Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-09


your spsrisual bondswe.hu.s any ann.
ctatieni OF what is to coms. Yon
ready so-day TO answer. and II 80
you an,opportunity in,the midst of thts
asscmhlage. you would speak ON, ava
say i'm regard to tho discoveries ,,,,,.
have made OF the mercy. and The rra,.,.
and the goodness. ssThe half-the hai,.
was not told 10 mcr''
Well. we hear n good deal about ~.
good time that is coming in this ,vorls'
whcnis is to be girded with salva,,o-
Holiness on the bells OF the horsa.
Tho liens name patsod by tho hand IA.
n babe. Ships of Tarshish brinrir,
cargoes for Jesus. and the hard. drr
barren. winter-b BILE sched. storm-scarr.a
thunder-split rocks. breaking into f,ooa,
of bright water Deserts into " hich
demonstrates thrust their nos sr;ls
beoause they were afraid of the
simoon-deserts blooming into osrna.
don roses and silver tipped lilies
IL Ii the old story. Every body tells
IL. Isaiah told it. John told il. Paal tola
IL Ezekiel told e.. Luther told IL. Calvin
told it. John Milton tolS IL: everytodv
tells IL; and yct-and get whom tho.
midnight shall fly the halls, and, Chris,
shall marshal His great army, ana
China, dashinsc her idols into the dust
shall hear the voice of God and wheel
into line; and India, destroying her
juggernaut and snatchinv ny her little
children from the Gangcs. shall hens
the voice OF God and wheel into lire,
and vinc-coxcrcd Italy and all the a..
tons of the earth shall hsar the vosce
of God snd fall into linas then tho
church, which has been toiling and
struggling through the centuries, robal
and gariandcd like bride adorned 10,
her husband. shall put aside hsr veil
and look mp into the face. of hcr Lori
King and say: THE hah--the half was
not told me-"
Well thoro Is coming n greater sur.
prise 40 every Christian---a greater sur
prise than any thing have depicted
Heaven is an old story. Every bodv
talks about IT, THERE'S hardly n hymn
in the hymn book TINT does not refe,
to it. Children read about IL In thei,
SSobath-school book Aged men pu,
on their spectacles 10 study it. We
say IL is n harbor from the storm.
We call II our hosne
We say IL is the house of many man.
sions. We weave together all swee,
beautiful, delicate. exhilarant words
we weave them into letters and then
we spell 1t out in rose and lily and
amaranth. And yet that place is going
to be n surprise TO tho most Intelligent
Christian. Like the Queen OF Sheba
report has come To us from the
far country, and many of MS have
started. il Is n desert march, but wa
urge on tho camels- What though GU,
feet be blistered with the ways We
arc Fastening to the palace. We TAX.
all our loves, and hopes, and Christian
ambitions, rs franlSincerse and mvrrh
and cassia to the great king. We mus,
not rest We must not halt The nigh,
Is coming on, and IL is not safe out here
in tho desert Urge on the camels !
see the domcs against the sky, and the
houses of Lebanon, and the temples
and the gardens See the fountains
dance in the sun, and the gates flash NJ
t&ey open to let in the poor pilgrims
Send the word mp 10 the palace that
we are coming, and that we are weary
of the march of the desert
The king will come out and saw,
welcome to the palace; battle in
these waters; recline on these banks
Take this cinnamon and franl<ineense
andsmyhrr and put IL upon censor
and swing IL before the altar" And
yet, my friends, when Heaven bursts
upon MS IL will be greater surprise
than that--Jesus is the throne, and we
made like him. All our Christian friends
surrounding us in glory All our sor.
rows and tears and sins gone by for
everl The thousands OF thousands the
one hundred and forty and four thou
sand, the great multitudes that no mar
number, will cry, world without end
THE half-the half was not told usw