The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24


were on the express train going AZ forty
miles an hour, and they came To bridge.
and the draw was up and they went
down. How long to repent and pray;
Two seconds To do the work Of a life
time and to prepare for the vast eternity
in two seconds ] was reading of An en-
tertainment given In kings courS, and
there We're musicians there, with elaborate
pieces of music After awhile Mozart
came and began TO play. ard he had
blank piece Of paper before him, and the
king Familiarity looked over his shoulder
and said: what are you playing? / see
no music before you" 1t was very well
for him but, Oh. my friends, we cannot
extemporize heaven. If we do not get
prepared in this world. we VIII never take
part In the orchestral harmOnies Of the
saved Oh, that we were as wise as the
crane and the stork, flying away, lying
away from the tempest.
SORROWS of the Sinful.
Some of you have felt the pinching
frost Of sin. You feel it today. You are
not happy. I look into your faces, and
1 know you are not happy. There are
voices within your soul that will not be
silenced, telling you that you are sinners
and that without the pardon Of God you
are undone forever. What are you going
to do, my friends, with the accumulated
transgressions Of this lifetime? Will you
stand still and let the avalanche tumble
over you? On, that you would go away
into the warm heart Of Gods mercy. The
southern grove, redolent with magnolia
and cactus. never waited for northern
flocks as God has waited for you, saying:
II have owed thee with an everlasting
love. Come unto Me, all we who are
weary and heavy aden, and l will give
you rest"
Another frost is bidding you AWAIT
is the frost OF sorrow. Where do you
live now? oh" you say, Il have
moved" Why did you move? You say,
II don't want as large a house now as
formerly" Why do you not want as
large a house? You say, MY family is
not so large" Where have they gone to?
Eternity! Your mind goes back through
that last sickness and through the al
most supernatural effort TO keep life,
and through those prayers that
seemed unaVailng, and through that kiss
which received no response because the
lips were lifeless, and | hear the bells
tolling and / hear the hearts breaking
while 1 speak L hear them break. A
heart Another hearti Alone, alone.
alonel This world, which in your girl
hood and boyhOod was sunshine, is cold
now, and. ON, weary dove, you fly around
this world as though you would like to
stay. when the wind. and the frost, and
the blackening clouds would bid YOU
away into the heart Of an all-comforting
III. /
what a bOtch this world makes Of Il
when il tries to comfort a soul I'm trouble,
Ii says, Don't cryn' How can we help
crying when the heart treasures are scat
tered, and father is gone, and mother Is
gone, and companions are gone, and
the child is gone, and everything seems
gone? 1t is no comfort to tell a man not
10 cry. The world comes up and says
'Oh il is only the body Of your loved
one that you have put in the ground.
But there is no comfort in that That
body is precious. Shall we never put our
hand in that hand again, and shall we
never see that sweet face again? Away
with your heartlessness, O world But
come, Jesus and tell us that when the
tears fall they fall into Gods bottle; that
the dear bodies Of our loved ones shall
rise radiant in the resurrection and all
the breakings down here shall be fittings
up there. and they shall hunger no more.
neither thirst any more, neither shall the
sun light on them nor any heat. for the
lamb which Is in the midst Of the throne
shall lead them To living fountains Of
water, and God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes"
Call on All To Go.
You may have noticed that when the
chaffinch, or the stork, or the crane starts
on its migration it calls all those of its
kind to come too. The tree tops are full
of chirp and whistle and carol and the
long roll-call. The bird does not start or
alone. 1t gathers all of its kind. Oh, that
YOU might be as wise i'm this migration TO
heaven and that you might gather all
your families and your friends with you,
/ would that Hannah might take Samuel
by the hand. and Abraham might take
Isaac, and Hagar might take Ishmael.
/ ask YOU if those who sat at your break
fast table this morning will sit with you
in heaven? / ask you what Influences You
are trying to bring upon them-what eN-
ample YOU are setting them. Are you call
ing them TO go with you? Aye, aye, have
you started yourself?
Start for heaven and take your children
with YOU Come thou and all thy house
into the ark Tell your little ones that
there are realms of balm and sweetness
for all those who fly in the right direc-
ton. Swifter than eagles stroke put out
for heaven. Like the crane or the sbor1
stop not night nor day until you ind the
right place for stopping seated today in
Christian service, will you be seated in the
same glorious service when the heavens
have passed away with great noise, and
the elements have melted with fervent
heat, and the redeemed are gathered
around the throne of Jesus?
The Savior calls.
Ye wanderers come.
Oh. We benighted souls
Why longer roam2
fhe Spirit calls today,
Yield to His power.
oh, grieve Him not away,