Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-22


silvery chime and they who pass through
the celestial streets say; whats THAR
Why, the worst sinner must have been
saved lear MI the four towers ring and
ring and rngP' And there is joy in
heaven among the angels of God over one
sinner that repcnteth."
HEAVENS HAPPINESS MAY he AUGMENTED
My subject impresses you, think, with
the thought that it is possible for us to
augment the happiness of heaven. PEG
pie think that souls before the throne are
as happy as they can be- | deny it. Look
ut that mother before the throne of God.
When she died she left her son in this
world vagabond. That son repented of
his iniquties and came to God The re
port of that salvation has reached heaven.
DO you tell me that mother before the
throne of God has not her joy richly aug
mentedY There is many man in this
house today who could 20 out with IA torch
and kindle a new bonfire of victory on the
hills Of heaven, If you would this day re
pent and come to God, the news of your
salvation would reach heaven, and then,
harkl to the shout of the ransomed Your
little child went away from you into the
good land While she was here you
brought her all kinds of beautiful pres
ents
Sometimes you came home at nightfall
with your pockets full of gifts for her, and
no sooner did you put your night key into
the latch than she began at you, saying,
Father, Whit have you brought mef"
She is now before the throne of God. Can
you bring her a gift todayP You may.
Coming TO C-rist and repenting of sin, the
tidings will go up to throne Of God and
your child will hear of it. Oh, what gift
for her soul today She will skip with new
gladness on the everlasting hills when she
hears of it.
Twas at Sharpsburg during the war, and
one day saw sergeant dash past on a
lathered horse, the blood dripping from
the spurs said, THAT sergeant must be
going on very important message, he
must be carrying very important dis
patch, 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 newsG Garry
ing up the story of souls repentant and for
given, carrying the news to the throne of
God, carrying the news to your kindred
who are forever saved. Oh, there Is JOY
in heaven among the angels of God over
one sinner that repenteth." And suppose
this whole audience should turn to the
Lord2 Heaven would be filled with dox
ologies. o heaven, beat with all thy
hammers that the rock may break. Of
heaven, strike with all thy cleaning
swords that our souls may be free.
81 was reading of king who, after gain.
ing great victory said to his army, "No
no shouting; let everything be in quiet; no
shouting" But if this hour your soul
should come to God, nothing could stop
the shouting of the armies of God before
the throne, for there is joy in heaven
among the angels of God over one sinner
that rcpenteth."
In some families they keep a vacant
chair and "A vacant plate for the departed,
but if in some of your households you kept
a vacant char and IA vacant plate for those
who have gone away from you into the
next world, the vacant chairs and the va
cant plates would outnumber those which
are occupied. | once said to you there are
no vacant chairs in heaven, but | recall
that. Right beside your loved one in that
good land there is vacant chair, not made
vacant by death, for death never enters
there it is n vacant chair for you. Will you
take itf
SYMPATHY IN HEAVEN FOR EARTH.
My subject also impresses me with the
idea that heaven and earth are in close
People talk of heaven ao
though it were great way off. They say
it is hundreds Of thousands of miles before
you reach the first star, and then you 60
hundreds Of thousands of miles before you
get to the second star, and then it is mil |
lions of miles before you reach heaven |
They say heaven Is the center of the uni |
verse and we are on the rim of the universe |
That is not the idea of my text think |
the heart of heaven beats very close to our
world. We measure distances by the time
taken to traverse those distances.
1t used to be u long distance to San Fran
cisco. Many weeks and months were
passed before you could reach that city |
Now it is six or seven days. 1t used to be
six weeks before you could voyage from
here to Liverpool. Now you can go that
distance in six or seven days. And so
measure the distance between earth and
heaven, and find it is only flash. 1t
Is one instant here and another instant
there, 1t is very near today. Do you not
feel the breath of heaven on your face?
Christ says in one place it is not twenty
four hours distance, when he says to the
penitent thief, '"rhs day. this day, shalt
thou be with me in paradise" 1t is not
lay, it is not an hour, it is not minute, it
IS not u second.
Oh, how rear heaven is to earth. BY
oceanic cabl' you send message. As it is
expensive to send message, you compress
a great deal of meaning in few words,
in two words you can put vast
meaning, And it seems to me that the
angels of God who carry news from earth
20 heaven need to take up this hour in re
gard to your soul, only two words in order
o kindlc with gadncss ali the redeemed
before the throne, only two words, Father
saved" mother saved" ''son saved"
daughter saved" And there is joy in
heaven among the angels of God over one
sinner that rcpenteth."
SALVATION OF THE SOUL.
My subject also impresses Inc with the
act that the salvation of the soul is of
iast Importance. If you should make
100000 this year. do you suppose that ne >
would be carried to hcaven2 1t would not
,c of enough Importance or Significance to
% carried heavenward. If at the next
luadrennial election you are made prcsi
lent of the United States, do you suppose
hat news would be carried to heaven?
DO you suppose that the news of a revolu
ion in France or Spain would be carried to
lcaven2 These things are not of enough
Importance, but there is one item that is
ure to be carried. 1t is the salvation of
our soul. 1t is your repentance before
iod.
The flying hoofs of Gods couriers clash
through the gates and the news goes from
rate to mansion, and from mansion to tenn
lie, and from temple to throne, and there
5 Joy n heaven" among the angels of God
vCr one sinner forgiven. 1t muaU De Ga