The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-03


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!. Tsrpthrrz. / haze lost the Enrainaf1ve q
80 senfenee. and things sTe geElesal1s
rsixes Up. hux sIn bound for the Kingston
aayhow.
And agsing this last week, when ! SO
ssp rzsa,szag % and fro ard tbs excaseEa sut.
I sid t. myself. Il dc not k1IU1 Just = isere
i = shall start again. bat ! arr bound tar
she kfnrdona anyhow" ! do nos VANS e
no juss get / want to &c pastor q tAis
pegpse unsis ! ans about
EssHrs-xtxE TKsKs or AGE.
Rat / have sometimes thought that there
49, sch gioxies ahead that l may se
persuaded to 20 q 1.-THE eariier--Eor IN
ssance. at - or =: but realiy think that
IL re c0ald hare an appreciation OF what
Gsod has II reserve for rs. we wOsld senk
10 20. stepping right out Of the Academy
81 Masse into the giories OF the skies
{ Al that Is : good land. Way, they tell
nae that IN that land they never have
I heartache. They tell ne that q man might
wslS So years in that land and never see .
tear or hear 8 sigh They tell ME thai our
friends who have LETT as and gone there,
their feet are radiant q the sun. and that
fflew take bold q the hand of jesus
Familiarity. aud that they opsn that hand
a.sd see in the palm Of il a healed wound
fhat must have been very crtaei before u
was healed And they tell me thai there =
no winter there, ana that they never get
hungry or cold. and that the seging-giu
never wades through the snow hank 70 her
daily toll, and that the clock never strikes
- for the night. but only i2 for the day.
See that light ia the window. wonder
who set IL there. -0hl" You say, my
fattler that went into glory must have set
hat Hgat IN the window" No; guess
again My mother, who died fifteen
years ago IN Jesus / think must haze set
that light there No; guess again. fon
say, Nv darling little child. that last sum-
mer / put away for the resurrection.
think she must have set that light there in
the window" No; guess again. Jesus set
il there. and be viii keep il burning until
the dag we put oar finger on the latch Of
the door and go in 70 be at home forever.
Oh! When my sight gets black in death,
put or fny eyelids that sweet ointment.
. When in the last WEAKNESS | cannot take
another step just help me put nay foot on
that doorsil When my ear catches no
more the voices of wife ard child. let me
20 right ia 70 have my deafness cured by
the stroke Of the harpsrs whose fingers fiy
over the strings With the anthems of the
free
Heaven never burns down, The fires OF
/ the last day, that are already kindsed in the
heart III the earth, bat are hidden because
God keeps down the katehes-those internal
fires will after while break through the
crust, and the plains. and the mountains,
and the seas will be consumed, and the
danes viii fling their long arms into the
skies; but all the terrors OF q burning world
will do 10 more harm 10 that heavenly
temple than the fires of the setting sun
which kindle up the window glass OF the
house on yonder hilltop. oh. blessed land
But do not want TO go there until | see
the Brooklyn tabernacle rebuilt. You say,
''wfLL IT sE2'
You might as well ask me il the sun will
rise tomorrow morning, or ii the next
spring will put garlands on its head. You
and ] may not do it-~you and / may not
live to see IT. but the church of God does
not stand ON two legs nor on thousand
legs.
How did the lsraelites get through the
I Red sea = | suppose somebody may have
I come and said: There Is no need OF try-
ing; you will get your feet wet; you will
/ spoil your clothes; you viii drown your
selves Whoever heard OF getting through
I such sea as that" How did they Get
I through il Did they go back No Did
! they 20 to the right? No. Did tiley go 10
+ the left? No. They went forward in the
/ strength of the Lord Almighty and that is
the way we mean to get through the Red
/ sea. By going forward. But SAYS some
/ one: IF We should build larger church.
would you be able with your voice TO fiji
/ it," Why, | have been wearing myself
( out for the last sixteen years IN trying 10
1 keep my voice in. Give me room where |
/ can preach the elories OF Christ and the
/ grandenrs of heaven.
+ Forward We have TO march on, break
ing down ail bridges behind us. making
retreat impossible. Throw away your
/ knapsaek if Il impedes your march. Keep
your sword arm tree. strike for Christ
and his kingdom while you may No peo-
/ pie ever had better mission than you are
sent Oh. Prove yourselves worthy If
/ am not lit 10 be yoar leader, set me aside
The brightest goal on earth that | eau
I think Of is country parsonage amidst the
mountains. Bot | ana not afraid TO lead
you. ] have some dollars: they are at
/ your disposal / have good physical
+ health; il is yours as long rs il lasts. |
I HANN Sa4tAthSA4~tft vi SOUL VIII not keep "
/ hack from your service. have some faith
in Cpd. and / shall direct IL toward the
rebuilding OF our new spiritual house
Come on. then. | viii lead you
Come on, ye aged men. not set passed
over Jordan give us one more lift before
I you so into the promised land. 1au men
in middle life, harness all yosr business
faculties 10 this enterprise Young man.
pat the FIRE OF your soul into this work
let women consecrate their perSuasiveness
and persistence 90 this cause anu they will
he preparing heueiictsns for their dying
hour and everlasting rewards and Il satan
really did burn that tabernacle down. as
SOME people say bee did. he viii lind 1t the
poorest job he ever undertook
t5ood-bye old Tabernacle. pnt my IN
gers To my lips and throw kiss To the de-
parted church. Iva the last day. tnav We
be ahie 80 meet the songs there sang. and
she prayer there offered asa the sernlons
there preached 6ood-bye. old t4aee
{ where some ut as first feltthe Gospel peace
and oihess heard the last message ere thev
fed away into the skies Good hve. Brook
Iyu tabernacle u fS.Bt But welcotae car
rev church Il see IL a. plainly as though
il we're already bail;D Your gates wider
voar songs more triumphant your ifs
gatherings more glorious Ejse out az the
ashes agd eree3 oar waiting vision Burst
on cur sou,S "a lar 0S oag church, resrr
reegiun Ry yoaE affairs nlsv we l.e IRE.
pared .0F ths hour ghtn the Ere shall tvy
every mans wo-t ~ What Nori Il p. Wei
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