The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-31

door of heaven. But there He stands
no more disturbed by the fall of u
kingdom than the dropping of leaf,
no more excited by the rising of a
throne than the bursting of a bud,
the falling Of a (lcluge than the trick
ling of a raindrop. Earthly royalty
clutches ncrvousiy it's sceptre and
waits i'll suspense the will of inhamed
subjects and the crown is tossed
from one family to another. But
above all earthly vicissitude and the
assault Of human passions, IN un-
shaken security stands tho King of
Kings, watching all the affairs of His
empire from the introduction of TN
era to the counting of the hairs of
your head.
Again: / learn from the fact that
door i'll heaven is opened, that there
IS Il way of entrance for our prayers
anI of cgrcss for divine blessings. It
does not seem that our weak voice
hHS strength enough to climb up to
Gods ear. Shall not our prayer be
lost i'll The clouds? Have words
wings! The truth is plain: Heavens
door IS wide open to receive every
prayer. Must it not be loud? Ought
it not to ring up with the strength of
stout lungs! Must it not be u loud
Gall, such as drowning men utter or
IKE the shout of some chieftain in
the battle! No; II whisper is as good
as Il ShoVt, and the mere wish of the
Soul N profound silence il as good as
whisper. 1t rises just as high and
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But ought not prayer be made up
OF golden words if it is to enter such
splendid door and live beside ser
aphim and archaugeR. Ought not
every phrase be rounded into Dcrfec-
ton, ought not the language be musi-
""l, and classic, and poetic, and rho
!oricaR No, the most illitcratc out
cry, the nniointcd petition, the clumsy
phrase. the sentence breaking into
grammatical hlundcrs, an unwordcd
Groan, IS Just as ctlrctual if it be the
uttcrancc Of the souls want. 4
heart all covered up with garlands of
thought would be no attraction to
God, bat i heart broken and con
IKE, that IS the acceptable sacrifice.
Il know that my Rcdeemcr livoth,"
r!SlnE up III the Mighty harmony Of a
musical academy may ovcrpowcr our
car AMI heart, but it will not reach
the car Of God like the broken voiced
hymn of some sufferer amid rags and
d2Snlation looking up trustfully to
SaElo"rS compassion, singing amid
t"Hl% ans! pnnSs, II know that my
R"Iccmor livcth."
/ suppose that there VAS more
rhetoric and classic elegance in the
prayers Of the Phariscc than Of the
publican, but YOU know which was
You may kncel with
complete elegance OH some soft
cushion at an altar of ulabastcr. anI
III. Ter IL prayer Of AIiltonic sublim:ty.
but nrithcr your graceful posture nor
thc roll OF your blank verse will at
tract heavenly attention, while over
humc dark cellar in which Il Chris
tan paupcr is prostratc i'll the straw
"!.i:oe!S EnLdd f:Om their thY0nes and
cry one TO another: "Bchold, he
pI:,$,s!" Through this open door of
heaven what a long procession Of
uaNyrn is continually passing. What
thlnnHsivmss. What confessions.
What intcrccHSions. What ,bcsecch-
in@: And behold IL door was open
cd III heaven.
Again: The door of heaven is
opened TO allow us the opportunity
o; looking in. Christ, when he came
FROM heaven to Bethlehem, left it
open. and no one since has dared to
shat il. Matthew threw it still wider
open wien he came to write, and
Paul pushed the door farther back
when he spoke Of the glory to be re
vna,rl; and John in Revelation actu-
ally points us to the harps and the
waters. and the crowns, and the
thrones.
It is wide open enough to sec
Christ. Behold him, the chiefamone
ten thousands, all the hammered pomp
OF heaven at his feet With your en-
k,nIlod faith look up along these
ranks OF glory. Watch how their
palms wave and hcarhow their voices
ring. + foods clapping their hands, |
streets cleaning with gold. uncount-
ru mu.I,;uics ever accommodating in
number AMI ever rising up into glad.
der h"N1nna&. Ii You cannot stand
10 look upon that Joy Tor 1T least one
hour, how could you endure to dwell
among it forever? You would wish
yourself out Of it in three days and
choose the earth again or any other
place where it was not always Sun |
day.
My hearcr in worldly prosperity,
afllucnt, honercd, healthy and happy,
look i'll upon that company of the re-
deemed, and see how the poor soul in
heaven is better off than you are,
brighter in apparel, richer in estate,
higher i'll power. Hearers, afflicted
and tried, look in through that open
door that YOU may see to what glad.
ness and glory you are coming, to
what life. TO what riches, to what
royalty. Hearers pleased to fascina-
ton with this world, gather up your
souls for one appreciative look upon
riches that never fly away, upon
health that never sickens, upon scep-
tres that never break, upon execpta-
tlons that are never disappointed.
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