The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
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| the most illiterate outcry, the unjointed pc
tition, the clumsy phrase, the sentence break
ing into grammatical blunderS an unwordei
groan Is just as effectualif IL be the utteranco
| 81 the souls want A heart all covered up
with gariands or thoughts would be no attrac-
tion TO God, but n heart broken aud contrito
that is the acceptable sacrifice. II know
that my Rcdeemer liveth, rising up in the
| mighty harmony OF a musical academy. may
| overpower our ear and heart but IL will not
roach the ear OF God like the broken voiced
hymn OF some sufferer amid rags and desc
| iauion LOOKING up trustruLy TO n Saviour's
compassion, singing amid tears and pangs,
| 81 know that my Redeemer liveth."
suppose that there was more rhetoric
and classic elegance In tho prayers of tho
Phnrisee than OF the publican, but You know
which was successful. You may knecl with
| complete elegance on some soft cushion at an
| altar OF alabaster and utter n prayer OF Mil
tonic sublimity, but neither your graceful
posture nor the roll OF your blank verse will
attract heavenly attention. while over sons
dark cellar IN which Christian pauper is
| prostrate in the straw angels bend from
their thrones and cry one 10 another; "Be.
hold, he praySp Through this open door OF
| heaven what long procession of PRAYERS il
continually passingl What thanksgiyings,
What confessions What intercessionsl
What besccchingsl "And behold door was
| opened Ia heaven"
Again. the door OF heaven Is op,nol % nj.
when He came from heaven ~ Bethany left IL
, open, and no ono sine, has d1rel - shut It,
| Matthew threw II still wider open when he
| came 70 write and Paul pushel ths door
| further back when hs spoke OF tho glory tp b5
revealed, and John in Revelation actually
waters, and tho crowns anl th,
| thrones. There are prJfouil myst,ri,s
about that blessed place thit W. ctnn 1t
solve. But look throug gh this wilo op'n dor
OF heaven and sea what you can So. col
| means Us 81 look and catch up now 80 ne
| thing of the rapture AMI attune our hearts
To its worship
| 1t is wide open enough 90 So Christ D..
| hold Him, the Chief among t.n thpusiul all
| the bauucrel pomp ot hsiy,n at III, feet.
| With your eukndle faith lo,k m n,n". {.
these ranks OF glory. Watch how their
| palms wave, and hear how their voices ring
| Floods clapping their hands, streets gleam.
| ing with gold, uncounted mutitudcS ever
| nccumulating in number and ever rising up
| into glndder hosnnnas. IL YOU cannot stand
| to look upon that JOY FOR at least one hour
how could you endure to dwell among it for
ever? You would wish yourself out of IL iR
| three days, aud choose the earth gain or
any othor pac, whore it was not always
| Sunday.
| My hearer in worldly prosperity, aHlucnt.
honorcl, healthy AMI happy, look in upon
| that company OF the rclecme |, and scs how
the poor soul in heaven is better of than
| You are brighter In apparel richer ia estate.
| higher in power. Hearers afflicted and
tried, look in through that open door, that
| you may see to what glndness aud glory you
are coming to what life, 10 what royalty
Hearers pleased 10 fascination with this
world; :ather u? your souls Tor on H. ap,!nIrc,-
| upon health that never Sickens upon Scepteri
that never break, upon expectations that are
never disappointed. Look in and sec il
| there are not enough crowns 10 pay us for
all our battles, enough rest TO relieve all our
fatigues, enough living fountains % qucnch
| all our thirst, enough glory to dash out for
| ever and ever all earth'S signing and restless
ness and darkness. Battles ended, tearI
wiped away, thrones pluckcd from the
bosoms, stabs healed the tomb rivcn-what
scene To look upon!
Again, the door of heaven stands opcn for
the Christians final entrance. Death TO the
righteous is not climbing high walls or ford
ing deep rivers, but IL is entering an open
door. IL you ever visit the old homestead
where you were born, and while father and
| mother are yet alive, as you go up the lane
| in front of the farm house and put your
hand on the door and lift the latch. do you
| shudder with fear? No. you arc glad TO en-
ter So your last sickness will be only the
lane in front of your Fathers house. from
which you hear the voic, of singing before
| you reach the door And DEATH that Is the
| lifting OF the latch before YOU enter, the
greetings and embraces OF tho innumerablo
family OF the righteous. Nay, there il no
latch, for John says the door is already open.
what n company OF spirits have already en-.
tered those portals, bright and shining
Souls released from the earthly prison house
how they shouted as thev went through
| Spirits that sped up from the flames OF mar
tyrdom, making heaven richer as they went
in, pouring their notes into the celestial har-
! mony.
Aud that door has not begun 10 shut Ii
redeemed by grace we all shall enter il. This
side OF 1t we have wept, but ON the other side
oil IL We shall never weep On this side we
may have grown sick with WEAKNESS. but
ON the other side of IL we shall be without
fatigue. On this side we bleed with the war
rior's wounds on the other side we shall wave
the victor's palm. When you think OF dying
| what makes your brow contract what makes
you breathe 50 deep sigh, What makes
you gloomy in passing n graveyard? Fol.
lower OF Christ, you have been thinking
that death is something terrible, the measur-
ing of lances with powerful antagonist.
the closiag in OF a conflict which may be your
| everlasting defeat. You do not want much
- think OF dying. Tho step beyond this
life seems so mysterious you dread the taking
Of IL. Why, who taught YOU this lesson
OF horrors Heavens door is wide open
and you step out OF your sick room into those
portals.
Not as long as n minute will elapse between
your departure and your arrival there. Not
half SO long rs the twinkling of an eye. Not
the millionth part of an instant. There Ia no
stumbling into darkness. There is no plung-
ing down into mysterious depths. The door
Is open. This instant you are here, the next
you are there. When vessel struck the
rocks of the French coast, while the crew
were clambering up the beach cage OF birds
in the ships cabin, awakened began 10 sing
most sweetly, and when the last man left the
vessel they were singing yet. Even so in the
last hour of our dissolution, when driven on
the coast Of the other world, may our disem-
barkation from this rough, tossing life bo
amid the eternal singing of "A thousand prom
ises OF deliverance and victory.
For ali repentlng and believing souls the
door OF heaven is now wide open the door
OF mercy, the door of comfort for the poor.
est as well rs for the wellthest, for tho out.
law as we'll as for the moralist, for Chinese
coolio as well rs his Emperor for tho Rus
sian boor rs well as the Car, for the Turl;
as well rs the Sultan Richer than all
wealth, more refreshing than all fountains
deeper than all depths higher than ali
heights and broader than all breaiths Is
the salvation OF Jesus Christ which press
upon your consideration Com all ye trav-
elors OF the desert under these palm trees
Oh, il | could gather before you that tre.