Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-04-24

twelve gates and they are twelve pearls.
The fact Is that a great many OF tn,
churches in this day are being doctrined to
TO- death. They have been trying to find ou
all about Gods DEGREES, and they want tO
know who are elected to he saved and whe
are reprobated to be damned, and they Art
keeping on discussing that subject wher
there arc millions of souls who need to have
the truth put straight at them. They sill
counting the number of teeth In the jawbont
with which Samson slew the PhilistineS
They sit on the beach and see q
vessel going to pieces in the oifing
and instead OF getting into boat and
pulling away for the wreck, they sit discuss
ing the different styles of oarlocks. God in
tended US to know some things and intended
| US not to know others. l have heard score:
| of sermons explanatory of Gods DEGREES, bu
came away more perplexed than when
went. The only result OF such discussion 1.
| great fog. Here arc two truths which are
10 conquer the world: Man, a sinner; Christ
Saviour. Any man who adopts those two
theories in his religious belief shall have my
right hand in warm grip Of Christian brother
hood.
A man comes down to a river in time o,
ireshet. He wants to get across. He has to
swim. What does he do? The first thing is
to put of his heavy apparel and drop every.
thing he has in his hands. He must sc
empty handed il he is going to the othel
bank. And I tell you when we have CONT
| down to the river of death and find it swift
and raging we will have to put off all our
sectarianism and lay down all our cumbrom
creed and empty handed put out for the othei
| shore. "What:" say you. would you
resolve all the Christian church into
| one kind of church? Would you make
all Christendom worship in the same
way, by the same forms?" On,
| no. You might as well decide that all peo
pie shall eat the same kind of food without
| reference to appetite, or wear the same kind
| Of apparel without reference to the shape OF
| their body. Your ancestry, your tempera-
ment, your surroundings will decide whether
| you go to this or that church and adopt this
| Or that church polity. One church will best
| get one man to heaven and another church
| another man. I do not care which one oi
| the gates You so through If you only GO
| through one Of the twelve gates that Jesus
lifted.
Well, now see all the redeemed of earth
coming up toward heaven. Do you think
they will all get in? Yes. Gate the first, the
Moravians come up; they believed in the
Lord Jesus; they pass through. Gate the
second, the Quakers come up; they have
received the inward light; they have trusted
IN the Lord; they pass through. Gate tht
third, the Lutherans come up; they had tn,
same grace that made Luther what he was
and they pass through. Gate the fourth. the
Baptists pass through. Gate the ffth, the
Free VIII Eaptists pass through. Gate tht
Gate the seventh, the Congregationalist:
pass through. Gate the eighth, the German
Reformed Church passes through. Gate
the ninth, the Methodist5 pass through
Gate the tenth, the Saobatarians pas,
through. Gate the eleventh, the Church Of
the Disciples pass through. Gate the twelfth.
the Presbyterians pass through. But there
are great part of other denominations who
must come in, and great multitudes who con-
nected themselves with no visible church
but felt the power of godliness In. their hear
| and showed it in their life. Where is theiI
gate? Will you shut all the remaining
host out of the cit,? No. They may
come in at our gate. Hosts of God, il
you cannot get admission through any otheI
entrance, come in at the twelfth gate. Nov
they mingle before the throne.
Looking up at the one hundred and forty
and four thousand, You cannot tell which
gate they came in. One Lord, one faith, one
baptism, one CLASSY sea, one doxology, one
did you get in?" 81 came through the third
gate" "Crammer, how did You get IMP" 90
came through the eighth gate" .'Adonirau
Judson, how did you get through" ~ camt
through the seventh gate" "Hugh McKail
the martyr, how did you get through" g.
came through the twelfth gate" Glory t(
Tod, twelve Gates, but one heaven.
In the third place, notice the points of tn,
compass toward which these gates look
They are not on one side, or on two sides, oil
on three sides, but on four sides. This is nc
fancy of mine. but a distinct announcement
On the north three gates, on the south three
gates, on the east three gates, on the west
three gates. What does that mean? Why, il
means all nhtionalities are included, and il
does not make any difference from what
quarter of the earth a man comes up; IL hii
heart is right, there Is gate open before
him. On the north three gates. That mean
mercy for Lapland and Siberia and Norwa,
and Sweden. On the south three gates
That means pardon for Hindostap ant
AlSiers and Ethiopia On the east three
gates. That means salvation for Chins
and Japan and Borneo. On the wes
three gates! That means redemption 70!
America, It does not make any differ
ence how dark skinned or how pale
faced men may be, they will find a gate
right before them. Those plucked tananas
Russian SHOWS behind reindeer. From Mex.
lean plateau. from Roman campania, from
Chinese teafleld, from Holland dyke. from
scotch Highlands they come. they come.
Heavens ts not a monopoly for a few precious
souls 1t is not Windsor castle, built only
for royal families. 1t is not a small town
with small population, but John saw it, and
he noticed that il angel was measuring it, and
he measured it this way, and then he meas
ured it that way, and whichever way he
measured it it was 1900 miles, SO that Baby
lon. and Tyre and Nineveh and st. Peters
burg and Canton and Pekin and Paris and
London and New York aud all the dead cities
OF the past and all the living cities of the
present added together would not equal the
census of that great metropolis.
Walking along n street, you can, by tn,
contour of the dress or of the face, guess
where man comes from. You say: "Tnat
Is Frenchman: that Is a Norwegian: that is
an American" But the gates that gather In
the righteous will bring them in irrespective
Of nationality. Foreigners sometimes get
homcsick. Some of the tenderest and most
pathetic stories have been told of those who
left their native cline and longed for it until
they died. But the Swiss, coming to the high
residence OF heaven, will not long any more
for the Alps, standing amid the eternal hills.
The Russian will not long any more for the
luxuriant harvest field he left now that he
hears the hum and the rustic OF the harvests
OF everlasting light. The royal ones from
earth will not long to go back again to the
earthly court now that they stand in the
palaces OF the sun. Those who once lived
among the groves OF spice and oranges will
not long to return now thatthey stand under
tne trees OF life that bear twelve manner Of
truit.
While speak an everlasting rhrong I.
pouring through the gates. They are going
up from Senegambia, from Patagonia, from
Madras, from Hong Kong. "What.'' you say
do you introduce all the heather into
glory2" Itell you the fact is that n major
ity of tho people Of those climes die in in
| fancy, and the infants all go straight into
everlasting life, and so the vast majority
those who die in China and Iniia, The va5
majority who die in Africa, 80 straight int
| the sllies-they die in infancy. One hundra,
| AID sixty generations have been born since
| me world was created. ana SO estimate that
there must be IS, ,000. 900 children In glory. II
/ at a concert 1000 children sing, your soul is
| raptured within you. Oh, the transport
, when IS ,00O, 600 little ones stand up In white
\ before the throne of God, their chant drown
| Ing out all the stupendous harmonies ofDus-
seldorf and Leipsic. Pour in through the
| twelve gates.
Oh. We redeemed, banner lifted. rank after
rank, saved battalion after saved battalion,
until all the city Of God shall hear the
tramp, tramp! Crowd all the twelve gates.
Room vet. Room on tho thrones. Room in
the mansions. Room on the river bank,
Let the trumpet of invitation be sounded un-
| Ill all eaEth's Mount aims hear tho shEill HI