Milford chronicle., 1891-10-23
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text speaks VIII vanish If the world lasts
long enough; and IL the world does not
last, then with the earth's dissolution the
pvrarnid will also Dissolve But the mem
ories Of those with whom we associate are
indestructible. They will be more vivid
the other side Of the grave than this side.
It Is possible for me to do you good and
for You to do me IA good that will be vivid
in memory as many years after the world
Is burned up as all the sands Of the sea
shore. and all the leaves of the forest and
ali the grass blades of the field, and all the
stars OF heaven added together, and that
aggregate multiplied by all the figures
that all the bookkeepers Of all time ever
wrote.
That desire to be remembered after we
are gone is a diyinely implanted desire
and not to be crushed out, but; / implore
YOU, seek something better than the i'm
mortalization Of rock or bronze or book.
Put yourself into the eternity Of those
whom YOU help for both worlds, this and
the next. Comfort a hundred souls and
there will be through all the cycles OF eter-
nifty at least a hundred souls that will be
your monuments. A prominent member
Of this church was brought TO God by some
one saving TO her at the church door at
It be possible for that one 80 invited TO for
get the invitsri
A minister passing along the street every
dav looked up and smiled to a baby In the
window. The father and mother won.
dered who it was that thus pleasantly
erected their child. They found out that
he was the pastor Of church. They said,
ave must 60 and hear him preach" They
went and heard him and both were con-
verted TO God VIII there be any power
in fifty million years to erase from the
souls Of those parents the memory Of that
man VINO by his friendliness brought them
10 Godg Matthew Cranswick, an evangel-
ist. said that he had the names Of two hun
dred souls saved through his singing the
hymn, "Arise, my soul, ariseW Will any
Of those two hundred souls in all eternity
forget Matthew CranswickP VIII any Of
the four hundred and seventy-nine women
and children imprisoned at Lucknow, In
dia, waiting for massacre by the Sepoys,
forget HavelOck and Outram and Sir David
Beard, who broke in and effected their res
cueP
To some Of you who have loved and
served the Lord heaven. will be q great
pieture gallery of remembrance. Hosts Of
/ the gloriied will nevep 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 u shape that shall never weak
/ en- or fade During the course Of my min
| istry / have been intimately associated
I in Christian work with hundreds Of good
men and women.
! - l,,vr,rr r,feI mir r,orfroffc
more accurate and vivid than anything
that Rembrandt ever put on canvas; Faith
! er Grice. De Witt c. Moore, Father Voor
hees, L. p. Hopkins, William Stephens
| John Van Rensselaer,, Gasherie De Witt
Dr. Ward and hundreds of others, all Of
them gone put of this life, but ! hold the
memory Of them and will hold them for
ever. They cannot escape from me. viii
remember them just as they looked OF
earth, and l will remember many Of yor
after the earth has been an extinct plane
for ages infinite. Oh, what stuff the mem
ory is for monument buiidingl
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE
! As in Egypt that December afternoon
1889. exhausted in body. mind and soul
we mounted to return to Cairo, we tool
our last look Of the pyramid at Gizeh
And YOU know there is something in tn
air toward evening that seems productive
of solemn aud tender emotion, and tina
GREAT pyramid seemed to be humanize'
and with lips of stone it seemed to speal
and cry ont;
, Hear me, man, mortal and immortal
, Nv voice IS the voice of God. He designel
me. Isaiah said / would be a sign and
witness. saw Moses when he was lad
1 witnessed the long procession Of the Is
. raelites as they started to cross the he
sea and Pharaoh's host In pursuit of them
The falcons and the eagles Of many een
turies have brushed my brow. / stoo
> here when Cleopatra's barge landed wit
, her sorceries, and Hypatia for her virtue
was slain in Wonder streets. Alexander tn
p Great. Seostris aud Ptolemy admired m
I proportions. Herodotus and Pliny sound
: ed my praise / am old, I am very Ole
: For thousands Of years ! have watche
q the coming and going Of generations
t They tarry only a little while, but the
e make everlasting impression. bea
D on my side the mark Of the trOwel an
I chisel Of those who more than tou
e thousand years ago expired. Beware wha
e YOU do, oh, mani for what you do viii las
i long after you are deadl II you would z
n affeetjonately remembered after you AZ
q ! gone. UTllSL 4OH 70 AA EdANhAl loAAAA@AAe~s
z ton. I have not one word TO say abou
: anv astronomer who studied the heaven
I. from my heights, or any king who was sci
nlchered in my bosom. am slowly pas
4 ing away. am dying pyramid. sha
4 vet lie down In the dust Of the plain, an
= the sands of the desert shall cover me,
- when the earth goes / will go. But 70
. are I mortal The feet with which 20
! climbed my sides today will turn to dus
!. bat YOU have soul that will outlast n
:, and all my brotherhood Of pyramids. Lily
I for eternity Live for Godl With u
i shadows OF the evening now falling fro
T nv side, 1 pronounce upon you benedl
;; tion. Take it with you across the Med
- terranean. Take it with you across the A
y lantic. God only is great Let all Il
= earth keep silence before him. AmenF'
And then the lips Of granite hushed, al
If the great giant of masonry wrapped hir
is self again in the silence Of ages, and as
ie rode away in the gathering twilight, u
e, course Of sermons was projected.
wondrous Egypt Land of ancient pomp Al
er pride,
le Where Beauty walks by hoary Rum 8 slde'
st Where plenty reigns and still the seasons sni
m And rolls-rich gift Of GOd-exhaustless Nile