Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-01
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those unkind words, those unkind desu,
I we could only recall them" BIZ
gou cannot get them back, You Nigh
DOW down over the grave Of that lovee
ene, and cry and cry and cry-th,
white lips would make no answer
The stars shall be plucked out Of theil
rockets, but these influences shall moi
% torn away. The world shall die
but there are some wrongs immortal
The moral OF which is, take care Of
-FOUR friends while you have them
spare the scolding, be economical 0,
The satire; shut up in dark cave
from which they shall never swarm
forth, all the words that have sting
IN them. You will wish you had some
day-very soon you will-perhaps to.
morrow. 0, yes. While with a firm
hand you administer parental disci-
pline, also administer it very gently,
lest some day there be little slab in
the cemetery, and on 1t chiseled 'Our
Willie," or '.sOur Charlie;" and though
you bow down prone in the grave,
and seek place Of repentance, and
seek 1t carefully with tears, you can.
not find 1t.
There is another sin that I place IN
che class Of irrevocable mistakes, and
that is lost opportunities Of getting
good. l never come to Saturday night
but | can see during that week that l
have missed opportunities Of getting
good. l never come to my birthday
but ! can see that have wasted many
chances Of getting better. I never 60
home on Sabbath from the discussion
of religious theme without feeling
that might have done it in more
successful way. How is II with you?
It you take certain number of bushels
of wheat and scatter them over GER
tain number of acres of land, you ex-
pect harvest in proportion to the
amount Of seed scattered. And I ask
you now, have the sheaves of moral
and spiritual harvest correspondent with
the advantages given? How has 1t
been with you? You may make reso-
lutions for the future, but past oppor-
tunities are gone. In the long pro-
cession Of future years all those past
will march; but the arch
angels trumpet that wakes the dead
will not wake up for you one Of those
Esau has sold his birth
right, and there is not wealth enough
in the treasure houses of Heaven to
buy it back again. What does that
mean2 1t means that if you are going
to get any advantage out Of this Sab
bath day you will have to get it before
the hand wheels around on the clock
to 10 tonight. 1t means that every
of our life has two wings, and
that it does not fly, like hawk, in
circles. but in straight line from
to eternity. 1t means that
though other chariots may break down
Or drag heavily, this one never drops
The brake, and never ceases to run. 1t
means that while at other feasts the
cup may be passed to us and we may
reject it, and yet after while take it,
The cppbearers to this feast never give
rs but one chance at the chalice, and,
rejecting that, we shall find no place
'ol repentance, though we seek 1t care
'ully with tears"
There is one more class Of sinners that
put in the category Of irreyocable
,ins, and that is lost opportunities OF
lsefulness Our business partner is
proud man. In ordinary circumstances,
,ay to him, believe in Christ, " and he
will say: ''You mind your business
md I'll mind mine" But there has
,een affection in the household. His
leart is tender. He is looking around
or sympathy and solace. Now is your
lime. Speak, speak, or forever hold
vour peace. There is time in farm
life when you plant the corn and when
,ou sow the seed. Let that go by, and
he farmer will wiring his hands while
,ther husbandmen are gathering in the
heaves. You are in religious meet
ng, and there IS an opportunity for
,ou to speak word for Christ. You
ay: II must do it," Your cheek Pushes
With embarrassment. You rise half
vay, but you cover before men whose
reath is in their nostrils, and you
az back, and the opportunity is gone,
nd all eternity will feel the effect of
our silence. Try to get back that OPP
You cannot find it. You
light as well try to find the fleece that
iideon watched, or take in your hand
he dew that came down on the locks
I the Bethlehem shepherds, or to find
he plume of the first robin that went
cross paradise. 1t is gone; it is gone
,rever. When an opportunity for per-
onal repentance or Of doing good
asses away, you may hunt for it; you
annot find It, You may fish for it; it
ill not take the hook. You may dig
,r It; YOU cannot bring 1t up. Remem-
er that there are wrongs and sins
nat can never be corrected; that our
rivileges fly not in circles, but in a
;raight line; that the lightnings have
Of as swift feet as our privileges when
lev are gone, and let an opportunity
{ salvation 60 by us an inch, the one
undredth part of an inch, the thou
.ndth part OF an inch, the millionth
art of an inch, and no man can over
Ike it. Fire-winged seraphim cannot
,me up with it. The eternal God
mself cannot catch 1t. K
/ stand before those who have glo-
GUS birthright. Esau's >was not SO
~ nc yours. Sell it once, and you