Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13

and Senegambians shall know Christ as well
ls you know Him, and there shall be on the
,anks Of the Nile and the Niger higher civ.
dization than Is now to be found on tho
banks Of the Potomac or the Hudson, then
Christ Will divide up that continent among
Bis friends. Wait until China, which Is half
u large as ali Europe, shall have developed
aer capacities for rice and tea and sugar
smong edtbles, and her amethyst and sap.
phire and topaz and opal and Jasper and
porphyry among precious stones, and her
rosewood and ebony and camphor and var
aish trees among precious woods, and
;urned mp from her depths q half dozen
Pennsylvanias of coal and iron. and twenty
gold. and her so, ,0oo. 900 OF people shall BE-
Svangelised. Then the Lord will divide It
ap among the good.
II my text be not a deception, but the
sternal truth, then the time is coming when
Ill the farms will be owned by Christian
farmers. and all the commerce controlled by
Christian merchants. and all the authority
held by Christian officials, and all the ships
commanded by Christian csptaius, and all
he universities under the instruction of
Christian professors; Christian kings, Chris
dan presidents, Christian governors, Chris
Han mayors, Christian common council. Yet,
What securing ouii What an upturninel
must precsde this new apportionment!
I do not underrate the enemy. Julius
Caesar got his greatest Victories by fully esti-
mating the vastness OF his foes and prepared
ais men for their greatest triumph by saying.
Tomorrow King Jnba win be here with
hephants." I do not underrate the vast
lorces Of sin and death, but do you know
who commands us2 Johovahjireh. And the
reserve corps behind us are all the armies OF
heaven and earth, with hurricane and thun-
ierbolt. Tho good work Of the worlds re-
L. d. -,
70 many splendid men and glorious women
on the side of right as to-day. Never so
many good people as now. Diogenes has
been spoken of as wise man because hs
went with a lantern at MONDAY, saying he
was looking for an honest man. II he had
turned his lantern toward himself, he might
have discovered crank. Honest men by
the 10. 900! Through the International series
of Sunday school lessons the next generation
all through Christendom are going to be
wiser than any generation since the world
stood. The kingdom is coming. God can
DO It, No housewife with q channels cloth
sver polished a silver teaspoon with moro
ease than Christ will rub of from this world
the tarnish and brighten it up till 1t glows
like heaven, and then the glorious aDpor-
honment. for my text Is REINFORCED by
score of other texts, when it says Of Christ.
"He shall divide the spoil with the strong"
-"But," you say, "this is pleasant to think
Of for others, but before that time I shall
have passed up into another existence and
shall get no advantage from that new ap-
pointment." All, You have only driven me
to the other more exciting and transporting
Ing to divide up heaven In the same way.
There are old estates in the celestial world
that have been in the possession Of the in
habitants for thousands Of year,, and they
shall remain as they are. There are old
family mansions in heaven filed with whole
of Eindra1 pd fhav ahall
be driven out. Many OF the victor5 from
earth have already got their palaces. and
they are pointed out to those newly arrived.
soon after our getting there we will ask to
be shown the apostolic residences, and ask
where does Paul live and John, and shown
the patria,chal residences, and shall say,
.swhere does Abraham live or jacob" and
shown the martyr residences and say,
"Where does John Huss live and Ridley?"
We will want to see the boulevards, where
the chariots OF conquerors roll. will want
to see the garden where the princes walk.
We will want to see Music row, where Han
del and Haydn and Mozart and Charles Wes-
lev and Thomas Hastings ami Bradbury
have their homes. out OF their windows, ever
and anon, rolling some snatch of an earthly
oratorio or hymn transported with the COM
poser. We will want to see Revival ter
ace, where Whiteneld and Nettleton and
Payson and Rowland Hill and Charles Fin
ney ard other giants OF soul reaping are
resting from their almost supernatural Ia
bors, their doors thronged with converts
lust arrived, coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset and like the
leaves for number are the celestial homes
yet to be awarded when Christ to@you and
millions of others shall divide the spoil.
What do you want there? You shall have 1t.
An orchard? There it is-twelve manner OF
fruits, and fruit every month. Do you wan!
river scenery? Take your choice on the
banks of the river, in longer, wider. deeper
roll than Danube or Amazon or Mississippi
II mingled in one, and emptying into the sea
Of glass, mingled with fire. Do you want
your kindred back again? Go out and meet
D. your father and mother, without the staff OIL
the stoop, and your children In a dance of i'm
mortal glee. Do you want a throne2 Select
Il from the million FURNISHED elevations. Do
you want q crown? Pick it out of thai
mountain OF dismonded coronets. Do you
want your old church friends OF earth
around your Begin to hum an old revival
tune, and they will flock from all quarters to
revel with you IN sacred "reminiscences. All
the earth for those who are here on earth al
The time Of continental and planetary dis
.ribution and all the heavens for those who
are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils will
be a surprise to many. Here enters heaven
the soul of a man who took up great deal
Of room In the church on earth, but sacrificed
was evident. He Just crowds through the
shining gate, but It's a very tight squeeze,
so that the doorkeeper has to pull hard tc
get him IN, and this man expects half OF
heaven for his share of trophies, a: 4 he
would like q monopoly of all It's s2lendoI
and to purchase lots in the suburbs, so that
he could get advantage Of the growth OF the
city. Well, little by little he gets grace oi
heart, Just enough to get him through, and
to him Is given a secondhand crown which
ono of the saints wore at the start, but ex-
changed for q brighter one as he went on
old house once occupied by an angel who
was hurled out of heaven at the time oi
satan's rebellion.
| Right after him comes q soul that makes Q
great stir among the celestials, and the an.
gels rush to the scene, each bringing to her q
dazzling coronet. Who Is she2 Over what
realm on earth was she queen? In what
great Dusseldorf festival was she the canta.
Erice? Neither. She was an invalid who
never left her room for twenty years, but she
was strong in prayer-and she prayed down
revival after revival and pentecost after pen
tecost upon the churches, and with her pale
hand she knit many a mitten or tippet fol
the poor, and with her contrivances she add
Cd 10y to many holiday festival, and nov
with those thin hands so strong for kindness
and with those white lips SO strong for SUP
plication she has won coronation and in
tnrOneDeHt anu luDiicc huu CuIiSt Sdiu ~
the angels who have brought each q crowl
for the glorlfled invalid: mo, not these
They are not good enough. But in tn
jeweled vase at the right hand side OF Nj
throne there is one that have been prepar
Ing for her many year, and for her ever
paEg have set IN amethyst, and for he
every good deed have set pearl. Fete
1t now and fulfill the promise I gave he
opg AGO in the sickroom. BE thou faithfu
anto DEATH and will give thee crown.
But notice that there is only ono Beint
In the universe who can and will distribut'
the trophies of earth and heaven. 1t is tn
Divine Warrior. the Commander-in- Chief o
the Centuries, tho Champion OF Ages. tn
Universal Conqueror, the Son Of God, Jesus
You will take the spoils from His hand o
never take them at all. Have His friendship
and you may defy all time ani all eternity
but without 1t you are n pauper; though yo
had a universe at your command. We ar
told in Revelation that Jacobs twelve son
were so honored as TO have the twelve gate
OF heaven named after them-over one gat
of heaven Naphtali, over another gate {