St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-02
m to be lost I shall be lost.u A man who

am to be lost shall be lost" A man who
says that. and keeps on saying it, will be
lost. Jerusalem will never come to you,
you must go to Jerusalem. The religion OF
the Lord Jesus Christ will not come to you,
you must come and get religion. Bring out
the camels, put OH all the sweet spices, all
the treasures of the hearts affection, start
for the throne, go in and hear the
WATERS OF SALVATION
dashing in fountains all around about the
throne, sit down at the banquet-the wine
pressed from the grapes of the heavenly
esheo, the angels of God the cup-bearers.
Goad on the camels, Jerusalem will never
come to you, you must go to Jerusalem.
The Bible declares it: 1.-The Queen of the
South" that is this very woman l am
speaking of, 1.-THE queen of the South
shall rise up in judgment against this gen
Grafton and condemn it, for she came from
the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the
wisuom of Solomon, and lo a greater than
Solomon is here" God help me to break
up the infatuation of those people who are
sitting down in idleness expecting to be
saved. ''Strive to enter at the strait gate;
ask and it shall be given you. seek and ye
shall find, knock and it shall be opened to
you" Take the, kingdom of heaven by
violence. Urge on the camels.
Again, my subject impreSses me with the
fact that religion is surprise to any one
that gets it. This story of the new religion
in Jerusalem, and of the glory of King
Solomon, who was type OF Christ-that
story rolls on, and on, and is told by every
traveller coming back from Jerusalem. The
news goes on the wing of every ship and
with every caravan, and you know story
enlarges as it is retold and by the time that
story gets down into the southern part of
Arabia Felix and the queen of Sheba hears
it, it must be tremendous story. And yet
this queen declares in regard to it, although
she had heard so much and had her antici-
pations raised so high, the half-the half
was not told her. So religion is always
surprise to any one that gets it. The story
of grace-an old story. Apostles preached
it with rattle Of chain; martyrs declared it
with arm of fire; death-bedS have af-
firmed it
WITH VISIONS OF GLORY,
and ministers of religion have sounded it
through the lanes and the highways and
the chapels and the cathedrals. 1t has been
cut into stone with chisel and spread on the
canvas with pencil; and it has been recited
in the doxology of great congregations.
And yet when man first comes to look on
the palace of Gods mercy, and to see the
royalty of Christ and the wealth of this
banquet, and the luXuriance of His attend
ance, and the loveliness Of His face, and
the joy of His service, he exclaims with
prayers, with tears, with songs, with tri.
umph: 1.-The half-the half was not told
mep I appeal to those in this house who
Cbrct no iHoa ho6
of the Joy of the Christian life before you
became Christian with the appreciation
of that joy you have now since you have
become Christian, and you are willing to
attest before angels and men that you
never in the days of your spiritual bondage
had any appreciation of what was to come.
You are ready to-day to answer, and il l
gave you an opportunity in the midst of
this assemblage, you would speak out and
say in regard to the discoveries you have
made of the mercy and the grace and the
goodness of God: 1.-THE half-the half was
not told mew Well, we hear great
deal about the good time that is
coming to this world, when it is
to be girded with salvation. Holiness on
the bells of the horses. The lions name
patted by the hand of babe. Ships of
Tarshish bringing cargoes for Jesus, and
the hard, dry, barren, winter-beached,
| storm-scarred thunder-split rock breaking
| into floods of bright water. Deserts into
which dromedaries thrust their nostrils be-
cause they were afraid of the simoom,
deserts blooming into carnation roses and
silver-tipped lilies. 1t is the old story.
Everybody tells it. Isaiah told it, John
told it, Paul told it, Ezekiel told it, Luther
told it, Calvin told it, John Milton told it,
everybody tells it; and yet, and yet when
the midnight shall fly the hills, and Christ
shall marshal his great army. and China,
dashing her idols into the dust, shall hear
the voice of God and wheel into line; and
India, destroying her Juggernaut and
snatching up her little children from the
Ganges, shall hear the voice Of God and
wheel into line; and vine-covered Italy,
and wheat-crowned Russia and all the
nations of the earth shall hear the voice Of
God and fall into line; then the church.
which has been toiling and struggling
through the centuries, robed and garlanded
like bride for the husband, shall put
aside her veil and look up into the face of
her Lord, the King, and say: ''The half-the
half was not told me !''