The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-23


overreacned me In bargain: will forgive
| that man who sold me shoddy overcoat;
] forgive them-all but one. That man can
| not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
| my hands off him. If my going to heaven
| depends on nv forgiving him, then I viii
| stay out" Wrong feeling. If a man lie tc
| me once am not called to trust him again.
| If q man betray me once am not called to
| put confidence in him again. But l would
! have no rest if I could not offer sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting
welfare Of all men, whatever meannesses
| and outrage they have inflicted upon me. II
YOU want 20 get your heart right. strike q
match and burn up all your old grudges, and
! blow the ashes away. eff you forgive uoi
| men their trespasses. neither will your
Heavenly Father forgive you your tres.
passes"
An old Christian black woman was going
along the streets OF New York with basket
of apples that she had for sale. A rough
sailor ran against her and upset the basket,
and stood back expecting to hear her scold
frightfully. but she stopped down and picked
up the apples. and said: "God forgive you,
my son. rs do" The sailor saw the mean
ness of what he had done. and felt IN his
pocket for his money. and insisted that she
should take it all. Though she was black
he called her mother, and said: Forgive
me, mother, will never do anything so
mean again. Ah.! there is power in for
giving spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way OF conquering men like that
of bestowing upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept it or not.
Again, a right heart Is an expectant heart: IL
is poor business to be building castles In the
air. Enjoy what you have now. Don'tspoil
your comfort in the small house because you
expect larger one. Don't fret about your
income when 1t is $S or 81 per day because
you expect to have after awhile $40 per day,
or $40. 900 year because you expect 1t to be
$40, 900 year. But about heavenly things,
| the more we think the better. Those castles
are not in the air, but on the hills. and we
have deed OF them in our possession. 1
like to see man all full OF heaven. He
talks heaven. He sings heaven. He prays
heaven. He dreams heaven. Some OF US in
our sleep have had the good place open to
us. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We
heard the click Of the hoofs Of the white
horses on which victors rode, and the clap
ping Of the cymbals Of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep We were glad that all our
sorrows were over and burdens done with,
the throne of God grew whittier and whittier
and whittier, till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun Of earthly morning
shining on our pillow. To have right heart
you need to be filled with this expectancy.
It would make your privations and annoy
ances more bearable.
In the midst Of the city Of Paris stands
statue Of the good but broken hearted jose
phine. I never imagined that marble could
be smitten into such tenderness. 1t seems
not lifeless. II the spirit of Josephine be
disentabernacled, the soul Of the empress has
taken possession Of this figure. I am not
yet satisfied that 1t is stone. The puff OF the
press on the arm seems to need but the
pressure of the finger to indent 1t. The
figures at the bottom Of the robes, the rufle
at the neck, the fur lining on the dress, the
embroidery Of the satin, the cluster OF lily
and leaf and rose in her hand. the potse OF
her body as she seems to come sailing out OF
the sky, her face calm, humble. beautiful,
but yet sad-attest the genius OF the sculp-
tor and the beauty of the heroine he cele-
brates. Looking up through the riffs OF
the coronet that encircles her brow,
could see the sky beyond the great heavens
where all woman's wrongs shall be rlghted,
and the story OF endurance and resignation
shall be told to all the ages. The rose and
the lily in the hand of Josephine will never
drop their petals. Believe not the recent
ISLANDERS upon her memory. The children OF
God, whether they suffer on earth In palaces
or in novels, shall come to that glorious rest.
o heaven, sweat heaven, at thy gate we ser
down all our burdens and griefs! The place
will be full. Here there are vacant chairs at
the hearth and at the table. but there are no
vacant chails in heaven. The crowns oil
worn; the thrones all mounted. Some talk
of heaven as though it were very hand
some church. where few favored spirits
would come IL and sit down on finely cush-
ioned seats all by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no! ~ saw a
great multitude that no man could number
standing before the throne. BE that talked
with me had golden reed to measure the
city, and it was $4,000 furlongs'-that Is,
1900 miles-in circumference. All! heaven
Is not little colony at one corner OF coos
dominion, where q mans entrance depends
upon what kind of clothes he has on his back
and how much money he has in his purse,
but vast empire. God grant that the light
o; that blessed world may shine upon US In
our last moment!
The first time I crossed the Atlantic the
rOughest time We had was at the mouth OF
Liverpool harbor. We arrived at nightfall
and were obliged to lie there till the morn
ing, waiting for the rising OF the tide, before
we could 90 up to the city. How the vessel
pitched and writhed in the water! SO some
times the last illness OF the Christian Is a
struggle. He is almost through the voyage.
he waits for the morning. At last the light
dawns, and the tides Of Joy rise In his soul,
and he sails up and casts anchor within the
vale.
Is thy heart right? What question can
compare with this in Importance? 1t is
business question. Do you not realize that
you will soon have to 90 out OF that store,
that you will soon have to resign that
partnership, that soon among all the
millions of dollars worth Of goods that are
sold you will not have tho handling OF
yard Of cloth, or a pound OF sugar, or
penny worth Of anything; that soon, II
confagration should start at Central Park
and sweep everything to the Battery, 1t
would not disturb you that soon, il every
cashier should abscond and every insurance
company should fail. :! would not affect
you? What are the crrstions that stop this
side the grave, compares with the questions
that reach beyond it2 Ere you making
losses that are to be everlasting? Are you
making purchases for eternity? Are you
jobbing for time when you might be whole
sailing for eternity? What question of the
store is so broad at the base, and so alti-
tu ulinous. and so overwhelming rs the ques-
ton, SIS thy heart right?"
Or is it domestic question? Is 1t some
thing about father or mothe2 o. companion
or son or daughter, that you think is COM
parable with this question in importance2 Do
you moi realize that by universal and mex
orable law all these relations will be broken
up? Your father will be gone, your mother
will be gone. your companions will be gone,
your child will be gone, you will be gone,
and then this supernal question will begin to
harvest its chief gains, or deplore its worst
losses. roll up into its mightiest magnitude
or sweep its vast circles.
What difference now does it make to Ma
poleon III. whether he triumphed or sur
rendered at Sedan. whether he lived ut the
Tuileries or AZ Chiselhurst, whether he was