The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-10-31


the light OF it We expect to make the rest
OF our pilgrimage. Within sight Of such
a sacrifice, who can feel he has it hardf
In the sight o, such a symbol who can
be discouraged, however great the dark
ness that may come upon him' Jesus
livesl The loving, patient sympathiz-
ing, mighty Jesus 1t shall not be told
on earth, or IN he'll. or in Heaven, that
three Hebrew children had the Son OF
God beside them in the FIRE. and that
whole church was forsaken by the Lord
when they went through furnace about
two hundred feet wide.
O. Lord Jesusl shall VIC take ont OF Thy
hand the overs and the fruits, and the
brightness and the joys aud then turn
away because Thou dost give US one cup
Of bitterness to drinks Oh, no Jesusl we
viii drink il dry. Bat how it Is changed
Blessed Jesus, what hast Thou put into
the cup TO sSestea iis Why it has be-
come the wine Of Heaven. and our souls
grow strong. l come now, aud place
both of nay feet deep down into the black.
eDed ashes OF Cur consumed church, and
cry out with an exhiiaratjon that /
never felt since the day OF my SOUPS
emancipation: Victory victory through
cur Lord. Jesus Chrlstw
Your harps. ye trembling saints,
Down from the willows take.
Loud 10 the praise q lore divine
Bid every string awake.
we are also re-euforced by the cath
olicity that ! have already referred to.
We are in the Academy to-day, not be-
cause we have no other place 10 go. Last
Sabbath morning at nine O'Clock we had
but one church; now we have thirty. all
at our disposal. Their pastors ana their
trustees say: "'You may take our main
audience rooms, you may take our
lecture room, you may take our church
parlors. yoa may baptize in our bap-
tisteries and sit on our anxious seats"
OH II there be any larger hearted min
listers or larger hearted churches any
where than in Brooklyn, tell me where
they are that / may so and see them be-
fore die. People keep wondering when
ii is coming. II has come. The lion and
the lamb lie down together, and the tiger
eats straw like an OK. ! should like TO
have seen two Of the old time bigots,
with their swords, fighting through that
great FIRE on ScAsrmerhorn street last
S2 b bath. I am sure the swords would
have melted, and they who welded them
would have learned war no more.
l can never say a word against any
other denomination OF Christians. l
thank God never have been tempted TO
do il. / can not be a sectarian- ! have
beeE told ought to be, and / have tried
to be, but have not enough material in
me to make such structure. Every
time ! set the thing most done. there
comes a FIRE or something else. snd ali is
gone. The angels OF God shake ont on
this air: Glory 70 God n the highest on
earth peace, good viii TO men" 90 not
know bat / see on the horizon the FIRST
CLEAN q the morning which shall unite
all denominations in ore organization,
distinguished Only by the locality as in
apostolic times. Is was then the Church
% Thyafirs- and the Church % ThesSA-
lonica. aud the Church Of Antioch, and
the Church % Laodices. So ! do not
know bet that IN the f0tuls history, and
not so far OF eitheE il may be simply
dis cgi9n Of locality. and not OF creed.
as the Church OF New York the Church
OF Brooklyn, the Church Of Boston, the
Church ~ Charleston, the Church %
Madras. the Church % CCnstantinople,
the Church % America.
Ny dear brethren. We can not afford
to he severely divided Standing IN front
o. the great foes Of our oommoa Christi
anity, We want to pai on the whale armor
u God and march down II solid column,
shoulder 10 shoEIderl one Commander!
one triumph,
The trumpet g7ves marital strain
@ Israel, E.rd taee for The aght;
Artsa the combat % uaintssns
Ariss. aat uai Thy Toes 70 Z ght
We also feel re-entorced By the
thOught that We are on the way 20 q
Heaven that can never burr down.
Flres may sweep through other cities
bu. / am glad 10 ka0w that the New
Jerusalem IS freproot. There will DC
40 engines rushing through those
streets; there will be no temples con-
suned iD that city. Coming 10 he doors
o. hat church we viii hud them open.
resonant with songs aud not cries OF
ere. or, my dear brother AID sister, Il
this short lane 2 life comes up so soon
10 that blessed place. what IS The use q
our worryinEf ] hsve felt a good many
times this last week Ike Father Taylor,
the sailor preacher. he got il long
sentence wGfe he was preaching one day
and lost himself. and coald not find his
way out % The sentence. He stopped and
said; Brethren, I have lost the uomi-
native Of this sentence, and things are
generally mixed up, bat ! Am bouua for
the Kingdom, anyhow"
And during this last week. when saw
the rushing 20 aud fro and the excite
meuL said @ myself: Il do NOS know
just where we shall start again, bGt an
bound for she Eiacdom anyhow" ] do
NOT want 90 go just yet ! want 20 be
porter q this people until ! am about
sigtf ~ nine years % age. bet ] have
sometimes Thought that there are such
glories ahead that I may lie pursnAded %
- o little eariisr-tQy iustanos 81 eiEAiy-
two OF eighty -thrces but really think
that Il we could hAve an appreciation %
shat God has iu reserve Tor Is, we w0Rl1
waUt 20 ga steppiag ylght out % the
Academy % Music into the glories o. the
SKIES.
Al! that is 8 good land. WAY. they
tell me thal In that land they never have
q hsaEtaehe. They tell me that = man
Uighf walk FIVE hundred years II hat
land sud never see a Tear or hear q sigh
They tell me that 0ur friends al no have
le.t IS AID cole taere, their feet are ra-
llant as tGr sue. and they take hold OF
ihs hand ~ jesus Familiarity, and that
they opea their hand AID see IL the palm
of 81 a healed woEnd that nc usf have bee1
very cruel before d Was healed. AID
thag geli me that there Is 60 w51taT there
sad that lhnE never set AEnsrg or cold.
and that the sewing girl never wa5es
through tae snow haGk % her daily toll
ana thai TIE clock never strikes twelve
for The aicht ba. 0aly tWelve tor the 6ay.
See that &gAy l2 the wtalow- ] woE~
der who sea 81 thefe. *OA.@ Y@G say
t.uv father that vent inta glory mEst
have set that Hrht rs the w3uaaw." No;
guess sGatA. Ny Mnt&ev, who Gled f.
tecn years as8 sn Jesus. ihiak maS5
have SET 1as llgat iAsre.N Nei g1sks