National Republican., 1888-02-06

you know there will be no vooiferation. Some
times in life II ls necessary TO make retoHt;
,Sme,imes So In e y Is necessary ,S 70 Iess ent
thing to do istqkeep silence. The philosopher,
confident In his newly discovered principle,
waited for the coming OF more intelligent
The lightning.rod and cotton.gn and; steam
fne Of philosophical schools, in grand and
mSthemaiicisns, Sa and sS MONKS, SE and Cardinals
caricatured everywhere, yet waiting and
watching with his telescope, to see the COM
ing up Of stellar re.enforcements, when the
Copernican system; then sitting da%%sa
ness to va. ysss.. for the coming on
9. sshe generations who would build his mon.
execrated by his contemporaries, fastened in
burning under him. ground under the oylin-
de- SSs Ss Of Ss aSy pbnns pwben y e SSy S%sS
Of character will get the sanction Of earth and
the. plaudits OF heaven. Afllletion, en-
during. without any complaint the sharp
a o OF anS S PfSns PSss se sP nS sSsn Of ans md
the darkness Of the night--waiting until
divine hand shall be put forth TO soothe the
Rang and 1i hnsh the storm and release ns the cap
petual exile from every earthly comfort-waita
Ing, waiting, until the Lord shall gather up
HIS dear children in heavenly home, aud no
poor Vashti Will ever be thrust out fr0m the
palace gate, Jesus, In silence, aud answering
not a word, drinking the gall, bearing the
cross, In prospect OF the rapturous consumma-
tion when
"Anpels thronged His chariot wheel
And bore Him TO His throne;
Then swept their golden harps and sung,
The glorious work Ii DONE"
An Arctic explorer found a ship floating
going on board he found that the captain was
frozen at his log book, and the helmsman was
frozen at the wheel, and the men on the
lookout were frozen in their places. That was
awful, but magnificent. All the Arctic
blasts and all the icebergs could not drive
them from their duty. Their 81 silence nee wa was
world has many at their posts In The awful
chill of neglect and frozen OF tho worlds
scorn, and their silence shall be the eulogy of
weather-beaten craft OF planet shall have
thank God that the mightiest influences
are the most silent. The fires in a, furnace of
factory, or of steamship roar though they
only move a few shuttles or n few thousand
tons, but the sun that warns world rises and
sets withouta a crackle or faintest sound. Trav.
elers visiting Mount Etna, having heard of
the gloIits of sunrise on that peak, wen tup to
to spend the night there aud see the sun rise
next morning, but when II came up 1t was so
far behind their anticipations they actually
hissed it. The mightcst influences to-day
are like the planetary systcm-completely si-
lent. Don't hiss the sun.
o woman, does not this story of Vashti the
queen, yashti the yelled, Vashti the sacrifice,
Vashu the silent move your soul My SER
mon converges into the one absorbing hope
that none OF You may be shut out OF the palace
| gate of heaven. You can endure the hard
ships, and the priyations, and the cruelties,
| aud the misforunes ofths life If you can only
| gain admission there. Through the blood of
| the everlasting covenant you 80 through those
| gates, or never go ut ell.
When Rome was besieged the daughter oil
| its ruler saw the golden bracelets on the left
| arms of the enemy, and she sent word to them
| that she would betray her city and surrender
| 1t to them If they would only give her those
| bracelets on their left arms. They accepted
| the proffer, and by night this daughter Of the
ruler of the city opened one of the gates The
| army entered, and. keeping their promise
threw upon her their bracelets, and also
| their shields, until under weight she died
Alas, that all through the ages thu
same folly has been repeated, and for the
trinkets and glittering treasures OF this worlt
| men and women swing open the portals o
| their immortal soul for all everlasting surren
| der, and die under the shining submergement
Through the rich grace OF our Lord Jesu
| Christ may you be enabled to initiate the eX
ample of Rachel, and Hannah, and Abigail
| and Deborah, and Mary, and Vashti Amen !