The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-10

influence having made fun circuit strikss
his great soul! No one can tell the wide
sws p Of the circle Of his influence. save
the One who II seated on tie circle Of the
earth. ~
should not want 10 ses the coua.
tsnanee Of voltaire when his influence
comes 10 full orb. When the fatal hemor.
rhags seized him at eighty three years Of
age his influence did mot cease. The most
brilliant man Of his century, he had used
all his faculties for assaulting Chris
tianity; his bad influence widening
through France, widening out through
Germany, widening through all En-.
rope, widening through America, widen.
ing through the 10i years that have gone
BY since he died, widening through hell;
unt1 at last the accumulated indusnce Of
his bad life in fiery surge Of omnipotsnt
wrath win beat against his destroyed
spirit, and at that moment Il will b
enough to make the black hair Of stegnal
darkness turn white with the horror. No
one can tell how that bad mans influence
girdled the earth, save the Ono who 10
seated on the circle Of the earth-ths Lord
Almighty.
swell, now" say people in this audi.
ence, "this In some respects is very glad
theory, and in others very sad one; We
would like 70 have all the good We have
ever done come back to NJ, but the
thought that all the sins We have ever
committed will come back to q ans ~
with alright"
Ny brother, have to tell you God can
break that circle and will do % at your
call. I can bring twenty passages Of
Scripture to prove that when God for
Christ's sake forgave man, the sins Of bis
past life never come back. The wheel may
roll on and roll ON, but you take your posi-.
tion behind the cross, and the wheel
strikes the cross and it ID shattered for.
ever. The sins fly OF from the circle into
the perpendicular, falling at right angles
with complete oblivion. Forgiveni for.
given! Tho meanest thing . man can do
Is, after some difficulty has been settled,
to bring It up again: and God viii not no
20 mean a. 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 he Il sure to forget,
and that Is pardoned transgression. How
do know it? will prove it.
Their sins and iniQuities will remombs1
no moro.
Come into that state this morning, my
dear brother, my dear sister.
Blessed b the one whose transgressions
are forgiven.
But do not make the mistake of thinning
that this doctrine Of the circle stops with
this life; Il rolls on through heaven. You
might quote in opposition to me what Sc.
John says about the city Of Heaven. He
says It ''lieth four square," That does
seem to mitigate against this idea, but you
know there 10 many . square house that
has family circle facing each other and
in . circle moving, and I can prove that
this ID 30 in regard to heaven. st. John
says:
Iheard the voice Of many angels round
about the throne and the beast and the
elders.
And again he says:
There was Q rainbow round about the
throne
The two former instances Q circle; the
last either . circle or Q semi.cireie. The
seats facing each other, the angels facing
each other, the men facing each other;
Heaven an amphitheater Of glory. Cir.
cumfsrence Of patriarch, and prophet, and
apostle. Circumfsrence Of Scotch cove.
nanters, and Theban legion, and Abb.
genses. Circumference Of the good Of all
ages. Periphery Of splendor unimaginsd
and Undesirable. A circle! A circle!
Dut every circumference un~ss have .
center, and what IL the center Of this
Heavenly eireumference? Christ. His an
the glory, His all the praise, His IN the
Crowns. An Heaven wrsathsd into agar.
land round about Him. Take OF the i'm
perial sandal from His foot, and behold
the scar Of the spike. Lifs the coroaet Of
dominion from His brow, and ses whore
was the decorations Of the briars. Come
closer, all Heaven. Narrow the circle
around His great heart o Christ, the
Saviour! o Christ, the man! o Christ,
the God! Keep Thy throne forever, seat.
ed on the circle Of the earth, seated on the
circle Of the heaven!
On Christ, the solid rock, stand:
All other ground 10 shifting sand.