Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-26

there, and heard the song, and looked
at their raptured faces. and mingled in
the s1pernal society, we would cry
out: LET us stayl We are coming
here anyhow. Why take the trouble
of going back aGain TO that old worldi
We are here nov let us stay" And
il would take angelic violence 10 put
us out Of that world, if nee we got
there. But as people who cannot al
ford TO pay for an entertainment some
times come around il and look through
the door ajar. or through the openings
in the fence, so we come and look
through the crevices in that good land
which God has provided for us. We
can just catch glimpse of il. We come
zeal enough TO hear the rumbling OF
the eternal orchestra, though not near
enough TO know who blows the cornet
or who fingers the harp. My soul
spreads out both wings and claps them
in triumph at the thought Of those up
per springs. One of them breaks from
beneath the throne; another breaks
forth from beneath the altar Of the
temple; another at the door of the
house of many mansions" Upper
springs Of gladnessl Upper springs of
light! Upper springs of love! 1t is
no fancy OF mine. THE Lamb which
is in the midst Of the throne shall lead
them TO living fountains Of water
Oh, Saviour divine, roll in upon III
souls one of those anticipated raptures!
Pour around the roots of the parched
tongue n drop Of that liquid litel
Toss before our vision those fountains
of God. rainbowed with eternal vic
tory. Hear il. They are never sick
there; not so much as a headache, or
twinge rheumatic, or thrust neuralgia.
The %inhabitant W says: Il am
sick" They are eve tired there.
Flight TO farthest world is only the
play of a holiday. They sin
there. II is as easy for them TO be
holy as il is for us tosin. They never
die there. You might go through all
the outskirts of the great city and find
not one place where the ground was
broken for a grave. The eyesight of
the redeemed is never blurred with
tears. There is health in every cheek.
There is spring in every foot. There
is majesty on every brow. There is
JOY in every heart. There is hosanna
on every lip. How they must pity us
as they look over and down and see
us, and say: Poor things away down
in that world" And when some
Christian is hurled into n fatal a.'i.
dent, they cry: Good! he is COM
ingI' And when we stand around
the couch of some loved one Whose
strength is going away and we shake
our heads forebodingly, they cry: II
am glad he is worse; he has been
down there long enough. There, he
is deadl Come home! Come homer
Oh, If we could only get our ideas
about hat future world UNFINISHED our
thought of transfer from here 10 there
would be as pleasant TO MS as it was
TO a little child that was dying. She
said: Papa, when will / 90 homer
And he said: To-day, Florence"
To-day! So soonl am SO glad!"
THE DAY OF DELIvERANCE Is COMING.
| wish | could stimulate you with
these thoughts. oh Christian man. To
the highest possible exhilaration. The
day of your deliverance is coming, is
coming. 1t is rolling on with the
shining wheels of the day. and the JET
wheels Of the night. Every thump OF
the heart is only a hammer stroke
striking off another chain Of clay.
Better scour the deck and coil the rope,
the harbor is only six miles away.
Jesus will come down in the Mar.
rows" TO meet you. Now is your sal.
walton nearer than when you believed.
Unforgiven man, %unpardoned man,
will you not today make a choice be-
tween these two portions, between the
south land Of this world. which
slopes 10 the desert, and this glorious
land which thy Father offers thee,
running with eternal water coursesl
Why let your tongue be consumed
with thirst when there are the neither
springs and the upper springs, comfort
here, and glory hereafteri
Let me tell you, my dear brother,
that the %silliest and wickedest thing a
man ever does is to reject Jesus Christ.
The loss of the soul is a mistake that
cannot be corrected. II is a downfall
that knows no alienation; it is a ruin
that is remediless; il is a sickness that
has no medicament; il is u grave into
which "A man goes but never comes
out. Therefore, putting my hand on
your shoulder as one brother puts his
hand on the shoulder Of a brother, ]
say this day, be manly, and surrender
your heart TO Christ. You have been
long enough serving the world; now
begin 10 serve the Lord who bought
you. You have tried long enough TO
carry these burdens; let Jesus Christ
put his shoulder under your burden.
Do / hear any one in the audience say:
Il mean 10 attend TO that after awhile;
il is not just the timer II is the time,
for the simple reason that you are sure
Of no other; and God sends you
here this morning, and he sent me
here to confront you with this mes
sage; and you must hear now that
Christ died 10 save your soul, and
That If you want TO be saved you may
he saved. "Whosoever will, let him
come" You will never find any more
convenient season thanthis, Some Of
you have been waiting ten. twenty,
Thirty, forty, City and sixty years.
Oh some Of you the snow has fallen.
! see 1T on your brow, and yet you
have not attended TO those duties