Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09

dfhfe4n years think b. was IN India But
He oame back to Palestine and crowded
everything into three years-three winters,
ehree sprngs, three summers, three aut-
hmns. Our life b short, but would God we
might 500 how much We could do in three
years. Concentration Intensihcation !
Three years Of kind words Three years OF
living for othersi Three years OF self-sacri-
7oel Let N try II.
Ave, Christ was lovely In His demise. He
had right thnt last hour to deal In snathe-
mattzation. Never had any one been so
meanly treated. Cradle OF straw among
goats and camels-that vas the worlds re-
ception OF Himi Rocky cliff, with ham
mes pounding spikes through tortured
nervee-khst'wns the worlds farewell saluta-
ton The slaughter Of that scene sometimes
hides tho loveliness of the sufferer. Unler
the saturstfon of tears and blood we sona-
times fail to zee the sweetest face of earth
and heaven. Altogether lovely! Can cold
est criticism find an unkind word He ever
spoke, or an unkind action that He ever per-
formed, or an unklnd thought that He ever
harbored2
What q marvel II is that all the nations OF
earth do not rise up in raptures of affection
for HimI must say It here and now. L lift
my right hand In solemn attestation. 1 love
Him, and the grief OF my life is that do not
love Him more. Is 1t an impertlnenoe for
me to ask, Do you, my hearer-you, my
reader, love Him7 Has He become part OF
your nature2 Have you committed your
children on earth into His keeping. as your
children In heaven are already in His bosom?
Has he done enough to win your conhdence2
Can you trust Him, living and dying and for
ever! Is your back or your face toward Him?
Would you like to have His hand to guide
you, His might to protect you, His grace to
comfort you, His su5erings to atone for you,
His arms to welcome you, His love to encir-
Gle you, His heaven to crown you2
Oh, that we might all have something OF
the great German reformsr's love for this
Christ which led him to say, "lt any one
knocks at the door Of my breas. and s1ys,
Who lives thsrer my reply Is, Jesus Curist
lives here, not Martin Luther" Will II not
be grand II, when we get through this short
and rugged road of life, We can go right up
into His presence and live with Him world
without end.
And II, entaring the gate of that heavenly
sity, we should be SO overwhelmed with our
unworthtnesS on the one slds, and the SUPER
nal splendor on the other side, We get a lit
tie bewildered and should for a few moments
be. lost on ths streets OF gold and among tn,
FURNISHED temples and the sapphire thrones,
there would be plenty to show US tho way
andtske us out OF our joyful bewlldermont,
and perhaps the woman OF Main would say,
"Cone, let me take yoI 20 10" Christ who
raised my only boy 10 lie" AID MIrtla
Christ who brought up my brother Lazarus
from tho tomb" And ono Of the Disciples
would say, "Come, AMI le. me tax, you
to the Christ who saved our sinking saip
In the hurricane on Gennasaret." Ant
Paul would say, "Come, aud lot mo
tead you to the Christ for whom I dol
on the road TO Ostia." And whole groups o.
martyrs would say, "Come let US show you
the Christ for whom we rsttled the chain AMI
waded the foods and dared the fires" Anl
our own gloritied kindred would focs arounl
US, saying, ave have been waiting n Sooi
while for you, but before We talk ovo- Old
times, and We tell you OF what wo have en-
joyed since we have been here, AMI you tell
US of what you have suffered sincs we partel,
come, come and let US show yoI the greatest
sight in all the place, the most resplsaien5
throne, and upon 1t the michti-,st coaIusror,
the exsltation of heaven, tas thsmD OF tho
immortals, tie altogether great, tbs Gl,oSath-
er good, the altogether fair, ths altogether
iovelyr'
Wei. tAs 'Teiig htful morn Will come
When -ly dear Lord will brlcg mo Eons,
Aud snail His
Then with my Saviour, brothor. Friend,
A Dles. ot-rn ty I'll spsId,
Triumphant in HIS srhcc