The Penn's Grove record., 1896-01-24
NUMBER 81.

! eligion there needs to b. and Will be q
great day when, amid the solemnities and
,raudeurs of a listening universe. God will
say So" No statistics can state how many
mothers have rocked cradles and lowered
,ver iEfantile sicknesses and brought up
heir families to manhood and womanhood
md launched them upon useful and success
III lives, and yet never received one THANK
you" that amounted to anything. Tit
daughters became queens in social life OF
we're aflanced in highest realms Of pros
Ierity; the sons took the first honors of
he university and became radiant in none
airy or professional spheres. Now the secret
II alt that uplifted maternal influence must
rme out Society did not say so, the
ihurch did not say so. the world did not say
io,but on that day Of all other days, the last
lay, God will say so.
There are men to whom life Is q grind
nd a conflict, hereditary tendencies to be
vercome, accidental environments to be
injured, appalling opposition to be met and
conquered, and they never so much as had
rose pinned to their coat lapel in admira-
ion. They never had a song dedicated to
heir name. They never had a book pre-
ented to them with a complimentary word
N the iy-leaf. All they have to show foG
heir lifetime battle - scars. But In the last
lay the story will come out, and that life
viil be put IN holy and transcendent
hythm, and their courage and persistence
aLh AuiNn BIN NAGlVkI VIII uOk Ohly 10 huN
bounced but rewarded. 'These are they
bat came out Of great tribulation and had
heir robes washed and made white In the
Mood of the Lamb" God will say sol
We miss one Of the chief ideas OF a last
alignment. We put into the picture the FIRE.
Ind the smoke, and the earthquake, and the
descending angels, and the uprising dead,
,ut We omit to put into the picture that
which makes the last judgment a magnificent
opportunity. We omit the fact that 1t is to
10 a day of glorious explanation and com
nendation. The first justice that millions
II ~unrewarded and u~nrecognized and unap-
,reciated men and women get will be on
hat day, when services that never called
'orth so much as a newspaper line OF finest
pearl or diamond type, as the printers term
t, shall be called up for coronation. That
will be the day Of enthronement for those
whom the world called 'fnohodies." Joshua,
WHO commanded the sun and moon to. stand
IT'LL. yeeds no last Judgment to get justice
lone him, but those men do need a last
Judgment who at times in all armies, under
he most violent assault, in obedieDcet to COM
nand themselves stood still. Deborah, who
encouraged Barak to bravery in battle against .
he oppressors of Israel, needs no last judg-
nent to get justice done her, for thou
lands Of years have capped her applause.
But the wives who In all ages have encour-
lged their husbands in the battles of life,
women whose names were hardly known be-
Tond the next street or the next farmhouse,
must have God say to them: "You did well.
Hou did gloriously. I saw you down In thar
LARRY. l watched you in the old farmhouse
nending those ehildren's clothes. 1 heard
what you said in the way of cheer when the
>readwinner Of the household was In des-
,air. I remember all the sick cradles you
lave sung to. / remember the backaches,
he headaches, the heartaches. I know the
tory OF your knitting needle as we'll as I
,now the story Of a queens seepter. -FOUR
lastle on the heavenly hill is all ready for
rou. Go up and take it." And turning to
he surprised multitudes OF heaven He will
ay. ''She did what she could" God will
Iay 30.
And now I close with giving my W per-
onaltestimony, for I must not enjoin upon
,thers that which l decline myself to do.
Born at Bound Brook, N. j., of a parenta6e
Is pious as the world ever saw, l attest be-
ore earth and heaven that I have always
elt the elevating aud restraining influence
u having had a good father and a good
mother, and II I am able to do half as well
or my children as the old folks did for me
will b~ethankful forever. The years of my
ife passed on until, at about eighteen years
II age. l felt the pressure of eternal rea tiles
after prayer and religious counsel !
passed into what 1 o TO be a
aved state and Joined the church,
md I attest before earth and heaven
hat l have found 1t a most helpful and
Inspiring association. I like the com.
)anionship so well that l cannet be sat
SIZED il I lave a day less of 1t than all eter-
iity. After graduating at collegiate and
theological institutions I had the hands OF
en- or twelve good men put upon my head
n solemn ordination, at Belleviile, N. j.,
md / attest before earth and heaven that the
work of the gospel ministry has been de-
ightful, and I expect to preach until my
asst hour. Many times I have passed
through deep water OF bereavement and but
or the divine promise OF heavenly reunion I
would have gone under, but I attest before
,arth and heaven that the comfort Of the
gospel Is high, deep, glorious, eternal. Many
lines have / been maligned and my work
nisrepresented. but all such falsehood and
persecution have turned out for my advan-
age and enlarged my work, and I attest be-
ore earth and heaven that God has fulfilled
o me the promises, $50! I am with you al
vays,' and 'The gates Of hell shall not pre-.
'ail against YOU"
For the cheer Of younger men in all de-
jartments let me say you will come out all
light II you mind your own business and are
,atient. The assault of the world Is only be-
rig rubbed down by a rough Turkish towel,
md 1t improves the circulation and makes
me more vigorous. While the future holds
or me many mysteries which I do not pre-
end to solve. 1 am living in expectation that
ghen my poor work Is done, I shall 20.
through the gates and meet my Lord and all
ny kindred who have preceded me.