The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-12
,ate .hu. ffinaastanT IN. and the TENTH

gate shut Hinahstan IN, and the tenth
gate shut Siberia in and the eleventh
gate shut All these gates are closed but
onel Now, let America go in with all
the islands of the sea and all the other
nations that have called ON God. The
captives oil freed. The harvests all gath
cred The nations all saved. The fash
ing splendor of this last pearl begins to
move on its hinges. Let two mighty an
gels put their shoulders to the gate and
heave 1t to with silvery olana. 1t Is
donel 1t thundersl The twelfth gate
shutl
Open and Wide.
Once moro l want to show You the
gatekeepers. There is one angel at each
ono Of those gates. You say that is right
OF course 1t is. You know that no earth
ly palace or castle or fortress would be
safe without sentry pacing up and
down by night and by day, and if there
were no defenses before heaven, and the
doors set wide open with no ono to guard
them, all tho vicious Of earth would so
up after awhile, and all the abandoned
of hell would go up after awhile, and
heaven, instead of being world of light
and joy and peace and blessedness,
would be world Of darkness and hor-
ror. So j am glad to tell you that, while
these 10 gatns stand open to let great
multitude in, there are 10 angels to
keep some people out. Robespierre can
not 90 through there, nor Hildebrand,
nor Nero, nor any of the debauohed Of
earth who have not ropented Of their
wickedness. If one of those nefarious
men who despised God should come to
the gate, ono Of the keepers would put
his hand on his shoulder and push him
into outer darkness There is no place
in that land for thieves and liars and
whoremongers and defrauders, and all
those who disgraced their race and
fought against their God. If a miser
should get in there, he would pull up
the golden pavement. If house burner
should got in there, he would set fire to
the mansion. If q libertine should get
in there, he would whisper his abomina-
lions standing ON the white coral of the
seabeaoh. Only those who are blood
washed and prayer Tipped will get
through. Oh, my brother, if you should
at last come up to one of the gates and
try to get through, and you had not a
pass written by the crushed hand of the
son of God, the gatokeeper would, with
one glance, wither you forever.
There will be password at the gate
of heaven. Do you know what that
password is? Here comes crowd of
sonls up to the gate, and they say: "Let
me in; lot me in. was very useful on
earth. endowed colleges, built church
es and was famous for my charities,
and having done SO mafiy wonderful
things for the world / come up to get
my reward" A voice from within says,
II never knew you" Another great
crowd comes up, aud they try to get
through. They say: "We were highly
honorable on earth, and the world bow
ed very lowly before us. We were hon.
ored on earth, and now we come to get
our honors in heaven. And voice
from within says, II never knew you. !"
Another crowd advances and says, eve
were very moral people on earth, very
moral indeed, and we come up to get
appropriate recognition. A voice an
swers, 81 never knew YOU"
The Entrance Fee.
After awhile l see another throng ap-
proach tho gate, and one seems to be
spokesman for all the rest, although their
voices ever and anon cry, "Amen,
amenP This ono stands at the gate
and says. LET me in. I was a wanderer
from God. l deserved to die. / have
come up to this place, not because de-
serve it, but because have heard that
there is saving power in the blood of
Jesus. The gatekeeper says, '"That is
the password, Jesus Jesusp" And they
20 in and surround the throne, and the
cry is, Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive blessing and riches and
honor and glory and power, world with
out endI"
/ stand here this hour to invite you
into any one of the 10 gates. ] tell you
now that unless your heart is changed
by the grace of God you cannot get in,
/ do not care where you come from, or
who your father was, or who your
mother was, or what your brilliant sur
roundings-unless you repent of your
sin and take Christ for your divine Sa-
viour you cannot get in. Are you will
ing, then, this moment, just where you
are, to kneel down and cry to the Lord
Almighty for his deliveranoe?
You want to get in, do you not? Oh,
you have some good friends there. This
last year there was some one who went
out from your home into that blessed
place. They did not have any trouble
getting through the gates, did theyf
No, they knew the blessed password,
and, coming up, they said "Jesusr' and
the cry was, Lift up your heads, ye
everlasting gates, and let them come
in. Oh, when heaven is all done and
the troops of God shout the castle taken,
how grand it will be if you and are
among theml Blessed are all they who
enter in through the gates into the city.