The Baptist headlight., 1894-08-01

1he man who expected to put half the
l city IN his vest pocket goes to Black
Wells Island. goes to Ludlow Stree
jail, breaks prison and goes across the
sea, IS rearrested and brought back anC
again remanded TO Jail. Why? He
Inat sltteth IN the heavens laughed. ;
nome was a great empire: she had
horace and Virgil among her poets
sne had Augustus and Constantine
among her emperOrs. But what mean
the defaced Pantheon, and the Forum
Iurned INTO a cattle market, and the
broken walled Coliseum. and the arch
ltectural skeleton of her preat acme
ducts: What was that thunder? on
you say. that was the roar of her batter
ing rams against her walls" No. What
was that culver? oh" YOU saw.
THAT was the tramp Of hostile lepiOns."
NO. The culver and the roar were the
! outpurst o. omnipotent laughter from
| Ihe dehed and insulted heavens. Rome
! aened GOd, and He laughed her down.
Ihepes dehed God. and He laughed
her down. Nineveh deficd God. and
he laughed her down. Babylon de-
ned GOD, and He laughed her down.
A Laugh and Smile.
Ihere IS a great difference between
!Iod laugh and His smile His smile
IS eternal beatitude. He smiled when
David sang, and Miriam clapped the
cYmb and Hannah made garments
1or her son, and Paul preached. and
JOhn klndled with apOcalyptic vision.
and when any man has ANYTHING to do
and does it well. His smile! Why. it
is the 10th of May, the apple orchards
IN full bloom; it is morning breaking
on arlppling sea: it is Heaven at high
noon, all the bells beating the mar
rage peal. But his laughter it
nevr fall on us. II is Condemnation
Tor our sin: it is a wasting away. We
may let the satirist laugh at us. and
all Our companions may laugh at us,
ana we may be made the target for the
merrlment of earth and he'll, but God
IOrold that we should ever come to the |
1u!hllment OF the prophesy against the !
feJectors OF the truth, Il will laugh |
at your calamity
but, my friends, all OF us who re 'ect |
Christ and the pardon of the gospel |
must come under that tremendous BON |
bardment. God wants Us all to re-
he lmpOrtunes. and He dies for us
lie comes down out of Heaven. He
puts all the world sin on one shoulder.
He puts all the worlds sorrow on the
other shoulder, and then with that
Alp on one side and that Hilnaiava on
Che other He starts up the hill back of
Jerusalem to achieve our salvation
Heputs the palm OF His right foot on
one ong spike, and He puts the palm
2t his left foot on another long snike
and then With His hands spotted with
lis own blood He gesticulates. SAVING:
Look, look and live With the Grim
'On veil OF My sacrifice will cover uD
'll your sins. With My dying groan |
WI swallow up all your grOans. Look,
I've But thousand of YOU turn
your back on that, and then this voice
u invitation turns to a tone diyiuelv
that sObs like simeon
nrOugh the first chapter Of Proverbs. !
because have called and We refused.
nave stretched out my right hand
nd no man regarded, but We have set
/ naught all my counsel and would {
one Of my reprOOf, also will laugh at l
our calamity" Oh, hat a laugh +
hat ls-a deep laugh; a long, rever- f
eratlng laugh: an verwhelmlnp +
lugh. God grant that we NAV never :
ear 1T. But in this day of merciful :
yield your heart to Christ
lat you may spend all your life on d
artn under His smile and escape for
yer the thunder of the laugh of Gods
dlgnatiOn.
An Eternal Recovery. c
The other laughter mentioned IN r.
le BIbIe-the only one | shall sneak ii
is heavens laughter. or the ex- D
esslon of eternal triumph. Christ :,
id to His disciples: Blessed are ve =
lat weep now. for We shall laugh. f
hat makes me know positively that -
are not tospend our days in Heaven u
aging long meter psalms. The for III
iIlstlc and stiff notions of heaven Ell
at some people have would make me al
serable. am glad to know that the tO
eaVen of the Bible is not only place ct
holy worship. but Of magnificent RI
,iality. ~
What, say you, twill the ringing a, a.
IGN go around the circle of the -
ed" | say yes; pure laughter. NJ n,
eerlng laughter holy laughter. n
will be laugh of con PC
atulatlOa. When we meet a in
end who has suddenly come to a for We
le or who has got over some dire VIC
kness, do we not shake hands. do we
laugh with him: And when we Get
Heaven and see our friends there,
ne OF them having come uD out of no,
al trlbulation. why. we will say to ~ ~
of them, ''the last time | saw yor =. ~
had been suffering for six weeks Ih'
Ter low intermittent fever. " or TO on
ther will say: You for ten years var
e limping with rheumatism. and the
were full of complaints when we
you last. | congratulate YOU on sal,
} eternal recovery. tn
'e shall laugh. Yes. we shall con-
tulate all chose who have come out -
reat financial EN- barrassments in InC
world because they have become
lonaires in Heaven. le shall con
IN. 1t shall be laugh OF reasso.