The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-11

telling You an about lhat steamer one /
dav y0u come down on tho wharf and /
the steamer has swung oel inlo tho stream, !
You fayi sob. that isnt fair. Come back, /
awlne up again % the docka Throw The /
planks ashore that / may come on board. /
Ia lsnf hlE u want 90 SO tQ Germany hy I
that steamer. Give me another chance. /
Here lsa mnrnlnClut offer for heaven. u /
has been anchored within our sight year /
after ycar. and all the benign voices % earth /
aud heaven have urged us TO 60 on board /
since q may sail NJ any moment
suppose We let that opportunity sail away, |
and then we look out and anyi "send back |
that opportunity ! want % take 70, it isn't |
treating nae fairly Give me another chance"
Why, my brother. Won might as well 90 out
aud stand on the Highlands at the Naveslnk |
three days after the Majestic has gone out
aud shout. Captain, come back, I want 10
go 20 Liverpool on the Majestic. Come back
over the sea aud through the NnrroWs and
up 90 the docks Give me another chance"
You might al well do that as, after tho last
/ opportunity Of heaven bias sped away. try %
getit back again. Just think oi itl 4 came
on me yesterday In my study With over
Whelming impresslveness. Just think of it.
All heaven offered us as a gratuiiy FOR a
whole lifetime, aud yet we wanting 10 rush
against God, saying give mo another
chanco." There ought 10 be-, there VIII be,
| no such thing as posthumous opport cnity.
Nou SEQ common sense agrees with myt0xl
/ In saying that III tho tres fall toward the
/ south, OF toward the north, IN the place
/ where the tree falleth, there It shall be-"
/ You see this idea lifts this world from un un-
/ Important way-station 10 n platform OF stu-
| pendous issues, aud makes an eternity whir
| around this hour Oh. my SOUL my soul
/ Only ono trial, and all the preparation for
| that trial 10 be made In this world, or never
| made NJ all. Oh. my SOUL my soul! You SEQ
| this piles up 81 the emphasis and all the
| climaxes and all the destinies into tils life
/ No other chance. Oh. how that iatensines
| the value and the Importance Of tbs chance.
/ Alexander and his army used 10 come
/ around a city and they would kindle q great
/ light, with the understanding that as long
as that light was burning the city might sur
/ render, aud all would be well, but II they
LOT that light 90 out, then the batterng rams
would swing against the walls and there
would come disaster and demolition.
Oh, my friends, all you and / need 70
DO 10 prepare for eternal safety Il Just
TO surrender 70 the King aud Con-
querOr Christ. Surrender hearts, SUR
render lie, surrender everything. The
great light keeps burning, light kinded
by the wood Of the cross, light flaming up
| against the dark night OF our sin and sor-
| row. Oh, let US surrender before the light
| goes out, and with It our last opportunity
OF making our peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, my brother, tale
about another chance; this Is the supernal
chance. In the time Of Edward L., at the
battle OF MusselDurgh a private soldier saw
the Earl OF HuntleY had lost his helmet.
The private soldier took OF his helmet and
went up TO the Earl Of Huntley and put the
helmet on his head. Now, the head Of the
private soldier uncovered he was soon
slain, while his commander rode In
safety through and out OF the battle. But It
is different In our case. Instead Of a private
Offering a helmet to an earl, It is the King
OF heaven aud earth offering a crown to an
unworthy subject, the King dying that we
might live! Oh, tell It to the points OF the
compass, tell 1t TO day and night, tell 1t to
earth and heaven, tel It to all the centuries
and all the millenniums that God has given
us magnificent chance in this world aud
that We need no other chance in another!
dream. am in the burnisher Judgment
hall or the last day. The great white throne
is lifted, but the Judge has not yet taken it.
While we are waiting for His arrival hear
the tmmortals in conversation. "What are
you waiting for2' says a soul that went up
from Madagascar to soul that went up
from America The latter responds: Il was
IN America forty years ago. and heard the
gospel preached, and had plenty OF Bibles
in my house, and from the time that l knelt
at my mothers knee in prayer until my last
hour, had great opportunities; but / did
not improve them, and an here to-day watt
| ing for another chance. "Strange, strange,
says the soul Just come up from Madagascar.
Strange; why, never heard the gospel call
but once IN all my life, and / accepted It.
and | don't want another chance" "What
are you waiting for2" 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 re-
piled: II had great power on earth
must admit, and / mastered languages
and l mastered libraries. and colleges con-
ferred upon me learned titles. and my
name was "a synonym for eloquence and
power; but somehow / neglected the mat.
. tiers Of my soul and l must confess t
you | am here to-day waiting for another
chance" Now, the ground trembes with
= the advancing chariot. The great folding
q doors OF the FURNISHED hall OF judgment are
8 thrown open. "Stand back, cry the ushers
r land let the Judge Of quick aud deaC
r pass through" He takes the throne
9 He looks off upon the thronGs Of ma
e tions come to the last judgment, conn
r to the only judgment, and one fiasi
= from the throne reveals each mans his
= tory to himself and reveals 1t to all III
i others. And then the Judge says: ID
& | Vlde!' ana the FURNISHED walls echo It, I'D
0 vide!' and the guides angelic answer, adj
S vide!" and the immortals are rushing thi
Y way and that, until there II an aisle betwee
e them, a great aisle; aud then vacuum
Is widening and widening, until the Judg
IS looks to one side olthat vacuum, and ad
u dresses the throne and says: "Let him tina
Q is righteous be righteous sill, and let hir
. that is holy be holy STILL" And then, turn
it ing to the throng on the other side {
It the vacuum, He says; ''Let him thi
. is unjust be unjust still, and let hiI
e that is filthy be filthy still" And the
d He stretches out both hands, one toward til
Y throng on each side the vacuum, and say
d 1T the tree fall toward the south, or towar
: the north. in the place where the tree falletl
ie there 1t shall be!' And then / hear som,
l. thing jar with great sound. 1t is the clio
n ing OF the Book OF Judgment. The Judg
le ascends the stairs behind the throne III
s. Hall OF tho last Assize Is cleared and shu
1t The High Court of Eternity adjourned 70
ar ever.
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