The Forrest City times., 1888-08-25

sNNs upNl h0N e. tttt fH3t IN Iust tDt
 place fOr man io % VI hen tue world abuses
 hiu. Go home. Blessed Dc God for our quiet
 Hnd syirpaihctic homes. Dut there Ia many
 . man wbc hss tho reputation of having
 home when he has hone. Through untbink
 ihsnsss Of .pfecipiatiou, tiere gre many
 matches made ihat ought never 10 have been
 made. An officiating rrlrst cannot alone
 tfnite . couple. The Lord Almighty rnust pro
 elaif1 hsnhsi There fs many a home iu wh'ch
 there is no srsiinAshtf asfd fo hsppiness and
 no good cheer. The ciamof of Inc batle may
 not have been heard outside, but God krows.
 Notwithstanding all the playing Of ihe
 "wed9lrg March" and all the odor
 of the orahSe blossoms; and the bened ctlon
 of the officiating pastor, tbrrs has been no
 marriage.
 Sometimes men have awakened 10 find of orc
 side ot them the ruck ol persecution, and on
 the other side the rock of domrstle in felicity.
 What shall such m one do. Do as Jonsthsn did--climb Get up the heights ot Gods couso stior, from which we may look down
 ia triumph uprr outside persecution and
 home tfouh.c While goot snd grrat John
 Wesley vas being sileneed by the magistrates
 and having his hafrs rfitten on the board-
 fences Of London in doggcfei, st that very
 tiiht hiA wfA was making him as miserable
 as she could-attihg xs ihsurh she were pos sessed with the devil as shprcss ths wsst never doing him a kindness uptil the dsy She ran away, SO that he wrote In his diary these
 wortlsi ''l did not forsske her; have not dismissed her: I will not recall her" Plant ing me foot. John Wesley did, upon outside
 tersectitiop, Atd the other foot on hone trouble, he climbed up Into the heights oi Christian iqy,. snd sflet preaching forty thodssEc se'mons and travelling two hundred and seventy thousahd niles, .tesched the heights of heaven. though in th!s world he had 1t hard enough-"a sharp rock on ths one side, and . sharp rock on the other"
 Again, that woman stands in the crisis q the text, who has bereavement and struggle for a livelihood at the same time. Without mentioning names l speak from observation. Ah, it is hard thing for woman to make au honest living, sven when her heart is not troubled, and she bss faif ebesk snd the fnsgneteffi of an exquisite presence. But now the husbahd tr the father, IS dead. The cx. penses of the obsequies have absorbed ail that was left flu the savlrse bank; and van and wasted with weeping . hearse, k so.iin, bel,iiid hef-to contend fos her existence and the existence of her ehfi- dren. When see such a battle as that opeu shut my eyes at the gastliness of the specta. cle. Men sit with embroidered slippers spd write heafiiess essays about wonen's wages; but that question is made ID Of tears and blood, Atd thete is more blood than tears. Oh, give women fec access to all the realms wkete she can get livelihood, from the tele- graph office tc tue pulpit Let nIen's wagcs be cut down before hetc sfs tut Gown Men nave lFOu lu tItfT bput1 huu AHH ct"va Make the way free to her of the broken hcaft May God put Into my hand the cold, bitter cup of privatlon. and give me nothing but wndowlcss hut for shelter for many years rather than that after l am dead thcrc should 20 out from my homo Into tho ptilcss world woman's arm to fight the Gcttysburg tho AusterltE the Waterloo of life, for bread.
 And yet how many women there are seated between the rock of bereavement on the one side, aid the rock of Restitution on the other, Bozcs and Seneh ltiiefior'sng ilieir shadow and dtoppirg, them upon hef mis-rab'e wsy s.Thefe IA ship ,tocK pu the one side, sud q sharp rock on ti;a rthef 6idt;" What sse such to dol Somehow, let thef t1lffss pp ir. to the heights of the glorious pr5tffisA. Leave thy fatherscss children; VIII preserve Or get up into the heights of that other glor-. ious proinlsc; "The Lord preserveth the stranger and rclieyeth the widow and the fatheriess." O. yc sewing women on starving wages. Ol ye widows turned ou! from the once b"autiful home. ol ye female teachcra woman, seeking in vain for work, wanderipg along the docks, and thinking to throw toufscif into the river lnst night Ui ye worrieu of weak nerves and aching sides, and short breath aud broken heart, you need something more than human sympathvi you necd the sympathy of God. Climb up mo His atins. He knows it all and he loves you more than father, of moth bf 5f htsband ever could or ever dil and in- stead of sitting dowii. .fitgiog your hands in despair vou had better begin to tllfYn There are heights of consolation for you, though now 'fhcrc is sharp rock on the one side. and sharp rock on the other side"
 Again, that man s in the critIs Of ibc text who has a wasted life on Inc one shie and an illuminated eternity on the other. Though q man may all his life have cultured dclii ton and sclf-poisc, if he gets into that posi- tion all his self possession is gone. There arc all the wrong thoughts of his existence. all the wrong deeds, all the wrong wofds-s strata above strata, granite ionderous. ever. shadowing. That rock cull Bzez On the other site are all the contributions of the future, the .htouce of jud Iment, the eternal ages, angry with his long deGance. That rock sh III call seneh. Between these two rocks Lord Byron perishcd, and AlcibIades perished, and llcrod per rished, and ten thou. sand m $ ten thousand have perished. Ol man immortal. man redeemed. man blood. bought climb ID out of those shsdowa Climb up by the way of the Cross Have your wasted life forgiven; have your eternal life secured This morning just take one look to the past and see what 1t hps been. and take one look to he future and see what 1t threatens to bc. You can afford 10 lose your health, you can afford to lose your prop erty, you Can afford 10 lose your reputation; but you cannot afford to lose your soul That bright gleaming glorious precious, eternal possession you must carry nloft In he day when tbe earth burns up and the besy ms burst
 You sec from my subject that when a mo [. goes into the safety and peace of the Gospel he does not dcmcan himself There is noih- ing in religion that leads to mcanBess or un- manllDcss. The Gospel of Jesus Christ only askes you to climb as Jonathan did-clmb toward God. climb toward heaven, climb into the sunshine of Gods favor. To become . Christian Is not to TO incaniy down; it is to NiOr NtIslv nts--nn tptO inc CDmmuf Ion Of saints, up Into ihe peace that passeth all understanding. up Into the companionship of angels. He lives up, he dies un
 Oi then, accept the wholesale imitation which make this morning to ail the v,eople. Come up from between your invaldl' m and financial endorsements Com, up from between your bereavemcnts and your desiitu- ton. Come up from between wasted life and an nnillumina'ed eternity. Like Jona- than, climb with all your might, instead of sitling down io wiring your hands in the shadow and in the darkness--.a sharp rock on the one side, and sharp rock on the other