Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-31

FAfE OK IH1kck "A no lANtsEA To LAfee-
There are, you know, exceptional
eases where birds have started too late,
and in the morning you have found
them dead on the snow And there are
those who have persisted half way be-
tween the world aud Christ. They
waited until the last sickness, when the
uInd was gone, or they were on the ex-
press tain going at forty miles an hour,
and they came % the bridge. and the
draw WAS up" and they Went down.
How long 10 repent and pray: Two
seconisi Two seconds To DO the work
II a lifetime and To prepare for the vast
eternity ia two seconds!
/ was reading Of an entertainment
gwen in d kings court. and there Were
musicians there with elaborate pieces OF
music. After awhile Mozart came and
began 10 play, and he had - blank piece
of paper before him, and the king taInil-
iarly looked over his shoulder and said:
What are you playing: | see no music
before YOU" And Mozart put his hand
on his brow, as much as TO say, Il am
improyising." II was very well for him,
UuNf Olls NY lAltltA1s VIC 12AAOb tARN-AA-
porize heaven. II we do not get pre-
pared in this world we viii never take
part in the orchestral harmonies of the
saved. Oh, that we We're as wise as the
crane and the stork, flying away, flying
away from the teInp-stl
Some of you have felt the pinching
frost Of sin. You feel it today. You
hat,,x- 4 Lob int fas.as
and | know you are not happy. There
are voices within your soul that Will not
be silenced, telling you that you are sim
ners and that without the pardon of God
you are undone forever What are You
going to do, my friends, with the ac-
cuinulated transgressions of this life
time? Will you stand still and let the
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 fiocks as God
has waited for you, saying: Il have loved
thee with an everlasting love! Come
unto me, all We 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, II have
moved" Why did you move? You say.
Il 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?
ITO eternity" Your mind goes back
through that last sickness, and through
| life, and through those prayers that
seemed unavailing, and through that kiss
which received no response because the
lips were hfeless, and l hear the bells
| tolling and hear the hearts breaking
while | speak l hear them break. A
heart! Another heart! 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, l have noticed again and
/ again what botch this world makes
of it when it tries to comfort a
soul in trouble. Ii says, Don't cry!"
How can we help crying when the
| hearts treasures are scattered, and fla
Their is gone, and mother is gone, and
companions are gone, and the child is
gone, and everything seems gone?
IL is no comfort to tell a man not TO
cry. The world comes up and says,
"Oh, it is only the body Of your loved
one that you have put in the ground!'
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 bottle;
that the dear bodies of our loved ones
| shall rise radiant in the resurrection,
and all the breakings down here shall be
lifted mp there, and 'they shall hunger
no more, neither thirst DO more, neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any
! heat. for the Lamb which is in the midst
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
ohaffinch, or the stork, or the crane starts
on It's migration IL calls all those Of Its
kind 10 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. II gathers all of its kind. Oh,
that YOU might be as wise in this migra-
ton 10 heaven, and that you might
gather all your families and your friends
with you'll | would that Hannah might
take Samuel 10y the hand. and Abraham
might take Isaac, and Hagar might take
Ishmael
Start for heaven yourself. and take
your children with you. Come thou and
all thy house into the ark. Tell your
little ones that there ara realms of balm
and sweetness for all those who fy in
the night direction. Swifter than eagles
stroke put ont for heaven. Like the
crane or the stork. stop not night noT
day until you find the right place for
stopping.
To-day the Saviour calls.
We wanderers come.
Oh. Sc benighfed souls.
Why longer roamg
The Spirig calls today.
Yield to hi- power.
Oh grew. him raf ewav