Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

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RUG, for It is considered sacred. In the
burial hour il is withdrawn from the hand
and kept 10 casket, and sometimes the
box Is epeaed on an anniversary day, sSo
as you look at that ring you see under lis
arch long procession OF precious memo.
ries. Within the golden circle OF that
ring there is room for thousand sweet
recollections to reyolve, and you think OF
the great contrast between the hour
when, st the close Of the "Weddipg
March," under the flashing lights
blossom, ycu set that ring on the round
finger Of the plump hand, and that other
hour when, st the close of the exhaust
i've watching, when you knew that the
soul had fed, you took from the hand,
from that emsciated finger, the ring
that she had worn SO long and worn so
well.
On some anniversary day you tsKe up
that ring and you repolish 1t until the old
lustre comes back, and you car gee IN 1t
the fash of eyes that long ago ceased TO
when I tell you that when Christ receives
soul into His keeping BE puts on it
marriage ring. he endows you from
that moment with all His wealth. You
are one-Christ and the soul-one in
sympathy, one in sffection, one in hope.
There is no power in earth or hell to
effect q divorcement after Christ and
the soul are united. Other kings have
turned out theit companions when they
got wesry of them, and sent them sdritt
from the palace gate. Ahssuerus ban
ished Wasn't;
NAP LEoN FoRsOoK JosEPHINR:
bat Christ is the husband Inat is true for
ever. Having loved yoR once, he loves
yna to the end Did they Let try 10 d.
Jesus? They SAID: "You mist give up
your relietoa." sac said: 81 csn't give
up my religion" And SO they took her
down to tue beach of the sea, and they
drove IN stake at low water mslb, snd
hey fastened her to II, expecting Ihst As
the tide came up her faith would fail
The tide began to rise, and came NJ
higher and higher, aud 70 the girbis, and
to the lip, and in the last moment, Just as
the wave was washing her soul into glory,
she shouted the praises Of Jesus.
On, no, you cannot separate soul from
Christ. 1t Is an everlasting marriage.
Bsttle and storm and darkness cannot
DO it. Il it too much ex-
ultstion for q man, who is bat dust and
ashes like myself, to cry out to-day: al
an persuaded that neither height, nor
depth, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor
any other creature shall separate me from
the love OF God which is in Christ Jesus,
my Lord" Glory be to God that when
Carlst aud the soulisre married they are
bound by chain, golden chsin-if |
might ssy so chain with one link, and
that one link the golden ring of Gods ev-
erlssting love.
Igo step further, and tell you that
when Christ receives soul into His love
He puts on him the ring of festiyity. You
know that il has been the custom in all
ages to bsstow rings on very hsppy occs.
sions. There is nothing more spproprl-
ate for 8 birthday gift than ring. Yon
delight to bestoW such gift upon your
children at such q time. 1t means
Joy. hilarity, festiVity. Well, when
this old man of the text wanted
to tell how glad he WAS that his boy had
got back, he expressed it in this way.
Actually, before he ordered sandals to be
put on
his BARE FEET;
before he ordered the fatted calf to be
killed to appesse the boys hunger, he
commanded: "Put ring on his hs' d."
Oh, it is cry time when Christ and
be soul are united Joy Of forgive nessi
What q splendid thing 1t is to feel that al
is right between me and God. WHAT 8
glorious thing it is 10 have God Just take
up all the sins of my life and put them in
one bundle, and then fling them into the
depths Of the Sea, never to rise again,
never to be talked of again. Pollution all
gone. Darkness all Illuminated. God
reconciled. The prodigsl home. "Put g
ring on his finger"
Every day ind happy Christian peo-
pie. fnd s. me Of them with no second |
coat, some Of them in huts an : tenement |
houses; not one earthly comfort Afforded |
them; and yet they are as happy as happy |
csn be. They sing Crock of Ages" as no |
other people In the wurld sing 1t. They |
never wore any iewelry in theil life but |
one gold ring, and that was the ring of |
Gods und}iDg affection. On, how happy |
religion makes usI Did IL make you
gloomy and ssd7 Did You 60 with your
head cast down? l do not think you got |
religion, my brother. That is not the |
effeci Of religion. True religion is Joy |
"Her ways are ways OF plessantness, and
all her paths are peace"
Why, religion lIghtens ali our burdens. |
Il smooths all our way. II iuterpretE all |
our sorrows. 1t changes the " Of earthly |
discord fer the peal of f, stlve BELLS. In
front OF the flaming furnace Of trial 1t
sets the forge on which scepsres are
hammered out. Would you nor like TO-
day to come up from the sWine-Ieeding
and try this religion? All the jrys OF
heaven would come ont andmeet you,
and God would cry frCfm the throne
''Put q rirg on his hand"
You are not happy see 1t. There is
no peace, and sometimes you laugh when
YOU feel great deal more like CRYING.
THE WORLD Is A CHEAT.
1t first wears you down with its follies,
then it kicks you out into darkness L.
comes from the massacre of l,000,6e0i
souls to attempt the destruction Of your
soul to-day. No peace out of God, bat
there is the fountain that can slske the
thirst. Here is the b ,rbor where you
eau drop ssfe anchorage.
Would you not like, ask you-not per-
functorily, but as one brother misht talk
to aDother-woula you not like TO have
pillow OF rest to put your head on? And
would you not like, when you retire at
night to feel that all is well,
whether you wake up tomorrow mora
ing at, 6 O'Clock. or sleep the sleep
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