Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-05-10

Your present and EVERLASTING welfare il
tne object OF my ambition. 1 have no
worldly ambition. had once. / have rot
now. know the world about as wei, as
any one knows it. have heard the hand
eLapPing OF IT'S applause and | have heard
ene Mss or It's opposition, and / declare to
you that the former is not especially to be
sought Tor, nor is the latter to be feared.
ne world has given me about all the COM
tort and prosperity it can give a man, and
nave no worldly ambition. | have an all
consuming ambition to make full proof OF
my ministry, to get to heaven myself and
70 take a great crowi with me. Upon your
table and cradle and armchair and pillow
And lounge and nursery and drawing room
and kitchen may the blessing of the
Alnighty God come down.
During these 24 years there is hardly a
family that has not been invaded by sorrow
or death. Where ara those grand, old men,
those glorious Christian women, who used
20 worship with usi Why, they went away
INTO the next world so gradually that they
nad concluded the second stanza or the
third stanza in heaven before you knew they
were gone. They had on the crown before
you thought they had dropped the staff OF
the earthly pilgrimage.
And then tho dear children Oh. how
many have gone out OF this churchi You
your arms and said: 20 God, 1 cannot
give them upi Take all else, take my prop
srty, take my reputation, but let me keep
his treasure. Lord, l cannot bear this"
Oh, If we could all die togetheri II we
>ould keep all the sheep and the lambs OF
The family fold togsther until some bright
spring day, the birds a-casnt ami the
waters a-glitter, ami then We could alto
gether hear the voice Of le good Shepherd
and hand in hand pass through the foodi
No, no, no, mol oh, II we only had notice
that We are all to depart together, an Wa
could say to our families: the time has
come. The Lord bids US away" AM then
We could take our little children to their
beds and straighted out their limbs AM say:
Now sleep the last sleep. Good night un-
Ill It Is good morning" And then we could
go TO our own couches and say; Nov,
altogether we are ready to go. Our chill
tren are gone; now let US depart"
No, mol 1t is one by one. 1t may be in
the midnight. 1t may be in the winter and
In the snow coming down twenty inches
strange hotel and our arm too weak to pull
the bell for help. Itnsy be 50 suddenly We
have no time even to say gootby. Death is
bitter, crushing, tremendous curse.
play you three tunes on the gospel harp
'f comfort weeping may endure for |,
night but Joy cometh in the morning."
That is one. ''All things work to sether Tor
good to those who Iowa God" That is the
second. "And the Lamb which il in the
midst OF the throne shall lead them to liv-
Ing fountains of water, and God shall wipe
all tears from their eyes" That is the
third. During these "a years / have tried
as far as l could by argument, by illostra-
ton and by caricature Co fill you with dis
gust with much OF this modern religion
which people are trying now to substitute
for the religion OF Jesus Christ and tho rslig
ion OF the apostles.
i have tried to persuade you that the worst
II all cant is the cant OF skepticism, and in
stead of your apologizng for Christianity
1t was high time that those who do not be-
heve in Christianity should apologize TO you,
and have tried to show that the biggest
Williams In rte universe are those who would
try to rob us of this Bible, and that tho
grandest mission OF the church Of Jesus
Christ Is that of bringing souls to the Lord
"A soul saving chu OH
but now those years ara gone. II you
have neglected your duty, IL l have neg
lectsi my duty, IL Is neglected forever
Each year has its WORK IL the work is
performed within the IL months, it Is done
forever. II neglected, it is neglected. Tor
aver.
When a woman was dying she said,.
.sCall them back" They di not know
what size meant. She had been a disciple
OF the world. She said, 'On, call them
backP They sail, "Wno do you want US
TO call backY' ''Oh," she said, call than
back the days, the months, the years l have
wasted. Call them backP' But you cannot
or a month back, or a week back. or an hour
back or a second back. Gone once, it IS
gone forever.
When a great battle was raging, mes
senger came up anu said to the general. who
was talking with an officer, "Ieneral, We
have taken a standard Trom the enemy"
The general kept right on conversiug with
his fellow officer, AMI the messenger said
again, "General. We have taken a s-andard
from the enemy" Still the general kept
right On, and the messenger lost mis- patience,
not having his message seemingly apprecia-
ted, and said again, General, We have taken
a standard from the enemy" Ine general
then looked at him aud said, Take another"
Ah, forgetting the things that are behind,
let US look to those that are before. Win
another castle; take another standard; gaip
smother victory.
Roll on, sweet day OF the worlds enanci-
patton, wnen "the mountains and the mills
shall break forth into singing, Ini all the
trees of the wood shall clap their hands,
and instead of the thorn shalt come up the
fir tree, and instead of the brier will come
up the myrtle tree, AMI it shall be unto the
Lord for a name, for an everlasting si2c
that cannot bo cut Off"