The Princeton union., 1891-10-29

man whose work has never been
recognized on earth will come to a.
special honor. The Ecumenical
/ Council, noWins session at Washing on,
It's delegates the honored representa-
tives. OF fifty million Methodists in all
i parts OF the earth, y Il at every SEES
sion do honor to the memory OF John
i Wesley but / wonder if any of them
will think to twist garland for the
memory of humble Peter Bohler, the
/ Moravlan, who brought john Wesley
into the Kingdom OF God. I rejoice
that all the Thousand who have been
toiling on the pyramid of righteous
ness will at last be recognized and
Irewarded-the mother who, brought
! her children to Christ, the Sabbath
teacher who brought her class to- the
knowledge of the TRUTH the umpire
tending nlala who saved asoul Then
i the trowel will be more honored than
| the scepter.
| Further, carrying out the idea of
my text, the pyramid is a. sign and a
! witness that big tombstones- are not
the best way of keeping one's, self
affectionately remembered. This
pyramid and the SO other pyramids
still standing were built for
sepulchres, all this great pile Of
granite and limestone BY which
we stand today to cover the memory
OF a dead king. Itwas thegreat West
minister Abbey Of the ancients. Some
say that Cheops was the king who
built thispyramid, ,fbut it is uncertain.
Who was Cheops, anyhow? All that
we know about him could be told in a
few sentences. The only thing certain
is that he was bad. and that.he shut
up the temples of worship and that he
was hated SO that the Egyptians were
glad when he was dead.
| SOME oF'1HE FINEST MONUMENTS
are over people that amounted to
nothing while they lived, while some
OF the worthiest men and women have
not had above them a stone big
enough to tell. their name. Joshua.
the greatest warrior the world. ever
saw, no monument; Moses, the great
est lawyer that ever lived, no monu-
lnent; Paul, the greatest preacher that
ever lived, no monument; Christ, the
savior OF the world and the rapture
of heaven, no monument Apyramid
over scoundrelly Cheops, but only a
shingle with a lead pencil epitaph over
a good mans grave. Some of the
finest obituaries have been printed
about the worst rascals. Today at
Brussels there is a pyramid of flowers
on the grave Of Boulanger, the notori-
GUS libertine. Yet it: is natural to
want to be remembered.
do not ask you to suppress this
natural desire of being remembered
after you are gone, but only want
you to put your memorials into a
shape that shall never weaken or fade
| AS in Egypt that December after
noon, 1889, exhausted in body, mind
and soul, we mounted to return to
Cairo, we took our last look of the
pyramid at Gizeh. And you know
there is something in the air toward
evening that seems, productive of
solemn and tender emotion, and that
! great pyramid seemed to be human
lied and with lips of fstone it seemed
to speak and cry out: 'eHear me, man,
! mortal and immortal! My voice is the
voice Of God. He designed me. Isaiah
said would be-a sign, and "a witness.
L saw Moses when he was a lad. I
witnessed thelong procession of the
lsraelltes as~theyi started to cross the
Red Sea and Rharaoh's host in pur-
suit of them. The falcons and the
eagles of many centuries have brushed
my brow. [ stood here when Cleo
patra's bargelanded with her sorcer-.
les, and; Hypat1a for her virtues was
| o1oir, IN, vyn,oIo,, c,%,, ~
the Great, Sesostris and Ptolemy ad-
mired my proportions. Herodotus
and PlintN sounded my praise. I am
very old. For, thousands of years [
have watched the coming and going of
generations. They tarry. only a little
while, but they make everlasting i'm
pressions, bear on my side the mark
OF the trowel and chisel of those who
more than four thousand years ago
expired.
BEWARE wHAriYoU DO, u" -
Oh, mani. for what you do will Hast
long after you.are dead! If you would
be affectionately remembered after
you are gone, trust not to any earth
ly cOmmemoration. l. have not one
word to say about any astronomer
who studied the heavens from my
heights or any king who was sepulch-
red in my bosom. I am slowly pass
ing away: / ann asdying pyramid. I
shall lie down in the dust of the plain
and the sands of the desert: shall COW,
er me, or when, the-earth. goes I will
go. But you are immortal. The,
feet with which,you,climbed my sides;
today will turn to dust, but you have
a souls that will out last me and ALL
my brotherhood offpyramids. Live
for eternity! Live for God! With
the shadows oftthe evening now falling
from my side, pronounce upon YOU
a benediction.. Take it with yous
across the Mediterranean. Take it
with, you. across the Atlantic. God
only is great! Let all the earth keep,
| silence before him. Alnen!" And than
the lips of the granite hushed, and the
| ofM Mo 4 l