Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-11

yond star and moon and sun aod cbasm
of immensely. Oh, it is soul superio
to all material things No fire can con
sumo it; no foods can drown it; no rock
can crush it; no walls csn impe de il; nt
time can exhaust it. It wants no bridge
on which to cross chssm. It wants NJ
plummet With which to sound depth
A soul SD mighty, SO swift, so silent, mus
be priceless soul.
l calculate the value OF the soul also b.
its capacity for happiness. How mucl
Joy it can get in this world out OF friend
ships, out CT books, out Of clouds, out o
the ses, ous Of fswers. out OF ten thou.
sand things; and yet all the joy it ha.
here does not test Its cspscity. You are
in concert before the curtain hoisss, npc
you hear the instruments prepAring-the
sharp snsp of the broken string, tbs
scrsping of the bow across the viol
"rnere is no music in that" you say. Il
Is only getting ready for the music. And
all the enjoyment OF the soul il this world
the eDj jyI1ent We think is zeal ep JOY
ment, is only preparative; it is only anti
cipative; 1t is only the first stages Of the
thing; IL is only the entrance, the begin.
ming Of that which shall be the orchestral
h.rnonies and splendors of the redeemed
You cannot test the full
POWER OF THE SOUL
for happiness in this world. How much
power tue soul hiss here to fad epjoY-
ment In ffientshipe! but oh, the grand, T
FRIENDSHIPS for the soul il the skiesl How
sweet the flowers here! but how much
sweeter they W IL be, taereI l do not
think that when q vers die on earth, they
die forever. think that the fragrance of
the flowers is the spirit being waited
away into glory. God says there are
pslm trees in heaven and fruits in heaven
Ii so, why not the spirits OF the dead
howers3 Ia the sunny valleys Of heaven,
shall the marigold Creep On the
hills OF heaven, will not the sm,ranth
bloom? Ga the smethystins walls OF
heaven, will not the jasmine elmo? "MY
beloved Is come down in his garden to
gather lilies" No fJwers in hesven7
Where, then, do they get their garlands
for the brows OF the righteous?
Christ IS glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation sitter
whilel A conquerer comes back after
the battle. He has been fighting for US.
He comes upon the platform. He has one
arm in sling, and the other arm holds q
crutch. As he mounts the platform, oh,
the enthusiasm Of the audieDcel They
say: "rhat msn fought for US, and i'm.
perllled his life for us;" and how wild the
huzzs that follows huzzsi When the Lord
Jesus Christ shall at last stand out before
the multitudes OF the redeemed ofheaven,
and We meet him face to face, and feel
that he WAS wounded in the head, and
wounded in the hands, and wounded in
the feet, and wounded in the eide for us,
methinks we will be overWhe lined. We
will sit sometimes gazing In silence, until
some leader amidst the white-robed choir
shall lift the baton OF light, and give the
signal that it is time to wake the song of
Jubilee; and all heaven will then break
forth into: "Hosanns! Hossnns! Ho.
ssnns! Worthy is the lamb that was
slain"
calculate further
THE Value OF TEE SOUL
by the price thst has been p>id for It. Ia
st. Petersburg there is 9 diamond that
the government paid 5000 900 for
"Wel," you say, aft must have been
very vslulble, or the government would
not have paid 5000, 900 for IT," want to
see what my soul is worth, and what your
soul is worth, by seeing what hss been
paid for It. For that immortal soul, the
richest blood that was ever shed, the
deepest groan that ws5 ever uttered, sill
the griefs of earth compressed into one
tear, all the suffelings of earth gathered
into one rspier Of psin and struck through
his holy heart. Does 1t not imply tire
value?
argue, also, the value of the soul
rom the home that has been fitted up for |!
It in the future. One would have thought !
! street Of adamant would hsve done. |
No; 1t is o street Of gold. O0e would |
lsve thought that 8 wall of granite would |
lave done. No; 1t is the fame of the |
'srdonyx mingling with the green of |
emerald. One would have thought that |
IN occasional d0x0logy would have done. |
No; 1t is q perpetual song. II the ages |
II heaven marched in straight line, some |
isy the last regiment, perhaps, might |
,sss cut OF sight; but no; the sges Of |
heaven do not march in Straight line, but |
n circle around about the throne OF |
Tod; forever, forever, tramp, tramp! A |
oul SO bought, so equipped, SO provided
or, must be priceless soul, 8 majestic
oul, tremendous soul.
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perishnble,
he other immortal. One unsasisfyiag,
be other capable of ever-increesiag fe-
ici.y. VIII you trade? Will you trsde
ven7 Remember, it is the only in
estment you can make. II s man sell
ill of goods worth $4,000. and
he Is CHEATED
ut Of 1t, he my get $4,000 somewhere
lse; but man who invests his soul, in
ests all. Losing that, he loses sill.
aving that, he saves all In the light OF
" text, it seems to me as
you were this morning
6sring your soul to the highest bidder;
nd hear you say: "What is bid for il, |
~ desthless spirit? What is bid for
2" Satan ssys: "I'n bid the world"
on say: "Begonel that is no equiva.
mt. Sell my soul for the world2 No! ,
egone!" But there is someone else in
he audience not so wise IS that. He ,
'ys: "What is bid for my immortal
,ul?" Satan says: an bid the world"
The world7 Going st thst, going At
at, goingl Gone!" Gone toreyeri
'what is the thing Of greatest price,
The w0ole creation rour d.
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which In Christ is found.
"Then let us gather round the cross. u