Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-05

mere. here be may have Eep; bitterly;
there ''ths Lamb that Il in the midst o. the
throne viii lead him 70 living fountains Of
Ezfer, and God will wipe away all tear from
his eyes Here be mas have hard work u
get q house; but In ny Fathers h0us- are
many mansions. and rent day never zones.
Here there are deAthbeis and e0fiins aud
graves; there no sickness, 10 weary wa' hing,
no choking cough. no consuming fever, no
clustering chill, no tOlling bell, no grave.
The sOrr0ws Of life shall come up and knock
AZ the coor. but 10 aimlttanee. The per-
plexities Of life shall come up and kno,S on
the door, but no Admittance. Safe forever
All the agony Of eArth In one wave dAshiag
against the bulwsrks Of the ship Of celestial
light shall not break them down. Howl on.
We winds. and rage, We seas, The Lord
1.-THE Lord shut him in
on. what q grand old door, So wide, 50
easily swung both ways and with such sure
fAstenings. No burglars key can PICK that
lock. No swarthy arm OF he'll can shove
back that bolt. | rejoice that i do not ask
YOU 10 come aboard a crazy cram with Leak
ing hulk and broken helm and unfastened
door. but an ark Atty cubits wide and 800
cubiis long and door - large that the
round earth. without grazing the post.
might be bOwled in.
Now, II the ark Of Christ l. - grand a
place in which TO live aud die and triumph,
come into the ark. Know well that the door
that shut Noah in shut others out. and
though, when the pitiless storm came pelt-
ing on their heads. they beat upon the door,
saying; Let me in! Let me IN! the door
did not open. For 100 years they were In
vited. They expected 10 come in, but the
anteiiluvians said: We must cultivate
these iields: We must he worth more hocks
OF sheep and herds Of cattle; We will wait
until we get little older; We will enjoy our
old farm a little longer But meanwhile
the storm was brewing. The fountains Of
heaven were filling mp. 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
the last hour, the last moment.
In an awful dash an ocean dropped
from the sky and another rolled up from be-
meath, aud God rolled the earth and sky inc
one wave of universal destruction.
So men now put on going into the ark.
They say they will wait twenty years first.
They will have a little longer time with their
worldly associates. They will wait until
they get older. They say: You cannot eX-
pect a man OF my Attachments and OF my
position to surrender myself just now. But
before the storm comes ! will 60 in. Yes. L
will. l know what am about. Trust me-
After awhile, one night about Il o'clock, GO
ing home. he passes scafOlding just as a
gust OF VIM Strikes II, anu a AtAuh IRIS
Dead and outside the ark Or, riding IN
the park. q reckless vehicle crashes into
him, and his horses becomes unmanageable,
and he shouts, Whoa, whoa and takes
another twist in the reins and plants his
feet against the dashboard and pulls back.
But no use. II is not 50 much down the
avenue that h. flies as on the way 70 eternity:
Out Of the wreck Of the crash his body is
drawn, but his soul Is not picked up. II fed
behind swifter cOurser into the great fu-
ture. Dead, and outside the ark, Or some
night he wakes up with distress that mo-
mentarily increases until he shrieks out with
pain. The doctors come in, and they give
twenty dops, but no relief; forty drops. iitty
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. The children scream. The wife
/ faints The pulses fail. The heart stops.
= The soul flies Dead. and outside the ark,
/ have no doubt that derision kept many
| people out OF the ark. The world laughed
/ to see man go in and said: Here is a
/ man starting for the ark. Why, there will
/ be no deluge. II there Is one. that miserable
I ship will not weather 1t. Aha, going into
/ the ark! Well. that is too good to keep
Here, fellows, have you heard the news
! This man is going into the ark Under
I TINS artillery OF ScOrn the man good res0-
/ luton persisted.
And SO there are hundreds kept ont by the
/ fear OF derlsion. The young man asks him
I self What would they say NJ the store TO-
morrow morning II should become Chris
! tian2 When | go down to the club house
/ they will shout, Here comes that new Chris
tlan. Suppose you will not have anything
| TO dc with W. now Suppose you are pray
ing now. Get down Oh your knees and lei
US hear you pray Come, now, give Us I
! touch. viii not do II. Ell? Pretty Christian
! you are" y Is IL not the fear OF beinl
laughed at that keeps you out OF the kingdom
Of Godf Which Of these scorners will he'll
You at the last? When you lie down on
/ diving pillow. which OF them will be there
In the day Of eternity viii they bail YOU out
My friends tand neighbors, come in right
/ away. Come In through Christ, the wild
| door-the door that swings out toward you
Come in and be saved. Come and be happy
The Spirit and the Bride say. Come Room
! in the ark, Room in the ark!
But do not come alone. The text invite
YOU TO bring your family. II SAYS, Tho,
and thy sons and thy wife" You canno
drive them in. II Noah had tried 10 drIv
the pigeons and the doves into the ark h
would only have scattered them. Some par
ents are not wise about these things. The
make iron rules about Sabbaths, and the
/ force the catechism down the tnroat as the
would hold the child's nose and force dow
dose Of rhubarb and calomel. You can
not drive your children into the ark. Yo
can draw your children to Christ. bat yo
cannot coerce them. The cross was life
not 10 drive, but TO draw. III | be lifted u
will draw all men unto Me- As the SD
draws up the drops Of the morning dew :
the sun OF righteousness exhales the tears 0
repentance.
Be sure that you bring your husband and
wife with you. How would Noah have fell
II, when he heard the rain pattering on tn
roof OF the ark he knew that his wife wa
outside in the storm? No; she went will
him. And yet some OF you are on the shiI
"outward bound for heaven. But you
companion Is unsheltered. You remembe
the day when the marriage ring was set
Nothing has yet been able TO break it. Sick
ness came, and the finger shrank, but tn
ring staid on. The twain stood alone Gboy
the child's grave, and the dark mouth Of tn
tomb swallowed up thousand hopes. bu
the ring dropped not into the open grave
Days OF poverty came and the hand di
many hard days work, but the rubbing o
the work against the ring only made it shin
brighter. Shall that ring ever be lost? Wi
the iron clang Of the sepulcher gate crush i
forever l pray God that you who hav
been married on earth may be together 4
heaven. Oh, by the quiet bliss Of your earthl
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 int
the ark