Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-28

! Shall there be no reward for such unDre
/ 'eniing yet everlasting service?
We 20 into Ion. sermon to prove that W
viii be able to recognize people in heaven.
when thnre is one reason We fail 10 present.
anithat is better than all-Goi will inrr1-
. dure IL. We shall have them all point :
out. lOu wOuld not be guilty Of the iupo-
. lHeuess OF having friends in your parlor not
( introduced, and celestial pOliteness will de-
mand that we be made acquainted with
( the heavenly household. What rehearsal o
! Old times and recital OF stirring rcminis
/ ,"nccs.
: If others fail 10 give Introduction. Go will
( take Us through, and before oar first twenty
: four hours in hcaven-if it were calculated !
by earthly timnpieces-haye passed We shalt
| meet and talk with moro heavenly ceIebr ties
/ than in our entire mortal state we met " tn
I earthly celebrities. Many who male cre1t
! noise OF usefulness Will sit on the last seat ny
the front door Of the heavenly temple, waii,-
! RIGHT M --.'',r arms reach OF the heaven'v
J throne VII ha many who. though they could
| not preach themselves or DO great exploits
| or God. nevertheless held the rope.
! Gone. let rs 60 right MP AMI accost those
/ on this circle Of heavenly thrones. Surely
| they must have killed in bait . a million men.
| Surely they must have been buried with all
| the cathe trails sounding dirCe and all the
! towers Of all the cities tolling the national
grief. Who art thou. mighty one OF heaven?
| 81 lived by choice the unmarried daughter
| in a humble home that l might take care OF
my parents in their old age, and I endured
| without complaints all their querulousness
and ministered TO all their wants for twent!
TCars."
| Let rs pass on round the circle of Thrones.
| Who art thou, mighty one of heaven? "l
| was for thirty years Christian invalid and
suffered all the while. occasionally writing
note OF sympathy for those worse OF than I.
| and was general cOnfldant OF all those who
| had trouble, and once in awhile was strong
enough TO make n garment for that poor
| family in the back lane" Pass on 10 another
| throne. Who art thou. mighty one OF
heaven2 81 was the mother who raised
| whole family OF children Tor Cos. and thsy
| are ont in the world Christian merchants.
Christian mechanics, Christian wives. an1
| have had a full reward OF all my toll" Let
! rs pass on in the circle of thrones. ~ had n
! Sahhath-school class, and they were always
| on my heart, and they all entered the king
| dom Of Col, and Fam waiting for their ar
| -ivaI."
Bu, who art thou, the mighty enc o
! heaven on this other throne? "In time oi
bitter persecution 1 owned a hoase in
! DImascus-l house on the wall. A man
| who preached Christ was bounded from
street to street, and hid him from the
! sassins. AMI when I found them breaking in
| my houss ami could no longer keep him
n ely I advised him to flee fOr his life, an
basket was let down over tine wall with the
/ naltreated man in it, and I was one who
| helped hold the rope" And I said. "Ts that
! Ill?' And he answered, ''That is all.
And while 1 was lost in amaZement hear
| 4 strong voice that sounded az though it
| might once have been hoarss from many ex-
posures AMI triumph though it might
I have belonged to one OF the martyrs. and il
| said, "Not many mighty, not many noble
are called, but God hath chosen the wea';
| things of the world to confound the thin',s
| which are mighty. AMI base things of taa
! world and things which are desp.sei hrtl
Col chosen-yea, and things which are not
| to bring to nauyht THINGS whicn are. that
, 70 FISH should glory in His presence" An
| looked to see from whence the voice cam,
ami 10 it was the very one who had SAT-
, Through a window in basket was ict
down by the wall
Henceforth think OF nothing as insignia
,Gut. little thing may decide your all.
CUnarder put out from England for New
York. 1t was well equipped, but in putin.
up a stove in the pilot box nail was driven
too near the compass. You know how tllz
nail would affect the compass. The ships
officer, deceived by that distracted compass
put the ship 200 miles of her right cours-
and suddenly the man on the lookout crie1
Land, no r. and the ship was halted within
few yards of her demolition on Nantucket
shoals. A sixpennv nail came near wreck
ing Cunlrier Small ropes hold mighty
iestiaies.