The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-07-05

Will rise, and the worlds redemption will
be launched. God cares not for the
| length of our prayers, or the number of
| our prayers, or the beauty Of our prayers,
or the place OF our prayers; but it is the
faith in them that tells. Believing that
prayer scars higher than the lark ever
sang; plungrs deeper than diving bell
ever sank; darts quicker than lightning
ever flashed. ThOSsh W. have used only
the ba x Of this weapon instead or the
edge, what narvv,s have bcru wrou shtl
If saved, we are all the captivcs of some
earnest prayer. Would God chat, in de-
sire for the rescue of souls, we might in
prayer lay hold of the resources in the
Lord Omuipotcnt.
We may turn many TO .shtcousucss by
Christian admOuitiou Do not wait until
you can make formal speech. Address
the one next To you. You will not so
home alone to-day. Between this and
your place Of stopping you may decide
the eternal destiny of an immortal spirit.
just one sentence may do the work. Just
one question. just one look The formal
talk that begins with sigh and ends with
q Cantiug shuttle is not what is wanted
but the heart throb of man in dead
earnest. There is not a soul on earth that
you may not bring to God if you rightly
20 at it. They SAID Gibraltar could not
he taken. 1t is n rock one thousand six
hundred fect high aud three miles long.
But the English and Dutch did take it.
Artillery, and sappcrs and miners, and
fleets pouring cut vOlleys Of death, and
thousands OF men, reckless of danger, ear
de any thing. The S:Outest heart of sin,
though it be rock, and surrounded by an
ocean OF transgrcssion, under Christian
hombardment may be maGo to h1ist the
haG of redemption.
But is all this Gdmonition, and prayer,
and Christian work for nothing? My
text promises To all the faithful, eternal
luster
They that turn many Il righteousness shall
shine the stars forever.
As stars, the redeemed have a borrowed
light. What makes Mars, and Venus, and
Jupiter so lumiuOusg 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 advances; so all Christian work.
er, standing around the throne will shine
in the light borrowed from the sun of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in their faces. Jesus
in their songs, Jesus In their triumph.
Christ left Heaven once for II tour Of re-
demption on earth, yet the glorItied ones
knew He would come back again. But let
HIM abdicate His throne, aud 90 away to
stay forever, tn music would stop, the con-
gregation dispcrsc, the temples ~ God be
darken, the rivers of light staguate,
and every chariot would become hearse,
and every bell would toll, aud there
would not be room on the hillsidas to
/ bury the dead of the great metropolis, for
there would be peStilcnce in Heaven,
But Jesus lives, and SO all the redeemed
live with Him. He shall recognize them
&, His comrades i'll earthly toll, and re-
member 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 before Him as He
looks into their faces, and He will divide
II.S Kingdom with them; His peace, their
peace; His holiness, their holiness; His
Joy. their joy. The glory Of the central
throne reflected from the surrounding
thrones, the last spot Of sin struck from
thu Christian orb, and tie entire nature
a-tremble and a-fash with light, they
shall shine as the stars forever and ever.
Again, Christian workers suall be ike
the stars in the fact that they have a light
il.depeud'n Of each other. Look up at
the night. and see each world show its
distinct glory. 1t is not like the confa-
grafton, in which you can not tell where
on" fame stops ard anotG"r begins.
Neptune Herschal and Mercury ara as
distinct rs if each one OF h.!u We're the
only star; so our inGiyidualism will not be
lost in Heaven. A great multitude-ye
each one as observable, as distinctly rec
ognized, as greatly celebrated a. if in all
:
! hill t. hill, he were the only inhabtant:
no mixing up-nO mob no indtsCriminate
rush, each Christian standing illustrious
all the story Of earthly achievement
adhering to each one; his self-deuials
and pains, and services, and victories
published. Before men went out to the
war the orators told them that they
would all be remembered by their coun-
try, and their names be commence
rated in poetry and song; but go to the
graveyard i Richmond, and you will find
there six thousand graves, over each one
of which is the inscription: "UnknOwn."
! The world does not remember its heroes,
but there will be no unrec ognzad Chris :
tian worker in Heaven. Each one known
by all, grandlv known; known by accla-
nation; all the past story of work for
God cleaning in cheek, and brow. and
foot, and palm. They shall shine with
distinct 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-thcy take hold of
each others hands and dance in groups
Orion in a group. The Preiades in a
group. The solar system is only COM
| pany of children, with bright faces, gath
cred around one great fireplace. The
worlds do not straggle off They go in
| squadrons and fleets, sailing through i'm
mensity.
SO Christian workers in Heaven will
dwell in neighbOrhOods and clusters. | am
sure that some people will like in Heaven
q 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 hoar,
anxious lest they should lose their Dig
nifty. But they loved God; and yOnder
they shine in brilliant constellation. Yet
l shall not long to get into that particular
group. Wonder is a constellation Of
small hearted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
the eternal astronomy. While some souls
go up from Christian battle, and blaze
| like Mars, these asteroids dart feeble
ray like Vesta. Wonder is q constellation
of martyrs, Of apostles, Of patriarchs.
Our souls, as they go up to Heaven, will
seek out the most congeuial So
| ciety. YOnder is 4 constellation almost
merry with the play Of light. On earth
they were full of sympathies, and songs,
ND mn y l.