Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-03


She passes under the gaslight. and your
soul shudders with great horror. No
pity for her No commiseration for her.
As she passes down the street she hears
a song in midnight mission, and as she
listens to that song she hears:
All may come. whoever Will,
This Man receives poor sinners still.
She puts into that harbor; she kneels
By the rough bench near the door; she
says; 20 Lord Thou who didst have
mercy on Mary Magdalen, take my
blistered feet off the red hot pave
ment of he'll /" God says. "My daughter
thy sins are forgiven thee, go in peace. :"
Now, all the four towers Of heaven strike
silvery chime, and they who pass through
the celestial streets say: whats that?
Why. the worst sinner must have been
saved. Hear all the four towers ring and
ring and ring.'' "And there is joy in
heaven among the angels OF God over one
sinner that repenteth.
HEAVENS HAPPINESS MAY BE AUGMENTED.
My subject impresses you, think, with
the thought that ii 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
When she died she left her son in this
world vagabond. That son repented of
his niquities 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
mentedS There is many man in this
house today who could 20 out with torch
and kindle 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,
hark 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, what have you brought mef"
She is now before the throne Of God. Can
you bring her a gift today? You may.
Coming to Christ 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.
/ was at Sharpsburg during the war, and
one day saw a sergeant dash past on q
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 newsl Carry
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
LordY Heaven would be filed with dox
ologies heaven, beat with all thy
hammers that the rock may break. OI
heaven, strike with all thy cleaning
swords that our souls may be free
II was reading of king who, after gain
ing great victory. said to his army, mo,
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 repenteth.'
In some families they keep vacant
chair and a vacant plate Tor the departed,
but If in some Of your households you kept
a vacant chair and 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 Ia heaven, but | recall
that. Right beside your loved one ia that
good land there is a vacant chair, not made
vacant 10y death, for death never enters
there, it is a vacant chair for you VIII you
take III
SYMPATHY IN HEAVEN FOR EARTH.
Ny subject also impresses me with the
idea that heaven and earth are in close
sympathy. People talk of heaven a.
though it were a great way OF. 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 "A long distance to San Fran