Telegram-herald., 1888-03-19

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A42sssf1z tsalshsd ss&h1i; Nspoleon fas-
500 JeesSks2s, ia thrisr is Ne has1a4a
tssE = ges EoreseE Having loss5 yQa onee,
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d1ssss. Aaxssres. tks 1esssA sHi fFoa
Jassss Thcy sid 1foa nast give aP your
rsagl0A~ She SID Il esnt give Up my
reEsioAs lAAi - tasy took hsr down - ths
hezeh * the ss&. ASH t1.ey axese N 9 stake
al iow wateT marx. and thsy fastened her 70
Il. expecEl1s thai a. lhs tlsie esule up hsT
f2ifh would fail The tide tsgan - rise. and
came 9p higher. ana 20 the girdls. aud 70 tee
hp. and N tbs hat moment, just a. sEs wave
~ss washing her sol into giorys shs shouted
the prsisss u Jesus.
oe, ~. yea esA.leE separate = soul from
ChgIs1 u - A. sseE El.s1isz marriage Bat
tie and Storm, aud darkness caEnot do II. h
u 100 assch exaltA.4sa FOR uaan. sho Is bst
dls. saa ashes hks myself, % cry cut today;
am persuaded thai neither heights nor
dsPtAs nor pFsneipalties. nof powers, nor
thlnss present. Eof thlags 20 conao, nor any
osher creature shall separate me from ths
love Of God shica j. la CHRIST Jesus, my
Iordf Glory bs ~ God that when Christ
aad the soai are married they are b0and by
. chain, golden ehaiR--if might say so-a
chain With one llRk, and that one link tho
golden ring VI 6od's verlastiBg loveI
l go step further, and tell Jon that when
Christ receives a saul into his love hs puts on
him the riag OF festivity. You know that 10
has bean the custom in all ages 20 bestov
rings on very happy occasions There Is
nothing more appropriate for birthday gin
than ring. You delight % bestow such .
gifs apoa your children a. such time. II
means Joy, hilarity, fcstiyIty. Well. when
this old man OF tbs text wanted to tell how
glad ne was that his boy had got back, he
expressed ID in this way. Actually, before no
ordered sandals % hs put on his bare feet,
before ne ordered the fsttei calf 10 DO killed
20 sppeass the boys hunger, be commanded:
Put ring On hls hand.
Oh, IL Is merry time when Christ and
the soul are united. Joy OF forgiveness!
What a splendid thing il is 10 feel that all is
right between me and God What a glorious
thing Il is - have God just take up all the
sins OF my hfe and put them in one bundle,
and then fling them into tho depths OF the
sea, never to rise again, nevar to be talked
OF again Pollution all gone. Darkness all
illumined God reconciled The prodigal
home Put ring on his hand"
Every day find happy Christian people. I
find some OF them With no second coat, some
Of them in huts and tenement houses, not
one earthly comfort afforded them; and yet
they are as happy as happy can be They
sing Rock OF Ages" ss no other people in
the world sing it, They never wore any
jewelry IN their life but one gold ring, and
that was the ring of Gods undying affection.
Oh, how happy religion makes u.s. Did il
make you gloomy and sadl Did you 60 with
tour head cast downl | do not think you
got religion, my brother That is not the eff
feet of religion. True religion is JOY. Her
ways are ways of pleassntness, aud all her
paths are peace"
Why, religion lightens all our burdens. It
mooths all our way. 1t interprets all our
SORROWS. IL changes the jar of earthly dis
cord for the peal OF festal bells In front of
the flaming furnace of trial it sets the forge
on which soepters are hammered out Would
you not like to-day TO come up from the
swine feeding and try this religioni All the
joys Of heaven would como out and meet
you, and God would cry from the throne:
"Put a ring on his hand" >"
You are not happy. l see it. There is no
peace, and sometimes you laugh when you
feel great deal more like crying. The
world Is cheat. 1t first wears you down
with its folliss, then it kicks you out into
darkness. II comes back from tbs massacre
| of million souls TO attempt the destruction
| OF your soul today. No peace out OF God,
| but here is the fountain that can slake the
thirst Here is the harbor wkers you can
| drop safe anchorage.
/ Would you not like, ask you-not per-
functorily, but as one brother might talk to
| snother-would you not like 10 have pillow
| Of rest to put your head ont And would you
not like, when you retire at night, to feel
that all is well, whether you wake up to-
morrow morning at o'clock, OF sleep the
sleep that knows no wakingi Would you
not like to exchange this awful uncertainty
about the future for a glorious assurance of
hsavenl Accept Of the Lord Jesus today,
and all is we'll If on your way home some
| peril should cross the street and dash your
life out, it would not hurt you You would
| rise up Immediately. You would stand in
the celestial streets You would be amid the
great throng that forever worship and are
| forever happy. II this day some sudden dis
ease should come upon you IL would not
| frighten you. II yor knew you were going
| you could give calm farewell to your beau
tiful home on earth, and know that you are
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who have already got beyond the toiling and
the weeping
/ You feel on Saturday night different from
the way you feel any other night of the
week You come home from the bank, OF
tbe store, or the shop. and you say: "Well
| now BY weeks work is done, and tomorrow
IL Sunday" 1t is pleasant thought There
il refreshmsnt and reconstruction in the very
4 -. s& L.
We get through the day Of our life, and W.
| 90 and lie down in our bed Of dust, we car
realize. tWell, nov ths work Is all done
and tomorrow is Su1day-an everlasting
Sunday
oh. vhsu. thou city Of my God.
shall Any courts ascend
4 Where congregations Re'er break up.
And SAbbaihs have Re eadf
There are people in this house today who
are verY near the eternal world If ysu ar
ChFtstians hid you be of good cbsar. Beai
with you our congratulations 70 the bright
city Aged men. who will soon hs gone
take WITH you eur love for our kindred n th'
better iand. and when yon see them tel
them that we ara sooB coming Only fer
more sermons 10 preach and hear Only
few mere hsartaehes Only a few more tolls
Only few more tears And then. What Al
sntrsacinz spectacle viii Re epeR before Is
Beartiiul heaven where al Il nght
beautiful sseeis clothed in Ehite.
| Heaursfai strssns that never ire.
| HeaufHai hsrps tArrsgh al tas sboirs
There shail ioin tke chorus sweet.
Worsaipinx st tie SavioaT's fset
7 approach yoD nov With general n vita
| On. not picking oat here snd there man
nor hers ami there ~ouaan. nor hers aot
there child; eat giviag voa sa srlimisc'