Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-25

when tho spirit has led the body your friends
viii be talking as 10 where they shall bury
you. What difference does IL mako 10 you
whore they bury youl The angel Of
the resurrection can pick you out
ali the eD semetsrieS $ of the & esTth arc in Gods
care. Oh you are going 10 be more than
conqueror. Don't you think we had better
begin now TO celebrate the coming victoryf
In the old meeting-hous at Summerville,
my father used TO lead the singing, and he
had the old-fashioned tuning fork, and he
would strike it upon his knee, and then put
the tuning-fork to his ear 10 catch the
right pitch and start the hymn. But
friend, don't you think we had better
lasting song, the song Of vic
tory when we shall be more than conquerers?
Had we not better begin the rehearsal on
earthf 'They shall hunger no moro, neither
thirst any more; neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat. For the lamb which
is in the midst Of the throne shall feed them,
and shall lead them to living fountains Of
water; and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes"
City Of Eternity to thy bridal halls
From this prison would heej
Ah, gloryl that's for you and me.
My text brings up one step further. II
says, 90 forth into the mount and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and myrtle
branches, andpalm branches, and branches Of
thick trees. Now, you know very well that
booth or arbor made Of slight branches
would not stand. The first blast of the tenn
pest would prostrate it, So then the booth
or arbor must have four stout poles to hold
up the arbor OF booth and hence for the
building Of the arbor for this world
we must have stout branches of thick trees.
And so It is in the Gospel arbor. Blessed be
God that we have brawny Christianity,
not one easily upset. The storms Of life will
come upon us, and we want strong doctrine;
not only love, but justice; not only invita-
ton by warning, 1t Is a mighty Gospel; it is
an omnipotent Gospel. There are the stout
ber what Mr.. Finney said in q
school house in this State. The village
was so bad it was called Sodom, and it was
said to have only one good man in all the vii.
lage, and he was called Lot; and Mr.. Finney,
preaching, described the destruction OF
Sodom, and the preacher declared that God
would rain destruction upon His hearers un-
less they, too, repented. And the people in
the school-house sat and ground their teeth in
anger, and clinched their fists in indignation:
but before he was through with his sermon
they got down on their knees and cried for
mercy while mercy could be found Oh, it is a
mighty Gospel; not only an invitation, but
warning; an omnipotent truth, stout
branches of thick trees. Well my friends,
what have shown you here is the olive
branch of peace, here is the pine branch of
evergreen gospel consolation, here the palm
tree branch Of usefulness and victory and
here are the stout branches of thick trees
The gospel arbor is done. The air is aromatic
OF heaven. The leaves rustic with the glad
ness of God. Come into the arbor. I
went out at different times with
fowler to the mountains to catch
pigeons; and we made our booth, and we sat
IN that booth, and watched for the pigeons
70 come, and we found focks in the sky, and
lfter while they dropped into the net and
We were successful. So come now to the
door of this gospel booth and Hook out. l. see
Aocks of souls flying hither and flying thither.
Oh, that they might come like clouds and as
loves to the window. Come into the booth.
Come into the booth