New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-04


quicker than lightning ever flashed Though
we have used only the back of this weapon
instead OF the edge, what marvels have been
wrought! If saved we are all the captiyes
OF some earnest prayer. Would God that In
desire for the rescue of souls. we nigh in
prayer lay hold Of the resources of the: Lord
Omnipotent.
We may turn many to righteousness by
Christian admonition. Do. not wait until
you can make formal speech Address the
next. one to you.- You will not 90 home
alone to-day. Between this and your place
OF stopping you may decide the eternal des-
tiny OF an immortal spirit. Just one sen.
tence may do the work. Just one question.
just one look. The formal talk that begins
with sigh and ends withsa canting shuttle
is 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 rightly go att. They said Gibral-
ter could not be taken. 1t is~a rock sixteen
hundred feet high and three miles long.
But the English and Dutch did take it. Ar.
tlliery and sappers and miners and fleets
pouring out volleys of DEATH, aud thousands
OF men, reckless OF danger, can do any thing
The stoutest heart Of sin, though it be rock.
and surrounded By an ocean of transgresson,
under Christian bombardment, may be made
to hoist the flag of redemption.
But is all this admonition and PRAYER. and
Christian work for nothing? My text prom.
ises to all the faithful eternal ulster. ssThey
that turn many to Righteousness, 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 III the heavens the stars pick
up the scattered brands and held them in
procession as the queen of the night adj
yances; so all Christian workers standing
around the throne will shine in the light
r a cJ1,,5 of rio
Jesus In their faces, Jesus in their songs,
Jesus in their triumph
Christ left heaven once for tour of re-
demptlon on earth, yet the glorified ones
knew he would come back again. But let
him abdlcate his throne and go away to stay
forever the music would stop, the congrega-
ton disperse, the temples of God be dark.
ened. the rivers OF light stagnate, and every
chariot would become hearse, 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 pestilence In
heaven. But Jesus lives. and so all the re-
deemed live with him. He shall recognize
them as his comrades in 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 dive his kingdom with them.
His peace: his holiness; his Joy, their JOY.
The glory of the central throne reflected
OF sin struck from the Christian orb, and
the entire nature a-trembleand a-afiash with
light they shall shine as the stars forever
and ever.
Again. Christion workers shall be like the
stars in the fact that they have a light indie
pendent of each other. Look up at the night
and see each world show its distinct glory.
1t is not like the contlagration, in which you
can not tell where one flame stops and an
other begins. Neptune, Herschel, and Mer.
curry are as distinct as if#each one of them
We're the only star; so our individuallsm
VIII hot be lost in heaven. A great multi
tude-yet each one as observable, as distinct
~ y, recognized, as greatly celebrated as if in
an the space, from gate to gate and from
hill to hill, we were the only inhabitant; no
mixing up-no mob-no indlscriminate rush;
each Christlon worker standing out iliJlstri-
oous-all the story.of earthly achievement adj
hearing to each one; his self-denials and
pains and services and victories published
Before men went out to- the last war the Or
ators told them that they would all be re-
membered by their country and their names
be commemorated in poetry and in song:
but so to the graveyard in Richmond and
you will find there six thousand graves; over
each one OF Which Is the inscriptions: s'Un-
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 tor
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, they take hold of each others hands
and dance In groups. Orion in Il group. The
Plelades in a group. The solar system is
only a company of children, with bright
The worlds do not struggle off. They go in
squadrons and fleets, sailing throu h i'm
mensity.
So Christian workers in heaven will dwell
in neighborhoods and clusters [ am sure
there are some people Will like in heaven
great deal better than others. Yonder isa
constellation of stately Christians. Thev
lived on earth by rigid rule. They. never
laughed. They walked every hour anxious
least they should lose their dignity. But |
they loved God; and yonder they shine1n
brilliant constellation. Yet shall not long
to get into that particular group Yoncler IS
a conste llatlon OF small hearted Christian
some souls go up from Christian battle, and
blaze like Mars, these asteroids dart feeble
ray ike Nesta. 1onder is conste llation of
martyrs, OF apostles, of patriarchs. Our
souls, as they go up to heaven, will seek out |
Inc most congenIal society. Yonder is a
light On earth they were full Of sympa-
thIes and songs, and tears, and raptures. and
When they PRAYED, their
words took fire; when they sang, the tune
could rot hold them; when they wept over
a worlds woes, they sighed as if heart brok.
en-; when they worked for Christ thew
famed with enthusiasm. Yonder thew are
circle of light CONSTELLATION of ioyl galaxy
OF fire Oh, that you and /, by that grace
which can transform the worst into the hest.
might at last sail III the wake of that fleet
ana Wheel IN that glorious group, as the |
stars for ever and for eYerl
!. Again, Christian workers will shine like
tne stars lnssWiftness of motion. The worlds T
40 not stop to shine. There are no fixed |
stars save as to relative position. The star
most thoroughly fixed flies thousands of I
miles minute The astronomer. using
his telescope for an Alpine stock, leaps from
to wor. d-crag, and finds no star
standing stlII. The chamois hunter has to |
fly to catch his prey. but not so swift is his
game as that which the scientist tries to i
shoot through the tower of observatory. Like
petrels mid-AtlantIc, that seem to come
from no shore and be bound to- no landIng-
place-fying fying-so these great tiocks Of I
worlds rest not as they go-Wlng and wing
age after lge--fOr5 ever and ever Tho,