Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-16

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sosnd N Tho grinding VII w Ivws and
yna vili fell he same story twice. sn1
yous children viii wonder " go'' sie g.
Ina n live forever snd wonder " tou
viii meyer be iasrp sway
They esiloi y0s "faihef" onesJ now
they cali yoa me "old man. " yvu
live 4 few yemfs longer sbsy wlll call yop
ihs sola ehapf What are those rough
wosds with which your children afe ac.
costing yons They are che erho ~ The
sesy words yon nsed N The eef ~ yvuf
old father fofty yewfr ago What ir that
which yon are trying W. chew, but md
n onmasticable. apd youf jaws sche,
and you surrender The sttcmpu Per
baf- N may be the grlHtle which you
gave N youf father foe his breakfast
forty years ago
A gentleman passing along The street
saw y son dragging HE father into the
street by the hair " the head. The gen
tIsrnan. outraged nj this brutal conduct
was about io punish the offender when
the old man arose and said, Don't burt
him. ~ all right. forty years ngo This
morning dragged out my father by The
hair of his hsadf II acircle. MY Nv
Their lived into the eighties. and he had q
very wide experience. and he said that
maltr,atmvni of parents waa always
punished In this world Other sina may
De adjourned 10 the next world. but NAL
treatment Of parents is punished w this
world
rurY CIRCLE AROUND TO THE JUDGMENT
DAY
The circle turns quickly. very quickly
Oh. what rtupendous though, that the
good and the evil we start come back 70
usl DO you know that the Judgment
Day will be only the points at which the
circles Join. the good and the bad we
have done coming back 10 ms, unless di.
vine intervention hinder coming back
10 us with welcome Of delight or curse
OF condemnation.
oh. would like 10 see Paul. the inva-
lid missionary. Mt the moment when his
influence comes ~ full orb--his influence
rolling out through Antioch. through
Cyprus, through Lystra, through Cor.
inth through Athens. through Asia.
through Europe. through America.
through the First century. through FIVE
centuries. through twenty centuries.
through all the succeeding centuries.
through earth, through heaven, and at
Inst the wave OF influence having made
full circuit strikes his great soul. Oh.
then | would like to zee himl No one can
tell the wide sweep Of the circle Of his
Influence save the one who is seated on
the circle of the earth.
should not want 10 see the counte-
nance of Noltaire when his influence
comes to full orb When the fatal hem
orrhage seized him at eighty-three years
OF age his influence did not cease. The
most brilliant man Of his century. he
had used all his faculties for assaulting
Christianity his bad influence widening
through France. widening out through
Germany. widening through all Europe,
widening through America widening
through the 10 years that have gone by
since he died, widening through earth.
widening through hell. until at last tie
accumulated influence Of his bad life in
fiery surge Of omnipotent wrath will beat
against his destroyed spirit. and ut that
moment II will be enough TO make the
black hair of eternal darkness turn white
with the horror No one can tell how
that bad mans influence girdled the
earth save the one who in seated on the
circle Of the earth-the Lord Almighty.
We'll. now, say people in this audi
ence, this in some respects is u very
glad theory and in others very sad one:
we would like to have all the good we
have ever done come back to us. but the
thought that NIL the sins we have ever
committed will come back to us fills us
with alright" My brother. have to
tell you God can break that circle and
will do so at your call, can bring
twenty passages Of Scripture to prove
that when God for Christs sake forgiyes
a man the sins of his past life never
come back
The wheel may roll on and roll on.
but you take your position behind the
cross, and the wheel strikes the cross
and is shattered forever. The sins fly
OIL from the circle into the perpendicu-
lar, falling at right angles with com
plete oblivion, Forgivenl Forgiven! The
meanest thing man can do is. after
some difficulty has been settled. 70 bring
Il up again. and God will not be 40
mean IN that Gods memory is mighty
enough to hold all the events Of the
ages. but there IN one thing that is sure
to slip his memory one thing he is sure
10 forget, and that is pardoncd trans
gression. How do | know III | will
prove It. Their sins and their iniqui
ties will remember no more" Come
into that state this morning. my dear
brother, my dear sister. Blessed is the |
one whose transgressions are forgiven"
rHE CIRCLE OF GLORY
But do not make the mistake of think
Ing that this doctrine Of the circle stops |
with this life II rolls on through heaven.
You might quote In opposition to me
what st. John says about the city of /
heaven He says il 'lieth four square" I
That does seem to initiate again.t this
idea but you know there is many
square house that has family circle
facing each other, and In circle NOV
mg, and can prove that this is 80 In re
gard To heaven, ST. John Says. Il heard
the voice Of many angels round about
the throne. aud the beasts. and the eld,
ers~
Again he says. There was rainbow
round about the throne" The former
two instance a circle; the last either A