The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-08-21

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dldate has been a Sufficient time under
their drill, and then enters Heaven.
Pandemonium, a preparatory school
Ior celestial admission! All, INV
\ friends. while Satan and his cohorts
have fitted a vast multitude for ruin,
they never fitted one soul for happi-
i neSs--never.
You see, common-sense agrees with
my text In saying that "if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north,
IN the place where the tree falleth,
there it shall be-" You, see this idea
lifts this world from an unimportant
way station to a platform of stupen-
dous issues, and makes all eternity
| whirl around this hour Oh, nv soull
my soul! Only one trial, and all the
preparations for that trial to be made
in this world, or never made at all.
oh, my soul! my soul! You see, this
piles up all the emphasis and all the
climaxes and all the destinies into
this life No other chance. Oh, how
that intensifies the value ana the inn
portance of this chance. Alexander
and his army used to come around a
city, and they would kindle a great
ire, with the understanding that as
long as that light was burning the
city might surrender, and all would be
well, but if they left that light go out,
then the battering rams would swing
against the walls and there would
come disaster and demolition. Oh,
my friends, all you and |
need to do to prepare for eternal safety
is just to surrender to the King and
Conqueror, Christ. Surrender hearts,
surrender life, surrender everything.
The great light keeps burning, light
klndled by the wood of the cross; ligh
flaming up against the dark night Of
our sin and sorrow. Oh, let us surren-
der before helightgoes out. and with il
our last opportunity of making our
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Oh, my brother, talk about
another chance; this is the supernal
chance. In the time of Edward H.,
at the battle of Musselburgh, a pri-
vate soldier saw that the earl of Hunt
ley had lost his helmet. The private
soldier took off his helmet and went |
up to the earl of Huntley and put the
helmet on his head. Now, the head or |
the private soldier uncovered, he was
soon slain, while the commander
'ode in safety through and out of |
,he battle. But it is different in our
case. Instead of private offering
helmet to an earl, it is the King of
heaven and earth offering a crown to
IN unworthy subject, the King dying
hat we might live! Oh, tell it to the
POINTS OF the compass, tell it to day and
light, tell it to earth and Heaven, tell
: to all the centuries and all the millen-
liums that God has given us such
magnificent chance in this world that
We need no other chance in another!
A dream. I am in the FURNISHED
Judgment hall on the last day. The
reat white throne is lifted, but the
Judge has not yet taken it. While we
re waiting for His arrival, hear the
nmortals in conversation. 'sWhat
re you waiting for?" says soul that
'ent up from Madagascar to soul
hat went up from America. The lat
sr responds: Il was in America 40
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reached, and had plenty of Bibles
l my house, and from the time that
melt at my mothers knee in PRAYER
ntil my last hour, had great oppor-
mites; but did not improve them,
nd | am here to-day waiting for an
cher chance. Strange, strange"
lys the soul just come up from NADIA 4
ascar. Strange; why, never heard /
lie Gospel call but once in all my life, q
I'D l accepted it, and l don't want an =
her chance. what are you waiting y
RI" says one who on earth had very I !,
eble intellect to one who had great !,
ain and whose voice was silvery, and y
i'd who had scepters of power. The %
tier replies: II had great power on l.
nth, must admit; and l mastered =
nguages, and l mastered libraries,
ID colleges conferred upon me- Il
armed titles, and my name !,
rs a synonym for eloquence :,
d power; but somehow L
elected the matters of my soul, n
d must confess to you l am here /,
day waiting for another chance"
wv, the ground trembles with the :,
chariot. The great folding %
ors of the FURNISHED hall of judy
mt are thrown open. "Stand back"
? the ushers, land let the Judge of r
ick and dead pass through" "
takes the throne. He looks off y" ".
on the throngs of nations come to ~
} last judgment, come to the ap
" judgment, and one flash from an
J throne reveals each mans history
himself, and reveals it to all the TN
lers. And then the Judge says, at
ivide!" and the FURNISHED walls echo wa
divide" and the guides angelic DID,
'wer, ''Divide!' and the immortals tn
rushing this way and that, until