Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-08-04
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We may let III. ~satirist laugh at Us. and
all our companions may laugh a; as. and We |
may be made the tar2ee for the msrrimens
OF earth and bell, but lorhil tina. va
should ever come TO the fulhllment ofthe
prophecy against the rejectors OF the truth. |
II will laugh at your calamity But. my
iri~nts. all Of Us who reject Christ and the
-z.don 81 the gospel must come under that
tremendous bombarimen'. God wants rs
alto repent. He ~counsels, He coaxes. He
importunes. and He dies 'or US. He comes
iown GU. OF heaven. He puts all the worlds
gin on one shoulder, He puts all the worlds
sorrow on the other shoulder. and then with
that Alp on one side AMI that Himalava on
the other He starts up the hill back Of Jeru-
salem to achieve our salvation He puts the
pain Of His right foot on one lorg spike.
ani He puts the palm OF His lett
loot On another long spike. and then.
with His hands spotted with His own bsoo'.
He sesticu'ates. saying Look. LOOK AMI
I've. With the crimson veil OF Ny sacrifice
I will cover up ali your sins with Ny dying
,roan will swallow up all your grosns.
LOOK, Live But a thousan . OF you turn
your back on that. AMI then this vo:ca Of
invitation turns to a tone divinelv oninous,
that sohs like a simeon through the first
chapter of Proverbs. because l have
called and ya refused. / have stretched out
Ny right han1, and no mar regar led, but
~ nave ScI AK nHu0ft ui NJ tOIuS-i All |
would non. OF Nv reproo'. ]. also. will
laugh at your calamity o.. what a laugh
that Is = deep laugh. = LONG. reveroerstins
laugh. an overwhelming laugh. Col grant
we may never hear It. But in this day OF
mrrciful visitation yieliyour heart to Christ.
that you may spapd all your life on earth
unier His smile and escape forever the thun-
,l"r OF the laugh OF Gods indigEatio3-
The other laughter mentioned in the
Bible, the only one / shall speak o., is
heavens laughter. or the expression OF
eternal triumph. Christ said 10 His dis
riples, blessed are ye that weep now. fo'
We shall laugh That makes me know
| positively that we are not to spend our days
| IN heaven singing long meter psalms. Tne
| journalistic and stiff notions OF heaven that
some people have would make me mis- .rabte.
| I am glad to know that the heaven OF the
Bible is not only a place OF holy worship,
nut of magnificent sociality. "What. " say
YOU, will the ringing laugh go around the
| .ircles OF the saveiI' l say yes-pure
laughter. cheering laughter. holy laughter.
II will be a laugh of co~ngratuiation. When
We meet q friend who has suddenly
.ome to a fortune. or who has got over
ONE dire sickness. do We not shake
ant-, DO We not laugh with him? And
when We get 10 heaven am see our friends
here. some OF them having come up out Of
yrea, ,rihulation. why. we will say to one OF
hem, 1.-The last time l saw you you had been
offering for six weeks under a low intermit-
tent fever or 10 another We will say "You
or ten years were limping with the rheu-
matisIn. and you were full of complaints
when We saw you last. l congratulate you
on this eternal recovery" We shall laugh.
Yes, We shall congratulated llthose who have
come out otTfeat financial embarrassments
in this world because they have become mill
ionaires in heaven. Ye shall laugh. 1t
shall be a laugh OF reasso cation. 1t IS just
as natural for US to laugh when We meet q
friend We have not seen for ten years as any
thing Is possible TO be natural.
When We meet our friends from whom VS.
have been parted ten or twenty or thirty
years, will 1t not be with infinite congratula-
ion? Our perception quickenei, our
knowledge improved, Wa will know each
other at 4 flash. We will have to talk over
all that has happened since Wa have been
separated, the one that has been ten years In
heaven telling us all that has happened In
the ten years of his heavenly residence, and
we telling him in return ali that has hap
pened during the ten years Of his absence
from earth. Ye shall laugh. l think George
Whiteneld and John Wesley will have Il
laugh Of contempt for their earthly COLI
sions. and Toplady and Charles Wesley will
have 4 laugh OF contempt for th"ir earthly
MISUNDERSTANDING, and tho two farmers
who were in a lawsuit all their days will
have IL laugh OF contempt over their earthly
dist urbance about q line fence. Exemption
from all annoyance. Immersion In all glad
ness. Ye shall laugh. Christ says 80. Ye
shall laugh. Yes. 1t will be n laugh OF tri-
umph. Oh, what Il pleasant thing It will be
to stand on the wall OF heaven and look
down at satan and hurl at him defiance and
see him Gagged and chained and we forever
free from his clutches! Aha! Yes, It will
be a laugh OF royal greeting.
You know how the Frenchmen cheered
vhpn EapolaoD cama hack from ElDa YOU
know how the English cheerei when We'll
lington came back from Waterloo; you know
how Americans cheered when kossuth ar
rived from Hungary you remember how
Rome cheered when Pompey came back vic
torious over 900 cities. Every cheer was q
laugh. Bat, oh. the mightier greeting. the
2ladder greeting. when the snow white cav
airy troop of heaven shall go through the
streets. and. according to the Book Of Reeve
lation. Christ In the red coat. the crimson
coat, on a white horse. and all the armies o
heaven following Him on white horses! Oh
when we see and hear that cavalcade W
shall cheer. we shall laugh! Does not you
heart beat quickly at the thought OF tn.
great jubilee upon which we are soon to en-
ter? pray God that when we get through
with this world and are going out of 1t W,
may have some such vision as tn,
dying Christian had when he sa,
written all over the clouds in the sky tn
iettet w. HAl tley dSAeu uim. St8QUIUV D,
his side, what he thought that: letter Nv
meant. ''Oh." he said. that stands for wei
come" And SO may it be when we quit thi
world. on the gate, W. on the doc
!, OF the mansion. Nv on the throne. Wei
come Welcome. Welcome, hav
preached this sermon with Ave prayerfu
wishes-that yoE might gee what a mea
thing is the laugh Of skepticism, what
bright this is the laugh OF spiritual exulta
ton. what a hollow thing is the laugh Of sin
tut merriment. wna, an awful thing is tn
auGhe Ct condemnation, VIVA; a radiant. rub
cund thing Is the laugh OF eternal triumph
, Avoid the Ill choose the right. b con
) forted. Blessed are We that w.ep a
shall LAUGH We shall laurs.a