Sharp County record., 1888-09-13

D. men AMI women mere assembled vou
brag somatimes how You have for,b.
vour way in the worIl, bat I think tboss
have been helpsIl influences that voa
never fully Acknowledged. Has there no.
been soma Influence in your earlv a,
Drpsart home that the world can not sao,
Does there not reach to You from anon.
the Canadian hills, or Western prairia
or from Southern plantation, or from n,
rIfsh or Scottish or IRISH home, a cord q,
influence that has Kept you right when
Won would have gone n5tCav and which
after YOU had made q crooked rack pa.
called You? The rope may be as Tonga,
thirty years or five hundred miles lonror
three thousaud miles long, Slt hand,
that went out of mortal sight long ago
still hold the rope. You want @ very
swift horse, and you need to r0wel him
with slarpest spurs and to let the reiDs
lie loose upon the neck, and to give
shout to racer, if you are going to riis
out of reach of your mothers prayers
WHY. ship crossing the Atlantic in
seven days can't sail away from
that. A sailor finds them ON
the lookout rs he takes his place, and
finds them on the mast as he climbs lbs
ratlines to disentangIe % rope in hs
tempest and finds them swinging on tia
hammock when he turns in. Why not be
frank and acknowledge 1.-THE most ofw
would IoagagO have been dashed to piece,
had not gracious and loving hands stead.
fIv and lovingly and nightly held the
rope.
We go into long sermons TO prove that
we will be able to recognize people IN
Heaven. when there is one reason We fail
to present. and that is better than all
God will Introduce us, You would uotbs
guilty of the impOlitaness of having
friends in your parlor not introduced
and celestial Doutouass will demand that
we he made acquainted with all The
Heavenly household. What rehearsal Of
old times and recital of stirring
"reminiscences. Ii others fail to give in.
Production. God will take us through and
before onr first twonty-four hours in
Haaven-it 1t were calculated by earthly
imenIecos-aave rassed, we shall meet
and talk with more Heavenly celebrities
than in our outiro mortal state we met
with earthly celebrities Many who made
GREAT noise of usefulness will sit on the
last seat by the front door of the Heaven
Iv temple. while right mp within arms
reach of the Heavenly throne Will DO
many who. though th9v could not preach
thpmsa.vos or LO great exploits for God
nevertheless held the rope,
Come, let MS 20 right mp and accost
those ON this circle Of Heavenly thrones
Surely. they must have killed in battle
mt.Ifonmaa. Surely, they mu5thave been
buried with all the catledrals -oUndng2
. dirra. and all .ne towers of all tle cities
+oI.tng the rqtiona. rri,G Who art thou
mighty one 0t Heavon|
'T lived uv choice the unmarried daugh'
. fer in an humble home that I might take
care of my parents In their old age, and
/ I endured without complaints all Their
ouerulousnas7 and administered to all
their wants for twenty years.
Let MS pass ON round the circle Of
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one 10:
Heaven?
81 was for thirty years q Christian IL
valid. and suffered all the while, occasion
alIv writing n note of sympathy for those
worse off than I. and was general conf,
dant of NIL those VINO had trouble and
once in awhile I was strong enough %
make d garment for that poor family
the bac. raue-',
Pass lDn TO another throne. Who art
thou. mighty one oI Heaven;
81 was the mother who raised whole
family Of children for God. and hey are
ont in the world Christian merchants
Christian mechanics Christian wives
and have had full reward of all my TOLL"
Letus pass on in the circle of thrones
II had a 5abbatl-school class, and they
were always on my heart and they a
entered the kingdom of God, and ! an
waiting for their arrival"
BIZ vrD r'. .lDI rI' mighty one OF
Heaven on 'h.sochor throne? 'In lime oi
/ bitter execution owned % house in d.
mascu. % house on the wall 4 man VINO
preached Christ vas bounded from street
TO street. and I hid him from the asSas'
sins: and, wnon I found them breaking
. in nv house and [ could no longer keep
him safely, aJvised him to flee for ms
. life. and basket was let down over me
wall with the maItrootad man i'm it, anu
was one who helped hold the rope"
/ And I said:
SIS thata And he answered:
THAT is aI."
Aud while [ was lost i'm amazement !
/ heard q strong voice tl"t sounded ~
/ though ft mivht once nov' been loaT''
/ from many exp p5s1rns " Il triumphant "
/ though tr might hayr nIouged to one "
. the martys, and 1T said:
"Not many mighty, not many noOl9 ~2
called, but God hath chosen the We"A
. things of the world to cout0und the lI'il-,
which are mighty, and base things o.. 'h
world and tliugs which are despis'd A''.
. Gud chosen, yea, and things which are ~.
/ TO bring fo naugnt things which are .H"
no flesh should glory in His presence IL.
Aud [ looked to see from whence ID.
voice came, aud To-. it was the very o"
vino had said: ,c
Through 20 window. in basket WIS y"
/ down by the wall. "A
Hsnceforth thiukofuothing rs insisnlIT
cant. A little thing may decide YOU, o., ,.,
/ A Cunarder put out from EngIaGiu '% IN
/ New York. Tt was well equipped Ou. IL .I
putting mp q stove in the pilot-boz a T.1 1.S~
was driven too near the compass ~,
know how that nail would affect the cOiu ~.
pass. The ships officer, deceived O{ snr. IN.
/ distracted compass, put the snip O"g nr irJ
/ dred miles off her right course anu Fad
denly the man on the Lookout ,ai,ei o,i