Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-01-27

The one Il an imposition and III.
other IL full 81 hypocritea declare
would not trust one of those very
pious people further than I could SEQ
aim That II all he says. but he has
said enough Tho young men go back
10 their counters OF their shuttles aud
say within themselves; "wcll. he IL .
successful man and has probably
studied up the whole subject and 10
probably right" That one lying utter
ancc against Bibles and churches has
pa, I'VE young mon on the wrong track.
and though the influential mnn had
spoken only In half Jest the echo shall
como back to him I'm five ruined life.
times and hve destroyed eternitica
You see. tho echoes are nm o-tavc iowss
than he anticipated.
On the other hand. some rniuv dsv.
when thcrc are hardly any customers
the Christian merchant comes ont from
MS counting room and stands among
the Young men. who have nothing 10
do aud says: We'll. boys. thin In dull
day. but IL will clear OH after awhile.
There srs good many ups and downs
I'm busincss but there II an overruiing
Providcnec. Years ago made up nv
mind To trust God. and lie has always
seen mo through. I rcmembcy whom I
was your age had just come 10 town.
nnd the temptations OF city life gather.
cd around me. but resisted Tho fact
Ia thcrr were two old folks out ON
tho odd farm praying for mo, and I
Knew IL and somehow could not do as
some OF abe clerks did or go whore some
OF the clerks went tell you. boys. n
In beat always tn do right, and there 10
nothing To keep ono right like tho old
fashioned religion of Jesus Christ
John, whore did you 40 to church last
sunday? Henry, how ~ the Young
Mems Christian association prosper.
ingv About noon the rain cease. and
the sun comes out and tho clerks no /.
their places, and they shy within them
selves; well. no IN succcssful mcr-
chant and guess he know. ,xhnt no
Is talking about. and tho Christian re-
ligion must be- good thing God knows
want some help In this battle with
temptation aud sim"
The successful merchant who uttered
the kind words did not know how much
good he WINS doing, but tho ooho will
come back In i've lifctimes OF virtue
and usefulness. aud 1--we Christian death.
eeds and five Heavens. From all IN,
mountains OF rapture and all tho
mountains OF glory aud all the noun.
tains OF eternity. we will catch what
Ezekiel In my text styles tho sound.
Ing again of the mountains"
Yon, take "A step fucther In this sub
1ect and say that our own eternity will
oe rcverberation OF our own earthly
lifetime What we arc here we will be
there. only ON "a larger scale Dissolution
will tear down tho body and embank
IL but our faculties OF mind and soul
will 20 right ON without the hesitancv
of moment and without any change
except enlargement and naturalization.
There will be no NOR difference, than
between lion behind tho bars and
lion escaped into the fields--betwesp
an eagle In cage and m
eagle In the sky. Good hero, good
thcrci bad here. bad there. Time 4,
only n bedwarfcd eternity. Eternity
In only an enlarged time In thi, life
our soul is In dry dock. The momen,
we leave this life we are launched 10,
our great voyage. and we shall sail on
for centuries quintillion: but tho shin
does not change its fundamental struc-
turc after IL gets out OF the dry dock, IA
'NT NV pass iFbH orig 10 echOOnof. or
from schooner To man-of.war What
we are when we are launched from this
world. we will be- In tho world IA
come o, Cod by Thy covering and
sanctifyinR spirit, make ua right here
and now, that we may be right for
ever.
We'll, says some one. ''this idea OF
moral, spiritual and eternal echo is now
to me- IL there not some way of stop.
ping this ccho?' My answer IL: God
can, and He only" II IL IA a cheerful
echo, we do not want 10 stopped. II q
baleful echo. we would like 10, have Il
stopped. The hardest thing In this
world 10 do IL 20 stop AN echo Many
an Grafton has been spoiled and many
an orator COMPOUNDED by an ocho.
Costly churches, cathedrals, theater,
and music halls have been ruined by nm
echo. Architects have strung wires
across auditoriums 20 arrest the echo.
and hung upholstery against the walls.
hoping 10 entrap II. and hundreds oi
thousands Of dollars have been, expend-
ed In public buildings Of this country "a
keep the air from answering when n
ought 20 be quietI