Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-12

Tue euse OF 4 Moou every cNNuQuc, anu tho
nelehbors in the country did not under.
stand howa mother with 80 many CARES and
anSietles should waste so much time as 20
be idly sauntoring out evening by evening,
i was found out aftcrward that she went
there 70 pray for her household, and while
there one evening she wrote that beautiful
hymn, famous in all sgcs for cheerlng Chris
tian hearts,
love to steal awhile away
From every cumberinr caro-
And spend the hourl Of settling day
In humble, grateful prayer
Shall there be no reward for sneh unpre-
tonding yet everlasting serviceP
con Will INTRODUCES vs.
We 60 into long sermon to prove that we
will be able to recognize people in heaven
when there is one reason we fail 60 present,
and that Is better than ail--qod will intro.
duce us We shall have them all pointed
out. You would not be guilty OF theimpo.
likeness Of having friends In your parlor
not introduced, and celestial pollteueN Will
demand that we be made acquainted with
all the heavenly household. What rehcar-
sal OF old times and recital Of stirring rcm.
inisccnccs.
II Others fail to give introduction, God
will take us through, and before our nut
20 hours IN heaven-if IL were calculated hy
earthly timopleccs-have passed Wa shall
meet and talk with more heavenly celohri-
ties than In our entirc mortal state we met
with earthly celebrities. Many who made
great noise Of usefulness will sit on tho last
seat by the front door OF the heavenly tens
pie, while right up within arms reach o.
the heavenly throne will be many who,
though they could not preach themselves or
do great exploits for God, neyerthelossheld
the rope
Come, let us go rlgtt up and acoost those
on this circle OF heavenly throne. Surely
they must have killed in battle million
men. Surely they must have been buried
with all the cathedrah sounding dirRn
and all the towors Of all the cities tolling
the national grief Who MT thou, mighty
one OF heaven' 81 lived by choice the un-
married daughter In humble home that I
might take care Of my parents IN their old
age, and endured without complaints all
| their querulpuauess and ministNred TO all
their wants for 20 years
Let us pass on round tho circle ~ thrones.
Who art thou, mighty one OF hoaveni II
was for 30 years Christian invalid and
suffered all the while, occasionally writing
note OF sympathy for those worse on than
| J. and was general eonildaut OF all those
who had trouble, and once In awhile was
strong enough TO make garment for that
| poor family IN the back lnne.h Pass on 10
another throne. Who art thou mighty one
| OF heaven ~ was the mother who raised
awhole family Of children for God and thcy
are out In the world, Christian merchants,
| Christian mechanics, Christian wives, aud
| have had full reward Of all my TOLL Let
| uB pass on In the circle OF thrones ~ had
Sabbath school class, and they were al
ways on my heart, aud they all entered tho
| Kingdom OF God, and am whiting for their
arrival"
But who art thou, tho mighty one OF
heaven ON this other thronrf 'In time Of
bitter persecution owned house IA Da-
mhseus. a house on tho wall. a man who
! preached Christ was bounded from street
10 street, and hid him from the assnssins
and when / found them breaking In my
house and could no longer keep him safe
! ly advised him 10 Zee for his life, aud a
basket was let down over the wall with tho
maltreated man In ", aud I was one who
helped hold the rope And 1sald, rs that
Rlli" aud lac answered, THAT ~ all.
Aud while | was lost Ia amazenont !
heard strong voice that sounded as
though it might once have been hoarso from
many exposures and triumphant IA though
| it might have belonged to one Of the mar
tyra, aud 1t said, mot many mighty, not
many noble. are called, but God hath chosen
the weak things OF the world 10 confound
tho things which are mighty, and base
things Of the world, and things which arc
despised hath God chosen--yea, and things
which are MOTTO bring to nauRht things
which are, that no flesh should glory Ia his
presence" And looked TO sec from whence
the voice came, nnd, lol II Was the very one
who had said, Through window, In u
basket, was let down BY the wall"
TuE STORY or THE NAIL,
Henceforth think Of nothing ~ insignin-
can't a little thing may decide your all.
A Cdnardcr put out from England for New
York. 1t WAS well equipped but ia puttiu,
up a stove 81 the pilot box n nail wRs driven
too near the compass, You know how thar
nail would affect the compass The ships
officer, deceived BY that distracted com
pass, put the ship 800 miles on her right
course, and suddenly the man on the look.
out cried, LAND, hoN and the ship WINS
halted within a iewyards Of her demolition
on Nantucket shoals A sixpenny nail came
near wreekinR a CunaFder. small ropes
hold mighty destinies.
A minister seated In Boston 90 his table,
| lacking Wofdt puts MS manu- pthAuu MS
head and tits back his chair TO think, and
the ceiliug falls and brushes the table and
would have crushed him, A Minister ia
JnmAica at night, By the light Of an insect
called the oandleny, 10 kept from stopping
over a preoipice hundred feet. 4. W.
Robertson, the celebrated English clergy.
man, said that be entered The ministry
from a train Of circumstances started by
the barking Of a dog Had tho Wind blown
one way on a certain dpy, the Spanish in.
QUESTION would have been established Ia
England, but ii blew the other way, aud
that dropped The aecuued Institution, with
1900 tons Of shipping, 70 the bottom Of the
sea or flung the splintcred logs on the rooka.
Nothing unimportant Ia your life Of
mine. Three eiphers placed on the right
aide Of the figure make . thousand aud
six ciphers on tbs right side Of the iigurs
million, and our noihipgness piuttd
on the right side may be augmentation ~
limitAble All the ages Of time and eternity
affected by the basket let down from Da
mascus balcony