The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-15

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with such insufferable idiocy that,
standing beside our best friends for all
eternity, we will never guess who they
are7
Again, think that ono reason why
we ought to accept this doctrine is be,
cause we never in this world have an
opportunity to give thanks to those to
whom we arc spiritually indebted. The
Joy of heaven, we arc told, is to be in
augurated by review of LIES work.
These Christian men and women who
have been toiling for Christ, have they
seen the full result of their work ?
Oh, no.
In the church at Somerville, N. j..
John Vredenbursh preached for great
many years. He felt that his ministry
was failure, although he was faith
full minister, preaching the gospel all
the time. He died, and died amid dis
couragements, and went home to God,
for no one ever doubted that John Vre
denburgh was a good Christian minister.
A little while after his death there
came great awakening in SomervilIe,
and one Sabbath 200 souls stood up
at the Christian altar cspousing the
cause of Christ, among them my own
father and mother. And what was pc
culiar in regard to nearly all of those
200 souls was that they dated their re-
ligious impressions from the ministry
of John yredenburgh Will that good
Christian man before the throne of
God never meet those souls brought to
Christ through his instrumentalityf
Oh, Of course he will know them. |
remember one Sabbath afternoon,
borne down with the sense of my sins
and knowing not God, l took up Dodd-
ridges Rise and Progress" Oh, what
Il dark afternoon it was and read the
chapters, and read the prayers, and |
tried to make the prayers my own Oh,
/ must see Philip Doddridgc. a glori-
Gus old book he wrote 1t is out of
fashion now.
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN.
There is a mother before the throne
of God You say her joy is full. Is itl
You say there can be no augmentation
of it. Cannot there be! Her son WIS
u wanderer and vagabond on the
earth when that good mother died.
He broke her old heart. She died
leaving him in the wilderness of sin.
She is before the throne Of God now
Years pass and that son repents of his
crimes and gives his heart to God, and
becomes a useful Christian, and dies
and enters the gates of heaven. You
tell mo that that mothers Joy cannot
be augmented Let them confront
each other The son and the mother
"Oh." she says To the angels Of God.
''reioice with me- Tie dead is alive
again and the lost Is found. Hallelu
iah! ! never expected to see this lost
one come back" The Bible says ma
tions are 10 be born in day. When
China comes to God will it not know
DIR. Abeell When India comes will it
not know DR.. John Scudder! When
the Indians come TO God will they not
know David Brainadl
see soul entering heaven at last
with covered face at the idea that it
has done so little for Christ, and feeling
borne down with unworthiness, and it
says TO itself. II hdye no right to be
here" A voice from Il throne says,
"Oh, you forget that Sunday school
class you invited to Christ. l was one
of them" And another voice says,
You forget that poor man to whom
you gave a loaf of bread and told OF
the heasenly bread. was that man"
And another one says, You forget that
sick one to whom you gave medicine
for the body and the soul. was that
one" And then Christ, from Il throne
ovcrtoppingall the rest, will say, "Inas-
uuch Us We did it to one of the least of
these, You did it To me. And then
the ser;pils will take their harps from
the side of the throne and cry, What
song shall il beF' And Christ, bending
over the harpers, shall say, lit shall be
the Harvest Home. ,"
CONFIRMED IL THIS WORLD.
One more reason why l ain disposed
to accept this doctrine Of future recog-
milton Is that 80 many in their last hour
on earth have confirmed this theory.
I speak not of persons who have been
delirious in their last moment and
kneu not what thny wore about. but of