Democratic messenger., 1889-10-26

been tempted to do Il.
IcANNoT BE 4 sECTARIAS.
| have been told ought To be, and
have tried to be, but have not the ma.
tcrial IN me To make such u structure.
Every time get the thing most done
there comes fire. or something else aud
all is gone. The angels of God shake out
in this air: "Glory To God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will toward
men," do not know but see on the
horizon the first CLEAN Of the morning
whicl, shall unite all denominations In
one organization, distinguished only by
the locality. as In apostolic times. II was
then the Church Of Thya,ria, and the
Church Antioch, and the Church Of La
0iicea. So do not know hut that In the /
future history, and not far OF either, il ,
may be simply a distinction of locality,
and not of creed, MS the Church Of New 4
York, the Church Of Brooklyn, the Church /,
Of Boston. the Church Of Charleston, the /
Church Of Madras. the Church Of Con.
stan,inoplc. the Church Of America.
My dear brethren, we cannot afford To
be severely divided. Standing in front Of
the great foes Of our common Christianity.
we want To put on the whole armor Of
God and march down In solid column,
shoulder To shoulder! one commander. one
triumph!
rh, tr,,n,, ,,ct sriyes N martial strnin
q Israeli giri thee for the fight:
Arise. the combat to maintain;
Arise. and put thy foes to fight.
We also feel reinforced by the thought
tlia, we are on the way To Heaven that
can never burn down. Fires may sweep
through other cities, but am glad 10 know
that the New Jerusalem Is fircproof
There will be no engines rushing through
those streets: there will bc no temples
consumed in that city. Coming To the
doors Of that church. we will find them
open, resonant with songs and not cries
OF fire. oh my dear brother anil sister,
| il this short lane of life comes up so so0n
to that blcsse,lsplacc. what is the use Of
worrying: | have felt good many times
this last week like Father Taylor the sailor
preacher. lie got in long sentence
while he was preaching one day. and los,
himself and could M, find his way ont of
the sentence. lie stopped and said
brethren, | have lost the nominaiivc of
this sentence, and things are generally
mixed up, but am bound for the king
dom anyhow"
And during this last week. when saw
the rushing to and fro and the excite.
mcnt, | said io myself: Il do not know
I lust where we shall star, again. hut ] am
bound for the Kingdom anyhow" | do
not want To 20 just yet. want To be- pas.
tor of lhi, people until am about ~ years
uf age, but have sometimes thought that
there are such glorics ahead that may hc
persuaded
To go \ LITTLE EARLIER:
! for instance, at ~ or 50; In, really think
that, if we could have AN appreciation of
what God has in reserve for us, We would
wan, TO go, stepping right out oi the Aca.
denny OF Music into the glnricS uf the sb'''s
All. that is II good land. VIII
tell me that in that land they y
Il heart ache. They tell me NJ
walk 500 years in that land ard
tear or hear sigh. They tell me
our friends who have left us aud gone
there, their feet are radiant as the sun,
and that they take hold Of the hand Of
Jesus familiariy, and that they open that
hand aud see in the palm Of |, u healed
wound that must have been very cruel
before II was healed. And they tell me
that there Is no winter there. and that
they never get hungry or cold, and that the
sewing glrl never waics through the snow
bank Ia her daily toll, and thu, the clock
never strikes |? for The night. but only IL
Tor the day.
Sce that light in the window | wonder
who sci il there. "Oh. :" you say, "my ia-
ihcr that went into glory mus, have set
thu, light in the window" M; guess
again. My mother, who died II years
ago in Jesus, think must have sci that
ighi there" No; guess again. You say:
MY darling little child. that last summer
| put away for the resurrection, think
she must have Sc, tla, light there In the
window" No; guess again. Jesus 80, II
there; and Tie will keep il burning until
the day We put our finger on the latch OF
the door and 20 in la bc NJ home forever.
Oh. when my sight gets black IN death,
put on my cyelids that sweet ointment
When In the last weariness ] cannot take
another step. just help me put my tuot on
that ioorsill When my EAR catches no
more the voices Of wife aud child, let me
go right in, Ia have my deafness cured by
the stroke OF the harpers. whose fingers
rs over the strings with the anthems OF
the free.
HEAVEN NEvEI BUHNs bows
The fires OF the last day, that are al'
ready kindle,l in the heart Of the earth, hut
are hidden because God keeps down the
haiches-those internal fires will after n
while break through the crust, and the
. plains anu the houh'h'hS """ WV H'"'
will he consumed. and the flames will Hing
their long arms into the skies; but all the
terrors at burning world will Il" NJ
more harm To ihn, heavenly temple than
the fires of the setting sun which kindlc
up the window glass oi the house on yon-
der hill top. oh. blessed land But |
do not want Ia gn there until ] see The
Brnoklyn Tabernacle rebuilt. You say;
will il Lc:" You might as well ask me
II the sun will rise tomorrow morning, "r
IL the next spring will pu, garlands on its
head. You aud may not do ii--you and
may moi live To see IL; hui the Church
Of God does not stand an Two legs nor on
a thousand legs.
Al.