Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22

Won are not on the right road That bridge
will break, those oyerhanging rocks VIII
fall. the ,iilsht will come down, leaving you
al the mercy Of The mountain bandits, and
az lie very next turn of the road yen wlii
perish But il you are really on this clean
road OF which ! have been speaking, then
you will step ever and anon 70 wash IN the
water that stands in the basin Of the eter-
nal rock. Aye, at almost every step OF the
Journey you will be crying out, create
within me clean hearth
II YOU have no such aspirations as tnat
il proves that YOU have mistaken your
way; and If you will only look up and see
the finger board above your head you may
read upon il the words, "There is way
that seemeth right unto man, but the END
thereof is death" Without holiness no
man shall see the Lord; and If you have
any idea that you can carry along your
sins. your lusts. your worldliness. and yet
get TO the end Of the Christian race you
are so awfully mistaken that, in the name
Of God, this morning shatter the delu-
sion.
Still further, the road spoken OF is
plain road The wayfaring men, though
fools. shall not err therein'-that IS, II a
man is three-fourths an idiot he can find
this road inst Ms well as if he were phi
losopher. The imbecile boy, the Imagining
stock of the street and followed by mob
hooting ut him, has only 70 knock once al
the gate of heaven and il swings open,
while there has been many man who can
lecture about pneuniatics and chemistry,
and tell the story of Faraday's theory oil
electrical polarization, and yet has been
shut out of heaven There has been many
man who stood in an observatory anu
swept the heavens with his telescope, ana
vet he has not been able 20 see the Morn
ing Star
MANY "A man has been familiar with al
the higher branches OF mathematics, ana
vet could not do the simple sum, W nat
shall il profit man If he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul'' Many
man has been fine reader Of tragedies and
poems, and yet could not read his title
clear TO mansions III the skies Many
man has botanized across the continent,
and yet did not know the Rose OF Sharon
and the Lily Of the Valley" But II one
shall come in the right spirit, asking the
way TO heaven, he viii find il plain way.
The pardon is plain. The peace is plain
Everything is plain.
HOW TO GET OF.
He who tries TO get ON the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching Will
get ON beautifully. He who goes through
philosophical discussion will not get on u
all Christ says. "Come 10 me and ! will
take all your sins away. and will take all
vour troubles away" Now what il the
use of my discussing it any moreg Is not
that plainf II you wanted TO 80 TO Lon
don and pointed you out a highway thor
oupbly laid ont, would be wise in detain-
ing You by a geological discussion about
the gravel You will pass over, or physlo'
logical discussion about the muscles you
will have 70 bring into playi No. After
this Bible has pointed you the way 70
heaven is IL wise for me to detain you with
any discussion about the nature OF the hu-
man will, or whether the atonement is linn
tied or unlmiteds Taris j. the road-go
on IT, II is "a plain way.
'sThis is faithful saying, and worthy OF
all aceeptation, that Christ Jesus came in
TO the world to save sinners And that
is you, and that is M. Any little child
here can understand this as well as | can.
unless you become as . little child, you
cannot see the kingdom OF God" II you
are saved it will not be as a philosopher, IL
viii be as a little child. "Of such Is the
Kingdom OF heaven Unless yon get thu
spirit Of little children you with never
come out at their glorious destiny
Still further; this road To heaven Is
safe road. Sometimes the traveller in those
ancient highways would think himself
perfectly secure, not knowing there was
lion by the way burying his head deep be-
tween his paws, and then when the right
moment came, under the fearful spring
the mans life was gone and there was "A
mnuled carcass by the roadside. But, says
my text, mo lion shall be there ! wish
could make yon feel this morning your
entire security. ! tell you plainly THAI
one minute after man has become enid
Of God he is MS safe as though he had been
ten thousand years in heaven. He may
slip; he may Slide; he may stumble; but he
cannot be destroyed Kept by the power
Il God, through faith unto complete sal
vation Everlastingly safe.
REWARDS or CHRISTIANITY
The severest trial 20 which you can sub
jeet Christian man is 60 kill him. aud
that is glory. In other words, the worst
thing that can happen a child Of God is
heaven The body is only the old slippers
that he throws aside just before putting on
the sandals OF light. His soul, you cannot
hurt it, No fires can consume it, No
floods can drown it. No devils can cap
ture it,
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground where David stood,
Or where the ark abode.
His soul is safe. His reputation is safe.
Everything is safe. But Won say. sup
pose his store burns upy' Why, then, il
will only be change of investments from
earthly to heavenly securities. But" you