Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-10

house In oxfosd street anA ssw -
church burn; Tie half hour In Witch
entered Jerusalem; the halt hour IN
which ! Ascended Mount Calvary: The
halt hour In which stood on Mari
Hill: The half hour In which The dedi-
cstory prayer Of this temple was made;
and about ten or fifteen other half
hoarA are the chief slmss Of my life.
rou may forget ths names Of the exact
ysars Or moss 81 the important events
of jour existc1ss. but those half hourS
like the half ho~ss 81 my text will b
immortal do MA query what you
will do with the twsatisth century;
do not query whse you will do
With issl. bas what WI you do with
tAs aszt half hours Upos that hinges
your destiny. And during that some ~
yon will receive the oospel and make
complete surrender. and during that
Others Of you will mako fusl and fatal
rejection Of the FUN and free and urgent
and impsssioned offer OF life eternal
oh. that tho next naif hour might be
the most glorious thirty minutes of
your earthly existence. Far tasx In
history . great gcographcr stood with
= ssilor, looking Mt = globe that repro
sented our planet and he pointed
~ . place ON the globe whore
he thought there was an undis-
covered continent The unaiscov-
cred continent was America. The
gcographer who pointed " where he
Thought there was a new world was
Martin Bchaim, and the sailor ~ whom
he showed IL was Columbus This last
was not satisfied till he had picked
that gem ont OF tho sen and set itin the
crown OF the worlds geography. Oil
ye, who have been sailing up and down
the rough ssa OF sorrow and Elm, let me
point out Co you another continent " sl.
another world. that you may your
selves find, . half.hour OF which We
now study. oh. set sail for itl Here 81
tho ship and here arc the compassca
In other words make this half-hour.
beginning at ii:so Ivy my watch.
the grandest half-hour Of your life and
become Christian. Pray for n rcgen.
Grated spirit Louis XIV. while walk.
ing In the garden at Versailles met
Mansard, the great architect and the
architect took OF his hat before the
king Put ON your hat" said the
king, 'for the evening In damp and
cold" And hansard tho rsst OF the
evening kept on his hat The dukes
and marquises standing with bare
heads before the king expressed their
surprise at Mansard, but the king said:
II can MAX. n duke or marquis but
God only can make n Mansard" Aud
] say TO you. my hearers. God only by
his convict!ng aud converting grace can
nj hWt. IL. 4. NJ
very half-hour TO accomplish il
Again. my text suggests way OF
studying Heaven SO that we can better
understand H. The word eternity"
that we handle 30 much Ia I'm immcas
urable word. Knowing that we could
not understand that word, the Bible
uses II only once. We say. ''for ever
and ever" But how long II "For ever
and everY" l am glad that my text puts
under our eye Heaven for thirty min.
utes As when you would see a great
picture, you put n shectof paper into a
scroll and look through IL or Join your
forehnger To your thumb. and look
through the circle between, and the
picture becomes more intense 40 this
masterpiece of Heaven by ST. John IL
more impressive when we take only
thirty minutes Of IL at at time. Now,
we have something that we can come
nearer 90 grnsping. and IL IL n quiet
| Heaven. When we discourse about the
multitudes of Heaven, IL must be al.
most nervous shock TO those who
have all their lives been crowded by
many people. and who want "a quie,
| Heaven. For the last thirty. Eve
years have been much OF the time
In crowds and under public scru.
| tiny and amid excitementa, and I
have sometimes thought for a few
weeks after ! reach Heaven I would
like To go down In some quiet part
OF the realm with "A few friends. and
for little while try comparative soil
tudc. Then. there are those whose
hearing ia so delicate that they get no
satisfaction when You describe the crash
OF the eternal orchestra. and they feel
/ like saying, as "a good woman In Hud.
I son. y. v. said, after hearing me speak
| Of the mighty chorus OF Heaven: "'rhal
must bc great Heaven but what will
become OF my poor hcad?" Yes. this
half-hour OF my text Is still cx.
/ pcricnce, "1here was silence In
/ h'h''h IoT NAH an nOur. on Will
/ find the inhabitants all at home. En-
ter the Kings palace and take only
glimpse, for We have only thirty
minutes for all Heaven. lis that Jesus. y
| Yes" Just under the hair along the
forehead is the mark of wound made
\ by bunch Of twisted BRAN les. and
/ His foot ON the throne has on the round
OF His instcp another mark Of wound
made by spike and scar on the
| palm Of the right hand. and a scar on
the palm OF the left hand; but what q
eountenancei What n smile! What 4
| GRANDEUR What a lovelinessi What
an overwhelming look OF kindness ano
grace! Why, he looks nv " he had re
deemed n world But. come on, for on,
time Is short DO You see that row o.
palaces? That Is the Apostolic Row.
/ DO you see that long reach OF nrchl
tectural giories7 That il Martyr Row.
! DO you see that immense structure:
That Is the biggest house IN Heaven.
that Is ''the House Of Many Mansions. q
| DO You see that wall? Shade you,
eyes against It's burning spiendor. for
that Is the wall Of Heaven. jasper a,
the bottom and AMETHYST nj the Ton