Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-07

lifting its scales; memory, without suJ
noise, bringing down I'll its treasures
conscience taking IT'D judgment seat with
out any excitement; the understanding
and the will ell doing their work. We.
locity, msjssty, might; but silence
silence. You listen at the door Of yous
heart. You can hear no sound. The
soul Is ali quiet. It is 50 delicate an in
strument that no human hand c1a touch
it. You break bone, and with
sPLINTER5 AND BANDAGES
the surgeon sets it; the eye becomes In
famed, the spothec:ry's wash coos it;
out soul of the track, unbalanced, nc
human power can readjast it. With one
sweep of its wing 1t circles the universe
and overvaults the throne Of God. Why,
in the hour of death the soul is 30 mighty
it throws aside the body es though it were
S toy. It drives back medical skill as
impotent. Il breaks through the circle
Of loved ones who stand around the dy-
iHg couch. With one leap 1t springs be-
yond star aud moon and gun and cbssms
OF immensely. Oh, it is soul superior
TO all material things! No fire can con-
sumo it; no foods can drown it; no rocks
csn crush it; no walls can impede it; no
time can exhaust il. It wants no bridge
on which to cross q chasm. l. wants no
piummet with which to SQUAD depth
soul go mighty; SO swift, go silent, must
be priceless soul.
calculate the value OF the soul also by
It's capacity for happiness. How much
Joy it can get in this world out OF friend
ships, out OF books, out Of clouds, out Of
the ses, out Of flowers, out Of ten thou
ssnd things; and yet all the Joy 1t has
hers does not test its capacity. You are
in corcert before the curtain hoists, and
you hear the instruments preparing-the
sharp snap OF the broken string, the
scraping CT the bow across the yiol.
"There is no music in that" You say. Il
is only getting ready for the music. And
oil the enjoyment OF the soul in this world
the enjoyment we think is real eDj Jy-
ment, is only preplrative; it is only anti
cipstiye; 1t Is oDlY the first stsges of the
thing; 1t is only the entrance, the begin.
ming of that which shall be the orchestral
harmonies aud splendors Of the redeemed,
You cannot test the iull
POWER OF THE SOUL
Tor happiness in this world. How much
power the soul has here TO find enjoy
ment il friendships! but oh, the grsnt'r
friendships for tie soul 10 the skies How
sweet the flowers here but how much
sweeter they VIII be there! do not
think that when flowers die on earth, they
die forever. think that the fragrance Of
the flowers is the spirit being waited
away into glory. God says there are
pslm- trees in heaven and fruits in heaven.
If so, why not the spirits Of the dead
In the sunny valleys Of heaven,
shall n + the marieold creep? Ga the
hills of beaver, will not the amsrzlth
bloom? On the amatbYstine walls OF
heaven, will not TIRE jasmine cim5? "Mf
beloved Is come down in his garden IN
gather lilies" No fIWer5 In heaven?
Where, then, do they get theit garlsnds
for the orows Of the righteous?
Christ Is glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
q while! A corqusrer comes back after
the bstlla. He has been figeting for us.
He comes upon the platform. He has oae
arm ia sling, and the other arm holds 8
cruteh. AS he mounts the platform, Oh,
the enthusiasm of the audiencsl They
ssy: "That man fought for US, and i'm
perllled his life for Us :" and how wild the
huZza that follows huzzs! When the Lord
Jesus Christ shall st last stand ont before
the multitudes of the redeemed ofheaveD,
and We meet him face to face, and feel
inst ne was wounded ia the head, and
wounded in the hands, and wounded in
the feet, and wounded in the side for us,
methinks we will be overwhelmed. We
will sit sometimes gazing il silence, until
some leader amidst the white-robed choir
shall lift the baton OF light, and give the
signal that it Is time to wake tha song Of
jaollee; aud all heaven will then break
forth into: "Hossnns! Hossnns! Ho.
sauna! Worthy is tho lamb thas was
slbin."
calculate further
THE VALUE OF THE SOUL
by the price that has been psid for 1t. 10
St. Petersburg there is 8 diamond that
the government paid 5000, 600 for
"WeD," You say, sit must have been
very valuable, or the government would
not have paid 5000, 1000 for It." Iwsnt to
see Whist my soul is worth, and what your
soul Is worth, by seeing what has been
paid for 1t. For thai immortal soul, the
richest blood that was ever shed, the
deepest groan that was ever uttered, ell
the griefs of earth compressed into one
tear, all the suffsripgs Of earth gathered
into one napier Of pain and struck through
his holy heart. Does 1t not imply ire
meudous value?
argue, also, the value of the soul
from the home that has been fitted up for
1t in the future. One would have thought
q street of ad.mant would hsvs done.
No; 1t is s street of gold. One would
have thou ght that wall OF graui!e would
have done. No; 1t is the f1aue of the
ssrdonyx mingling with the green OF
emerald. One would have thought thss
en occasional doxology would haze done.
No; 1t is perpetual song. II the ages
of heaven marched in straight line, some
day the LAST regiment, perhaps, might
pass GU. OF sight; but no; the ages OF
heaven do not march ia straight line, but
In q circle around about the throne of
God; forever, forever, tramp. tramp! A
soul 60 bought, SO equipped, SC provided
for, must be priceless soul, g majestic
soul, q tremendous soul,
Now, you Lave seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perishable,
the other immortal. One unsatisfying,
the other capable of ever-increasiag fe-