Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-11-25
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be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself;
il thou soonest, thou alone shalt bear
it," We are apt to speak of that last
day as an occasion of vociferation-a
great demonstration Of power and
pomp; but there will be on that day, l
think, q few moments of entire silence.
l think a tremendous, an overwhelm-
ing silence. / think it will be such a
silence as the earth never heard. 1t
will be at the moment when all nations
are listening for their doom.
! THE PHILOSOPHY OF EQUALITY OF RE-
WARD.
Ilearn also from this parable of the
text that our degrees of happiness in
heaven will be graduated according to
our degrees of usefulness Oh earth.
Several of the commentators agree in
making this parable the same one as
in Luke, where one man was made
ruler over five cities and another made
ruler over two cities. Would it be
fair and right that the professed Chris
tan man who has lived very near the
line between the world and the church
the man who has often compromised
his Christian Characteristic man who
has never spoken out for God-the
man who has never been known as a
Christian only on communion days
the man whose great struggle has
been 10 see how much Of the world
he could get and yet win heaven
is it right to suppose that
that mar will have us grand and
glorious u seat in heaven rs the man
who gave all his energies of body,
mind and soul TO the service of God2
The diving thief entered heaven, but
not with the same startling acclaim as
that which greeted Paul, who had
gone under screenings, and across
Dungeons, and through maltreatments
irto the kingdom of glory. One star
| differs from another star in glory, and
they who toll nightly for Christ on
earth shall have a far greater reward
than those who have rendered only
half a service.
Some Of you are fastening on to.
ward the reward Of the righteous. /
want to cheer you up at the thought
that there will be some kind of a re-
ward 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
unsctting sun. / saw a blind man 60
ing along the road with his staff, and
he kept pounding the earth and then
stamping with his foot. lsaid TO him:
what DO you do that fort" oh"
he said, II can tell by the sound Of
the ground when / am near a
dwelling" And some Of you a tell
by the sound of your earthly
pathway that you r coming near TO
your fathers house. | congratulate
you. Oh. weather beaten voyagers,
the storms arr driving you into the
harbor. Just as when you were look
ing for a friend, you came up to the
gate Of his house, and you were talk
ing with the servant when your friend
hoisted the window and shouted:
Come in! 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 win hoist the window and say:
Come in. 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: Il have nothing
more TO pray for; God has given me
everything. Surely no man can live
on earth after the glories | have wit
messed" oh, my brothers and sisters,
how sweet it will be, after the long
wilderness march, 10 get home. That
was a bright moment for the tired
dove in the time of the deluge when it
found its way safely into the window
of the ark.