The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-20

Dut on the bottom OF IL WaS lnbCIloou ens
name Of God. King Nimrod asked his
eourtiers which vase theV thougnt
weighed the most The avarioious men
OF bis court said the vase OF gold Ina
poets said the vase of amber. But the
wisest men said the empty vase, because
one letter Of the name Of God QutWeigneo
a universe.
For Him I thirst, for His grace beg,
on His promise build my all Witooui
Him can not be happy. / have trfed
the world, and II does well enough as FAR
as IL goes; but 30 Is too uncertain world.
am not q pretudiced witness. l have
been one Of the most fortunate, or to use
a more Christian word, one OF the most
blessed Of men, blessed IN my parents,
blessed In the place Of my nativity, bless.
ed in my health, blessed in my field OF
work, blessed in my natural tempera-
ment blessed in my family, blessed In
my opportunities, blessed In comfort
able livelihood, blessed in the hope that
my soul will go TO Heaven through the
pardOning grace Of God, and my body
unless 1t be lost at sea or cremated IN
some confagrati0D, will lie down in the
gardens of Greenwood among my klo-
dred and friends, some already gone ano
others to come after me. Life to many
has been a disappointment, but to me 1t
has been pleasant surprise; and yet 1
declare that II did not feel that God was
now my friend and ever present help,
should be wretched and terror-struck.
But want more OF Him have thought
over this text and preached this sermon
to myself until, with all the aroused en-
ergies Of my body, mind and soul. can
cry out:
As the hart paDteth after the water bro oks,
so panteth my soul after Thee, o God.
Through Jesus CHRIST make this God
your God and you cap withstand any
thing and every thing, 6od that whlon
afrights others will inspire sou AS In
| time OF earthquake when an old Cerisnan
| woman was asked whether she was
scared, answered.: "No, am glad thai
have God who can shake the world" o.,
as in a financial panic, when a Christian
merchant was asked II he did not fear he
would break, answered: "Yes, shall
break when the httieth psalm breaks in
| the fifteenth verse: Call upon me in the
day OF trouble; will deliver thee and
/ the u shalt glorify me.'o y, Christian
men and women, pursued OF anuoyances
and exasperations, remember that this
| hunt, whether a still hunt or hunt
| in full cry, will soon be over. II ever a
/ "ueIp LOOKS dSudueu anu ESb1g " ol1AA1
| out Of sight it is when IN the Adiron-
| dacks a deer, by one long, tremendous
! plunge into Big Tupper lake, gets away
from him The disappointed canine
swims in little way, but defeated,
swims out again and crlnges with huutN-
lated yawn at the foot Of his master.
And how abashed and ash amed will all
| your earthly troubles be when you have
dashed into the river from under the
| throne Of God, and the heights and
| depths OF Heaven are between you and
! your pursuers. We are told in Revela-
ton, 22d and 18th, without are dogs"
| by which conclude there is whole ken
nell Of hounds outside the gate OF Heaven,
| or, as when a master goes in door, his
| dog lies on the steps waiting for him to
come out, SO the troubles Of this life may
follow US to the shining door, but they
can not get in. ''Without are dogs. !"
| have seen dogs and owned dogs that
would not be chagrined to see in the
heavenly city. Some Of the grand old
watch dogs who are the constabulary OF
the homes in solitary places, and for
years have been the only protection OF
wife and child; some OF the shepherd
dogs that drive back the wolves and bark
away the hocks from gong too near the
preClplCS, anu some OF tUo QOBS WHOSE
neck and paw Landseer, the painter, has
made immortal would not find me shut
ting them out from the gate of shining
pearl. Some OF those old st. Bernard
dogs that have lifted perishing travellers
out Of the Alpine snow; the dog that John
Brown, the Scotch essayist, saw ready to
spring at the surgeon lest, in removing
the cancer, he too much hurt the poor
woman whom the dog felt boSL 4 to
protect; and dogs that we oar Bsed
in our childhood days or that in latter
time laid down on the rug in seeming
sympathy when our homes were desolated.
l say, if some soul entering Heaven should
happen to leave the gate ajar and these
faithful creatures should quietly walk in,
it would not at all disturb my Heaveh.
But all those human or brutal hounds
that have chased and torn and lacerated
the world; yea, all that now bite or worry
or tear to pieces, shall be prohibited
'Without are dogs?" No place there for
harsh critics or back biteIs or despoilers
Of the regulations OF others. Down with
you to the kennels of darkness and de-
spairI Ths hart has rea ached the eternal
water brooks, and the painting OF the long
chase is quieted in still pastures, and
There shall be nothing to hunt or de-
stroy in all Gods holy mount"
Oh, when some of you get there 1t will
be like what a hunter tells of when he
was pushing his canoe far up north in
the winter and amid the ice-foes, and q
hundred miles. as he thought from any
other human beings. He was startled
one day as he heard a stepping on the
ice, and he cooked his rife ready to meet
any thing that came near. He found q
man, barefooted and insane from long
exposure, approaching him. Taking
him into his canoe and kindling fires to
warm him. he restored him and found out
where he had lived. and took him to his
home and found all the village in great
excitement A hundred men were search
ing for this lost man, and his family and
friends rushed out TO meet him; and, as
had been agreed, at his first appearance
bells were rung, and guns were dis
charged. and banquets spread, and
the rescuer loaded with pres
erts. Well, when some of you
step out of this wilderness, where you
have been chilled and torn, and some-
times lost amid the icebergs, into the
warm greeting Of all the villages Of the
glorihed, and yoH rush out to give
you welcoming kiss, the news that there
is another soul forever saved will call the
caterers Of Heaven to spread the banquet
and the bell-men to lay hold Of the rope
in the tower, and while the chaices click
| at the feast, and the bells clang from the
| towers, 1t will be o scene SO uplifting
pray God I may be there to take part in
| the celestial merrinent And now, do
you not think the prayer in Solomon's
song, where he compared Christ to
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