The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-04

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in his own bottle; Byron whipped by dis
quietudcs around the world; Notaire
cursing his own soul while all the streets
of Paris were applauding him; Henry II.
consuming with hatred against poor
Thomas a BeCket-all illustrations of tho
fact that this world cannot make man
happy. The very man who poisoned the
pommel OF the saddle an which Queen
Elizabeth rode, shouted in the street.
God save the Qucen!" One moment
the world applauds and the next moment
the world mathematics. Oh, como over
into this greater joy, this sublime solacc,
this magnificent bcatitudc. The night
after the battle of shiloh, and there were
thousands of wounded on the field. and
the ambullnccs had not come, one Chris
tian soldier lying there a-dying under the
starlight began 10 sing:
"rhcrc Is a land Of purc delight
And When he came to the next line there
were scores of voices uniting.
where saints immortal rrign."
The song was caught up all through
the fields among the wounded. until IL
was said there were at least 10000 wound.
cd mon rcunitiug their voices rs they
came to the verse:
"Thcp everlasting spring nhldcs
Aud ncNcr.WthcHur Hover.
Death ike narrow steam divides
That heavenly land from ours
Oh IL Is great religion To live hy, aud
II il II great religion tn die by There is
only one hcart.throb between YOU aud
that religion this morning. just look into
the face Of your pardoning God, aud sur
render yourself for time and for eternity,
and hc is yours, and heaven IL youns, and
all il yours Some Of YOU, like this young
man Of the text, have gone far nstray. !
know not the history, but you know IL,
you know IL. When young man went
forth into life, the legend saws, his guard
ian angel went forth with him, and get
ting him into field the guardian angel
swept u circle clear around where the
Young man stood. ID was circle OF vir-
tue aud honor and he must not step be-
yond that circle. Armed foes came down.
but were Obliged 10 halt at the circle
they could not pass. hut one day a
tomptrcss with dinmondcd hand stretched
forth and crossed that circle with the
hand, and the tempted soul took II, aud
10y that one fell grip was brought beyond
the circle aud died. Some OF you have
stopped beyond that circle. Would you
not like this day by the grace OF God "a
step bucs2 This | say a. YOU, II your
hour Of salvation. There was IN the clos.
ing hOurs of Queen Anne what wis called
the clock scene. Flat down on the pillow
ia helpless sickness, she could not move
her head or move her hand. She WIS
waiting for the hour when the ministers
Of state should gather iuungry contest, aud
worried and worn out by the coming hour
aud In momentary absence Ut the nuns,
ia the power, the strange power which
dclirlum sometimes gives one, che
arpsc aud stood In front of thu
clock. and stood there Watching
the clock when the nuro returned. The
nurse said "Do you see anything pccu-
liar about that clockY' She made no an.
swcr, but soon died. There h a clock
scene m every history. II some Of YOU
would rise from the bed Of lcthargy aud
come out from your dclirum " sin aud
look on the clock oi your destiny tins
morning, Won would see and hear some.
thing YOU have not seen Or heard before,
and every tick Of the minute, and every
stroke Of the hour, and every swing Of the
pendulum would say Nov, now, now,
nowl" Oh, come home 10 your Fathers
house. Come home, oh, prudirnl, from
the wilderness. Come home, come home,
2. hut | notice that when the pfodigal
nmc there was the fathers Joy. lie did
not greet him with any formal "lloW du
you do?" lie did not come out aud say.
you are unfit Ia enter 90 out aud wash
In the trough by the we'll, aud then you
can come IA, We have had enough trouble
with YOU" All no. When the prupric
tor Of that estate proclaimed festival, u wa
nn oulbunst oi u fathers love and u father
Joy. God h your Father ! have mol
much sympathy with that description U
God sometimes hear, us though lie wcr,
a Turkish Sultan, haldand unsyuplthcuc
and listening not 10 the cry Of Ills subjects
| 4 man told me lac saw Ia Onr ol tho last
crn lands a King riding along, aud iw,
men were Ia alteration, and one charged
the other with having eaten his rice
/ aud thc King said. Then STAY the man,
| aud by post norton examination find
whether lac has eaten the ncc.' Aud 10,
| was slain. Ali the cruelty ol scene lik,
| that our God Is not n Sultan, not Car
not drspot, but q Father kind, loving
iorgiying aud Ito makes all heaven ru,
again when prOdigal comes back OIL.
haze no pleasure" lig says, "in the dealt
Oi him that diolh."
II man does not get 10 heaven II ~ bc
cause hc will not 20 thcrc. No difference
the color, no difference the history, ~
difference lhc nntocudunts, no difference
the surroundings, no difference thc tin
When the white horses u Chusts victor!
arc brought out to celebrate the cicrun
triumph you may ride one Ol them, and u
God h greater than all. Ills JOY h greater
aud when q sui comes back there h u
Ills heart the sufHng Of an Infinite occai
Of glhdnoss, and 10 express that g.adncs
takes all the rivers OF pleasure, aud all the
thrones oi pOmp. aud oil the ages Of ctcf
nifty 10 IS q Joy deeper than all depth
aud higher than ill hight, aud wider ihaI
all width, aud yistef than Hll immensely
II oyutops. Il undergirls, Il 0utweishs al
the united splcudDr aud Joy Of The uuI
verse. Who can tell what Gods joy w
you remember reading the story oi
King, who on some great day Of icstiyit
scattered silyvi and gold among the pcDpl
aud sent valuable presents 10 las courier.
but mc,hiuk when soul comes back
God is 30 glad that 10 express Ills Joy IL
filings out nov worlds into space, and kin
dlcs mp new suns, aud rolls among "a
white rObcd anthems Of the redeemed
greater hallelujah, while with a voice Tho
Invertebrates among the mountains
imnkinccnsc and IL echoed back from IN
everlasting space. lie cries This, VI
Sou. wis dead, aud lac Is alive again"
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