Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

his great x. ii. Oh, Their would IKE 70
I zee him. NJ one can tell the wide sweep q
/ the circle CT his influence save the one who
! is seated on The circle of the earth.
| | should not want to see the countenance
of Noltaire when his influence comes TO full
orb When the fatal hemorrhage seized
him at eighty-three years OF age his influ-
euce did not cease The most brilliant man
of his century. he had used all his faculties
| for assaulting Christianity-his bad intiu-
ence widening through France, widening
out Trough Germany, widening through all
| Europe. widening through America, widen
| ing through the lis years that have gone
by since he died. widening through earth
widening through hell, until at last the ac-
cumulated influence Of his bad life in merry
surge of omnipotent wrath will beat against
his destroyed spirit, and at that moment It
will be enough to make the black mar Of
eternal darkness turn white with the nor
ror No one can tell how that bad mans
influence girdled the earth save the one who
* seated on the circle Of the eirth-the Lord
Almighty.
well. now" say people in this audience,
this 10 some respects is a very good theory,
and in some others "A very sad one w
NNllAA llkt 10 lttNt tiif E'Het ~ 'N'f
ever done come back to us. but the thought
that all the sins we have ever committed
will COME lslck 70 US fills Us with alright.
Ny brother. have TO tell You tod can
break that circle and will do 80 at your
call can bring twenty passages OF Scrip
lures 70 prove that when God for Christ 5
sake forgives a man the sins OF his past lie
never come buck
The wheel may roll on and roll on, but
you take your position behind the cross,
and the wheel strikes the cross aud is shat
tered forever The sins fly of from the
circle into the perpendicular, falling at
right angles with complete oblivion For
given Forgivenl The meanest thing a
man can do is, after some difficulty has
been Settled. 10 bring it up again, and God
will nut be 80 mean as that.
Gods memory is mighty enough to hold
all the events Of the ages, but there IS one
thing that is sure to slip his memory one
thing he Is sure 10 forget, and that is par
doned tI7lnssreSsion How do know it,
| will prove it, Their sins and their in
EQUITIES will remember no more. Come
into that state this morning, my dear
brother, my dear sister Blessed is the
one whose transgressions are forgiven"
THE CIRCLE or ETERNITY.
But do not make the mistake Of thinking
that this doctrine of the circle stops with
this life il rolls on through heaven. You
might quote in opposition 70 me what y
Iohu says about the city OF heaven. lie
says ii 'lieth four square. That does seem
To initiate against this idea, but you know
there is many square house that has a
family circle facing each other and IN a
circle moving. and can prove that this IS
go Ia regard to heaven. St John says, u
heard the voice Of many angels round about
the throne. and the beasts, and the elders.
Again he says, There was "A rainbow
round about the throne" The former two
instance II circle. the last either a circle or
a semicircle The seats facing each other.
the angels facing each other. the men facing
each other Heaven mn amphitheater of
glory Circumference Of patriarch and
prophet and apostle. Circumference OF
Scotch Covenanters and Theban legion and
Aihigeusvs. Circumference OF the good OF
all ages Periphery Of splendor unimag
ned and understandable. A circle. circlel
But every circumference must have a
center and what Is the center OF this heav
emily circumference Christ. His all the
glory His all the praise His all the
crowns. All heaven wreatlled into a gar
land round about him. Take off the Inn
peria sandal from his foot and behold the
scar Of the spike. Lift the coronet Of DO
miuion from his brow and see where WIS
the laceration Of the briers. Come closer,
all heaven. Narrow the circle around his
great heart o Christ, the Siviour O
Christ, the mani o Christ. the Godl Keep
thy throne forever, seated Oh she circle Of
the earth. seated on the circle OF the heaven
On Christ, the solid rock, stand:
All other ground Is sinking sand.