The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-16


beginning of which shall be the orchestral
harmonies and splendors of the redeemed.
You cannot test the full power of the
soul for happiness in this world. How
much power the soul has here to find en-
| joyment in friendships! but, OH the
| grander friendships for the soul in the
skies! How sweet the flowers here, but
how much sweeter they will be there. L
do not think that when flowers 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 palm trees in heaven and fruits in
heaven. II so, why not the spirits of dead
flowers? In the sunny valleys of heaven
shall not the marigold creep? On the
hills OF heaven, will not the amaranth
bloom? On the amethystine walls of
heaven, will not the jasmine Irvine? My
beloved has come down in his garden to
gather lilies" No flowers in heaven?
Where, then, do they get their garlands
for the brows of the righteous?
Christ is glorious in our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
while A conqueror returns after the bat
tie. He has been fighting for us. He comes
upon the platform. He has one arm in
sling, and the other arm holds crutch.
As he mounts the platform, oh, the en-
THAT man fought Sor us, and imperiled
his life for u.s." and how wild the huzza
that follows huzzal When the Lord Jesus
Christ shall at last stand out before the
multitudes of the redeemed of heaven,
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 side for us,
methinks we will be overwhelmed. We
will sit some time gazing in silence, until
some leader amid 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: "Hosannai hOsannal no.
sannaI Worthy is the Lamb that was
slainl"
calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it. In
st. Petersburg there is a diamond that the
government paid 100000 for. well"
you say, ''it must have been very valuable
or the government would not have paid
100000 for it." 1 want to see what my
soul is worth, and what your soul is worth,
by seeing what has been paid for it. For
that immortal soul, the richest blood that
was ever shed, the deepest groan that was
ever uttered, all the griefs OF earth COM
pressed into one tear, all the sutferings of
earth gathered into one napier of pain and
struck through His holy heart. Does it
not imply tremendous value?
] argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that had been fitted up for it in
the future. One would have thought that
a street of adamant would have done.
No; it is a street of gold. One would have
thought that wall of granite would have
done No; it is the flame OF sardonyx
mingling with the green OF emerald. One
would have thought that an occasional
dOxolOgy would have done. No; it is a
perpetual song. Ii the ages Of heaven
marched in a straight line, some day the
last regiment, perhaps, might pass put of
sight; but no, the ages OF heaven do not
march in a straight line, but in a circle
around about the throne of God; forever,
forever, tramp, tramp. a soul so bought,
so equipped, so provided for, must be
priceless soul, a tremendous soul.
Now you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perishable,
the other immortal. One unsatisfying,
ity. Will YOU trade? VIII YOU trade
even? Remember, it is the only invest
ment you can make. Ii a man sell bill
of goods worth $1,000 and he is cheated
out of it, he may get 5000 somewhere
else; but man who invests his soul in
vests all. Losing that, he loses all.
Saving that, he saves all. In the light of
my text, it seems TO me as if you this
morning were Offering Your soul to the
highest bidder, and near YOU say: "What
is bid for it, my deathless spirit? What
is bid for it?" Satan says: III bid the
world. You say, "Begono! that is no
equivalent Sell my soul for the world?
No! Begonew But there is someone
Il Al 4 IL
He says: "What is bid for my immortal
soul? Satan SAYS: "Ill bid the world"
"The world? Going at that, going at
that, going at that, gone! Gomez Gone
forever!
What is the thing of greatest price,
The whole creation round?
That which lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.
Then let us gather round the cross,
That knowledge TO obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss.
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are a great many people in
the house who say: II will not sell my
soul for the world. | find the world is an
unsatisfying portion" What, then, will
YOU do with your soul? Some one whis-
pers here: Il will give my soul to Christ"
Will you? That is the wisest resolution
you ever made. Will you give it to Christ
When2 Tomorrow? No, now. 1 con-
graduate you if you have come to such a
decision. O, if this morning the eternal
spirit of God would come down upon this
audience, and show you the vanity of this
world, and the immense importance of
Christ's religion, and the infinite value of
your own immortal souls what a house
this would be what an hour this would
be! what a momentdhis would bel Do
you know that Christ has bought your
soul? Do you know that He has paid an
infinite price for it? Do you know that
He is worthy OF it? VIII you give it to
Him now?
/ was reading OF a sailor who had Just
got ashore and was telling about his last
experience at sea. He said: The last
time / crossed the ocean was a terrific
time. After we had been out three or
four days the machinery got disarranged
and the steam began to escape, and the
captain, gathering the people and the
crew on deck, said: "Unless some one
shall go down and shut off the steam and
arrange the machinery at the peril OF his
life we must all be destroyed" He was
not willing to go down himself. No one
seemed willing to go. The passengers
gathered ut one end Of the steamer wait
ing for their fate. The captain said: 81
give you last warming. If there is nc
one here willing to imperil bis life and 90
down and fix that machinery we must all
be lost" a plain sailor said: ''Ill go,