The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-06

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OF our prayers, or the number Of our pray.
err, or the bsauty Of ear prayers. o. the
place Of our prayers; bat It b the faith In
them that tells. Believing prayer soaxs
higher than the lAfk ever sang; plunges
deeper than diving bells ever sank; darts
quicker than lightning ever flashed.
Though we have used only the back Of this
weapon instead Of the edge. what marvels
have been wrought! II saved. we are all
the captives OF some earnest prayer.
Would God that in the desire for the res
cue Of souls we might in prayer lay hold Of
the resources Of the Lord Omnipotent
We may turn many to Righteousness by
Christian admOnitiou. Do not wait until
you can make formal speech. Address
the one next to you. You will not go home
alone to-day. Between this and your
place Of stopping you may decide the eter-
nal destiny Of an immortal spirit. just
one sentence nay d. the work. just one
look. The formal talk that begins with .
sigh and ends with . canning shuttle il not
what is wanted, but the 'heart-throb Of .
man in dead earnest There is not soul
on earth that you may not bring to God
II you RICHLY 20 1t 1t. They said
Gibraltar could not be taken. 1t
10 rock, sixteen hundred feet high AMI
three miles long. But the English and
Dutch did take it. Artillery, and sappers,
and miners, and fleets pouring out volleys
OF death, and thousands OF men, reckless
Of danger, can do any thing. The stout
est heart OF sin, though II be rock. and sur
rounded by an ocean Of traDsgressiou. un-
dor Christian bombardment may be made
to hoist the flag Of redemption.
But is all this admonition, and prayer,
and Christian work for nothiugs Ny text
promises to all the faithful eternal luster.
They that turn many to right eousness
shall shine as the stars forever"
As stars, the redeemed have borrowed
light. What makes Mars. and Venus, and
Jupiter SO luminous? When the sun throws
down his torch In the heavens, the stars
pick up the scattered brands and hold them
in procession as the queen OF the night i'd
vances; so all Christian workers, standing
around the throne, will shine In the light
borrowed from the Sun of Righteousness
Jesus in their faces, Jesus in their songs,
Jesus in their triumph.
Christ left Heaven once for tour OF re-
demption on earth, yet the glorified ones
knew He would come back again. But let
Him abdicate His throne and 60 away to
stay forever, the music would stop; the
congregation dispense; the temples of God
be darkened: the rivers Of light stsgnate,
and every chariot would become bearse,
and every bell would toll. and there would
not be room on the hillsides to bury the
dead Of the great metropolis, for there
would be pestience in Heaven. But Jesus
lives. and 50 all the redeemed live with
Him. He shall recognize them as His COM
rades in earthly toll, and remember what
they did for the honor Of His name, and
for the spread OF His Kingdom. All their
prayers, and tears, and work will rise be-
fore Him as He looks into their faces, and
He will divide His kingdom with them;
H 5 peace, their peace; His holiness, their
holiness; His joy, their joy. The glory Of
the central throne reflected from the sur
rounding thrones, the last spot Of sin struck
from the Christian orb. and the entire ma
ture a-tremble and a-flash with light, they
shall shine as the stars fores er and ever.
Again. Christian workers shall be like
the stars in the fact that they have light
independent Of each other. Look up at
the night and see each world show its dis
tinct glory. 1t is not like the conflagration
in which you can not tell where one fiame
stops and another begins. Neptune, Her
schel and Mercury are as distinct as il
each one of them were the only star; SO
cur individualism will not be lost In
Heaven. A great multitude, yet each one
as observable, as distinctly recognized, as
greatly celebrated, as if in all the space,
from gate TO gate and from hill to hill, he
were the only inhabitant; no mixing up
no mob-nO indiscriminate rush; each
Christian worker standing out illustrious
all the story OF earthly achieve msnt i'd
herring to each one; his self denials, and
p .lns. and services, and victories published
Before men went out to the last war the
orators told them that they would all be
remembered by their country and their
names be concentrated in poetry and In
song; but go to the graveyard in Richmond
and you WILL find there 5000 graves over
each one Of which is the inscription, I'm
known" The world does not remember its
heroes; but there will be no unrecognized
Christian worker in Heaven. Each one
known by all; grandly known; known BY
reclamation; all the past story OF work for
God cleaning in cheek aud brow and foot
and palm. They shall shine with distant
light as the stars forever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall shine
like the stars in clusters. In looking up
you find the worlds in family circles.
Brothers and sisters-they take hold Of
each otber's hands and dance in groups.
Orion is . group. The Pleiades Is group.
The solar system is only company OF
with bright faces, gathered
around one great fireplace The worlds do
not s'raggie Of. They 90 in squadrons
and fleets, sailing through immeRsity. So
Christian workers in Heaven will dwell in
and clusters. l am sure
that some people will like in Heaven
great deal better than others. Yonder is
a constellation OF stately Christians They
lived ON earth by rigid rule. They never
laughed. They walked every hour anxious
lest they should lose their dignity. But
they loved God, and yonder they SHINE in
brilliant constellation. Yet shall not
long to get into that particular group. |
Yonder is a constellation Of small hearted |
Christians-asteroids in the eternal astron- |
omy. While some souls 60 up from Chris |
tisn battle, and blaze like Mars. these as
teroids dart feeble ray like vesta.
Yonder Is a constellation Of martyrs, Of |
apostles, Of patriarchS. Our souls, as they |
60 up to Heaven, will seek out the most |
society. Yonder is q constella- |
ton almost merry with the play Of light. |
Dc earth they were full Of sympa:hies, and |
songs. and tears, and raptures, and CON-
When they prayed their |
words took fire; when they sang the tune |
could NOT hold them; when they wept over |
= worlds woes, they sobbed a. IL heart
broken, when they worked Cor Christ they /
famed " tn enthusiasm. Yonder they are
CIRCLE OF light! constellation Of Joy! gal