News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-08-13

lifts this world from an unim portant
way station to a platform Of stupendous
issues and makes All eternity whirl
around this boar Oh. my soul, my
soul! Only one TIL, ind all the prepa
rations for that III 10 lie made in this
world Or never L-udc nc all. Oh, my
soul, my soul! ICu see Ills piles up all
-, ~ ,,.I.,. @, and alltbe climaxos, and
all he dc~;iiies into tins life. 10 other
ci&Gts Oh how that intensi.ics the
value UIid the inpol rance of this chancel
AleEauder and his army used to come
around Il city, aud they would kindle a
great light, with the understanding that
as long IS ti@t light was burning the
city might surrender, and all would be
well, but if they let that light 20 out,
then the bGttering rams would swing
against the walls and there would come
disaster and demolition. Oh, my
friends, all you and need to do to pre-
pare for eternal safety is just to surren-
der to the King and Conqueror, Christ
Surrender hearts, surrender life, surren-
der everythi. G. The great light keeps
burning, light kindled by the wood Of
the cross, Light flaming up against the
dark night Of cur sin and sorrow. Oh,
let us surrender before the light goes
out and with it our last opportunity of
making OuT peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christi Oh, my brother, talk
about another chance; this the supernal
chance. In the time Ct Edward IL, at
the battle of Musselburgh, private sol
der saw that the Earl of Huntley 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 of the private sol
dier uncovered, he was soon slain, while
his commander rode i'll safety through
and out of the battle. But it is different
in our case. Instead CT u private offer
ing helmet to an earl, it is the King
of heaven and earth offering a crown to
an unworthy subject, She King dying
that we might livel Oh, tell it to the
points of the compass, tell it to day and
night, tell it to earth and heaven, tell
it to all the centuries and all the mil
lenniums that God has given Us such
magnificent chance in this world that
we need no other chance i'll anotherl
The Court of Eternity.
A dream. I am in the FURNISHED judy
ment hall Oh the last day. The great
white throne is lifted, bat he Judge has
not yet taken it. While we are waiting
for his arrival hear the immCrtals in
conversation. ~ nat are you waiting
for?" says u soGl that went up from
Madagascar to N soul that went up from
America. The latter responds: 81 was
in America 40 Jyala ago, and | heard
the gospel PIC ached, and l had plenty
of Bibles II my house, and from the
time that l l;nelt at my mothers knee
i'll prayer until my last hour | had
great opportunities, but did not i'm
prove them, and [ am here today wait
ing for another chance" "Strange
strange" says the soul just come up
from Madagascar. "5trange. Why, |
never heard the gospel call but once in
all my life, and [ accepted it, and l
don't want another chance" "What
are you waiting for?" says one who ON
earth had very feeble intellect to one
who had great brain, and whose voice
was silvery, and who had scepters of
power. The latter replies: 81 had great
power on earth, | must admit, and I
mastered languages, and | mastered IL
braries, and colleges conferred upon me
learned titles, and my name was a
synonym for eloquence and power, but
somehow | neglected the matters Of my
soul, and | must confess to you | am
here today waiting for another chance.
Now, the ground trembles with the
advancing chariot. The great folding
doors of the FURNISHED hall of judgment
are thrown open. "Stand back, ;" cry
the ushers, land let the Judge Of quick
and dead pass through. He takes the
throne. He looks off upon the throngs
Of nations come to the last Judgment,
come to the only Judgment, and one
flash from the throne reveals each mans
history to himself, and reveals it to all
the others. And then the Judge says,
"DivideV' and the FURNISHED walls echo
it, DIVIDED and the guides angelic
answer, "Dividep' and the immortals
are rushing this way and that, until
there is an aisle between them, a great
aisle; and then a vacuum, widening,
and widening and widening, until the
Judge looks to one side of that vacuum,
and addresses the throng and says, LET
him that is righteous he righteous still,
and let him that is holy be holy still. /"
And then, turning to the throng ON the
other side Of the vacuum, he says,
LET him that is unjust be unjust still,
and let him that is filthy be filthy still. 4"
And then be stretches cut both hands,
one toward the throng On each side the
vacuum, and says, eff the tree fall to-
ward the south or toward the north, i'll
the place where the tree falleth there
it shall bel" And then hear something
Jar with a great sound. 1t is the closing
he book of Judgment. The Judge
aScends the stairs behind the throne.
The hall of the last assize is cleared
and shut. The high court of eternity
Rdinnrped forever
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