The Russellville Democrat., 1888-11-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.


1t Isee ten or fifteen figures in line,
and attempt TO add them up, aud add
them two or three times, make them diff
ferent each time. But l have admired
the way an accountant win take long
line of figures, and without single mis-
take, and with great CELEBRITY, announce
the aggregate. Now, in the last great
settlement there will be a correct ac-
count presented. God has kept long
line OF sins, a long line OF broken Sab
baths, long line of profaRe words,
long line Of discarded sacraments,
long line Of misimproved privileges.
They will all be added up, and before
angels, and devils, aud men, the aggre-
gate will be announced. oh, that will be
the great day of settlement. have
to ask the question: "Am / ready for
it?" II is of more Importance to me to
answer that question in regard to my
self than in regard to you, aud 1t Is OF
more Importance for you to answer It in
regard to yourself than in regard to me.
Every man for himself in that day.
Every woman for herself in that day. "If
you be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy.
self; if thou soonest thou alone shall
bear it.n We are apt TO speak Of the last
day as an occasion of voci!eration-a
great demonstration of power and pompi
but there will be on that day, | think,
few moments of entire silence; I think
tremendous, an overwhelming silence;
think it will be such n silence as the
earth never heard. 1t will be at the
moment when all nations are listening
for their doom.
learn also from this parable Of the
text that our degrees of happiness III
Heaven will be graduated according to
our degrees of usefulness OH earth. Sew
eral of the commentators agree in max
ing this parable the same one as in Luke,
where one man was made ruler over two
cities. Would it be fair and right that
the professed Christian man who has
lived very near the line between the
world and the church--the man who has
often compromised his Christian charac-
ter-the man who has never spoken
out for God-the man who has
never been known as Chris
tian only on communion days
the man whose great struggle has been to
see how much of the world he could get
and yet win Heavens 1t right to sup
pose that that man will have as grand
| and glorious a seat in Heaven as tho man
| who gave all his energies OF body, mind
| ana soul to the service of God? The dy-
| ing thief entered Heaven, but not with
the same startling acclaim as that which
| greeted Paul, who had gone under scorch-
| ings, and across dungeons, and through
| maltreatments into the kingdom of glory.
| One star differs from another star in
| glory, and they who toll nightly for
| Christ on earth shall have far greater
reward than those who have rendered
only half & service.
| Some OF you are fastening on toward
<Nf tbo riu I =
| cheer you up at the thought that there
will be some kind OF reward waiting for
| you. There are Christian people in this
| house who are very near Heaven. This
| week some of you may pass out into the
| light of the unsettng sun. saw a blind
man going along the road with his staff,
and he kept pounding the earth and then
| stamping with his foot l said to him:
"What do you do that for?" "Oh," he
said, 'I can tell by the sound OF the
ground when | am near dwelling"
| And some of you can tell by the sonud of
your earthly pathway that you are COM
| ing near your Fathers house. l con-
| gratulate you, Oh, weather beaten voy-
| ayers, the storms are driving you into
| the harhor. just as when you were
| looking for a friend, and came up
to the gate of the house, and you
l were talking with the servant when
your friend hoisted the window and shout
| ed: Come ini come inl" Just so, when
you come to the gate of the future world,
and you are talking with Death, the black
porter at the gate, methinks Christ will
| hoist the window and say: "Come inl
| come in! will make thee ruler over ten
| cities" In anticipation of that land do
not wonder that Augustus Toplady, the
| author of "Rock OF Ages" declared in
| his last moment: II have nothing more
to pray for; God has given me every
thing. Surely 10 man can live on earth
after the glories l have Witnessed" Oh.
my brothers and sisters, how sweet it will
| be, after the long wilderness march, to
! get home. That was bright moment for
| the tired dove in the time of the Deluge
when it found its way safely into the win
dow OF the ark.