The Penn's Grove record., 1891-09-18

oltdufO th0 Aht1AOA 49, - u ~ ~ lily
who said: Eat our O'Clock this aftsrnoonl
shall put q n end to my v sxistenoe.
Meanwhile, 1 must toll Cd up 70 that time
for the ~sustenance Of my family And he
wrote on his book until the clock struck
S S,sT,,. when sSa he fold'd Il. up oa his s "asT
concluded his earthly life. There are man
happy in the past, unhappy to-day. to be an
happy. forever. unless you come to this
Gospel well. This satisfies the soul with .
high, deep, sll-absorbing, and sternal
satisfaction. It comes and it o4srs the
most unfortunate man 30 much Of this
heaven into the bargain. The wealth Of
Crosus and of all the RothschiIds 4 only
q poor, miserable shilling compared With
the eternal fortunes that Christ oiers roo
to-day. In the far East there was 3 kiur WIN
1sed once a year to get on Q scales whfls On
the other side the scales wore placed euld
and silver and gems; indeed, enough were
at the close of the weighing, ali thcSs treas.
9res were thrown among the populacA
But Christ to-day steps on one ide The
scales, and on the other side are ali the trsas-
ures OF the universe, and he myp: IAN
are yours.an height Al depth, IL isnstht
We don't appreciate tho promises ii tie
Gospel. When an aged clergyman was
dying-a man very eminent In the church
e young theological STUDENT stood By his
side, and the aged man looksd up and aid
to him; "Can's you gtye me some comfort
man: Il can't talk to you on this subject;
you know all about II, and have Known Il %
long" SWELL" said the dying man. sJust
recite to me some PROMISES The young
man thought a moment and he cams to this
promise: 9TH blood Of Jesus Christ clssns-
afh frNrn all 4..n -nI A. 4 - 49,
his hands, and in his dying momsnt saidi
That's just the promise Ihaye been waiting
for. Th blood of Jesus Christ cieanseth
from all sin.'h Oh, the warmth, the gram
deur, the magnifsnce of the promisesf
Come. also, to this Gospel we'll an 70
escaped. Compare your view OF this Life
at fifteen years OF age with what your view
Of 1t Is at forty, or sixty, or seventy. What
3 great contrast Of opiniont Wers you
right then, or are you right nowf Two
cups placed In yonr hands. the one q
~ and a cup Of grief. Which has been tho
dearest to being full, and out Of which havs
you the more frequently partakeni What
= different place the Cemetery IL from
what 1t used to be. Once It was to
you q grand city Improvement, and you
went out on the pleasure excnrston, and
you ran laughingly up the mound, and
you criticised in q light way the epitaph.
But since the day when you heard the ball
toll at the gate as you went IN with the
procession, II is q sad place. and there 10 .
dood Of rushing memories that suffuse the
have had trouble trouble. tronble. God
only knows how much you have had. It 10
4 wonder you have been able to live through
1t. II Is a wonder your nervous system has
not been shattered and your brain has not
reeled. Trouble, trouble. III could gather
all the griefs, Of all sorts. from this great
audience and could put them ia M
dure the recitation. Wen, what
% you wanti Would you Ike to
Is a Christian man, II was becoming arro-
CANT, aud I think that is why the Lord took
back" Well, would you have your departed
friends back againf "No,n you say, 81
couIdpt AXE tbs responsibility Of bring
Ing them from . fearless realm to
. realm Of tears. couldn't
do il" We'll, then, what 90 You
cry out: "Comfort give US comfort For
that reason I have rolled away the stone
from the wells mouth. Come, all wound
cd of the flock, pursued by the wolves come
to the fountain where the Lords sick and
and bersft ones have some.
"Ah," says some one you ars not old
have not been in the world as long rs I have
and YOU can't talk to ma about my misfor.
tunes in the time Of old age.n We'll I have
been q great deal among old psopia and I
know how they feel about their failing
health, and about their departed
friends, and about the LONELINESS that some- d
times strikes through their soul. After
two persons have lived together for forty
or ffty years, and one Of them ii taken
away, what desolationi l shall not for
get the cry Of the late Rev. Dr.. De Witt OF
New York, when he stood BY. the open
sequies had ended, he looyed down into the
omen place n said: Farewell, my hon. |
ored. faithful and beloved wife. The bond
that bound us is severed. Thou art In glory, |
and / am here on earth. We shall meet
| again. FAREWELL Farewellr To lean ona
| under you! There were only two ysarS |
| difference between the deaths 1t my
| father and mother. After my mothers
| decease, my father used to 60 around as
| though looking for something; and he
would often get up from one room without
| and then he would take his cane and |
| start out, and some one would says sFath-
ar. where are you goingf' and he would /
answer: II don't know exactly where l
| am going.n Though he was . tender-heart-
ed man, ! never saw him CRY but one.
I AD1 IUuL "a db bhS eA&@ - 80 i
After sixty years living together it was hard
! TO part. And there are aged people to-day
who are feeling just such q pang a. that. III
! want to tell them there is perfect enchanb |
| ment in the promises Of this GospelS and ]
come to them and offer them mi arm, o. !
this Gospel well. Sit down, father,
or mother, sit down. See II there q
| ANYTHING at the well for you. Come, |
David, the Psalmist, have you anything |
| encouraging to offer thsmf yea" says
| the Psaimist; They shall still bring forth
| fruit in old age, they shall be fat and Aour-
| ishing; to show that the Lord Is upright; He
| is nv rock, and there Is no unrightsousness
| in Him. Come, Isaiah, have you anything
to say out Of your prophecies for these sged
| peopIes Eyes" says Isaiah; Down TO old
age am with thee, and 10 hoary hairs will
I Carry thee" Well, IL the Lord is going to
| carry you, you ought not to worry much
about your failing eyesight and failing
limbs.
But some one says, in the audience.
Notwithstanding all you have said this
morning, l find no alienation for my trou-
| bles." Well, l am not through yet. I
have left the most potent consideration for !
/ the last. | am going to soothe you with the |
| thought of heaven. However talkative we
may he, there will come a time when the
~stoutest and most emphatic Interrogation
| will evoke from us no answer. As soon as
we have closed our lips for the final silence
no power on earth can break that tacitur-
| pt.y, But where, o Christian, will be your |
spirit In a scene Of infinite giainess. The
| spring-morning of heaven waving its bios
SONS in the bright air. Victors fresh from
battle showing their scars. The rain OF
earthly sorrow struck through with tho
rainbow of eternal joy. In one group. God
and angels and the redesmed-Paul and
Silas. Latimer and Ridley. Isaiah and Jere-
miah, Payson and John Milton. Gabriel and
Micnael the archangel. Long lines Of Choir
listers reaching across the hills. Seas Of joy |
dashing TO the white beach. ~Conquerors
| marching from gate to gate. Yon among
them.
, Oh, what a great flock Of sheep God with
: gather around the celestial we'll. No stone
on the wells mouth, while the Shepherd
waters the sheep. There Jacob will rscog- \
nizs Rachel the shepherdessL And stand
ing on one side OF the we'll OF ster- /
nal rapture. Jour children; and standing J
on tue other side of the well OF etsr-
nal rupture, your Christian ancestry. you
win be bounded on all sides by q Joy %
keen aud grand that no other world has
ever been permitted to experience II. Out
Of that one deep we'll of heaven the