The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-03

when It is only the front OF the tra'n ID
which you are riding: and sometimes you
can hardly tell whether tbs train Is going
toward Pittsburg or toward raliadeiPnia,
but it is on the track, and it Will reaca tn'
depot for which it started, and all tne pas.
ss,,Ssrs win be discharged at the right
place. Now there are great many soarp
curves in life. Sometimes we seem to be
Going this way and sometimes we seem to be
Going that way, but il we are Christians we
are on the right track and we are going TO
come ont at the right place. Do not get
worried, then, about the sharp curve.
A sailing vessel starts from New York Tor
Glasgow. Does it 60 in straight lime:
Oh, no. It changes its track every little
while. Now you say, "This vessel, lnstead
of Going to Glasgow, must be going to
Have or it is going to Hamburg, or it is 90.
ing to Marseilles" No, no. 1t is going to
Glasgow. And in this voyage Of life we
often have to change our tack. One storm
blows us this way, and another storr-. blows
ms that way; but He who holds the winds In
His fist will bring us into a haven OF ever
lasting rest just at the right time. 10 not
worry, then, if you have to change tack.
One of the best things that ever happened
to Paul was being thrown Off his horse. one
of the best things that ever happened no 70
joseph was being thrown into the pit. ine
losing of his physical eyesight helped John
Milton to see the battle OF the angels. One
of the best things that ever happenea 70
Tonatius was being thrown to the wild beasts
in the Coliseum, and while eighty thousand
people were jeering at his religion ne
walked up to the fiercest Of all the lions and
looked him in the eye, as much as to say,
Here am. ready to be devoured for
Christ's sake"
All things work together for your COOL.
IT you walk the DESERT the mamma will fall
and the sea will part. If ths feverish torch
of sickness is kindled over your pillow, by
its light you can read the promises. If the
waves Of trouble dash high above your
girdle, across the blast and acrCss the surge
you can hear the promise, "When thou pass
eth through the waters will be with thee"
You never owned a glove, or a shoe, or q
hat, or a a coat more certainly than you own
all the frets and annoyances and exaspera-
tions of this life, and they are bound to work
out your present and your eternal good.
They are tue saws the hammers the files by
which you are to be hewn and cut and
smoothed for your eternal well being.
. Here is a vessel that goes along the coast;
it hugs the coast. The captain Of that
vessel seems chiefly anxious to keep the
paint on his ship from being marred or the
sails from being torn. w hen that vessel
comes to port, nobody looks on it with any
interest, But here is vessel that went
across the sea with vast product aud comes
in with vast importation sails patched,
masts splicei, pumps all working to keep
out the water: it has come through the
hurricane which has sunk twenty steamers.
The bronzed men are cheering among the
rigging. Now the mea.of-war anchored in
the harbor boom forth their welcome
through the portfolios.
So there are some Christians who are hav-
ing an easy time. 1t seems to them smooth
sailing all the way. When they get into
heaven there will be no excitement there
will be very few people who will ever find
out they are there; but those Christians who
have gone through hundred midnight hur-
ricanes-storm to the right OF them, storm
to the left OF them, storm all the way-when
they come up the harbor OF heaven, all tns
redeemed will turn out to greet them, and
bid them hail and welcome.
I 20 further, and tell you that the
Christian owns not o1ly this word, but he
owns the next world. No chasm to be
leaped, no desert to be crossed. There Is the
wall: there is the gate Of heaven. He owns
all on this side. Now, am going to show
YOU that he owns all on the other slde'
Death is not a ruffian that comes down 10
burn us out of house and home, destroying
the house OF the tabernacle, so that we
should be homeless forever. Oh, mol He Is
only black messenger who comes 70 tell US
it is time o move to tell US to get out OF
this hut and 20 up into the palace.
The Christian owns all heaven. "All are
yours Its palaces OF beauty, its towers OF
strength. its castles OF love. He will not
WALK in the eternal city as foreigner In
strange city, but as farmer walks over his
own premises. "All are yours" All the
mansions yours. Angels your companions.
Trees Of life your shade. Bills OF glory your
lookout. thrones Of heaven the place
where you will shout the triumph. Jesus Is
yours. God is yours. You look up into % the
look up into the face of Jesus and say, "My
brother"
Walk out upon the battlements OF heaven
and look off upon the city Of the sun. NO
tears. No sorrow No death. No smoke of toll
ing warehouse curling on the air. No voice
Of blasphemy thrilling through that bright,
clear Sabbath morning. No din OF strife jar,
ring the air. Then take out your deed and
remember that from throne to throne. and
from wall to wall, and from horizon to horl-
son "Au are yours"
Then get up into the temple Of the sun,
worshipers in white, each VITA palm
branch, and from high gallery OF that tenn
ple look down the thousands of thousands,
and the ten thousand times ten thousand,
and the one hundred and forty and four
thousand, and the great multitude that no
man can number" and louder than the rush
of the wheels, louder than the tramp OF the
redeemed, hear voice saying, "Au are
yours!'
See the great procession marching around
the throne OF God. Martyrs who went up
on wings of flame. Invalids who went up
from couches Of distress. Toilers who wen1
up from the workhouse, and the Factory,
and the mine. AL the suffering and the
bruised children OF God. See tns cnarlo5s OF
salvation: in them those who were more
than conuuerors. See them marching around
about the throne Of God forever and for
ever, and know that 'tall are yours"
Oye who have pains Of body that exhaust
YOUR strength and wear out your patience,
I hold before you this morning the la0d or
eternal health and Of impsrishab'e beauty,
and ''all is yours" 0 ye who have hard
work to get your daily bread, hard work to
shelter your children from the storm, 1 LIT
before YOU the vision of that land where they
never hunger, and they never thirst, anu
God feeds them, and robes cover them, and
the warmth of eternal love fills them, and all
that is yoursl
Oh, il there be any present who are yet
enemies of the Cross Of Christ, l beseech
them at once to be reconciled to God! ke-
member if you are not found among tnat
white robed army who follow the Saviour in
His victorious march. your part must ST. oe
with those concerning whom it ID said, THE
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven In
flaming fire. taking vengeance on those that
know not God and obey not the Gospel OF
our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the pres
ence of the Lord and from the glory OF Ills
power when He shall come to be glorifed In
His saints, and to be admired in all them
that believe"