Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-22

ouOlilu UuIH W Uil0 IOTu! heaven
would be filled with doxologies. 0
heaven, beat with all thy hammers
that the rock may break. Q heaven,
strike with all thy cleaning swords
that our souls may be free
was reading Of king who, after
gaining a great victory, said to his
army. No no shouting; let every
thing 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 a vacant
chair and vacant plate for the de-
parted, but if in some Of your house
holds you kept a vacant chair and
vacant plate for those who have gone
away from you into the next world,
the vacant chairs and vacant plates
would Outnumber those which are
occupied. [ once said to you there
are no vacant chairs in heaven, but I
recall that. Right beside your loved
one in that good land there is a va
can't chair. not made vacant by death,
for death never enters there; it is
a vacant chair for you VIII you
take it?
HEAVEN AND EARTH IN CLOSE SYMPATHY
My subject also impresses me with
the idea that heaven and earth are
in close sympathy. People talk of
heaven as though it were great way
off FFhnvv &c, h11,, do %
sands Of miles before you reach the
first star, and then you go hundreds
of thousands Of miles before you get
to the second star, and then it is mil
lions of miles before you reach heav-
en-. They say heaven is the center
of the universe and we are on the
rim Of the universe. That is not the
idea Of my text. I think the heart
of heaven beats very close to our
world. We measure distances by
the time taken to traverse those dis
tanceS.
It used to be a long distance to San
Francisco. Many weeks and months
were passed before you could reach
that city. Now it is six or seven
days. It used to be six weeks before
you could voyage from here to Liv-
erpOOl. Now you can go that dis
lance in six OF seven days. And so l
measure the distance between earth
and heaven and [ find it is only a
flash. It Is one instant here, and an
other instant there. It is very near
today. Do you not feel the breath
of heaven on your face? Christ says
in one place it is not twenty-four
hours distance, when he says to the
penitent thief, This day, this day,
shalt thou be with me in Paradise"
It is not a day, it is not an hour, it is
not minute, it is not second.
Oh, how near heaven is to earth
By oceanic cable you send a message.
AS it is expensive to send message,
you compress great deal of meaning
in a few words. Sometimes in two
words you can put vast meaning.
And it seems to me that the angels of
God who carry news from earth to
heaven, need to take up this hour, in
regard to your soul, only two words
in order to kindle with gladness all
the redeemed before the throne, only
two words, Father saved, - mother
saved, son saved, daughter saved"
And there is joy in heaven among
the angels of God over one sinner
that repenteth.
THE SALVATION OF THE SOUL.
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that the salvation of the soul
is Of vast Importance. If you should
make $500, 600 this year, do you sup
pose that news would be carried to
heaven? It would not be of enough
Importance or significance to be car
ried heavenward If at the next
quadrennial election you are made
president of the United States, doy you
suppose that news would be carried
to heaven? Do you suppose that the
news of a revolution in France or
Spain would be carried to heaven?
These things are not of enough i'm
pOrtance; but there is ore item that
is sure to be carried It is the saliva
ton of your soul; it is your repent
ance before God
The flying hoofs Of Gods couriers
clash through the gates and the news
goes from gate to mansion and from
mansion to temple and from temple
to throne, and there is joy in
heaven" among the angels of God |
over one sinner forgiven. It must be
of vast Importance to be of any mo-
ment in heaven, your salvation in
that land where gladnesses are the |
everyday occurrence in that land
where the common stones of the field |
are jasper and emerald and chryso-