Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-11-28

'.God be merciful to me, a sinner" ''Lord,
that I may receive my sight. :"
''Lord, save me or perish" The longest
prayer, solomon's prayer at the dedication
Of the temple, less than eight minutes in
length, according to the Ordinary rate OF
enunciation. And just hear them pray now
that the prodigals are coming home. Just
see them shake hands. No putting forth of
the four tips Of the fingers In a normal way,
but hearty grasp. where the muscles Of the
heart seem to clinch the fingers of one hand
around the other hand. And then see those
Christian faces, how illumtned they are. And
see that old man get up and with the same
voice that he sang fifty years ago in the ole!
country meeting house say, 'Now, Lord
mine eyes have seen Thy salvation" Their,
was a man Of Keith who was hurled ins'
prison in time Of persecution, and one CT
he got OF his shackles, and he came and
stood by the prison door, and when thu
iailer was opening the door with one stro q
he struck down the man who had tncarcera'
ted him.
Passing along the streets Of London. -.
wondered where his family was. He dA
not dare to ask lest he excite suspicion, but
! passing along a little way from the prison he
saw Keith tankard, cup that belonged 70
the family from generation to generation.
He saw it in a window. His family, hoping
| that some day he would get clear, came and
lived as near as they could to the prlsol.
house, and they set that Keith tankard II
the window, hoping he would see IT, and he
came along and saw II, and knocked at thd
door, and went in, and the long absent fam
lily were all together again. On, IL yoI
would start for the kingdom of God to-day
think some OF you would find nearly a
your friends and nearly all your families
around the holy tankard OF the holy com.
munion-fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters,
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memorates the love Of Jesus Christ our Lord
Oh, 1t will be a great communion day when
your whole family sits around the sacred
tankarj! One on earth, one IN heaven.
Once more remark that when the proc
igal gets back the inhabitants Of heaven
keep festival. am very certain OF It. II
you have never seen a te legraphtc chart you
have no idea how many cities are connected
together and how many lands N -ly all
the neighborhoods OF the earth seem reticu-
late and news flies from city to city and
from continent to continent. But more rap
idly go ths tidings from earth to heaven,
and when a prodigal returns it Is announced
before the throne of God.
And II these souls to-day should enter the
kingdom there would be some one in the
heavenly kingdom to say, "That's my
father" "That's my mother" 'That's my
friend "rhat's the one used to pray for, "
"That's the one for whom wept so many
tears" and one soul would say, "Hosanna !"
and another soul would say, "Halleluiahr u
Pleased with the news, the saints bslo1
In songs their tougles employ.
Beyond the skies the tIdings 80,
And heaven is filed with Joy.
Nor angels can their JOY contain,
But kindle with new fire.
The sinner lost is found, they sing,
And strike the soun ling lyre,
At the banquet OF Lucullus sat Cicero, the
orator. At the Macedonian festival sat
Philip. the conqueror. At the Grecian ban
quet sat Socrates, the philosopher, but at
our Fathers table sit al the re;urnei pro IL.
gals, more than conquero,s. The table Is so
wide Its leaves reach across sens an | across
lands. Its guests are the redeemed OF the
earth and the gioriie OF heaven. Ths ring
Of Gois forgiveness on every hand, the
robe Of Saviour's Righteousness adroop
from every shoulder. The wine that Slovs
in the cups Is from the bowls OF 10, 900 sacra-
ments. Let all the redeemed OF earth and
all the glorifed of heaven arise, and with q
cleaning chalcs drink to the rtUrn OF
thousand proiigals. Sing, sing, sinCi
"Worthy Is the Llmp that WIS slain to re-
ceiso Livssius, aai -i-ha- -nl hon, and
glory and power. world without enIT