Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-10-31


mind was gone. or they were on the ex-
press train going at forty miles an hour,
and they came to the bridge, and the
ssdraw was up and they went down.
How long to repent and pray? Two
seconds! Two seconds! To do the work
of lifetime and to prepare for the vast
eternity in two seconds!
was reading of an entertainment
given in kings court, and there were
musicians there with elaborate pieces of
music. After awhile Mozart came and
began to play. and he had blank piece
of paper before him, and the king famil-
iarly looked over his shoulder and said:
What are III playing? see no music
before YOU And Mozart put his hand
on his brC.y.. dis much as to say, Il am
improvisiry It was very well for him,
but, oh, my friends, we cannot extern
porize hea ven! If we do not get pre-
pared in this world we will never take
part in the orchestral harmonies of the
saved. Oh, that we were as wise as the
crane and the stOrk, flying away, flying
away from the tempest!
Some of you have felt the pinching
frost of sin. You feel it today You
are not happy. | look into your faces
and know you are not happy. There
are voices within your soul that will not
be silenced, telling you that you are sin
ners and that without the pardon of God
you are undone forever. What are YOU
going to do, my friends, with the &C
cumulated 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 focks as God
has waited for you, saying: 81 have loved
thee with an everlasting love? Come
unto me, all We who are weary and
heavy laden, and l 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, 81 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?
''To eternity" Your mind goes back
through that last sickness, and through
the almost supernatural effort to save
life, and through those prayers that
seemed unavailing, and through that kiss
which received no response because the
lips were lifeless, and I hear the bells
tolling and hear the hearts breaking
while 1 speak 1 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, have noticed again and
again what a botch this world makes
of it when it tries to comfort a
soul in trouble! 1t says, Don't cry!'
How can we help crying when the
hearts treasures are scattered, and ia
ther is gone, and mother is gone, and
companions are gone, and the child is
gone, and everything seems gone?
It is no comfort to tell 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 groundr'
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 DO lie;
that the dear bodies Of our loved ones
shall rise radiant in the resurrection.
and all the breakings down here Shall be
rI,.
no more, neither thirst 10 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
chafinch, or the stOrk. OF the crane starts
Oh it's migration it calls all those of its
kind to 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. It gathers all of it's kind OH,
that you might be as wise in this 1nigf.s-
ton to heaven, and that you might
gather all your families and your friends
with you! | would that Hannah might
take Samuel by 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 are realms of balm
and sweetness for all those who fiv in
the right direction. Swifter than eagles
stroke put out for heaven. Like the
crane or the stork, stop not night nor
day until you find the right place for
stopping.
Today the Saviour calls,
Ye wanderers come.
Oh, We benighted souls,
Why longer roam?
The Spirit calls today.
Yield to his