Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-10-06
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forth In graduation; ask ID OF his
mother; of Augustus, OF Iicrod., of the
Syrophnnician woman: of the damsel
that woke up from the death. sleep, Of
Joseph, who had him buried, Of the
angel posted AS sentinel at his tomb,
of the dumb earth, that shook, and
groaned, and Numbered when he died.
A missionary in France offered BIZ
BILE in an humble dwelling The man
took II, tore out dozen pages, and
with them began 10 light his pipe.
Some years after the missionary hap
pened In the same house. The family
had just lost their son in the Crimcan
war, aud his bible had been sent back
home, The missionary took IL up, and
saw that II was the very same bible
that he had left in the house, and from
which the leaves had been torn. The
dying soldier had written on one OF the
leaves of the bible; Rejected and
scoilcd at, but finally believed In and
saved, (" The bible may be used to
light the pipe of witticiSm by some,
but for Ms II is stan in life, pillow
in death, and our joy for eternity.
Walk all up and down this bible du-
mainl Try every path, Plunge In at
the prophecies, and come out at the
epistles, Go with the patriarchs, I'M
I'll you meet the cvangclists, Rum
mage and runsacli, ms children who are
not satisfied when they come to u new
house, until they know what is In
every room, and into what every door
opens. Open every jewel ,rasltct Ex-
anime the sky-lights Forever be ask.
ing questions, Put To higher use
than was intended the Oriental pro-
verb: "llold all the skirts of thy
mantle extended when heaven Is rain
Ing gold.
Passing from Bonn To Coblcntz or
the Rhine. the scenery Is compare
lively tame. But from Coblent1 to-
Maycncc II IL enchanting. You sit on
deck, and feel M II this last flash OF
beauty must exhaust the scene; but in
u moment there Is turn of the river,
which covers up the former view with
more luxurant vineyards, and more
defiant castles, and holder bluffs, vine.
wreathed, and grapes so ripe that "
the hills be touched, they would bleed
their rich life away INTO the
bowls Of i.ingcn and iiockheimcr,
Here aud there, there are streams OF
water melting into the river, like
smaller joys swallowed into the bosom
Of u great gladness. And wheL .-.sht
begins To throw Its black mantle over
tho shoulder Of the hills, and you are
approaching decentralization Mt May
encc, the lights along the shore fairly
bewitoh the scene with their beauty,
giving one thrill that he feels but
once, yet that lasts him forever.
so this river Of Gods word Is not
u straight stream, but winding
splendor ut every turn new wonders
to attract, still ripper vintage pressing
TO the brink, and crowded with castles
Of strength (Stolzenfels and Johunnis-
berger as nothing compared with tho
strong tower into which the righteous
run and are savcd), and our disem-
barkation at last, in the evening amidst
the lights that CLEAN from the shore OF
heaven. The trouble is that the vast
majority of bible voyagers stop at
Coblcntz, where the chief glorics begin
The SEA Of Gods word liz not like
Gcnnesaret, twelve miles by six, but
boundloss; and In any one direction
you can sail ON forever. Why. then.
conhne yourself 20 short psalm, or to
few verses Of an cpistlc? The largest
fish are not near the shore. Hoist
all sail to the winds Of heaven. fake
hold OF both oars, and pull away. Re
like some Of the whalers that went out
from New Bedford or Portsmouth TO be
gone for two or three years Yea, cal.
culatc ON lifetime voyage You do
not want TO land until you land In
heaven. Sail away, oh We mariners, foi
eternity! Launch out into the deep,
The text IL appropriate to all Chris
tians Of shallow experience. Doubt,
and fears have in our day been almost
elected 20 the parliament of Chris
tian graces. Some consider II bad
sign not to have any doubts. Doubts
and fears are not signs OF health,
but testers and cnrbuncles. You
have valuable house or farm,
II is suggested that the title is not
good. You employ counsel. You have
the deeds examined. You search the
record for mortgages, judgments, and
liens You are not satisfied until you
have certificate, signed by the great
seal Of the State, assuring you that the
title is good. Yet how many leave
their title to heaven an undecided mat
ter! Why do you not go to the records
and find out? Give yourself no rest,
day nor night, until you can read your
title clear to mansions In the skies
DR.. Prime, in his book of wonderful
interest entitled Around the World, de
scribes tomb in India OF marvellous
architecture. Twenty thousand men
were twenty-five years in erecting that
and the buildings around 1t. Standing
In that tomb, IT, you speak or sing, after
you have ceased you hear the echo com
ing from height of one hundred and
fifty feet II is not like other echoes.
The sound is drawn out in sweet pro-
longation, as though the angels OF
God were chanting on the wing. How
many souls in the tomb OF sin will
lift up the voice of penitence and
prayer? II now they would cry unto
God, the echo would drop from afar-
not struck from the marble cupola Of
an earthly mausolem, bit sounding
back from the warm heart of angels,
fiyinp with the news; for there is JOY