The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-02

through Europe, through America,
through the first century, through five
"e:ituri 5. through twenty centuries,
through II the succeeding &C ur,es,
through earth, through heave !, and, at
last, the wave of influence having made
full circuit, strikes his great soul! O,
then | would like to see him! No one
can tell the wide sweep of the circle
his influence, save the One who is seated
on the circle OF the earth. / should not
want to see the countenance of Voltaire
when his influence comes to full ORC.
When the fatal hemorrhage seized him
at eiShi y-three years of age his in uencc
did not case. The most brill =. an
OF his century, he had used a, - Il l.
ties for assaulting Christianity: his BAD
lniiue 'ce widening throu n Fl ;rce,
widening out through Germany. wi en-
ing TIN ough all Europe, widening through
-Snleric widening through the on. itun-
Dire! ;eGG enc years that have go:I. by
since he died. widening throig. earth,
widening through hell; until at asst the
accumulated influence of his nd life i'll
fiery surge of omnipotent 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 Almighty
Well, now" say people III this audi
ence, this in some respects is very
glad theory. and in others a very sad
one; we would like to have all the e cd
we have ever done come back to us, Tut the
thought that all the sins we have ever
committed will come back to us, ILLS lis
with alright Ny brother, 1 have to
tell you God can break that circle, and
will do o at your call. 1 can bring
twenty passages of Scripture to prove
w pn ict' be r.,
man. the sins of his past life never
come back. The wheel may roll on and
roll on. but YOU take your position be-
hind tie cross. and the wheel strikes the
cross and it is battered forever The
sins fix of from the circle into the per-
pen Hal L fa'li'i, at right angles with
compi'' e oblivion. Forgiven! forgiven
The meanest thing a man can do is. after
some difficulty has been settled, to bring
it up gain and God will not be SO mean
as thai. 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 He is sure to
forget. and t'rat is pardoned transgres-
sion. H"w 10 1 know it? l will prove
it. "T,te eli: sl~ and their iniquiti"s will
rem'inb'.s no more. Come into that
STATE his morning. my dear brother, my
dear sister. Blessed is the one whose
transgressions are forgiven"
DuC w liOI fHdhc Inc MISTAKE OIL Gnlnk
ing that this doctrine of the circle stops
with this life; it rolls through heaven.
You might quote in opposition to me
| what st. John says about the city of
| Heaven. He says it s'lieth four square"
| That does seem to initiate against
| Thu idea; but you know there is many
| a square house that has :: family circle
| facing each other and in circle moving,
| and l can prove that this is SO in regard
! to Heaven. st John says: &C heard the
vote. Of many angels round about the
| throne and the beasts and the elders. :"
| And again he says: '.There was rain
| bow round the throne" The two former
instances, a circle; the last either a
circle seni-circle. The seats facing
each other, angels facing each other,
| the men facing each other. Heaven
an amphit., atre of glory. Circumf-r-
| ence OF pat; itrch and apostle. Circum-
| fere's- OF scotch CovenanterS an. The
ban legion. "A Albigenses. Crcumfer-
! ence OF the good of all ages Periphery
| of splendor u"imagined All Fnde-crlb-
| able. A circle a circle.
But every circ inference ms i've a
| centre, and what is the -! this
| heavenly circu ference? CIR :. His
| all the COR. His II the I.rai e. HI all
! the crowns al heaven wr.'atAet into
garland r,,:. II about him. Take off the
| imperial ~an.i i from his foot, and be-
| hold he ar OF the spike. Lift the cor
| ne fdominio.i from his brow, and see
| where was the cerution of the hriars.
| Come closer, all heaven. Narrow the
circle around his graf heart. o Chri t,
| the man O Christ, the God keep thy
| throne forever seated on the cir lie Of the
| earth, seated on the cii Gle of hea en-,
"On Chr! /. = old rock l stand;
All other prou..d is shifting sand"