Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-13
EVERLASTING LIFE.
Inc Subject of Rev. DR.. ralmaae,s
Latest Sermon.
~. mes. Awaits the Weary In
heyond-For Those Who
=" On Earth the Peace OF Heaven
Magnificent Recompense-
Perpetual Reunion.

~ the subject of his latest ser
mon through the press, the words
everlasting Life, the text BEING FROM,
Micah 2 10; Arise We and depart 70,
TINS IS not your rest"
This was the drum beat Of a rroni, .
VINO wanted to arouse his people from
.heT oppressed and sinful condition
out II may Just as properly be uttered
now as then. Bells, by long exposure
ana much ringing lose their clearness
OF tone; but this rousing bell of the
gospel strikes in as clear tone a.
when 1t first rang on the air.
As far as can sSe, your great want
ana mine IS rest. From the time we
enter life great many annovaneeS and
veNations take after us We NAV have
our holidays and our seasons Of recrea-
ton and quiet, but where is the man
come TO mid-life who has found entire
rest? The fact is that God did mot
make this world to rest in. A shin
might as well go down off Cape Hat
teras TO find smooth water as man in
this world to find quiet. From the
| way that God has strewn the thorns
and hung the clouds. and sharpeued
the tusks; from the colds that distress
US and the pleurisies that stab us. and
the tevers that consume us | know
That lie did not make this world as a
place to loiter in. God does everything
successfully; and this world would BE-
very different world if it were in
tended for us to lounge in. It does
right well for few hours. Indeed. il
Is magnificent Nothing but finite wis
dom and goodness could have mixed
this beverage of water, or hung up
these brackets of stars. or trained these
voices of rill, and bird and ocean-so
that God has got but to lift His hand.
and the whole world breaks forth into
orchestra. But after all, it is only the
splendors Of kings highway, over
which we are to march on to eternal
conquests
You and have seen men who have
tried to rest here. They builded them /
selves great stores. They gathered
around them the patronage of mer- |
chant princes. The voice OF their bid 1
shook the money market. They had /
stock in the most successful railroads /
and in safety deposits great rolls of |
government securities They had en-
blazoned carriages, high mettled steeds.
footmen. plate that eonfounded lords
and senators who sat at their tables,
tapestry on which foated the richest
designs Of foreign looms splendor OF
canvas on the wall. exquisiteneSs Of 4
music rising among pedestals of bronze.
and dropping, soft as light, an snow OF
sculpture. Here let them rest. Put back
the embroidered curtain, and shake M
the pillow of down Turn out the
lights. 1t is II o'clock at night Let
slumber drop upon the eyelids and the
air float through the half-opened lat
tice drowsy with midsummer perfume.
Stand back, all care, anxiety, and
trouble But no. they will not stand
back
They rattle the lattice. They look
under the canopy With rough touch
they startle his pulses. They cry out
at IL o'clock at night, Awake, man!
How can you sheep when things are SO
What about those stocks?
Hank to the tap of that fre-bell; it is
your district. How if you should die
soon? Awake. man! Think of it! Who
will get vour property when You are
rome? What will they do with it?
Wake up! Riches sometimes take ,
wings How if you should get poor?
Wake up!'' Rising on one elbow. the
nan of fortune looks out into the dark !
less of the room. and wipes the damp :
less from his forehead. and says, Alas. \
Cor all this scene of wealth and mag t
rest.
passed down the street of a city with
merchant. He knew all the finest e
Iouses on the street. He said: There a
) something the matter in all these p
ouses. In that one it is conjugal in h
alicitv. In that one dissipated son. 5
n that dissolute father. In that an b
hot child. In that the prospect of p
This worlds wealth can C
i've no permanent satisfaction. This il
not your rest.
You and / have seen men try in an o
Their direction. A man says: IF | a
,uld ONLY rise to such and such a Il
laee of renown; if I could gain that q
flee; if could only get the stand and y
ave my sentiments met with one good y
,und of hand-clapping applause; if Il
,uld only write book that would live, al
: make speech that would thrill. or 81
, an action that would resound!' The y
de turns in his favor His name is u
4 ten thousand lips. He is bowed W
}. and sought after, and advanced. g
en- drink his health at great dinners. h
[ his fiery words the multitudes huzza! Ct
rom galleries of beauty they throw q
,rlands. From housetops, as he passes st
long procession, they shake out the ne
,tional standards. Here let him rest. bi
is IL o'clock at night. On pillow
uffed with a nations praise let be
m lie down. Hush. all disturbant tn
ices In his dream let there be W
listed throne, and across it march 10
coronation. Hush, Hush. "Wake pr
-, cows a yough voice. political SEN ne