Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-28

I ,....- al, an your knees Better lay hold win
! ~ hands What YOU now leave undohe tor
| Owls, will forever be undone. This year thou
| shalt die! -, ,,,- ser,nor
sought for u text appropriate iof the o,.as'o a.,
1.hs,,.h, NJ taking one in job my days ny
| os weoyer's shuttle;" OF n text in the fsaims'
| &c ,e,ch rs 10. number our days that we may
| ,nn,v our hearts unto wisdom: OF the prayer
| -, rho yine-dresser: Lord, let ii alone TINS
Year nlso:r hut pressed upon my attention. hrs'
| nj all and last OF all, and above all "ero ING
| words This year thou shalt ule.
parh,ns il NAV mean me. Though in perfect
| health now. II does not take God one week 10
| hiring down the stronges; physical constitution.
| I do not want to die this year. we nave plans
| and projects on foot that l want 10 see COM
nlc,ed: but God knows best and he mas u
! shousa nd better men than 10 DO the worh ses
un1oue l have IL hope that, Notwithstanding
all nv sins and wanderings. l shall, throtGh
| the infinite mercy Of my SAVIOR come GU. a'
| the right place. have nothing 10 Drag Oh ~
| way Of Christian experience but TWO thlhSs
| have learned-lny utter helplessness before
! God and the all-abounding grace OF the Lofo
Jesus :. the text means some OF you, my
hearers do not want you to be caught I'M
prepared Iwould like to have you, either
through money you have laid up, or me IN
surunce,' be able to leave the world iechhs
. that your family need not become paupcrs.
not one dollars worth of estate you may con-
| Ndcutly trust the I4ora who hath promised 10
care for the widow and the fatherless
I would like TO have your soul fitted out
{ or eternity, so that II, any morning, or
! noon, or evening, or night OF these do
days, death should look in and ask, Are you
ready" you might, with an outburst OF Chris
trian triumph answer. "Ay ay! all ready"
know not what our last words may be. Lord
Chesterfield pridcd himself on his politeness,
and said in his last moment Give DayToiles u
/ chair" DR.. Adam. Il dying schoolmaster, said
( at grows dark. The boys may dismiss" Lord
! Tenterden supposng himself on the
| bench of u COURTROOM, said, in his
| last moment: "Gentle,uen of the jury yor
| will now consider your verdict" A dying play.
! actor said; Drop the curtain. The farce is
/ played out" | would rather have for my dying
words those OF one greater than Chesterfield
I or Dr. Adams, or Lord Tenterden: Il am now
( ready to be offered, and the timc.of my DEPART
urc is at hand. have fought good fight, l
have finished my course have kept the faith,
| henceforth there is land up for me crown Of
( righteousness, which the LORD, the righteous
Judge, shall give me-
The sooner the last hour comes the better II
we are lifted for entrance in the celestial world.
/ There is no cloc, in heaven, because 1t is an
| everlasting day: yet they keep an account OF
the passing years, because they are all the time
through heaven report how many times the
earth has turned on its axis and In that way
| the angels can keep q diary: and they say it is
| almost time now for father to come up, or for
mother to come up. Some day they see q
cohort leaving heaven. and they say, Whittier
oound:" and the answer is, ITO bring up a
| soul from earth" and the question is asked,
what soul" And q family circle in
heaven find that il is one Of their own num-
Der that is to be brought up, and they
come out TO watch, as on the beach we
now watch for a ship that Is TO bring our friends
! home After o while the cohort will heave in
sight, flying Eearer and nearer until with a
great clang the gates hoist and with an EN-
brace, wild with the ecstacy OF heaven, old
friends meet again Away with your stiff, for
NAL heaven! l want none OF II. Give me q
place OF infinite and eternal sociality. My feet
free from the clods of earth, shall bound tho
hills with gladness and break forth in laugh
OF triumph. Aha. aha! We weep now. but Their
We shall laugh. "Abraham's bosom" means thai
heaven has open arms to take US in. Now VT
fold our arms over our heart and tell The worlt
to stand back, as though our bosom was two
barred gate to keep the world out Heaves
stands not with folded arms. but with hear
open. 1t is "Abraham's BOSOM" 1 see
mother and her child meeting at the foot of thu
throne after some years absence. The child diet
twenty years ago, but it is child yet l thinl
the little ones who die will remain children
through all eternity. 1t would be no HEAVIER
without the little darlings. l d. no
want those that nre in heaven TO grow
up. We need their infant voices in the grea
song. And when we walk out in the fields o
light, we want them to run ahead and cal
their hands, and pick out the brightest OF thu
, field flowers. Yes. here is child and it
mother meeting. The child long in glory, tn
mother just arrived. How changed you are
my darling!' says the mother. YES say
the child, this is such happy place, an
. Jesus has taken such care OF me, an
, heaven is so kind, I got right over tn
fever with which died. The skies are SO fail
| mother! The flowers are SO sweet, mother
The temple is SO beautiful, mother. Come
take me up in your arms as you used to-. OF
r do not know how we shall stand the first da
in heaven DO you not think we will brea
, down in the song from over-delight? I ono
gave out in church The hymn,
. There is u land OF pure delight,
4. Where saints immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front Of the pulp
4 sang heartily the first verse, and then he sa
down weeping. I said to him aftcrwarl
= Father Linton, what made you cry over tina
= hymn He said II could not stand it'll
!. joys that are coming" When heaven rises ft
n the doxoiogy, cannot see how we can ris
r with it II all these waves OF everlasting deligl
r come upon the SOUL bllow Of Joy after billow
G JOY. Methinks Jesus would be enough for tn
= first day in heaven. yet here he approacht
with oil heaven at his back.
. But must close this sermon. This is Il
= last January TO some who are present. Y6
G have entered the year, but you will not clio!
8 it. Within these twelve months your eyes wi
8 shut for the last Sleep Other hands will plal
1 the Christmas tree. and give the New Year
Q congratulations. AS proclamation Of Joy
Q some, and - matter OF warning to others,
d leave In your ears these five words of one syll
Q I BILE each. "1his year thou shalt die!''