The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-27

angel You remember when Elisha was In
the mountains how his servants were greatly
troubled because the enemy had surrounded
the, mountains and there was no way
OF escape and all he had TO do was 10 pray
God To open theeyes OF His servants. don't
know how many angels there are In this house
today, but believe every one OF US has an
angel 10 guard us. We are going 10 have good
society when we get To heaven; we are going
TO get into good company by and by.
Then In Luke x:sO. We read, "Notwithstand-
ing In this rejoice not, that the spirits are sub
ject unto you; but rather rejoice because your
names are written I'm heaven" Ii we are
true children OF God, our names are there.
Already there, not "going TO be-" Not
withstanding In this rejoice not, that the
spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice
that your names are written in Heaven"
Now, that Is something that we have TO re
joicc over. Every true child here today has
hts name Ia the Book OF Life. Rejoice
that your names are written In heaven.
Have you ever rejoiced over thatf
Well. IL is worth rejoicing over.
A friend Of mine was coming back from
Europe some years ago. and she came down
To Liverpool. with quite number OF American
friends. They wanted to stop at the best
hotel there, bus they found they could not be
accommodated. So they picked up their
things and were going TO find some other
place; but my friend said she was going TO
remain there. "You can't. There Is no
room.' oh. have got nice suite OF rooms
And they said, How is thatf" "Oh, | wrote
week ago and eneag aged them" Sent her name
on ahead. don't you see? II you want a man
sion ready for you. you let Christ
know you are coming, so that He can get one
ready. A lady told me yesterday that she
didn't want TO go TO Heaven because she
wanted TO dance. Ii you want 10 dance
your life away down here and live
for worldly things. and say, "Idont want my
name up there" IL won't be there. Ii Is said
that In China they have two books, and when
"a man goes into court and Is tried for his life
and found guilty they put his name down In
the black book. ana II he is found innocent
they put his name In the white book. The
black book b the book OF death and the white
book " the book Of life. l believe in
my soul that every man and woman In this
building today has his or her name in the
Book OF Death or In the Book Of Life. Which
isitS You say, 'You don't make me believe
anything like that's" Well, the Bible
says 20. Don't quarrel with me; IL you
want To quarrel just quarrel with the Bible.
There are good many things in the
Bible about names: PHILIPPIANS iv. 3, And
Ientreat ye also, true yoke-fellow. help those
women who labored with me in the gospel.
with Clement a1so, and with other my fellow
laborers. whose names arc In the Book of
Life" Ny friends. IL Is not only our privilege
To know that our names are there, but we can
live so that other people may know they are
there. Paul sent greeting 10 those whose
names were In the book. Revelations, 18th
chapter. sth verse, And all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him, whose nsmes are
not written in the Book OF Life of the Lamb
slain from the found alton OF the world"
Now, there IL another book not the
Book OF Life. Revelations Xxx. IL, And L
saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God; and the books were open; and another
book was open, which Is the Book of Life and
the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the book or according
TO their works" Revelations xxi: :27,v
And there shall in no wise enter into IL
anything that dehleth, neither whatsoever
that worketh an abomination, or maketh n
lie: but they which are written in the Lambs
Book of Life"
Go back into the Old Testament, Daniel.
l2th chapter, Ist verse, And at that time
shall Michael stand up. the great
prince which standeth by Thy people; and
there shall be q time OF trouble such as never
was since there was a nation, even 20 that
same time: and at that time Thy people shall
be delivered. every one that shall be found
written in the Book" There is going TO be a
separation: Every one that shall be found
written in the Book" Now. want TO put the
question honestly. Is your name in the Book
Of Life? You may have IL In the books of
some Of these churches, but | believe the
churches or Providence keep their books
somewhat different from what God keeps His.
Now, you cannot afford to be deceitful.
Make sure that your name is in the Lambs
Pook of Life, that your name is I'm Gods
book. Never mind about the church records.
I don't believe those records are going TO be
taken up there. Let us make sure that our
names are written in the Lambs Book of
Life.
Now, another thing, our treasures are there.
not down here, tell you what when l see
men just holding on 10 everything they can
get, must confess that / doubt about their
treasures being laid upon high. ! doubt
about their being rich towards Col. IL
man will drive like Jehu all the week TO make
a dollar, and go like a snail on sunday am
afraid his treasures are down here. and not
up yonder. They say that men that die worth
20 or 30 millions, are not worth anything when
they come To die, for they cannot take their
wealth with them. In Matthew vi, 10,
we read, Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt apd where thieves break
through and steal; but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven; where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through and steal; for where your
treasure is. there will your heart be
also" ] tell you what IL don't take
long TO tell where mans treasure is. You
talk TO man about IL, and see his eye light
upl That will tell the story where his treas
ure is. liz he has his heart set on pleasures
talk to him of where he can have night OF
pleasure, and see his face light up You will
see whore his heart is. IL he is
living for God and eternity
you talk about eternal things and see how his
eye lights UP. You can soon tell. You see a
man that has his goods all packed up and
they go on freight train and you will see
him on the passenger train soon after. III you
have some diamond rings locked up at
home and you think great deal
of them your mind goes home a
good many times. A lady In London told me
she didn't know why she didn't get assurance.
she had about n half dozen rings on her
fingers, and wanted to tell her that IL she
would sell some of her rings and give the
money TO the poor she wouldn't have any
trouble about getting assurance, There Is
great danger OF building too low. Everything
under this old sun Is going 10 bo shaken some
day, SO you had better build high. There was
bcdridden Christian In England. and as She
lay upon her bed she could see little bird
come 10 build Hs nest. Sue said. "Oh. why
don't You build higher" She thought the cat
would kill IL some day. But she said she
couidnt convey her thoughts 10 that bird I'm