The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-09-03

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be shut The swinging Of gate i'm
plies that cur entrance into heaven h
Conditional Ii l. not a monetary con
dition II wa come TO the door of an
exquisite ccucert we are not surprised
that we must pay fee, for We know
that fine earthly music Is expensive;
bat all the oratorios Of heaven cost
nothing
Heaven pays nothing for its music
II is ali free. There is nothing TO be
paid at that door for entrance, but the
condition OF getting into heaven l. ou
bringing our divine Benjamin along
With us. Do you notice how often
dying people cali upon Jesusl II Is the
usual prayer oTered-the prayer offered
more than all the othe: prayers put to
gether-'Lord jesus, receive my spirit {"
One Of our congregation, when asked
In the closing moments of bis life, DC
you know usT said; ''Oh, yes, know
you God bless you. Goodby. Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit" and he was
gone. Oh, yes, in the closing moments
OF our life we must have Christ 10
call upon.
no SALVATION OUT OF CHRIST
II Jacobs sons had gone toward
Egypt, and had gone with the very
finest equipage, and had not taken Ben
1aInin along with them, and to the
question they should have been Obliged
to answer, ''Sir, VIC didn't bring him,
as father could not LET him 40; we
didn't want to be bothered with him, !"
a voice from within would have said:
go away from US. You shall not have
any OF this supply. You shall not see
my face because your brother Is not
with YOU" And If we come up toward
the door of heaven at last, though we
come from all luxuriance and bril-
iancy Of Surroundings, and knock for
admittance, and it is found that Christ
is not with uk the police of heaven viii
beat us back from the breadhouse.
saying, Depart, I never knew you"
IfJacob's sons, coming toward Egypt,
had lost everything on the way; If they
had expended their last shekel; If they
had come up utterly exhausted to the
corncribs of Egypt, and it had been
found that Benjamin was with them,
all the storehouses would have swung
open before them And so, though by
fatal casualty we may be ushered into
the eternal world; though we may be
weak and exhausted by protracted
sickness-if, in that last moment, we
can only Just stagger and faint and fall
into the gate Of heaven - it seems
that all the corncribs of heaven
will open for our need and all the
palaces will open for our reception;
and the Lord of that place, seated
at bis table, and all the angels OF
God seated at their table, and the
martyrs seated at their table, and
all our glorifled kindred seated at our
table, the king shall pass a portion from
his table to ours, and then, while We
think of the fact that it was Jesus who
started US on the road, and Jesus who
kept Us on the way, and Jesus who at
last gained admittance for our soul, we
shall be glad If he has seen of the trav-
all Of his soul and been satisfied, and
not be at all Jealous If it be found that
our divine Benjamin's mess is Ave times
larger than all the rest. Hail anointed
of the Lord. Thou art worthy
Ny friends, you see it is either Chris!
or famine II there were two banquets
| a-auanS- o-,a So or,o II tbo,r.- o,,l- We,
for good while as to which invitation
you had better accept; but here it i
feasting or starvation If it were {
choice between oratorios you nigh
say, II prefer the Creation or -
prefer the Messiah" But here it Is
choice between eternal harmony ant
everlasting discord. On, will you live
or die2 Will you start for the Egyptian
corncrib or will you perish amid th.
empty barns of the Canaanitish fam
inea ''Ye shall not see my face excep
your brother be with you"