The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-04-13

vary is the fulc-un, ami the cross OF
Christ Is the lever. and bv that power
all nations shall We. oe lifted.
Further, it IS door that swings both
ways. | 90 not know whether the door
OF the ancient ark was lifted or rolled
on hinges, but this door of Christ op-
ems both ways. 1t swings out toward
all our woes; it swings in toward the
raptures of Heaven. 1t swings in to let
us in; it swings out to let our minister
ing ones come out. All are one in
in Christ-Christians On earth and
saints in Heaven.
One army OF the living God.
At his command we bow
Part Of the host have crossed the food.
And part are crossing now.
Swing in, o blessed door, until all
the earth shall go in and live Swing
out until all the heavens come forth to
celebrate the victory.
But, further, 1t is door with fasten-
ings. The Bible says of Noah: The
Lord shut him in." A vessel without
bulwarks or doors would not be safe
vessel to go in. When Noah and his
family heard the fastening Of the door
of the ark. they were very glad. I'm.
iESS thCoE oobIo WCEc hooboaCo tuO hISt
heavy surge of the sea would have
whelmed them, and they might as we'll
have perished outside the ark as in
side tine ark. THE Lord shut him in."
On, the perfect safety Of the ark!
The surf of the sea and the light
nings of the sky may be twisted in
to garland OF snow and fire-deep
to deep, storm to storm, darkness
to dnrkness-but once in the ark all
is well. God shut him in" There
comes upon the good man a deluge Of
financial trouble. lie had his thou
sands to lend. Now he can not borrow
a dollar. He once owned n store in
New York and had branch houses in
Botson, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
He owned four horses and employed
a man to keep the dust of his coach,
| phaeton, carriage and curricle; now
he has hard work to get shoes
| in which to walk. The great
| deep of commercial disaster was
broken up, and fore aud aft and
across the hurricane deck the waves
struck him. But he was safely shell
tered from the storm. The Lord shut
him ini" A food of domestic troubles
ment came. The rain pelted; the winds
blew. The heavens are ahame. All
the gardens of earthly delight are
washed away. The mountains of joy
are buried Is cubits deep. But, stand
ing by the empty crib and in the desc
lated nursery and in the doleful hall,
once airing with merry voices, now
silent forever, he cried, "The Lord
gave, the Lord hath taken away;
blessed be the name OF tho Lord"
"The Lord shut him in."
All the sins of lifetime clamored
for his overthrow. The broken vows,
the dishonored Sabbaths. the outrage
Gus profanities, the misdemeanors Of
90 years, reached up their hands to the
door of the ark to pull him out The
boundless ocean of his sin surrounded
his soul, bowling like q simoom, raw
ing like an eurocyldroa. But, looking
cut of the window. he saw his sin sink
like lead into the depths of the sea-
The dove of Heaven brought an olive
branch to the ark. The wrath of the
billow only pushed him toward Heav-
en-. The Lord shut him in!'
The same door fastenings that kept
Noah in keep the troubles out am
glad to know that when q man reaches
Heaven all earthly troubles are done
with him. Here he may have had II
hard to get bread for his family, there
he win never hunger any more. Here
he may have wept bitterly; there ''ths
Lamb that is in the midst of the throne
will lead him to living fountains OF
water, and God will wipe away
all tears from his eyes" Here
he may have hard work to get
house, but in my Fathers house
are many mansions, and rent day
never comes. Here there are death
beds and cofiins and graves; there nc
sickness, no weary watching, no ehok
ing cough, no consuming fever, nc
chattering chill, no tolling bell, nc
grave. The SORROWS of life shall count
up and knock at the door. but no ad
mittappe. The perplexities of life
shall come up and knock on the door
but no admittance. Safe forever. Al
the agony of earth in one wave dash
ing against the bulwsrks of the ship o.
celestial light shall not break then
down. Howl on, We winds, and rage
We seas. The Lord-''the Lord shu
him i'm
Oh. what a grand old door! So wide
SO easily swung both ways and will
such sure fastenings. No burglar
key can pick that lock. No swarth,
arm of hell can shove back that bolt
Irejoice that do not ask you to com,
aboard crazy craft with leaking hull
and broken helm and unfastened door
but an ark so cubits wide and 800 cubit
. long and door SO large that the roun,
earth, without grazing the post, nigh
be bowled in.
) Now, il the ark Of Christ is 81
grand a place to live and die and tri
umph, come into the ark. Know wei
} that the door that shut Noah in shu
others ont, and though, when the pitt
r less storm came pelting on their heads
they beat upon the door, saying: lie
me in. Let me in:" the door did no
open. For one hundred and twent
D years they were invited. They expec,
ed to come in, but the antediluvian
! said: I'VE must cultivate these field.
1 we must be worth more fiocks of shee
p and herds of cattle; we will wait unit
/: we get little older; we will enjoy ou
old farm little longer" But mear
Willie Tue StOTIli WuS VI piCWihks ihC IouI
tains of Heaven were filling up. The pr
: was being placed beneath the founds
1 tions of the great deep. The last yea
4 had come, the last month. the las
:. week, the last day. the last hour, tn
l last moment. In an awful dash a
A ocean dropped from the sky and al
S other rolled up from beneath, and Go
( rolled the earth and sky into one wav
e of universal destruction.
4 So men now put off going into tn
$ ark. They say they will wait 20 year
: first. They will have little longe
: time with their worldly associate.
T. They will wait until they get Older
e They say: ''Iou can not expect a ma
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