The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-11-04

8 waited until the last sickness, when the
$ mind was gone OF they were ON the ex-
press train going at forty miles an hour,
and they came to the bridge, and the
! "draw was up" and they went down.
: How long to repent and pray? Two
seconds Two seconds! To do the work
of lifetime and to prepare for the vast
eternity in two seconds!
l was reading of an entertainment
| given in kings court, and there were
musicians there with elaborate pieces of
music. After awhile Mozart came and
, began to play, and he had blank piece
of paper before him, and the king famil-
iarly looked over his shoulder and said:
"What are you playing? l see no music
before you" And Mozart put his hand
on his brow, as much as to say, II am
improvising." 1t was very well for him,
but, oh, my friends, we cannot extern
poriZe heaven! If we do not get pre-
pared in this world we will never take
part in the orchestral harmonies of the
saved. Oh, that we were as wise as the
crane and the stork, flying away, flying
away from the tempest!
Some of you have felt the pinching
frost of sin. You feel it today. You
are not happy. / look into your faces
and know you are not happy. There
are voices within your soul that will not
be silenced, telling you that you are sin
ners and that withoutthe pardon of God
you are undone forever. What are you
going to do, my friends, with the &C
cumulated transgressions of this life
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avalanche tumble over you? Oh, that
you would go away into the warm heart
of Gods mercy! The southern grove
redolent with magnolia and cactus,
never waited for northern focks as God
has waited for you, saying: 81 have loved
thee with an everlasting love? Come
unto me, all ye who are weary and
heavy laden, and will give you rest"
SORROW WARNS US TO PREPARE.
Another frost is bidding you away
it is the frost of sorrow. Where do you
live now? "Oh," you say, 81 have
moved" Why did you move? You say.
81 don't want as large house now as
formerly" Why do you not want as
large house? You say, "My family is
not so large" Where have they gone?
"To eternity" Your mind goes back
through that last sickness, and through
the almost supernatural effort to save
life, and through those prayers that
seemed unavailing, and through that kiss
which received no response because the
lips were lifeless, and I hear the bells
tolling and hear the hearts breaking
while l speak l hear them break. A
heart! Another hearth Alone, alone.
alone!
This world, which in your girlhood |
and boyhood was sunshine, is cold now,
and, oh, weary dove, you fly around this
world as though you would like to stay,
when the wind, and the frost, and the
blackening clouds would bid you away
into the heart of an all comforting
God! Oh, have noticed again and
again what botch this world makes
of it when it tries to comfort a
soul in trouble! 1t says, "Don't cryr'
How can we help crying when the
hearts treasures are scattered, and ia
Their is gone, and mother is gone, and
companions are gone, and the child is
gone, and everything seems gomez
1t is no comfort to tell man not to
cry. The world comes up and says,
ooh, it is only the body of your loved
one that you have put in the groundw
But there is no comfort in that. That
body is precious. Shall we never put
our hand in that hand again, and shall
we never see that sweet face again?
Away with your heartlessness, oh, world
But come, Jesus! and tell us that when
the tears fall they fall into Gods bortle;
that the dear bodies of our loved ones
shall rise radiant in the resurrection,
and all the breakings down here shall be
lifted up there, and "they shall hunger
no more, neither thirst no more, neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any
of the throne shall lead them to living
fountains of water, and God shall wipe
all tears from their eyes"
You may have noticed that when the
chaffinch, or the stork, or the crane starts
on its migration it calls all those of its
kind to come too. The tree tops are full
of chirp and whistle and carol and the
long roll call. The bird does not start &
off alone. 1t gathers all of it's kind Oh
that you might be as wise in this migra-
ton to heaven, and that you might
gather all your families and your friends !
with you! | would that Hannah might I
take Samuel by the hand, and Abraham 1
might take Isaac, and Hagar might take '
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Start for heaven yourself, and take /
your children with you. Come thou and !
all thy house into the ark. Tell your q
little ones that there are realms of balm
and sweetness for all those who fly in Z
the right direction. Swifter than eagles g
stroke put out for heaven. Like the Il
crane or the stork, stop not night nor s
day until you find the right place fol {
stopping.
Today the Saviour calls, .
We wanderers come. s.
Oh, ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam? "
The Spirit calls today, v
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