Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12

WAFER ana tou Will WlpoaW2y all Tears from
his eyes," Here he may have hard work to
get d House; but in my Fathers house are
many mansions. and rent day never comes.
Here thers. are deathbeds and collins and
graves; tn are no sickness, no weary watching,
no choking cough, no consuming fever, no
ch8ttering chill; no tOlling bell, NO grave.
The SORROWS Of life shall come UP and knock
at the door, but no admittance. The per-
pleXities OF life shall come up and knock on
the door, but no admittanee. Safe forever!
ALI the agony OF earth In one wave dashiDg
against the bulwarks Of the ship of celestial
light shall not break them down. Howl on,
ye winds; and rage; We seaSI The Lord
htho Lord shut him inl''
Oh, what grand old door, 50 wide, so
easily swung both ways and with such sure
fastenings. No burglars key can rick that
lock. No swarthy arm Of hell can shove
back that bolt. rejoice that do not ask
you to come aboard a crazy craft with leak
ing hulk and broken helm and unfastened
door, but an ark fifty cubits wide and 800
cubits long and door so large that the
round earth, without grazing the post,
might be bowled In.
Now, II the ark of Christ Is so grand a
place in which to live and die and triumph,
COME into the ark. Know we'll that the door
that shut Noah in shut others out, and
though, when tho pftiIess storm came pelt-
ing on their heads; thoy bedt upon the door,
saying; "Bet me- I'M Let ME int the door
did not open. For 12d years they we're in
yited. They expected to come In, but the
antedildviaus said: eve must cultivate
these fields; we must be worth more focks
of sheep aud herbs Of cattle; We will wait
Until we get little older; we will enjoy our
Old farm d little longer But meanwhile
the storm was brewing. Tho fountains Of
heaven were filling up. The pry was being
placed beneath the foundations OF the great
deep. The last year had come, the last
month; the last week, the last day,
iha ldst Bourl tho hist moment
In an awful dash an ocean dropped
from the sky and another rolled up from be-
meath, and God rolled ihe earth and sky into
one wave Of universal destruction.
So men now put off going into the ark.
They say they will wait twenty years first
They will have q little longer time with their
worldly associates. They will wait until
they get older. They cav; "You cannot ex-
poet man 81 MY dtta;nTents AMI OF my
position to surrender myself just now. But
before the storm comes / will go in. Yes,
will. know what / am about. Trust mel
After awhile, one night about IL O'clock, GO
ing home, he passes q scaffolding Just rs "A
gust OF wind strikes II and plank falls.
Dead, and outside the ark Or, riding in
tho park, reckless vehicle crashes into
HIM, and hia horses becomes unmanageable,
and he shouts, "WhOd, WhOaf' and takes
another twist IN the reihs and plants his
feet a2,linst the dashbOard and pulls back.
But no use. Il IL riot So mitch down the
avenue that h. flies az on the Gdy tdetornity.
Out of the wrcck of the crash MS body Is
drawn, but his soul is not picked up. 1t fled
behind sitiftct CGurser into the great fu-
AM. f. l., - a.
night he wakes UP with distress that mo-
mentarily increases until he shrieks out with
pain. The doctors como In. and they give
twenty oops, btH 10 relief; forty drops. fifty
drops, sixty drops, but no relief, No time
for prayer. No time to read one Of the
promises. No time to get a single sin par
dOned. The whole house is aroused In
alarm, Tho children scream. The wife
faints. Til" pulses iail. The heart stops.
The soul flies. Dead. and outside the ark
have no doubt that derisiOn kept many
people out Of tho ark. The world laughed
to see a mali Gd lt au1 said: "Here ia a
man starting for the ark. WIZ, there will
he no deluEr. II there is one, that miserable
ship will not weather it. Aha. going into
the ark Well, that is too good to keep.
Here, fellows, have you heard the newsf
This man Is going into the Ark Under
this artillery Of scorn the mans good reso-
luton persisted.
And - there are hundreds kept out by the
fear Of dcrisiOn Tile voting niau asks him
self: "What would they say at the store to-
morrow morning il should become Chris
tianY Wien 7 go down to the club house
they will shout. HGrC comes that new Chris
tian. suppose you will not hays anything
to dc with us now. Suppose yOn are pray
ing now. Oct down on your knees and let
nc h.au ,,,f nd iya n
touch. Will not do il. ehf Pretty Christian
YOU arei'" Is it not the fear If being
laughed at that keeps You out Of the kingdom
Of God? Which az these snOrnerS will help
You at the laSt2 When you lie down on a
dying pillow. which Of them will be therei
In tho day Of eternity will they bail you OUT
My fren1j dIid neighbprs, come in tight
away. Come in through Christ, the wide
dOOU-the door that swings Out toward you.
Come in and be saved. Come and be- happy.
''The Spirit aid the Bride say, Come" Room
in the ark! Room in the ark
But do not come alone. The text invites
ycu to bring your family. 1t says, "ThOu
and thy Sons ard thy wife You cannot
drive them in. II Noah had tried to drive
the pigeons and the doves into the ark he
would only have scattered them. Some par
ents ara not wise about these things. They
make iron rules about Sabbaths, and they
force the catcchism down. the throat rs they
would hold the child'S nose and force down
dose of rhubarb and caIomeI. You eau
not drive your children into the ark. YOJ
can draw your children to Christ, but you
cannot eoerce them. The cross was lifted
not to drive, but to draw. "If | be lifted uI
1 will draw all men unto Me-" As the SUI
draws up the drops Of the morning dew 81
the SUN OF righteousness eXhales the tears Of
repentance.
Be sure that yOu bring your husband and
wife with you. How would Noah have felt
II, when he heard the rain pattering on the
roof Of the ark, he knew that his wife was
outside in the storm? No; she went with
him. And yet some Of you are on the ship
outward bound" for heaven. But your
companion is unsheltered. You remember
the day when the marriage ring was set.
Nothing has yet been able to break 1t. Sick.
ness came, and the finger shrank, but the
ring staid on. The twain stood alone above
the child's grave, and the dark mouth OF the
tomb swallowed up n thousand hopes, but
the ring dropped not into the open grave.
Days Of poverty came and the hand did
many n hard days work, but the rubbing OF
the work against the ring only made II shine
brighter. Shall that ring ever be lost? Viii
the iron clang Of the sPpulcher gate crush il
forever? l pray God that you who have
been married on earth may be together fl
heaven. Oh, Icy the quiet bliss Of your earthly
home, by the babes cradle, by all the vow!
| of that day when you started life together,
beg you to see to it that you both get into
the ark.
Come in, and bring your wife or your hus
band with you--nOt by frettinG about relig
ion or dingdonCing them about religion, but
hya consistent life and bya compelling prayer
that shall bring the throne of God down int
| your room. Go home and take up the Bible
and read it together, AMI then'kn dowI
| and commend your souls to Him who ha
watched You all these wears and before YOU
rise there will he a huttering of wings owe
your head. angel crying to angel. "BehOld
| they pray!'
But this does not include ali your family
Bring the children too. God bless the dea
children What would our homes be with
out them2 We may have done much 10
them. They have done more for u.s. What
Salve Tor wounded heart there Is In the
| soft palm Of n child's haudI Did harp o
| mute ever have such music as there is in
child's good night" From our coarse
rough life the angels Of God are often drivei
| back. Bat who comes into the nursery with
out feeling that angels are towering around
Ihey who die in infancy go straight int