Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-24

of your injured and Sighted Lord is not
all you have to fear, for there you will
meet all your tellow-travelers in the way /:
those from whom you have withheld
the wages which were their due. those
whom you have slanderouSly reported
unto others, those from whom you have
obtained goods under false pretenses
and never paid for them, and all those
to whom have been friend when pres
ent and when absent an enemy, all with
whom you have had any associations.
whether friendly or otherwise, all of
these you must meet in the light of eter-
nifty, whom we shall know as we are
known, with our memories all renewed
and all our past sins brought fresh to our
minds. Will you with Joy meet all those
who have been your neighbOrs here upon
earth? Nor is this all; we cannot in the
future world be reconciled to our enc
mics, neither to our God, for "as the tree
falletn so it must lie" | advocate no flu
ture probation. Hear what the word of
God saith rev. xxi ID "IIe that is I'M
just, let him be unjust still; and he which
is filthy, let him he filthy still; and he
that Is righteous. let him be righteous
still; and he that is holy. let him be holy
still" Now. Notwithstanding all the ter
rors of this Judgment day. and although
millions have gone from the earth whose
probation is ended, yet there is still an
opportunity for you to come and be rec
onciled to God, as his mercy is not clean
gone forever. VIII you improve this OPP
portunity? VIII you come now: If your
souls welfare were left with a neighbor
to secure, would you rest satisfied while
he was as careless of its salvation as you
are: Can you go to your couch tonight.
rest you head upon your pillow and 90 to
sleep careless and Indifferent as you al
ways have done, while all these dangers
await you, when God hath said, To-day
If We will hear my voice harden not your
hearts, not knowing but he will say,
"This night shall thy soul be required of
thee:
We come now, thirdly, to consider this
word come in new sense aud under DIFF
ferent circumstances than heretofore.
This being the consummation of all the
invitations He has given, God has by His
spirit and through His Son, Jesus Christ,
been calling sinners to come and be rec
onciled to Him, and inviting His children
to partake of and enjoy the temporal and
spiritual blessings which all through His
word are promised to His followers in
this life. with the hope of immortal life
beyond. We have considered the great
iudgment-day, the trial and the .epara-
ton. The Son of man hath divided the
sheep from the goats; The sheep are
placed upon his right hand. which is a
place of honor, while the left IS a place
of dishonor and shame. Those on the
right hand have come through the exam
ination all safe and have the wedding
tra an oil l,o1 u,
the blood of the Lamb. and are recognized
As His children. They are not weighed
in the balances and found wanting. but
are accepted and have their clearance pa
pers. These are they which are arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white, for the
linen is the righteousness of saints.
Among these will be found Noah, Abra-
ham, EnOch and ElaWh with David and
Samuel and all those Old Testament wor-
thes, and in the New there was John the
Baptist who was beheaded for reproving
the king for sins which he had commit
ted,and stephen, who was stoned to death
because he looked up into heaven and saw
the son of man standing at the right hand
of God. Then there was Paul. who
fought the good fight of faith and looked
forward to the crown of righteous
that awaiteth him, with John. the be-
loved disciple. who was banshed to the
Isle of Patmos. where he was in the Spir-
it on the Lords day when he saw the
Lamb that was able to take the book that
hath seven seals that no man i'm heaven
nor in earth, ncither under the earth, was
able to open, and he saw him open the
seals thereof and give Us such glimpse,
as he does of the world above. Th, same
John will be there. and all those holy
women that miniStered unto our saviour
down to the poor widow who cast into
the treasury her two mites. and 80 down
to the present time. all who are perSe
cuted for righteousness sake: the meek
and the humble. the lOWlV esteemed
among men who are rich i'm faith TOWARD
God. These shall all be there among tina
number, and to these shall Jesus say
Come, see, Here are the mansions
told you of; | have prepared them fOl
you and now come to receive you into
them. Now let Us hear what John say:
of these mansions (Rev. xxi: lO-23)
And he carried me away in the spirit tC
a great and high mountain, and >heWet
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem
descending out of heaven from God: hay
ing the glory of God, and her light wa,
like unto Il stone most precious, even lik,
"A jasper stone, clear as crystal: and haC
Il wall great and high, and had twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels and
names written thereon which are the
names of the twelve tribes of the children
of Israel; on the east three gates. on the
north three gates, on the south three
gates, and on the west three gates and
the wall of the city had twelve founda
tons and in them the names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb; and he that talked
with me had a golden reed to measure the
city and the gates thereof and the wal
thereof; and the city lieth four-square
and the length is as large as the breadth
and he measured the city with the reed
twelve thousand furlongs the length, and
breadth and the height of it are equal
and he measured the wall thereof an hun.
dred and forty and four cubits, according
to the measure of man, that is.
of the angel; and the building of the
wall of it was jasper, and the city
was pure gold like unto clear glass
And the foundations of the walls of the
city were garnished with all manner OF
prppiouS Stonas Tho fret founIa