The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10

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pie keep wondering when it is coming. 1t
has como. Thh lien and the lamb lie down
together, and - tiger eats straw like an OK.
l should like to have seen two of the
old -bigets,--1rith their swords, fight
ing through that great fire on Scher-
merhorn street last Sabbath. am
sure the swords would have melted, and they
who welded them have learned war nomore.
can never say a word against any other de
nomination of Christians. 1 thank God 1
never have been tempted to do it. I cannot
be sectarian l have been told I ought to
be, and I have tried to be, but l have not
enough material in me to make such
structure. Every time get the thing most
done, there comes fire, or something else,
and all is gone. The angels Of God shake out
on this air, GLORY to God in the highest
and on earth peace, good will toward men,"
l do not know but l see on the horizon the
first CLEAN Of the morning which shall unite
all denominations in one organization, dis
tinguished only by the locality as in apostolic
times. 1t was then the Church of Thyatira,
and the Church of Thessalonica. and the
Church Of Antioch, and the Church of LIodi-
cea. So do not know but that in the future
history, and not far off either, it may be sim
ply a distinction of locality, and not of creed,
as the Church of New York the Church of
Brooklyn, the Church Of Boston, the Church
of Charleston, the Church of Madras the
Church of Constantinople, the Church of
America
by dear brethren, we cannot afford to be
severely divided. Standing in front Of the
great foes OF our common Christianity, we
want to put ON the whole armor of God and
march down in solid column, shoulder to
shoulder one commander one triumph
The trumpet gives martial strain
o Israeli gid thee from the fight
Arise, the combat to maintain;
Arise and put thy foes to flight
We also feel reinforced by the thought
that we are on the way to a heaven that can
never burn down. Fires may sweep through
other eities-but am glad to know that the
New Jerusalem is fireproof. There will be
no engines rushing through those streets;
there will be no temples consumed in that
city. Coming to the doors Of that Church,
we viii find them open, resonent with songs,
and not cries Of fire Oh, my dear brother
aud sister if this short lane Of life
comes up so soon TO that blessed place, what
IS the use Of our worrying2 l have felt
good many times this last week like Father
Taylor, the sailor preacher. He got in
long sentence while he was preaching one
day, and lost himself, and could not find his
way out of the sentence. He stopped and
said: Brethren, have lost the nominat1ve
of this sentence, and things are generally
mixed up, but l am bound for the kingdom
anyhow"
And during this last " *, when saw the
rushing to anu fro and til exc, -emen., l said
TO myself: Il do not know just where we
shall start again, but I am bound for tine
kingdom anyhow l do not want TO go
Just yet l want to be pastor of this people
Until an about eighty nine years OF age,
but have sometimes thought that there are
such glories ahead that l may be persuaded
to 60 a little earlier--for instance, at eighty
two or three; but l really think that, if we
could have an appreciation Of what God has
in reserye for us we would want to 60,
stepufng right out of the Academy Of Music
into the glories Of the skies.
All that is good land Why, they tell
me that in shat land they never have heart
ache. They tell me that man might walk
FIVE hundred years in that land and never
see tear or hear g sigh. They tel me that
our friends who have left US and gone there
their feet are radiant as the sun, and that
they take hold Of the hand. of Jesus familiar
ly, and that they open that hand and see in
the palm OF it a healed wound that must
have been very cruel before it was healed
And they tell me that there is no winter
there, and that they never get hungry or
cold. and that the sewing girl never Wades
through the snow bank to her daily toll, and
that the clock never strikes twelve for the
night, but only twelve for the day
See that light in the window / wondow
who set it there ''Ohm you say: 'My
father that went into glory must have set
that light in the window No; guess
again. MY mother, who died fifteen years
ago in Jesus l think must have set that light
there No; guess again. You say my
darling little child, that last summer I put
away for the resurrection ] thioE sha n1la=-
have set that light there IN the window No;
guess again. Jesus set it there; and He
viii keep it burning until the
day we put our finger on tho
latch Of the door and go in to be at
home forever. OH when my sight gets black
in death, put on my eyelids that sweet ONT
ment. When in the last WEAKNESS cannot
take another step, just help me put my foot
on that doorsill When my ear catches no
more the voices of wife and child, let me go
right in, to have my deafness cured by the
stroke of the harDers whose fingers flY over
the strings with the anthems of the free.
Heaven never burns down. The fires of
the last day, that are already kndled in the
heart of the EARTH but are hidden because
God keeps down the hatches-those internal
fires will after a while break through the
crust, and the plains, and the mountains, and
the seas will be consumed, and the flames
will fling their long arms into the skies: but
all the terrors Of burning world viii do no
more harm to that heavenly temple than the
fires of the setting sun which zindle I'D the
window glass of the house on yOnder hill top
on, blessed mndi But 1 do not want to 20
there until I see the Brooklyn Tabernacle re-
built. You say, 'Will it be?n You might
as well ask meif the sun viii rise tomorrow
morning. Or if the next spring viii put gar
lands on its head. You and l 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 o thousand legs.
How did the Israelites get through the Red
Sea- I suppose somebody may have come
and said: There is no need of trying: you
viii get your feet wet; you will spoil your
clothes; you win drown yourselves. Who
ever Lid OF getting thIo @gh such a sea as
thatp How did they get through
itl Did they go back2 No. Did they
go to the right? No. Did they go TO
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 fill ity' Why,
have been wearing myself out for the last
sixteen years in trying to keep my voice in.
Give me room where l can preach the glories
of Christ and the grandeurs of heaven.
Forward We have to march on, breaking
down all bridges behind us, making retreat
impossible. Throw away your lnapsack if it
impedes your march. Keep your sword arm
while You may. No people ever had better
mission than you are sent on. Pr We your
SCI IS worthy. If l am not fit TO
be your leader, set me aside. The bright
est goal on earth that l eau think
OF IS country parsonage amidst the mount
aims But am not afraid to lead you. /
have some dollars: they are at your disposal.
have good physical health; it is yours as
long as it lasts. have enthusiasm of soul:
| viii not keep it back from your service. l
have some faith in God, and ! shall direct it
toward the rebuilding Of our now spiritual
house. Come on then. viii L., you.
Come on, ye aged men, not vet passed. over
Jordanl Give US onemore lift before you 20
into the promised land You men in middle
life, harness all your business faculties to
this enterprise. Young man, put the fire of
your soul into this work Let women conse-
crate their persuasiveness and persistence to
this cause. and they will be preparing bene-