Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-29
LAND POND, VERMONT. JULY 90, 1892.


keys "All are yOurs."
So all ths vicissitu les OF this lie, 50 far as
they have any religious profit. ars in tho
right Of the ClristIna. II yol shout stand
among the Alleyh " MDl1JlInS especially
near what Is called the "iOrSashoan YOU
would find n tram u CarI almost doubling
on ltself ald sitting IN tho -acS car you sss
a locomotive co nlng as you look out OF the
window, and you think it Is another train
when It Is only the front OF the tram in
which you are riding; an1 sometimes You
can hardly tell whether ths train is going
toward Pittsburg or toward Philadelphia,
but it is on the track, an II will reach tho
depot for watch it starte and all ths pas
sengers will bo discharged at the right
place. Now there ars great many slaro
curves in life. Sometimes we seem to DO
gong this way AMI sometime, We seem TO be
going that way, but II wa are Christians We
are ON the right traCS AMI We are going 10
come out at the right place. DO not get
worried. then, about the sharp curve.
A sailing vessel starts from New York for
Glasgow. Does it go in straight liner
Oh, no. 1t changes its TRACK every little
OF going to Glasgow, must bs going to
Havre or it is going to Hamburg, or it is CO.
ing to Narselles." No, no. II is going TO
often have to change our tack. Que storm
blows US this way, nnd another storr,. blows
us that way; but He who holds the winds in
His fist will bring Us into a haven OF ever
lasting rest just at the right time. Do not
worry, then. II you have to change tack.
ore OF the BEST things that ever happened
to Paul was being thrown off his horse One
Of the best things that ever happenei TO
Joseph was being thrown into the pit. The
losing OF his physical eyeslght helpei John
Milton 10 see the battle Of tho angels. One
OF the best things that ever happened to
Ignatius was being thrown to the wild beasts
in the Coliseum, and while eighty thousand
people were ieering at his religion he
walked up TO the fiercest OF all the lions AMI
looked him in the eye, As mucl as TO say,
Here | am, ready 70 be devourel for
Chrst's sake"
All things work together for your gool.
II you walk the desert, the mama will fall
and the sea will part. IL tbs feverlSh torch
of sickness is kindIed over your pilio Y, by
its light you can read the promises. IL the
waves OF trouble dash high above your
girdle, across the blast and across the surge
you can hear the promise, when thou pass
eth through the waters | will be with thee"
You never owned n glove or shoo, or n
hat or IA a coat more certainly than you Ow II
all the trets ana annoyances AMI exasptra-
tons OF THIS life, and they are bound to work
out your present aud your eternal good.
They are tue SAWS, the hammers, the lies by
which you are TO be hewn and cut and
smoothei for your eternal well being.
Here is vessel that goes along the coast;
1t hugs the coast. The captain Of that
vessel seems chieaY anxious to keep tho
paint on his ship from being marrei or the
sails from being torn. When that vessel
comes to port, nobody looks on it wltn any
interest. But here is a vessel that went
across the sea with vast product ald comes
in with vast importation sails patched,
masts splcet, pumps all working to keep
out tho water: It has coma through the
hurricane which has sunk twenty stel ners.
The bronzel men are cheering among the
rigging. Now the mon.ofwar anchored in
tue hHrbor boom forth their welcome
through the portfolios.
So there are some Christians VINO arc hav-
Ing an easy time. It seems to them smooth
sailing all the way When they get into
heaven there will Ike no excitement there
will be very few peop.e who will ever ini
out they are there; but those Christians who
have gone through hunired midnight hur-
ricanes-storm to the ri sht Of them, storm
to tn left OF them, storm all thu way-whcn
they come up the haroor o, heaven, all tho
redeemed will turn out TO greet them, and
bid them hail ami welcome.
| go further, and tell you that the
Christian owns not Only this wor d, but he
owns the next world. No chasm TO be
leapel, no desert to be crossed. There is the
wall there is the gate OF heaven. He owns
all OH this side. Now, | am gnng 10 show
YOU that he owns all on the other SIDE
Death Is not a rutiilu that comes down to
burn us out of house and home, destroyin
the house OF tae tabernacle, so that we
should be homeless forever. Oh, mol He is
only a black messenger who com $ TO tell us
1t is time t o move, to tell us to get out OF
this hut and 60 u into the palace.
The Christian owns oil heaven. "All are
yours" It's palaces or beauty its towers Of
strength, It's castles OF love. He viii not
walk in the eternal city as a forei 5ner In
strange city, but as a farmer walks over his
own premises. "All are yours" All the
mansions yours Angels your companions.
Trees OF lie your shade. Hills Of glory your
lookout. thrones OF heaven the place
where you will shout the trium ph. Jesus is
yours. God is yours. You look up into the
face of God and sly, "My Father" You
look up into the face OF Jesus and say, my
brother"
Walk out upon the battiements of heaven
and look or upon the city of the sun. No
tears. No sorrow. No death. No smoke OF toll.
ing warehouse curling on the air. No voice
of blasphemy thrilling through that bright
clear Sabbath morning. No din of strife jar
ring the air. Then take out your decd and
remember that from throne to throne, aud
from wall to wall, aud from horizon TO hori-
son "All are yours"
Then get up into the temple of the sun,
worshipers in white, each witt q palm
branch, and from high gallery Of that tenn
pie look down tho thousands of thousands
and the ten thousand times ten thousand,
aud the one hundred aud forty aud four
thousand, and the great multitude that no
man can number" and lou Ter than the rush
of the wheels, louder than the tramp of the
redeemed, hear voice saying, "Al are
yours"
Sea the great procession marching around
the throne OF God. Martyrs who went up
on wings of flame. Invalils who went up
from couches OF distress Toilers who went
up from the workhouse, AM the factory,
and the mine. All the suffering and the
bruised chill Iron of God. See the charotS or
salvation: in them those who were more
than conuuerors. See them marching arounl
about the throne of God forever and for
ever, and know that "LIl are yours"
o ye who have pains OF body that exhaust
your strength AMI wear out your patience,
hold before you this morning the land OF
eternal health and OF imporishable beauty,
and ''all is yoursp o ye who have hard
work to get your daily bread, hard worG to
shelter your children from the storm, MT
before YOU the vision of that Ian where they
never hunger, an thoy never thirst ami
God feeds them, aud robes cover them, and
the warmth OF eternal love fills them, and all
that is yoursi
OH il there be any present who are yet
enemies of the Cross Of Christ, | beseech
them at once to be reconced to Godl Re-
member il you are not found among that
white robed army who follow the Saviour In
His victorious march, your part must be
with those concerning whom it il said, "The
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven In
flaming fire, taking vengeance on those that
know not God and obey not the Gospel Of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the pres
ence of the Lord and from the glory OF His
power when He shall come to be glorified in
His saints, and to be admired in all them