The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-11
NUMBER II.

,e waits for the morning. At last the light
lawns, and the tides Of joy rise in his soul,
ind he sails up and casts anchor within the
rale.
L. thy heart right? What question can
compare with this in importance! II Is q
msiness question. Do you not realize that
,OH will soon have to go out Of that store,
hat YOU will soon have to resign that
partnership. that soon among all the
millions Of dollars worth NJ goods that are
old you will not have the handling OF n
'ari of cloth, or a bound or sugar, or n
penny worth Of anything; that soon. If a
,onflagration should start nj Central Park
Ind sweep everything to the Battery, it
gould not disturb YOU: that soon. IL every
asher should abscOnd and every insurance
,ompanv should fail. it would not affect
rou2 What are the questions that stop this
tide the grave. compared with the questions
hat reach beyond it? Are Won making
osses that are to be ev7 rlastinT? Are Won
making purchases for eternity? Are YOU
ohbing for lime when Won might be whole
taling for eternity2 What question of the
tore ia go broad at the base. and 50 alti-
udinous. aud so overwhelming as the ques-
ion, "Is thy heart right"
Or Is it n domestic question? p II some
hing about father or mother or companion
Dr son or daughter, that YOU think is coT-
parable witt this question in imnnrlance? Do
you NOT FGlilTt IHuI Nv lUiFFF-ll, ana mex
orable law all these relations will be broken
IN? Your father will he gone. voUr mother
will be gone, our companions will be gone,
Your child will be gone. Won will he gone,
and then this supernal question will begin 10
harvest its chief gains, or deplore IFS worst
losses. roll up into its michtiest magnitude
Or sweep its vast circles.
What difference now does # make to Na-
poleon III. whether he triumrhe1 or sur
rendered at Sedan. whether he lived at the
Tuileries or at Chiselhurst. whether he was
Emneror or exile? They laid him ont in his
,ofin in the dress Of n field marshal. Did
hat give him any better chance for the next
world than If he had been laii ont in a plain
,hroud2 And soon to us what will be the
Inference. whether in this world We rode or
walked. were bowed to or maltreate7. we're
tpplauded or Missed at, were welcomed in or
licked out, while laying hold Of every mo-
nent OF the great future, and burning in all
he splendor or grief. aud overarching and
undergoing all time and all eternity. is the
plain, simple, practical, thrilling,
Thy heart right?' Have you within
you a repenting heart, an eVpeetant heart?
II not, ] must write upon you soul what
George Whitefleld wrote upon tho window
pane with his diamond ring. He tarried in
an elegant house over night, but found
hat there was no God recognized in that
1OuSe. Before ne lelI MS room IN tlb morn
ing, with his ring he wrote upon the window
pane, zone thing thou laekest. After the
guest was gone the housewife came and
ooked at the window. and saw tho inserir-
ion, and called her husband and ner chill
lren, and God, through that ministry Of the
window glass. brought them all TO Jesus.
Though you may to-day be surrounded by
comforts and Injuries. and feel that you
lave need Of nothing, If you are not the
children Of God, with the signet ring of
Jhrist's love, let me inscribe upon your souls.
'One thing thou Iaekest!'