Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-22
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We are building pyramids not to last
four Thousand years. but forty thou
sand, forty million, forty trillion, forty
quadrillion forty quintillion. For u
while we WELD the trowel or pound
with the hammer or measure with the
ynrd.sticls or write with the pen, or
eNI erimcnt with the scientific battery,
or plan with the brain, and for while
the foot walks and tho eye sees, and
the ear hears and the tongue speaks.
All the good words or bad words we
speak are spread out into one layer for
II pyramid. All the kind deeds or
malevolcnt deeds we do are spread out
In 20 another layer, All the Christian
or unchristian example we set is spread
out in another layer. All the indirect
influences of our lives are spread out
in another layer. Then the time soon
comes when we put down the implo-
ment OF toll and pass away,
but the pyramid stands.
Your business AMI mine In not to
build pyramid but To be one of the
hundreds OF thousands who shall ring
II towel, or pull rope or turn crank
OF u derrick, or cry ~ heavel" while
lifting auG Their block To its elevation.
Though It be seemingly n small work
and brief work, 1t is n work that
shall last forever In the last day
many man aud woman whose
work has never been recognized ON
earth will come to special honor.
The Ecumenical council, now in ses-
sion ut Washington, its delegates tho
honorcd representatives OF fifty mil
lion Methodi Is in all parts of
tho earth, will NJ every session
do honor to the memory of John
Wesley, but | wonder II any OF them
will think to twist u garland Tor tho
memory OF hum lc Peter Bonlcr, tho
Moraviun, who brought John Wesley
into the Kingdom Of God rejoice
that all the thousands who have been
toling on tho pyramid Of righteous
ness will ut last bo recognized and re-
wardcd--the mother who ,rought her
children To Christ the Sabbath school
teacher who brought her class TO lhe
knowledge of the truth, tho unpre-
tending man who saved n soul.
Then tho trowcl will be moro honorod
than the sceptre,
Further, carrying out the idea of my
text, the Pyramid Is u sign and u wit
ness that big tombston " AFRO not tho
best way of lSecpings ones self nuec-
tionatoty remembered. This Pyramid
still standing were built for s,pul-
,hrcs, all this great pilo of Y ante and
limestone by which we stand To day,
To cover the memory of dead king.
II was the great Westminster Abbey
OF the nncients, We
While there seems to be no practical
use Tor post mortem consideration later
than the tImo OF one n great grand
al, al M 40, lao I..
gotten as soon as tho obselules arc
over This pyramid which Isaiah says
u sign and u witness dem Jnstrates
that neither limestone nor red granite
are competent TO keep one ahect on
atcly remembered; neither can br, n o;
ncltlcr cun farian marble neither can
Aberdeen granite do the work. but
there IL some. hing out of which to-
build an everlasting monument and
tan will keep one ire bly, remembered
four thousand years; yea, for ever and
ever IL does not stand in marble
yards. 10 il not 10 Toe purchased at
mourning stores. Yet 10 IL TO 10 .ound
in every neigh borhood, plenty of 1t, in.
eNhaustible Quantities OF IT, II Is tho
grea est stun in tho universe To build
monuments out of | re,er TO tina
memories of those To wht IN We can do
II kindness, the memories OF those
whose trugglcs we may alleviate, the
memories oi those whose souls we may
save. All around Cairo and Memphis
there arc the remains of PYRAMIDS that
Aave gone down under the Wearing
away OF time, and this gr ut Pyramid
of which ISAIAH in the text speaks will
van sh If the wo,ld lasts long enough,
ana II the world does not last, then
with the earth's dissolution the Pyra.
mid will also dissolve but the memo
rics of those with whom we associate
are understandable. They will be more
vivid tho other side of the grave than
this side. II is possible for me TO do
YOU good and for YOU o do me u good
that will DO vivid in memory a mary
years after tine worla is burned up as
all the sands of the seashorc and all
the lea es Of the forest and all tho
grass blndes OF the field and all tho
5 ars OF heaven added together, and
that aggregate multiL lied by all tho
figures that all the book keepers OF all
time ever wrote.
That desire To be remem bered after
we are gone IL a divinely implanted
idea and not To- be crush out, but i
implore you, seek something better
than the naturalization of rock, or
bronze. or book. Put your, elf into
the eternity of those whom you help
for both worlds, tn $ and the next.
As in Egypt that December after.
noon, 1859, exhausted In body, mind
and soul, we mounted to return To
cairo. we took our last look OF the
PYRAMID at GiZch. And you know
there Is something in the air toward
evening that seems productive OF
solemn and tender emot on, and that
great Pyramid seemed to be humanized
and with lips of stone it seemed to
speak and cry out: Hear me, man.
mortal and immo tall My voice is the
voice of God lie designed me- Isaiah
said | would be- a sign and n witness.
saw Moses when he was q lad wit
messed the long procession of the Is
raelites as they started to cross
the Red sea and Pharaoh's
host in pursuit OF them. The
falcons and the eagles of many cen
turtles have brushed my brow. ! stood
here when Cleopatra's barge landed
with her sorceries, and Hypatia for her
virtues was slain in yonder streets.
Alexander the Great, Sesostris and
Ptolemy admired my proportions.
Herodotus and Pliny sounded my
praise. | am old, am very old For
thousands of years have watchedthe
coming and going of generations.
They tarry only little while. but taey
make everlaS ing impression. bear
on my side the mark of the trowel and
chi.el Of those who moe than four
thousand years ago expired. Beware
what you do. Oh, man! for what you do
will last long after you are dead II
you would be affectionately remem-
bered after you are gone. trust not to
any ca thly CONNIE moration. i have
not one word to say about any astron-
omer who studied the heavens from my
heights or any king who was sepul'
chred in my bosom, i am slowly
passing away. | am dying pyramid.
/ shall yet lie down in the dust of the
plain and the sands of the desert shall
cover me, or when the earth goes !
will GO But you are immortal The
feet with which you climbed my sides
tndov will turn IN dust but Won