Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-01


ter to Re tearg, 10 ssQEs4 Las gwen
ns Aissgs al tEs es-lioEG aast lssosfSnsy
Il osn giys mar. asl1 have 10 worldly
sgats1a5sa have an a. s'cflsAsitling 2inta-
ton q make hlli prosf 4 ray ministry.
o. 81 80 heaven s,sslI and 80 tAAe a
great crowd with lns lp0a yoUr tabls
ana cradle AID Armchair and psilsw aai
loasnge aud nursefy and drawing rooan
and kitchen naAy the blessing ~ tue Al
mighty God co.Ee do~nl
During these "a years there Is hsrtiya
family that hss Lot besD invaded ey ar
row 81 dessh Where are tloss grand
olG men, those GLORIOUS CHRISTIAN women.
VINO used - wossssip with a. WAY, they
went away into the next woria 30 grad
uaily that they had concluded the second
stef1a or m. third sssnEa IN heaven be-
fore YOU knew thcy were gone. They
hal CA the crown before yon thought
they had dropped the staff VI the earthly
pilgrimage.
And then the dear children Oh, how
many have gone cat u this church! You
could not keep them You folded them
IN your arms and sad % God, ] cam
not give them upl Take all else. take
my property. take my reputation, but
let Inc keep tkis treasure. Lord, can
not bear this"
InE LAND or No PAgfINo.
Oh. II We could all die together! II
We eoul! keep all the Sheep Uni tho
lambs of the family fold together-nntil
some bright spring day. the birds
a-chant. and the waters a-ghttsr, and
then We could altogether hear the voice
of the good shepherd and hand in hand
pass through the fioodi No. no. no. DC,
On. II we only had notice that We are al
10 depart together. and We could sly -
our families: "The time has come. The
Lord bids Us away" And then we could
take our little children TO their bells and
stTaighten out th,ir limbs and say:
Now, sleep the last sleep Good night
until il Is good morning" And then we
could go 10 our own cOucLes and say;
Now, altogether We are ready To 60.
Our children are gone: now let Us de-
part"
No, no. IT IL one by one. II may bs
in the midnight. II may - in the win
ter and in the snow coming down 20
inches deep over our grave. II may b
IN the strange hotel and cur arm too
weak to pull the bell for help. II may
be so suddenly We have no timo even 10
ray gocdby. Death is "a bitter, crushing,
tremendous curse.
play you three tunes on the gospel
harp Of comfort Weeping may endure
for night. but Joy come;h in the morn
80 ~
together for good TO those who love
God" That is the second. "And the
Lamb which is in the midst Of the throne
shall lead them to living fountains Of
water. and Ood shall wine all tears from
their eyes." That is the third. During
these "a years have tried as far rs l
could by argument. by illustration and
by caricature 10. I'll you with disgust
with much of th,sinodorn religion which
people are trying now 10 substitute for
tho religion of Jesus Christ and the re-
igion Of the apostles.
/ have tried to persuade you that the
worst II al cant Is tie cant OF skepti-
cism. AID instead OF Your alologizing for
Christianity it was high time that those
VINO DO not believe IN Christianity should
apologize To you. and have tried To show
that lie biggest villains II the universe
are those who woufd try TO rob Us of this
bible. and ulat the grandest mission Of
the church of jesus Christ Is that OF
bringing souls to the Lord-a soul saving
church.
But now those years are gone. Ii you
have neglected your duty. II have neg
A 4 - A a
Each year has its wor6. II the work is
performed within tne - months, il is
done forever Ii neglected. il is neg
lected forever.
When ! woman WIS dying. she said,
"Call them back" Ihey dad not know
what sac meant She Lad been a disciple
Of the world. 30 ssil, oh. call them
backw They said. "h,h no 90 You want
us 10 call bach?' "Oh. sto said. ''caIl
them back. tho days. TIE months. the
years l have wasted. Cal them back!"
But yen cannot caai them back; You can
hot call year hack. & > ro;.;h back. or
week back, or a. hour back. Or I. second
back. Gone once. II Is goue forever.
When great battle was raging. n mes
sengcr came mp and said to the general.
who was talking with IN officer. Gen
eral. We have taken standard from the
enemy" The general *, pt right or con-
vrErS with his fellow officer and ths
messenger said again. General. We have
taken q STANDARD from Che enemy" SGn
The < neral kep, right On. nnd the mes
s'ug-r lost III patience, Mt having Ais
message seemingly appreciated. and raid
dsTin. General, we have ta'scB stand
grl from The cnemy" The general thcn
looked NJ hun az. said. Take another"
A., forgetting the things that arc be-
hlnl. let rs look % those that arc before.
Nih another castle take another stand
ard. gain another victory.
Roll oa, sweet day q tho worlds eInsn-
ripa'ion. when "the mountains sul ths
tT'.s shall bra nth into singing. AM
al ths irecs q thr wood shall clap their
bands. and Inst n Of the thorn SHALL
c-i.o ~ SIZE fr tree. and in7 "a - the
bnsr viii come NJ toe myrtle tree. sni
e sl2u to unto TIE Lord tor name. for
50 everlasting si4n tAat cannot Ia ct
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