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hell; bat God forbid that we should svss
come TO the fulfllment of the prophecy
q q ainst the rejectors of.the truth: ~ w1l !
laugh at your calamity" But, my frie nds,
all of US who reject Christ and the pardon
Of the Gospel must come under that ire.
bombardment. God wants rs an
to repent He counsels, He eoaxes He
importuneS, and he dies for US. He comes
down out Of Heaven. He puts Az ths
worlds sin on one shoulder, He puts all the
worlds sorrow on the other shoulder, and
then with that Alp on one side and that
Himalaya on the, other, he starts up the
hill back of Jerusalem to achieve our sal.
vation. He puts the palm of his right foot
on one long spike, and he puts the palm Of
his left foot oil smother long spike, and
then. with hands spotted with his own
blood, he gesticulates, saying: "Lsok!
look and live; with the crimson veil Of my
sacrifice will cover up all your sins; with
my dying groan will swallow up all your
grorns. Look, live!" But some Of
you this morning turn your back
on that, and then this voice
of Invitation turns 70 . tone idi.
yinsly ,ominous that sobs like . simeoa
through the FIRST chapter Of Proverbs: "Be.
cause have called and ye refused have
stretched out my hand, and no man re-
garded; but ye have sets apaasht ali my
counsel and would noAs Of my reproof: I
slso wills laugh Al your ca,amity."S Oh.
what laugh that is! . deep laugh; .
long rsverberating laughs, A. oysrwheli
ing laugh. God grant we may never hear
i'll but in this day OF nersifui vstationi
yield your heart to Christthat you may
spend all your life "a earth under his
smile and escape forever the thunder Of
the laugh Of Gods indignation.
The other laughter mentioned IN the
Bible, the only one i shall speak Of 10
heavens laughter or the expression Of
eternal triumph. Christ said to his dis.
ciples: "Blessed are ys that weep now,
for We shall laugh" That makes nae know
positively that We are not to spend our
days IN heaven singing long.meter psalms.
The journalistic and stiff notions Of heaven
that some people have would make me
miserable. am glad to know Nat the
heaven of the Bible is not only place Of
holy worship but of magnificent sociabil.
ity. what" say you, twin the ringing
laugh go around the circles of the saved."
l say yes; pure laughter: cheering laugh.
ter; holy laughter. 1t will be alaugh Of
congratu,ation. When we meet friend
who has suddenly come 70 . fortune or
who has got over some dire sickness, do
we NOT shake hands? do we not laugh with
him, And when We 81 to heaven and
see our friends there. some Of them having
come up out OF great tribulations, why.
we will say to one of them: 1.-THE last time
I saw you, you had been suffering for six
weeks under low, intermittent fever;"
Or, to another we W i'll saw "You for ten
years were limping with the rheuma.
tism, and you were full of complaints
when we saw you last. ! congratulate
you on this eternal recovery" We shall
laugh--yes, We shall congratulate all those
who have come up out of great finan.
cial endorsements in this world be-
cause they have become millionaires in
heaven.
Ye shall laugh. 1t shall be a laugh Of
reassociation. 1t is just as natural for
us to laugh when we meet . friend va
have not seen for ten years - any thing
is possible to be natural. When we meet
our friends from whom we have bees
parted ten, twenty or thirty years, will II
not be with infinite congratulatiohs Oul
perception quickened, our knowledge i'm.
proved, We will know each other at q
flash. We will have to talk over all that
has happened since we have been separ'
ated, the one that has been ten years il
heaven telling US al that has happened in
the ten years of his heavenly residence
and VIZ telling him in return all that has
happened during the ten years Of bis ab-
sencs from earth. ....t.
Ye shall laugh. I think George Whit
field and John Wesley viii have laugh
of contempt for their earthly collisions;
and Toplady and Charles w esley willhavs
q laugh Of contempt for their earthly mis-
Understandings; and the farmers who
were in lawsuit all their days will have {
laugh of contempt over their earthly dis,
turbances about line .feNeS. Exemption
from all annoy ance. Immersion in al
gladness. Ye shall lasgh. Christ saysso
Ye shall laugh.
Yes, It will be laugh of triumph. Oh
what a pleasant thing n win be 10 stant
| on the wall of Heaven and look down al
Satan and hurl at him defiance and 20,
him Gagged and chained and we forever
free from his clutches! Yes, IL will be .
laugh Of royal greeting. You know how
the Frenchmen cheered when Napoleon
came back from Eliza, you know how th,
English cheered when Wellington eam'
back from Waterloo; you know how Amer
leans cheered when Kossuth arrived firm
Hungary; you remember how Ror1
cheered when Pompey came back vioto
over nine hundred cities. Every cheer VA
laugh. But oh, the mightier greeting
the gladder greeting, when the snow whit.
cavalry troop of Heaven shall 60 through
the streets and, according to the book o
Revelation, Christ, in the red coat, In thu
| crimson coat, on white horse and in al
the armies Of Heaven following ON whit
horsesi Oh, when We see and hear tina
cayalcade We shall cheer, We shall laugh
Does not your heart beat quickly thi
morning at the thought Of the great JUBILEE
l upon which We are soon 70 ehterg I pra,
God that when we get through with thi
world and are going out Of it we may hav
some such vision Is the dying Christian
had when he saw written al over tn
clouds In thsvky the letter "w;" and they
asked him, standing BY his side, what b.
thought that letter Nv" meant. "Ohj h
said, "thst stands for welcome" An,
70 may n be when We quit this world
NV" On the gate, wv" on the door of til
mansion, Nv" on the throne. Welcome
Welcome! Welcome! .....
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