The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-25

81 mean to ha-G : my million" He goes
to WORK reckless Of honesty, and he gets
his first 100000. He gels after awhile
his 100000. After awhile ne GETS his
$500, ,00G. Now" he says, Il have
onl? one more move to make, and l
shall have my million" He gathers up
all his resources, he makes that one last
grand move, he falls and loses all, and
he has not enough money of his own lell
to paw the coat Of The car 10 his home.
People caun0t understand this spasmCdic
revuision. Some said it was q sudden
| turn 10 Erie railway stock, or u WeS-
tcrn UnlOr, OF in Illinois Central. Some
said one thing anHsn another. IheY
ali guessed wrong. | Will tell yon what
! il was, He that sitjeth in the EcaV]ns
Laughed"
4 man III New York said he would
| be the richest maD in the city, lie lett
his honest work IS mechanic and Got
| into The city councils some way and n
! 10 wears stole $4,000, 900 from The CITY
government. Fifteen million dollars!
He had the legislature of the state Of
| New York in the grip Of his right hand.
SuspcOns were aroused. The grand
iury presented indictments. The whole
! land stood achast. The man who eX-
pected 10 put half the city in his vest
booklet goes 10 Blackwell's island, goes
10 Ludlow Street jail, breaks prison and
goes across the sea, is rearestcd and
brought back and again remandcd TO jail.
WHY? "He that sittath in the LeaVens
laughed"
Rome was great empire; she had
Horace and Virgil among her poets;
she had Angus Us ana Constantine
among her emperors. But what mean
the defaced Pantheon, and the Forum
truned into cattle market, and the bro
| ken walled Coliseum, and the architectu-
raj skelton Cf her great aqueductS? What
was that thunder? "OhW you say, 'that
was the roar of the battering rams against
her walls" No. What was that qui'
vel? OH" you say, that was the
tramp of hostile legions." No. The
culver ana the roar were the outburst
Of omnipotent laughter from the defed
and insulted heavens. Rome deded God,
ard he laughed her. down. Thobes de.
fed God, and he laughed her down.
&ineveh defed God, and he laughed her
down. Babylon deGed God, and be
laughed her down.
There is 8 great difference between
Gods laugh and his smile. HIS smile IS
eternal beati;ude. He smiled when
David sang, and Miriam clapped the
cymhaIs and Hannah made garments
for her son, Paul preached, and John
kindIed with apocalyptiC vision, and
when any man has anything to do and
does it well. His snnle! Why, it is the
18th, OF May, the apple orchads IN full
bloom; it is morning breaking on rippl-
ing sea; 1t is heaven at high noon, al the
bells beating the marriage peal. But
his laughter-may it never fall on ue! It
IS q condemnation for our SIG: it is a
wasting away. We may let the satlrist
laugh at us, and all our companions
NAV laugh at Us, and We may be made
the target for the merriment Of earth aud
hell, but God forbid that we sould ever
come to the fulfillment of the prophecy
against the rejectors OF the truth, Il will
| lau9n at your CalauILY.
But, nv friends, all of US WHO reject
Christ aud the pardon of the gospel
must come uuder tbat.tremendous bonn
bardment. God wants Us all to repent.
He couusels, he CoaXes, he lmportunes,
and he dies for US. He comes down out
of heaven. He puts al the worlds Sin
on one shoulder, he puts all worlds sor-
row oD the other shoulder, and then with
that Alp on one side and that Himalaya
on the other he starts up the hill back
of Jerusalem 10 achieve our salvation.
He puts the palm Of his right foot on one
long spike, and he puts the palm Of his
lett foot on another long spike, and then,
with his hands spotted with his own blood
| he gesticulates, saying: "L0ok, look and
livel With the crimson veil Of my sacrl-
fee [ will cover up ell your sins. With
nv dying groan l will swallow up all
YOUR groans. Look! LiveO But a
thousand Of you turn your back on that
and then this voice of invitation turns to
q tone divinity omlnous, that sobs like q
simoom through the first chapter Of Pro
verbs: "Because have called and ye
refused, have stretched out my right
hand and no man regarded, but ye have
set at naugbt all my counsel and would
none of my reproof, l also will ladgh at
yoor calamity" Oh, what laugh that
is-a deep laugh, long, reVerberatins
laugh; an overwhelming laugh; God
grant we may never hear it. But in
this day of merciful visitation yield your
heart TO Christ that you may spend al
your life on earth under his smile aud
escape forever the thunder OF the laugh
of Gods indignation.
The other laughter mentioned IN tae
Bible-the only ons shall speak Of
is heavens laughter, or the expression
Of eternal triumph. Christ said to his
disciples, "Blessed are ye that weep
now, for We shall laugh" That makes
me know positively that we are not TO
spend our days in heaven singing long
meter psalms. The formalistc and
stiff notions of heaven that some people
have would make me miserable. l am
glad to know that The heaven OF the BIZ
ble is not only place OF holy worship,
out Of magnificent soCiality.
"What," say you, will the ringing
laugh 60 around the circle, ofthe saved?"
I say yes, pure laughter, cheering laugh
ter, holy laughter. 1t Will be laugh
Of congratulation. When we meet q
friend who has suddenly come to for
tune or who has got over soma dire sick.
ness, do we not shake hands, do we not
laugh with him? And when we get TO
heaven and see Cur friends there, aome
CT them having come up out ofgreat tri-
bulation, why, We will say to one OF
them, THE last time l saw you you
| had been suffering tor six weeks under
low intermittent fever" or to another
we will say: "You for 10 years were
limping with the rheumatism, and you
were full of complaints when we saw you
last. congratulate you On this eternal
recovery.
We shall laugh. Yes, We shall con.
graduate all those who have come Out
of great financial embarrassments N
this world because they have become
millionalres IN heaven. Ye shall laugh.