Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26

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Nov. all the four towers of heaven stril
asnyery chime, and they who pass throua
the celestial streets say whats tha
Why, the worst sinner must have bee
saved Hear all the for towers ring an
ring and ring" And there is JOY
he4ven among the angels of God over or
sinner that repenteth."
y HEAVENS HAPPINESS MAY BE AUGMENTED
y Ny subject impresses you, think, wit
ne thought that it is possible for us
4 Ement the happiness of heaven. Pc,
saks chat souls before the throne ar
! 80 ~ - ~ they can be. | deny it. Loo
at thae o'asr s: before the throne of God
1;a whs1 abond @ left her her son in thi
hi, iniquitl and came tc God. The re
part Of that Ovation hss re,lched heaven
Do you tell Ne that mother before th
throne of God Ms not her joy richly aug
menteds TheH IL many man in thi
house today who could 20 out with torcl
and kindle a ne,F bQA .e of victory on tn,
hills OF heaven Byou would this day re
pent and Some to God, the news of yonl
salvation would reach heaven, and then
hark. to the shout of the ransomed YOU
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 mes''
She is now before. the throne of God Can
you bring her gift todays You may.
Coming to Christ and repenting of sin, the
tidings will go .'rp 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
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 vide like that"
= ere are two angels of God fitting through
the house, fitting toward the throne on
quick dispatch What is the news? 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 aver
one sinner that repenteth." And SUI pose
this whole audience should turn to the
Lords Heaven would be filled with dox-
ologies. o heaven, beat with all thy
hammers that the rock may break. o
heaven, strike with all thy cleaning
swords that our souls may be free.
IL was reading of king who, after gain
ng great victory, said to his army, mo, |
40 shouting; let everything be in quiet; no |
shouting" But if this hour your soul |
should come to God, nothinae could stop |
he shouting of the armies of God before |
he throne, for ''rhere is joy in heaven
lmong the angels of God over one sinner
hat repenteth."
in some families they keep vacant
hair and n vacant plate for the departed,
nut if in some of your households you kept
vacant chair and II vacan, plate fof those
vho have gone away from you into the
ext world. the vacant chairs and the va
ant plates would outnumber those which
re occupied. once said to you there are
Z vacant chairs in heaven, but | recall
hat. Right beside your loved one in that
ood land there is avacant chair, not made
acant by death, for death never enters
here; it is Il vacant chair for you viii you
Ike its
SYMPATHY II HEAVEN FOR EARTH
My subject also impresscs me with the
ea that heaven and earth are in close
People talk of heaven as
lough it were great way off. They say
is hundreds of thousands of miles before
IN reach the first star, and then you go ..
lndreds of thousands of miles before you !
It to the second star, and then it is mil
ms of miles before you reach heaven
ley say heaven is the center of the uni
rise and we are on the rim of the universe.
lat is not the idea of my text think {
e heart of heaven beats very close to our
orld. We measure distances by the time
ken to traverse those distances
1t used to be long distance to San Fran
co. Many weeks and months were
ssed before you could reach that city d
wv it is six or seven days 1t used 10 be d
. weeks before you could voyage from ,
re to Liverpool. Now you can 20 chat y
stance in SIX or seven days And so p
assure the distance between earth AMI
nven, and find it is only flash. 1t :
one instant here and another instant q =
ere, 1t is very near today. Do you not :, :
] the breath of heaven On your faces II
rist says in one place it is not twenty
If hours distance, when he says to the
,itent thief, "This day, this day, shalt
~ be with me in paradise 1t is not
:, it is not an hour, it is not minute, it i1
lot second NJ
)h, how near heaven is to earth. BY III
anic cable you send n message. As it is u
'ensive to send message, you compress az
rcat deal of meaning in a few words AZ
netimes in two words you can put vast OF
aning. And it seems to me that the
,els of God who carry news from earth al
heaven need to take up this hour in re de
d to your soul, only two words in order "
indie with gladness all the redeemed
ore the throne, only two wordsy" Father ne
ed," "mothcr saved, . ''son saved" st
tighter saved" And there is joy in an
ven among the angels of God over one gr
,er that repenteth." pc
SALVATION OF THE SOUL
y subject also impresses me with the pc
that the salvation of the soul is of wa
, Importance II you should make IN!
200 this year, do you suppose that news
Id Ike carried to heaveny 1t would not le
enough Importance or significance to ISL
carried heavenward II at the next
Iirennial election you are made prcsi- cal
Of the United States, do You suppose sa'
news would be carried to heavens me
1ou suppose that the news of revolu-
in France or Spain would be carried to sni
'ens These things are not of enough sti
)rtance, but there is one item that is art
to be carried. 1t is the salvation of BET
soul. 1t is your repentance before =
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e flying hoofs Of Gods couricrs clash ]
ugh the gates and the news goes from rev
to mansion, and from mansion to tenn l
and from temple to throne. and there one
? in heaven" among the angels Of God 7
one sinner forgiven. 1t must be of vii
Importance to be of any moment in mu
en-, your salvation. in that land where IS,
nesscs are the everyday occurrence, in Il
land where the common stones of the
are jasper and emerald and chrys- II
sus ard carbuncleansl sartlonyx And q
he news Of your salvation makes joy ly 1
q the thrQnc OF God. and
n remember years ago, Il stage driver abl
e White mountains became very reck- tow
He had a large number Of passengers you
Ie stage, and the stage was drawn by can
orses, wild and ungovcrnable, and he SON
3 near the precipice, and hcdrove off him
tage with its precious freight rolling q
! the xnbankment, and many were said