Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-17
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD MONDAY MORNING April. IL lsaa

.orbs1oceA Ne tiDe 70 esueo1e thoe eye
sor heavenly spsen1crs. er the haHd fts
choral harps, sr tie esr fOr everlasting
soIss. % sks soul for honor, sssry snd
ianzestAlisy. Clse would think - bad
time fsx nothing else.
other psg.oz.s xpoioefxs fog me- enter
ing vhs Christian his b1csnss IL y tune
enough ye<. That i very like thoss per-
sons wko Sud shr.r regrets and sAy: ii
VIII COME in perhaps e II or ~ 0clock.
viii Rot b thsre al IA cpensrg a thu
banquet. bat vii b there - the closa"
Not yet! Not yssl
Now. ! do not give any doieful View
81 this life. There is nothing In my M
tuse, nothing In the grace Il God, that
tsnds toward dolcful s,sw Of human
life. ] have not much sympathy with
Addisons description Of the "vtudon Of
Mira" where be represents human kfe
as being . bridge Of hundred arches.
and both ends q the bridge covered with
clouds. aud the RAGS coming On. the most
Ct them falling down through tbs drst
span, aud al Of them falling down
through the list span. 1t u . very dis
nal picture. have not much sysapatAy
with the Spanish psoverb which ssys,
The sky IL coed. snd the earth - good
that which Is lad IL between The earth
and the sky"
cERIs-iASs SHOULD Be HorEyn.
But while We Christian people are
bound 70 take cheerful view Of life we
,,,.& olss. 49,. -. that l,f. "a q sxx,.~s ,,u
certainty. and that man who says. II
can't become Christian becsuse there Is
time enough yet" is running risk inf
mite. You DO not perhaps realize the
fart that this descending grade Of sin
gets sleeper and sleeper, and that you are
gathering up . rush and velocity which
after swhils may not answer 70 the
brakes. ca. riy friends, be- not among
those who give their whole life to tho
world and then give their corpse 10 God.
1t does not seen fair while our pulses are
in full play OF health that We servo our
selves and serve the world and then make
God ut last the present OF coffin. 1t
does not seem right that we run our ship
from coast to coast, carrying cargoes for
ourselves. aud then when the ship IL
crushed ON the rocks give to God the
shivered timbeEs. 1t 10 great thing for
Q man on his dying pillow to repsnt-
better than never 1t all-but how much
better, how much more generous, It
would have been II he had repeuted 30
years beforel Ny friends, you win never
got over these procrastinatiOns.
Here 10 delusion. People think. 81
can 10 on In sin and worldliness, bat
after awhile ! will repent. and than 1t
viii Be ~ though bad come It ths very
start" That II delusion. No one ever
gets fully over procrastination. II you
give your soul 70 God, some other time
than this, you will enter heaven with
only half the capacity for enjoyment and
knowledge you might have had. There
will be heights Of blessedness you might
have attained. you viii never reach;
thrones Of glory On which you might
have been seated. but which you will
never climb. We will never get over
procrastination, neither In time nor in
eternity. We have started ON o march
from which there is no retreat. Tho
shadows Of eternity gather ON our path
way. How Insignificant is time COM
pared with the vast eternityi I was
thinking Of this while coming down over
the Allegheny mountains at noon, by
that wonderful place which you have al
heard described as the Horseshoe de-
preston in the side Of the mountain
where tho tfair almost turns backs again
upon itself. snd You see how appropriate
il the description Of the Horscshoe-ond
thinking on tins very theme and prspar-
ing this very sermon it seemed TO me -
If the great courser Of eternity speeding
along had just struck tho mountain with
one hoof and gone on into illimitable
SPACE. So short Is time, 50 Insignificant
il earth, compared with tho vast eternity!
This morning voices roll down the sky,
and all the worlds Of light are ready to
rejoice at your discnthrailment. Rush
not into the presence Of the king ragged
with sin when you may have this robe
Of righteousness. Dash not your foot to
pieces against the throne Of . cruci6ed
Christ. Throw not your crown Of life
of tho battlcmcnts. All tho scribes Of
God are this moment ready with vol
umes Of living light to record the news
Of your soul 4mancipsted.