Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-19

a a. 70 wnves W ean co 3 aandnoss, the
memories q ehoss wkosc struggles Ne may
alisyias<, tbs asaories q thase whose
seals we n&y save.
An xrouad Cairo and Msnpkss taere are
the rssasirs CT pyramids that have gone
down aEder tas wearing away 81 tlxas. and
this great pyramid Of which Isaiah in the
text SPEAKS viii vanish IL the world ias.s
loag enough: aud Il the world decs ne.
lsst. then WITH The earth's dixseluf,oa the
pvre mid viii abe Dissolve. but the nem-
oriz< a th<se With whom we associate are
indestruesiblc. They will he wore VIVID
the OF her ssde Of the grave thar shis side.
Ii Is possible for me 20 DO you God and
for you 90 Dc me good that viii be vivid
Ia memory as many years after the world
Is harmed "a RS =. the saaas Of the sea
shore, and all the leaves Of the forest, and
Al the grass blades of the field, and all the
stars Of heaven added together, and that
aggregate multiplied by all the figures
thai all the bOokkeepers OF all time ever
wrote.
hat desire to Be remembered after we
are gone Is dlyinsly i'm planted desire
and nor TO be crushed out. bat, l impiors
you, seek something better than the i'm
Put yourself inso the eternity OF those
whom you help for both worlds. this and
the next. Comfort a hundred souls and
there will DO through ali the cycles Of e;er-
nifty at least a hundred souls that will be
your monuments. A prominent member
Of this church was brought to God by soms
one saying to her a. the church door at
the clese Of service, Come ssainr VIII
it be possible fer that one % invited to for
get the invis~rf
A minister passing along the street every
day looked up and smiled TO u baby in the
window. The father and mother won
dersd who il was that thus pleasantly
greeted their child. They found out that
he was the pastor Of church. They said.
I'VE must 60 aad bear him preach" They
wslt aad heard him and both were con-
verted to God. VIII there he any power
In fifty million years TO erase from the
souls Of these parents the memory Of that
man who By hs friendliness brought them
10 Godi Matthew Cranswick. an evangel-
ist, said that he had the names OF two hum
drod souls saved through bis singing the
hymn, "Arise, my soul, arise" Will any
OF those two hundred souls in all eternity
forget Matthew Cranswick, Will any OF
the four hundred and sevensy-nine women
and children imprisoned at Lucknow, In
dia, waiting for massacre by the Scpoys,
forget Hsvelock and Outram and Sir David
Beard, who broko in aud effected their res
cuei
To some Of you who have loved and
served the Lord heaven will be grea:
picture gallery Of remembrance. Hosts Of
the glorihed will never forget you. All,
that Is the way Of building monuments
that shall never feel the touch of decay.
do not ask you to suppress this natural de-
sire of being remembered after you are
gone but only want you to put your me-
MORALS into . shape that shall never weak
en- Or fade. During the course of my min
istry I have been intimately associated
In Christian work with hundreds Of good
mon and women.
Ny memory is hung with their portraits,
more accurate ard vivid than anything
that Rembrandt ever put on canvas: Faith
or Gricc, De Witt c. Moore, Father Voor-
hees. T. p. Hopkins, William Stephens.
John Van Rensselaer,, Gnsherie De Witt,
DR.. Ward and hundreds of others, all of
them gone out of this life, hut / hold the
memory of them and will hold them for
ever. They cannot escape from me. will
remember them just a. they looked on
earth, and | will remember many of you
after the earth has heen an extinct planet
for ages inanite. Oh, what stuff the mem
DRY is for monument building!
TIKI ErKRNAL PURPOSE
As in Egypt that December afternoon,
1850, exhausted IN body. mind and soul,
we mounted 70 return to Cairo, we took
our last lock 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 pyrs mid seemed to be humanized
and with lips OF stone it seemed to speak
and cry out:
Hear me, man, mortal and immortal!
My voice is the voice OF God. He designed
me. Isaiah said l would be sign and a
witnsss. saw Moses when he was lad.
witnessed the long procession of the Is
raelites ~ they started to cross the Red
seaand Pasraoh's host in pufsuit OF them.
The faicons end the eagles OF many CEN
turics have brushed my brow. l stood
hero when Clcopatra's barge lanGed with
her sorcrios, and Hypstia for her virtues
was slsin in yonder streets Alexander the
Great, Eeostis and Ptelemy admired my
proportions. ueroslotus and Pliny sound
cd my praise. am old, I am very old.
Tor thousands Of years ! hare watched
the coming and going OF generations.
They tarry only little while, but they
make everlasting impression. I hea-
on my side the mark Of the trowel aad
chissl o. thcsa who more than four
Thousand ycars ago e., .ced. Beware what
you do, oh, mani for Whit you do will Lass
lorx After you Ara dea6I n you would bs
afecnsnatsly remembered after you arc
gone. srcst not 70 my earthly con.nerorsl
tioo. have rot oas vrcrd 70 say about
any astronomer ~no stsdied the heavens
from my heights, ovnny king who was sop
ulchepsd in my bosom. am slowly pass
Ing away. lam dying pyrannid. shall
get lie down In the dust of the plain. and
tho snads Of the desert shall cover me. or
when tho earth goes will 70. But you
are immortal The fest with which yen
climbed my aides today Will turn TO dust,
bat ron have soul thas will outlast ms
ard all my brot ncrhood OF pyramids. Lave
for essrnisyi Live for God, With the
shadows III tbs evening now falling from
my side, pronounce upon ron henet,ic-
ton. Tske It With ron across the Medi-
terfAnsan. Take u with you across the At
lantio God only IL great lie. all tho
eastA ksss silence before him. Amenr'
And thea the lipe OF granite hushed, and
the greet giant OF masonry wrapped him.
seN again 10 she silsncs II ages. and m
rods away IN the gathering twilight. this