The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-01

and they came to the bridge, and the
"'draw 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!
l was reading of an entertainment
given in kings court. and there We're
musicians there with elaborate pieces of
music. After awhile Mozart came anu
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 you playing: l see no music
before you" And Mozart put his hand
on his brow, as much as to say, Il am
improvising." 1t was very we'll for him,
but, oh, my friends, we cannot extent
porize heaven! If we do not get pre-
pared in this world we will never take
part iii 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 tempest!
Some of you have felt the pinching
frost of sin. You feel it today. You
are not happy. l look into your faces
and l 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 mercyi 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, Il have
moved" Why did you move? You say.
~ don't want as large a house now a.
formerly" Why do you not want "a
large a 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
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 l hear the bells
tolling and hear the hearts breaking
while l 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 a botch this world makes
of it when it tries to comfort Il
soul in trouble! 1t says, Don't cryr'
How can we help crying when the
| hearts treasures are scattered, and IA
| Their is gone, and mother is gone, and
| companions are gone, and the child Is
| gone, and everything seems gone!
1t is no comfort to tell man not to
| cry. The world comes up and says,
ooh, it is only the body of your loved
one that You have PIT i'll the ground!
But there is no comfort in that. That
| body is precious. Shall we never put
|
| 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 bo,tle
! that the dear bodies of our loved one
! shall rise radiant in the resurrection
! and all the breakiugs down here shall be
| lifted up 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
chafTinch. or the stOrk, or the crane starts
on its migration it calls all those of it.
! 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. 1t gathers all of its kind. Oh
that YOU might be as wise in this migra-
| ton to heaven, and that you might
gather all your families and your friends
with you! l would that Hannah might
take Samuel by the hand, and Abraham
might take Isaac, and Hagar might take
| Ishmael.
start LOT heaven NOuISeII, anu tdAe
your children with you. Come thou and
all thy house into the ark. Tell youl
little ones that there are realms of balm
and sweetness for all those who fly il
the right direction. Swifter than eagles
stroke put out for heaven. Like the
crane or the stork, stop not night noI
day until you find the right place foI
stopping.
Today the Saviour calls,
| We wanderers come.
Oh. ye benighted souls,
| Why longer roam?
The Spirit calls today,
! Yield to his power.
Oh. grieve him not away,
Wis mercy's hour!
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