Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-18

millennium, Rs you know, a thousand years
Inis world, since fttted up for mans resi-
.i-nce, has existed about six thousand years
How much longer will it exist? We will sup
pose it ehall last as much longer, which T.
very douoriu'. raat will m AXE its exist
ence twelve thousand years. But what ar
or will b9 twelve thousand years compared
with tho eternity preceding those years and
the eternity following them-time, rs com
pared 10 eternity, like the drop OF the nigh
dow shaken from the top Of grass blade BY
the cows hoof on its way afield this morn
log. as compared with Mediterranean and
Arabisn and Atlantic and Pacific Watery do
uinions!
A stranger desired to purchase farm, but
he owner would not sell it-would only let
is. The stranger hired il BY lease for only
one crop, but he sowel acoras, AMI to ma.
turs that crop 30j years were necessary. That
was practicsd de,spti On. but deceive you
not when tel you that the crop Of the SOU
axes hold OF uueniing ages.
ses the au hor OF my text seated In the
1ousa OF Gaius, who entertained him al
~orin.h b, not far from tho overaauging fo..
-saSs of Aaro-Oorinthus. and medit atinv or
hs longevity OF the soul and eettins more
and more ayitated about its value ami the
awful risk some Of his kindred were running
oncsrning ii, AMI he writes this letter con-
aiming the text, which Ohrysostom sdmired
70 much he had it read to him twice Q week,
and among other things h. saws those dar.
nS and startling words OF my text, s'I could
Sish at myself were a.cursed from Christ
or my brethrsn, my kinsmen, according to
ae dosh."
Another way to get something Of tho
Pauline LONGING for redeemed tnmortallties
s BY examining tbs vast machinsry ar.
singsd to savs this inner and spiritual ma.
ure. That machinery started to revolve on
M edge OF the gsrien of Elem, Just after
he cycioue OF sin prostrated its sycamoreJ
,nr tamarisks and willows AMI will not ceass
o rsvoiv- until the last soul Of earth shall
set RI Of its last sin ami enter the heav-nly
Iden. On that stupendous machinery for
'oul savin. the patriarch put his hand, ant
prophet his hand, and evangelist his haud,
tnd apostle his hand, and Christ His hand,
aud almost every hand that touche It be-
'ams . crushed hand. Il was the most OK
sensivo machinery ever constructed. 1t cost
0ors to start 1t aud has cost aud will cost
more to Keep 1t running than all the wheels
hat ever made revolution on this planet.
That machinery turnsi not by ordinary
motive power, but by force OF tears and
,iood. To eonRsot iis BANS Of influence
made out Of human and Christly nerves with
I'll parts ct the earth millions Of good men
tnd women ere now at work and will be- ar
york until every wilderness shall bscoms a
sacden. and every tear OF grief snail be a
ear OF Joy, aud the sword of diviue victory
hall give the wound to the old drag m that
hail semi him bowling to the pit, the iron
yase clanginR against him, never again to
open. ALI that and infinitely NOR, to save
he soul. Why, 1t must bs a treuen ious
,oul -trsmend-',s for good or tremendous
or evil, tremendous for happiness or tre-
nendous for woe.
Put ON the left side OF the largest sheet Of
Iap-r that svsr came from paper mill sim
yie unit, the figure l, and how many ciphers
b.. S- -.--i~~
lgursto express the souls value, -aoh cipher
tdding tenfoid? Working into that scheme
u the souls redemption. how many angels
II God descending and ascending! How
many storms swooping On Lake 0aliiesi How
many earthquakes opening dungeon, and
trikirg catactvsns through mountains. from
op to base! What noonday sun was put on
'etrsat! What omnipotenes ltfled ami what
}odhead was put to torture! Ali that for
he soul. No wonder that Pau, though pos
Iessins great eQui poise Of tenn peramsn when
IL thought what his friends and trsd
we're risktns concerning tnsr souls, duug
lside all his ordinary modes Of spscch. argu-
earned alluslon, as uafit to express how he
'eit. and se:zing upon tho appalling hyper.
,olism CT my text cries cut, 81 could wish
n nysslf accursed"-ihat is. struck Of the
hunderbots OF the omnipotsut God, sunk
o unfathomed depths, chained into ssrvi-
uds to Abaddon and thrust into furnaces
whose ares shall never burn outfit only
hose whom love might now and forever be
'aved, Mind you, Paul does not say, 81 do
wish" He says. "I could WISH" Even in
he agony be felt for others be did not lose
lis balance. 'I could wish N self acourssd."
could, but do not. Only ons being that
.ver lived was literally willing to give up
heaven for psrdition, and that was the df-
Fins peasant whom l mentioned a few mo-
n
.hange dominions Of bliss TOR dominfoas OF
but He did 50, for, that He
o.sook heaven, witness the STOPPING star
Ind ali those who saw His miracles of mercy,
md that he actually sntersd the gates OF the
sorl0 of perpetual connsgratton the Bible
Paul, al could" but He said, ''I will, do,"
md tor the souls Of men He descended into
lell''
In thts last half OF the last decade Of the
,ineteenth century the Temperature in the
,hurches Il very low, aud mcst Of the piety
Touii spoil II It were not kept on ice. And.
eking things a. they are, ordinary Chris
t<cs will never reach the point where the
,utrry of Paul ia the text will not seem like
The proprieties In most Of the
Dhurches are 50 fixed that ell a Christian Is
expected to do on Sunday is to get up title
ater in the morning than usual, put on that
which Is next to his best attire-not the very
,est, for that has to be reserved for the levee
ENTER the church with stately step, bow
lis head, or at any rate shut his eyes In
prayer time. or close them enough to look
sleepy, lurn toward the pulpit with holy
iullness while Tho preacher speaks, put s
.ent pieoe-or, II the times be hard, q cent
piece-on the collection platter, kind Of shov-
n9 it down under the other coin SO that 1t
night be, for all that the usher knows, Q IS
gold piece. and then, after the benedfction. go
H-Al, l. . - - 0-l1
week. That IS all the majority Of Christians
sre doing for the rectifcstton Of this planet,
and they will do that until. at the close Of
life, the pastor opens a black book at the
head Of their cesket and reads. blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord. They rest nom
heir lsbofs and their works do follow them.
The sense OF the ludicious Is % thoroughly
developed in me- that whom hear these
words read ct the obssquies Of one
Of the religious do nothings in the churches
It Is too much for my gravity. ''Thelr works
DO follow them" What work? And in what
do they follow them-up or DOWN.
And do they follow on foot or on tho wing2
And how long will they follow before they
,atch up? More appropriate funeral text
Tor all such religious dead beats would be
the words in Matthew XIV, Q: "our lamps
are gone OUT" One would think that such
Christians would show at least under whose
banner they are enlisted. In ono Of the
Napcleonfo wars q wonan>Jeaunette by
her position with the troops aud
shouldered broomstick. The colonel said,
''i, Jeanette, why do you take such useless
weapon into the ranks2' SWELL" she said.
II can show. at least, which side am on. I"
Now, the ject Of this sermon is to stir At
least one-fourth Of you to an ambition for
that which my text presents in blazing
vocabulsry-nsmely. a passion for souls. To
prove that 1t Is possible to have much OF that
spirit, bring the conservation Of 1890 foreign
It Is usually estimated that
there are at least 1000 missionaries. make
q liberal allowance and admit there may b
10 Lad missionaries out Of the 5000, but do
not believe there Is one. All English aud
American merchants leave Bombay, Cal.
cutta, Annoy and Pekin as soon as they
make their fortunes. Why? Because no
European or American In his senses would
nay in that climate after monetary induce
ments have ceased. Now tho missionaries
there are put down on the barest necessities,
and most ofthem do not lay up Sl In twenty
years. Why, then, do they stay IN thosf
lands OF intolersble heat rnd cobras anc
raging fevers, the thermometer sometimes
playing at 13o aud 14o degrees OF Oppressive
ness, L, 600 miles from hom., because OF the
I&b olf "A fI,a y,ra vail limo ire