The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-23
midnight mission, aud as she listens to that
song she hears: W ''"'

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pavement OF he'll" God says MY .laurhte,
my SINS are forgiven thee; go in peace
Now all the four to" els Of heaven strike
slivery chime, and they Nho pass through tn
ce!esuai streets say wv hats that? Why, tn
worst SINNER must have been saved Hear ri
= we ioar towers ring. and ring, and ring.
il ana 'here Is JOY in heaven among the ange,
@ o. 900 over one sinner tia: repantoth."
: Wy subject impressos yen, I think, with tl,t
= tnonght that it is possible for us to auemen
5 tie happiness of heaven. People think tha
u souls before the throne are as happv as they
r can be- | deny it. Look at that mother be-
. iore the throne Of God. When she died she
lo.s Eer sou IN this world vagabond. That
Hod. The report OF that salvation has reached
heaven. DO you tell me that mother be-
lore the throne of God has not her iov
richly augmented? There is many man in
. this house today who could 20 out with torch
, anu kindie new bonfire of victory on the hills
, OF heaven. Ifyou would this day repent and
come to God. the nows of your salvation would
teach heaven, and then. bark! to the shout OF
the ransomed. Your little child went away
from You into the good land. While she was
mere you brought her all kinds of beautiful
presents Sometimes you came homo at night
1aii with your pockets full of gifts for her and
no sooner did you put your night key into the
iatch than she began at you, saying Gather,
what have you brought me?" She is now be-
tore the throne of God. Can You bring her
glft today? You may: Coming to Christ and
throne OF God and your child will hear of it.
what gift for her soul today! She will
snip with new gladness the everlasting
| hills when she hears oft
was at Sharpsburg during the war, and one
day saw sergeant dash past on a lathered
morse, the blood dripping from the spurs I
| SAID: mat sergeant must be going on very
important message he must be carrying very
inportant dispatch, or he wouldn't ride like
| that " Here are two angels OF God fitting
! through the house. fitting toward the throne
| on quick dispatch What is the news? Carry
ing up the story of souls repentant and for
! gwen, Carrying the news TO the throne Of God
| carrying tho news TO your kindred who are
| forever saved. D there is ioy in heaven
among the angels of God over one sinner that
fepenseth And suppose this whole audience
should turn to the Lord? Heaven would be
flied with dOxolo9ies. O heaven beat with
all thy hammers, that the rock NAV break. O
heaven, strike with all thy cleaning swords.
That orr Souls may be free. I was reading of !
King who, after gaining great victory said |
to his army: mo no shouting: let everything |
dc III quiet; 10 shouting" But if this hour |
your soul should come 10 God, nothing could |
stop the shouting of the armies of God before
the throne; there IS joy in heaven among the
aGgei5 OF God over one SINNER THAI repenteth."
IN some families they keep a vacant chair and
vacant plate for the departed but If in some
OF your households you kept vacant chair
and vacant plate for those WHO have gone
away from you into tho next world, the vacant
trose which are occupied. / once said to Won
there are no vacant chairs in heaven; but I
recall that. Right beside your loved ono IN
that good land there is O vacant chair, not
made vacant by death, for death never enters
there; 1t is vacant chair for you. VIII you
take it?
Ny subject also impressos me with the idea
that heaven and earth are in close sympathy.
beopie talk Of heaven as though it were a
great way Off. They say it is hundreds of
thousands of miles before you get to tho first
star, and then you go hundreds of thousands
OF MI. es before you get to the second star.
ana Then 1t is millions OF milos before you
reach heaven They say heaven is the
center OF the universe and we are on the rim
OF TIC universe That is not tie idea OF my
ia8e: | thiak The heart of heayen beats very
time taken to traverse these y rass
hnforo you could reach that city, NO" II lsslN
or seven days. It used to be SIX weeks pe .4
YOU could voyage from here 10 lilVers'ooi' w"
you can 90 that distance III SIX OF seven u"s .L
And SO | measure the distance between earn
ana heaven, and find it is only fa3h. Ii -
one instant here, and another instant there IL
is very near today. DO you not feel the niealn
Of heaven on your lace? Chrst SaS? ~ olio
mace it is not twcnty-four hours distance
when he saws to the penitent thief, AlhS a''y,
This day, shalt thou be with mo Iii IafauiSo'
It is not day, it is not an honr, /, Is nov d
minute, it is not a second. -: 70" ne1l
heaven is TO earth. BY oceanic cable you sena@
assoIra As tits extensive to Scnd q mes
ta,%o yon COMPRESS great deal of meaning
in q few words Sometimes IN two WORDS Sou tah
mt vast meaning And Il seems TO noe tha' Cho
anoejs Of God who carry news from caf1i
- Icavon need to take up this hour, in regard !
&. z-our soul only two words in Crtef TO hihule
Win ciadness a.! the redeemed before me
throne only two words: "t%:heI s&Neo,
sro,hcr saved "son saved, daughter !
cod ;" Aud there is Joy in heaven among |
The ANGELS Of God over enc sinner t0i1' re-
pentcth.' IL, 49,, ;+ |
wv subject also impresses ne Wlth the iac1
thai tie salvation Of the soul Is O! NaaI IN
onrfance Ii vOu snould make %ZUO E)U TIE
YEAR. do you suppose that news "oaId he car
T.cd 10 heaven? It would nos be OF enough
importance or significance TO De c"1I'tI
Eeave!iward. If at the neAV tIuadTtl' i1
election you are made pE7SIucti' w t'' VIA la
States 10 you suppose that news YOU'D oe
c,rriad ia heaven? DO Nou suppose tnat tc
news of a revolution in france OF spain
would lie carried TO heaven? Iheao things
| are not Of enough importance p!t mere IS one
item that is sure 10 be carr'e" 1t'S the S2'Fa-
| t;o,, Of YOUR soul, it is of your repentance Oe-
fore Gcd.
The flying hoofs of Gods couriers clash
through the gates and tho neWs goes from gaze
| ia nansiou and from mansion to temple ana
! fro,,, tc,nrla 70 throne, and 'ther0 is Joy III
| heaven" among the Angels OF God over one
| sinner forgiven. It must be OF vast import
| arce to be of any moment III heaven, Your SAL
| walton, in that land where gia'heSSes are we
| common stones OF the hed are jasper, and en-
craIG, and chrysoprasus, and carhuhce' ana
sardonyx. Aud Yet, tho news OF youf Sa'N"-
| +,o, makes joy before the throne OF 'tcd
You remember years ago, a stage driEef IN
tic White mountains became very ieci'eSs,
lie had "a large number OF passengers on tiie
STAGE, and The stage Was drawn by SIX horses,
wild AID and he drove 5se n ~4h 'e s
i,rac;nus freight rolling down the elnbankineht,
and many we're Slain, but few were
saved. i suppose when tEey wrote n,o;.
hnwc' thew wrote with conGrat uiation at Their
roscue. The angels OF God loo! down ana
tley see men driving on the edge oil sfe 31
rrecipices of ruin and danser drawn nJ WlH,
, leaning, foaning and ugoverna"e pefl.S III
5 his lie. and if any shall! escape before they
capszo, do you not s"IP0se the "Hse's o. ro Ga
. Sin. sa cd from death, saved lroin HE'LL saved
| forever?
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