Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-14
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@The crystal cannot equal i1y' ~,
But, my friends, tho chief transforming
power OF tho Gospel will not BE- Acen In this
world and not until heaven breaEs upon tho
soul then YOU will SEQ the crystals. on,
what magnificent setting for these jewels
of eternity! sometimes hear people rep.
resentiny Heaven in way that Is far from
attractive TO me. 1t seems almost avulgar
heaven as they represent 1t with great
blotches OF color and bands OF mu-
sic making u deafening racket. John rep
rescnts Heaven as eXquisllely beautiful.
Three crystals. In one place he says:
"uer light was like precious stone, clear
as crystal" In another place he says:
II saw pure river from under the throne,
clear as crystal" In another place he
saws: Before the throne there was sea
of glass clear az crystal" Three crystals!
John says crystal atmosphere. That means
health. Balm Of eternal june. What
w w,nd No " rosk o, IN" Storm sIoua.
breath OF that air will cure tho
worst tubercle. Crystal light on all the
leaves. Crystal light shimmerng on the
topaz Of the temples. Crystal light tossing
in tho plumcs of tho equestrlans OF heaven
equal it," John says crystal river. That
means Joy. Deep and ever rolling. Not
one drop Of the Thames or the Hudson or
the Rhine to soil it. Not one tear OF human
sorrow to smbitter it. Crystal, tho rain out
of which 1t was made. Crystal tue bed
its Infinite surface. But 1.-The crystal can.
not equal it," John says crystal sea. That
mean. mulutudinously vast. Vast in rap.
turc. Rapture vast as the sea, deep US ths
sea, strong as the sea, ever changing ~ the
sea-. Bllows Of light. Bllows OF beauty.
blue with skies that were never fathomcd
Arctlcs and Antarctics and Mediterranean
AsS in st,lt t,a
magniiircnce Three crystals. CIystal
light falling on crystal river. Crystal
RIVER rolling into \ crystal sea. But "tha
crystal cannot equal IT.
"oh," says come Que. ut is just tho doc.
trine want; God Is to do everything and
! am to do nothing" My brother, 1t is moi
the doctrine you want. The coal makes n Q
resistance. 1t hears the resurrection voice
IN tho mountain and IL comes to cry staliza.
ton, but your heart re,ists. The trouble
with you, my brother, ls, the coal wants to
stay coal. do not ask you to throw open
the door ana let Christ in. only ask that
Q. my friends, We viii have
to- get rid Of our sins: l
will have to get rid of your sins. What
will we do with our sins among the three
crystals? Tho crystal atmosphere would
display our pollution. The crystal river
would be 3efouled with our touch. The
crystal sea WOnlu Wnelm us with It's EliStcn-
IN. surge. Transformation now or no
transformation at all. Give sin full chance
in your heart and the transformation will
be downward instead Of upward. In.
stead Of a crystal 1t Will be q cin-
der. In the days of Carthage q Chris.
tan girl was condemned to die for
her faith, and a boat was bedaubed with tar
and pitch and filed with combustblcA and
set OH fire and tho Christian girl was placed
in the boat. and the wind was off shore and
the boat tloated away with its precious
treasure. No one can doubt that boat
landed at the shores Of Heaven. Sin wants
to put you in fiery boat and shove you off
in an opposite dlrecton-off from peace,
off from God. off from Heaven,
everastingly off; and tho port to.
ward which you would sail would
be port of darkness and the
guns that would greet you would DO the
guns OF despair, aud the flags that would
wave at your arrival would be the black
flags Of death. o, NV brother. you must
either kill sin or sin will kill you. 1t il no
| wild cxaggeration when l say that any ian
| or woman that wants to DO saved may be
saved. Tremendous choice! A thousand
| people are choosing this moment between
| salvation and destruction, between light
and darkness. between heaven and hell, be.
tween charred ruin aud glorious crystalli.
| zation.