The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-06-28

is weaker. No. Her heart is more r.
sponsive to the pleading of divine love.
The fact that she can more easily be-
come a Christian l prove by the state
ment that three-fourths of the mem
bers of the churches in all Christen-
dom are women. So God appoints them
to be the chief agencies for bringing
this world back TO God The greatest
sermons are not preached on celebrated
platforms; they are preached with an
audience of two or three and in private
home life. A patient, loving, Chris
tian demeanor in the presence of trans
gression, in the presence of hardness,
in the presence OF obduracy and crime.
is an argument from the force of which
no man can escape.
Lastly, one of the specific rights OF
woman is, through the grace of Christ.
finally to reach Heaven. Oh, what q
multitude of women in HeavenI Mary,
Christ's mother, in Heaven: Elizabeth
Fry in Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth in
Heaven; the mother of Augustine in
Heaven; the Countess of Huntingdon
who sold her splendid jewels to build
chapels-in Heaven; while a great
many others who have never been
heard of on earth, or known but little,
have gone to the rest and peace of
Heaven. What resti What change
it was from the small room, with no
fire and one window, the glass broken
out, and the aching side and worn out
eyes, to the House of Many Man
sionsr'
No more stitching until IL o'clock at
night; no more thrusting of the thumb
by the employer through the work to
show that it was not done quite right.
Plenty of bread at last. Heaven for
aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish-bitten
frames. No more sitting up until mid
night for the coming of staggering
steps No more rough blows across
the temples. No more sharp, keen,
bitter curses. Some of you will
have no rest in this world. It
will be toll and struggle and suffering
all the way M. You will have
to stand at your door fighting back
the wolf with your own hand, red with
carnage. But God has a crown for you
l want you to realize that he is now
making it, and whenever you weep a
tear, he sets another gem in that
crown, until. after awhile, in all the
tiara there will be no room for another
splendor, and god will say to his angel:
THE crown is done; let her up that
she may wear it." And as the Lord of
Righteousness putsthe crown upon your
brow. angel will crp to angel: who is
she?' and Christ will say: II will tell
you who she is. She is the one that
came up out of great tribulation, and
had her robe washed and made whita
in the blood of the Lamb" And then
God will spread banquet, and He will
invite all the prineipalities of Heaven
to sit at the feast; and the tables viii
blush with the best clusters from the
vineyards of God, and crimson with the
twelve manner of the fruits of the
| Tree of Life, and waters from the
fountain of the rock will fash from
the golden tankards; and the old harp
ers of Heaven will sit there, making
music with their harps; and Christ will
point you out, amid the celebrities of
! Heaven, saying: ''She suffered with
me on earth; now we are going to be
glorious together" And the banquet
ers, no longer able to hold their peace,
will break forth with congratulations:
| Hail! Hail!!" And there will be hand
writings on the wall-not such as
struck the Persian noblemen with hor-
ror, but with fire tipped fingers, writ
ing in blazing capitals of light and
love and victory: God has wiped
away all tears from all faces"