Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-11-11


tons raIy themselves ani attack us, and
bv the grace of Col we defeat them again;
but staying all the time in the old encamp-
ment we have the same old battles to fight
over Why not whip out our temptations
and then forward march, making one raid
through the enamy's c)ultry, stopping
not until we break ranks after the last vic
tory?
DO, my brethren, let us have soms novelty
OF combat at any rate by changing, by 60
ing on, by making Advancement, trading
off our stale prayers about sins we ought to
have quit long ago, going on toward high
er state of Christian character, and routing
out sins that We have never thought OF yet.
The fact is, il the church of God.
II we, as individuals, made rapid advance
ment in the Christian life. these stereotyped
prayerswe nave ocan maSlug tor ten or fifteen
years would be As ilappro opriass to us as the
Shoes ami tle hats, al | the coats we wore
ten or fifteen years ago. Ol, for IA higher
fight in the Chri stan lite-5i3 stork and
the cram n their mi grafton teaching US the
lesson
Dear Lord, and shall we evoe live.
Atths poor dying rate
Our love so fAiut, so cold to Thee,
And Thna 10 so great7
Again. | remark tnlI Tie birds OF the air
are WlStI lutu we, Ubc tuSe LutJ huO" WutU
to start. II you should go out now and
shout, stop storks and cranes; don't be in
a hurry" they would say: mo, we cannot
stop; last night we heard the roaring in
the woods bidding US away, and the shril
flute of the north wind has sounded the
retreat. We must go. We must CO."
SO they gather themselves into companies,
and turning not aside from storm or noun
tain top or shock of musketry, over land and
ctratyhf m naFk fhay
go. And if you come out this msrning with
"A sack of corn AM throw II in the fields and
try to get them to stop, they are 30 far up
they would har lily see it. They are on their
way south. You could not stop them.
Oh, that we were as wise about the best
time TO start for Go1 and heavenl We say
swat until it is little later in the seaso
OF mercy. Wait until soma OF these greer
leaves OF hope are all dried up and hav
been scattered. Wait until next year
After awhile we start, AMI it is to
late, aud we perish in the way wheI
Coos wrath is klndied but a little Their
are, you know, exceptional cases where
birds have starte too late, and in th,
morning you have found them dead on the
snow. Aud there are those who have per.
Ishsd half way between th' world and
Christ. They waited until the last sick.
ness, when the min was gone, or they were
on the express train going at forty miles an
hour and they came to the bridge aud the
"irlw was up aud they went down. How
lonS to repent and pray? Two sec Onisi
Two secoudsi To 30 the work OF a Lifetime
ani TO prepare for the vast eternity in two
seCon Isl
was rea ling OF an entertainment given
IN a kings court, an ther, were music ans
there with elaborate pieces of music.
After awhile Mozart came AMI bsgan to
play, aud he hat "A hank piecs Of paper be-
fore him, and thu king famiarly looked
over his shoul Ter AMI said: What are you
paying | see no mdsc before you.n
And Mozart put his hani on his brow, as
much as to say, 81 am improvising 1t
was very well tor him, Lut on, my friends,
we cannot extenpor u heaveni II we do
not get prepared in this world, We will
never take part in the orchestral harmonieS
of the saved %, thlt we were as wise as
the crane and the storG, flying away, flying
away from the tempest!
Some OF you have felt the pnching frost
OF sin. Hou feel it to-day. You are not
happy. | look into your faces and know
you sro not happy. There are voices within
your soul that will not be silenced telling
you that you are sinners an tnat without
the pardon Of Got YOU are undo1s forever.
What are you going to do, my frients, with
the Accumulate II trdnSsr ssiOnS o. this life
time? Will you stand still AMI let the ava.
Ianche tumble over you? o., that you
would go away int the warn heart OF Gods
mercy! The south Arn grove, redolent with
magnolia and cactus never waited Tor
aorthern focSs as Goi has waited for you,
saying 81 have Lowell thee with an ever
.astny love. Come unto NJ al! We wh)
are weary and heavy laden, an / | will givs
you rest
Another frost is bid ling you away-it is
the frost of sorrow. Where do you live no W
"Oh, you say, 81 have novel" Why did
you mover You say, II don't want az
large a house now as formerly" Why
10 you not want as large house' You
say, "My family is not so large"
Where have they gomez "ro eternity"
Your mini goes back through that last
sicSness, AM tnrou IN the almost super
natural effort to save 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 | hear them break. heartl An.
other heart Alone, alone, alone!
This world, which IN your Girlhood and
boyhood was sunshine, is cold now, aud oh,
weary dove, you fly around this world as
though you would like t) stay, when the
wind, and the frost, AMI the blackening
clou Is woull bid you away into the heart
OF an all comforting Coll OI, | have no.
tlCbl again am dgdln WuHb u bJbCu
world makes of it when it tries to c1ntorta
soul in trouble! 1t says Don't - n How
can we help crying wnen the hearts treas.
ures are scattered, and father is gone, and
mother is gone anl com Danions are gone,
and the child is gone, AMI everything seems
gomez
1t is no comfort to tell n man not to cry.
The world comes up and says, "Oh. 1t Is
only the body of your loved one that you
L. ,.x pttf iQ N
comfort in that That DO ly is precious.
Shall we never put our hands in that hand
again, and shall we never see that sweet
face again! Away with your heartles-
ness, oh, world But come, Jesus, and tell
us that when the teIrs fall they fall into
Gods bottle; that the dear bodies OF our
loved ones shall rise radiant in the resurrec-
ton. aud all the breakiugs down hero shall
be lifted up there, AMI they shalt hunger
no more neither thirst no more, neither
snail the sun light on them, nor any heat,
for the Lamb which Is in th' milst OF ths
throne shall lelt them To living fountains
OF water, AMI God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes
You may have motto u that when the
chafiinch, or the storS or the crane starts
on its migration it calls all those of its KIM
to come too. The tree tops ate full OF chlrp
and whistle an carol and the long roll call.
Tue bird does not start oil alone. lt gathers
all of its kind. Oh, that you might be as wise
in this migration to heaven, AMI that you
might gather all your families and your
friends with youl | would that Hannah
might take Samuel by the hand, AMI A5re
ham might take Isaac, and Hagar might
take lshmae.
Start for heaven yourself and take your
children with you. Come thou and all thy
house into the ark. Tell your little ones that
thara ra ron Inns of hahn and Ewaptnpss for
all those who fly in the right direction
Swifter than eagles stroke put out for
heaven. Like the crane or the stork, stoE
not night nor day until you find the right
| pace for stopping.
To-day the Saviour calls,
Te wanderers come
oh, ye benighted souls.