing through France-wdening out through Ger
many-widening through all Europe-widening
through Misunderstanding through the one
hundred and six years that have gone by
since he died-widening through earth-widen-
ing through heil-until, at last, the accumulated
influence of his bad life in fiery surge of omnipo-
tent wrath viii beat against his destroyed spirit,
and at that moment it will be enough to make
the black hair of eternal darkness turn white with
the horror. No one can tell how that bad mans
influence girdled the earth save the One who is
seated on the circle of the earth-the Lord God
Almighty
well, now say some people, that in some
respects, is a very glad theory, and in others
very sad one would like to have all the good
We have ever done come back to us, but the fact
that all the sins we have ever committed will
come back to US fills with alright" My
brother, | have to tell you God can break that
circle, and will 90 so at your cali. can bring
twenty passages of Scripture to prove that when
God for Chrst's sake, forgives man, the sins of
his past life never come back. The wheel may
roll on and roll on. but you take your position
behind the cross, and the wheel strikes the cross
and is shattered forever. The sins fly off from
the circle into the perpendicular falling at right
angles into complete oblivion Forgiven! For
givenl The meanest thing a man can do is, af
ter some difficulty has been settled, to bring 1t
up again: and God will not be so u,ean as that.
Gods memory is mighty enough to hold all the
events of the ages, but there is one thing that is
sure to slip His memory; one thing lie is sure to
IOrpeU, ana tldC Is pafUOneC JfanS9feSSlOn. HOW
do / know III will prove it. "Their sins and
their iniquites will ] remember no more Come
into that state now, my dear brother my dear
sister. BLESSED is the one whose transgres-
sions are forgiven But do not make the
mistake of thinking that this doctrine of
the circle stops with this life; 1t
rolls on through heaven. You might quote in
opposition to me what St John says about the
city Of heaven He says it ''lieth four square.
That does seem to initiate against this idea, but
you know there is many square house that has
family circle facing each other and in circle
moving and can prove that this IS so in regard
to heaven. st. John says, Il heard the voice Of
many angels round about the throne and the
beasts and the elders" And again he says:
Il saw round about the throne four and twenty
seats 5" And again he says; "There was rain
bow round about the throne" The TWO former
instances a circle; the last either a circle or
semi-circle. The seats facing each other, the
angels facing each other the men facing each
other Heaven an amphitheater of glory. Cir
cumference of patriarch, and prophet, and apos-
tie. circumference of Scotch Covenanters, and
Theban legion, and Albigenses Circumference
of the good Of all ages Periphery of splendor
unimagined and indeselibable. circle! a cir
cle
But every circumference must have a center
and what is the center Of this heavenly circum-
ferencel Christ. His all the glory His all the
praise His all the crowns. All heaven
wreathed into aearland round about Him. Take
of the imperial sandal from His foot and behold
the scar of the spike. Lift the coronet of do
miniOn from His brow and see where was the
laeeration of the briers Come closer, ali
heaven. Narrow the circle around His great
heart o Christ, the Saviorl Christ, the
mani O Christ, the Cod Keep Thy throne for
ever seated on the circle of the EARTH on the Cir
Gle of the heaven.
"On Christ, the solid rock stand
All other ground is shifting sand"