Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-22
HEAVEN is JOYFUL
Over the Repentance Of One
Sinful Soul.
THEME OF TAlMA6E'S SERMON
Delivered zf osksieoss. la, Yesterday
The Nezrnsss Of shs Celestial and Ter
resrizl Heavenly Congratulations

E>nchsd hsrs to-day - IN suurnous Andi-
pnoa He sgpssss . b asasnx trom hans
sss9s tss d~y~ duriAs watch paired As
pp>aks N - sAAny aiEisA TIE sahlsss of
sss ssrm0n vss Heavenly Caaxr>xaia-
ns>A" HA> svs1aas haensisn w. 70 make
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- onow sounw vsry nsAs. His taxi
wU taSA 49, Laks ~, Z. ssLikswfss
~ AL - II hNv~a ever e. anasr that
RDsasseA - 49, over nisssy and nine
- p~>e0 vAe ~ M repn.sAaee.
4 isss sAssps NsshiAs can ~ ussss thor
0nghfy lea ! tsox tarvagh The window
u . sAspAsrd'A AosD - night The can
fl,sArs hxAsu4- Ths shspherd has juss
pis0d ~ 80 against the maassi He
hAs tAksA or his coat. shaken cut of 10 the
eoss and HUG ts up. sss By the candle
l1DAs that tAsrs ass ncighben who have
sons IN TAs shepherd. Jagged cot with
shs ieng tramp. sta down on . beach. aud
the wife and ohii<fren and the neighbcrs
say - htn, "Cone. nav. tell rs how you
fouad the psor thing" WELL" he says.
thin morning wsat out TO the yard 70
look as the aock- No sooner had looked
over che f-nos than I saw somsshing
wrong. The tact was they did not count
right. Ninety-dys. ninety -ix. ninety seven.
ninety incty-ain--only ninety,aine
MeDsnAld, you knsw we had . hundred.
And wondered which qua was gone. and
began again. AnA I counted ninety-6ve,
niaety-six, niL-sy-seven. ninety -eis&t, nine
ty-nine. Well. whastlsd up the dogs, and
started on the fields and across the
bridges, and tracked the moore, and l
iesped the gunics. but no bleating OF the
poor thing did l hear. said TO myself,
The iaxab must have fallen into q often,
or a pack at wolves tom the mountain
must have torn it to piec - and sucked
its life out But l could not give it
mp. You see IL Was . pet lamb. 1t
was that enc with the black spot
on the right shoulder that used to
come and lick my hard a. I crossed the
field, and somehow / could not give it up
So l went on and On and on until after
awhile I heard the dogs bark, and ! said.
What's thati' Then hastsned to the top
OF tho hill, and looked down and there I
saw ths poor lamb. Il lad fallen into the
ditch. and - came where 1t was and bent
over the ditch snd stopped down to Lift the
poor thing cut, wtaA yoa could have ssen
shs loving and inploriA& and tender way
q. locked ct me- ltftsd II eat, and II was
ell cov9sa With the slush and the mud. It
was n awful thing todo, bat lfsed it cut.
and IL was - lame aad 30 weak it could not
walk alone, 70 threw il ever my shout
ders and started homeward, and the con-
dition az that lamb you may judge Of from
the coat which have Just hung up. But
I tramped On and On until il il safe In the
yarA poss shinSi Thank God, thank Gsdr'
~ v~Sf> sv>r~><H - al l~
and brgaght out the hest fare that the
cabin could afford. spd they ses up very
late that u1gAt, and they talked, and they
SansAs1. anA they eng. and they ate. and
they drank. and tAsy danosd. and told over
and over and over again the story Of Tho
loab aAssp shas vuss found.
Jey ovxR fIU PKxrTExT.
With such tenderness and rusticity At II
lustration aoes Christ represent the souls
golng "a and the SOUPS coming back. when
he sayA '1ikswfse there IL JOY In heaven
among Tie sngsls of God over eas sinner
sAas rspcntesh. moro than over ninsty and
nine Just persons that need no repentance.
10 repent 10 70 feel that yoa are bed. and
10 be sorry about IL, and 70 turn over .
new lsaf. and 70 pgsy Ter forgiveness and
help Juse - soon - . man docs that.
they Asar night sway Of It in heaven
There an no sessips In glory going
around 20 chattsr and laugh when . man
fAliA ne sAefs are many souls in glory
whe ass g1od to run about and tell IL when
. man Is saved. The news goes very
puiek hum gate 20 gate, and from n0rta
wall % south wall. and from east wall 70
west wall. and in three minutes every oiti-
zen Of heaven has heard Of it, for ''therc 10
joy In heaven among the angels Of God
ossr one sinner that repsnteth."
can very easily understand how there
should be joy In heaven over Pentecoss
with three shousank soub saved IN ono
dav-ao mystery about that; san under
stand hew there should bo joy In heaven
over the Perish Of ScAetts. when four hun
drsd senls were saved pnder one sermon Of
Alr. livingston, I can understand how
there skould ~ Joy In heaven over the
gsese awakening IN the time Of HarlAnd
cage. whsn IN one year four hundred and
seventy <Arss tho1saad souls were brought
60 God - The United States, can OsAer-
stand vGy sasily how thsrs should be JOY
ia heaven over five hundred thousand souls
converted in 1851. in this country; but
mark you. my text announces there II Joy
in heaven among the angels Of God over
one. jost enc. sinner that repsnteth.
some saeAedrnls have enc tower; some
cathedrals have two. three. four sowsrA
Did yoa sssr bear them ell ring ss onceP
I am tsld that the bell in tbe cathedral Of
St Psai rags only On rase occadons. fer
inStAnca, % the dsasA or the birth Of .
king. Have ysu seen . cathedral with
four towers. and have zen heard them all
STRIKE int sns great chime Of gladnoss
Hare n . man who ID moral He ID N az
anpas to . great May professors II reli-
gion in sons things, he never did mean
thing In his life, be pays all his debts. and
IL god d1stzsn and god neighhor. bus
he says he b net Chrtssian-
, eene dsy ne Holy Spirit ssmo Into his
h>nxs snS ~ go thaA Ne cAnaoe depend
AEON his uBn1ity fer salvation. He says:
90 1sra oUd Asvs kesn dspssding upon
fny rusa wwlD. Ana IN . sinner. md I
wnns thy sasvs1tsA kosd. Ter Jesus' sAke.
Aavs uagey n mef' Ana 0od parthons
IN, anA fhnnsaiasely one Il the towers Of
heaven ssikee . silvery Chime. for sbsre
are fsur tswsfs - tie heavenly temple.
Hers d nnn wAs IL bod; he kaows be h
haa- and svsryhsdy elsc snsws he Is bod. but
NJ i nps - uss.ss--fA< from being a ont
essA Hs uvvs = rsepscts BE eirclesL But
sue dny. ~ - ypwW II The Holy 0ese
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