Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-10-18


that sunless day, araid those hogiinx riot
ers, may not wear sins and mine hgvs per-
ished7 believe IL. On, the ransom has
been paid. Those arms Of Jesus were
stretched out so wide that when He brought
them together again they might embrace the
world. oh, that might, out OF the bios
SONS Of the spring or the flaming foliage Of
the autumn make one wreath for my Lord
Oh, that all the triumphal arches OF the
world could be sung In one gateway. where
the King OF Glory might come in, oh. that
all the harps and trumpets and organs OF
earthly music might In one anthem speek
His praisel
But what were earthly flowers to Him who
valketh amid the snow OF the white lilies Of
heaven2 What were arches Of e9rthly ma
sonry 10 Him who hath about HE throRe .
rainbow spun out OF everlasting sunShine!
What were all earthly music to Him when
the hundred and forty and four thousand on
one side and cherubim and seraplim and
arehangels stand on the other side, and al the
space between Is filed with the doxologies
Of eternal jubiIee-the hoeanna of a re-
deemed earth, the hslleluish OF untsllen
angels, song after song rising about the
throne OF God and Of the Lamb? In that
pure, high place, let Him hear US. Stop,
harps OF heaven. that our poor cry may be
heard. O my Lord Jesus, II will not hurt
Thee for one hour to step out from the
shining thronG. They will make IL all up
when Thou goest back again. Come hither,
o blessed One that we may kiss Thy feet.
Our hearts, too long withheld, We now sur
render into Thy keeping. When Thou
goest back, tell It to all the immortals that
| the lost are found. and letth Fathers house
| ring with the music and the dance.
They have some old wine In heaven, not
used except in rare festivities. In this world
| those who are accustomed to use wine on
| great occasions bring out the beverage and
say: "Ihis wine ts thirty years old" or
"forty years old" But the wine of heaven
Is more than eighteen centuries old. II vas
prepared at the time when Christ trod tho
winepress alone. When such grevious sim
ners as We come back. methinks the cham.
| berlsin OF heaven cries out to the servants:
''This Is unusua. Joy! Bring up from the
vaults Of heaven that old wine. Fill all the
tankards. Let all the white ROBBED guests
drink to the immortal health Of those new
born sons and daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty" "There is Joy In heaven among
the angels Of God over one sinner that re-
penteth," and God grant that that one may
be y1ul
Again, to have right heart It must be a
forgiving heart. An old writer says, ITO
return good for evil Is Godhke; good for
good Is manlike; evil for good devillike. I"
Which Of these natures have we2 Christ will
have nothing to do with us as long as we
keep any old grudge. We have ali been
cheated and lied about. There are people
who dislike US 80 much that IL we should
come down to poverty and disgrace they
would say: "Good for himl Didn't I tell
you SOP" They do not understand us. On
sanctified human nature says! ''Wait till you
get good crack at him, and when at last
you find him In tight place give II to him.
Flay him alive. No quarter. Leave not q
rag Of reputation. Jumpon him with both
feet. Pay him in his own coin-SarcaSm for
sarcasm, scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse"
But. my friends, that is not the right kind OF
heart. No man ever did 80 mean thing
toward us as we have done toward God. And
five cannot forgive others how can we ex-
pect God to forgive US? Thousands OF men
have been kept out Of heaven by an unfor-
giving heart.
Here issomeone who says: 81 will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and lot; will forgive that man who
overreached me in bargain: 1 will forgive
that man who sold me a shoddy overcoat; I
forgive them-all but one. That man I can
not forgive. The Villain-I can hardly keep
my hands of him. II my going TO heaven
depends on nv forgiving him. then will
STAY out" Wrong feeling. nn man lie to
me once [ an not called to trust him again.
II man betray me once I am not called to
put confidence in him again. But would
have no rest II could not offer sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting
| welfare OF all men, whatever meannesses
and outrage they have inflicted upon me- II
you want to get your heart right. strike a
match and burn up all your old grudgee, and
, blow the ashes away. "It you forgive LOT
men their trespasSes. neither will your
Heavenly Father forgive you your tres
passes"
An old Christian black woman was going
along the strests OF New York with basket
Of apples that she had for sale. A rough
sailor ran against her and upset the basket
, and stood back expecting to hear her seold
, frightfully. but che stopped down and picked
up the apples. and said: "God forgive YOU,
my son. as do" The sailor SAW the mean
ness OF what no had done. aud felt IN his
pocket for his money. and insisted that she
should take it ell. Though she was black
he called her mother, and said: "ForSive
me, mother, will never do anything SC
mean again" All! there is power in for.
} giving spirit to overcome all hardness,
There is no way Of conquering men like thsi
OF beStowing upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept Ii or no..
! Again, n right heart is an expectant heart. Il
Is q poor business tobe building castles in the
air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't spoi
, your comfort in the small house because you
, expect larger one. Don't fret about YOU
= income when IL is So or 81 per dsv because
, You expect TO have after awhile $40 per day
) or SO. 900 year because you expect il 70 bt
$40 900 year. But about heavenly things
the more we think the better. Those castles
are not in the air, but on the hills, and We
\ have deed OF them in our possession.
| like to see a man all full Of heaven. II,
talks heaven. He sings heaven. He pray!
r heaven. He dreams heaven. Some OF US IL
. our sleep have had the good place open t.
/ US. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. W,
, heard the click Of the hoofs Of the whit
t horses on which victorS rode, and the clap
, ping OF the cymbals OF eternal triumph. An
while in our sleep Wa were glad that all ou
> sorrows were over and burdens done with
the throne OF God grew winter and white
1 and winter, till we opened our eyes and saw
. that 1t was only the sun OF earthly mOrninl
shining on our pillow. To havea right hear
: you need to be filled with this expectancy
y II would make your privations and annoy
!, ances more bearable,
, In the midst Of the city OF Paris stands ,
: statue OF the good but broken hearted JOSS
phine. ! never imagined that marble coult
be smitten into such tenderness. II seem
not hfeless, IL the spirit Of Josephine b
@ disentsbernacled, the soul of the empress IA
taken possession Of this figure. ! an no
yet satisfied that IL Is stone. The puff OF tn
press on the arm seems to need but tn
Il pressure OF the finger to indept II. Tn
3 figures at the bottom OF the robes, the rum
= at the neck, the fur lining on the dress, tn
y embroidery OF the satin, the cluster Of ~
}. and leaf and rose in her hand, the poise o
y her body as she seems to come sailing out q
!. the sky, her face calm, humble, beautiful
8 but yet sad-attest the genius OF the sculp
& tor and the beauty OF the heroine be eeIt
8 brates. Looking up through the riffs c