The Monitor-register., 1896-02-07
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soul?" Many man has bee, :. e.
reader of tragedies and noems aud ~
could not "read his title clear 70 No., ~
sions i'll the skies
Many man has botanized across tho
CONTINENT and yet not known the sRose
OF sharon, and the Lily of the Valley .,
But II one Shall come in the right spirit.
asking the way to heaven. he will find
1t plain way. The pardon is nlain
! The peace is plain. Everything is nlain
! He who tries to get on the road to beav.
en- through the New Testament teach;,o
Will get ON beautifully He who goes
through philosophical discussion will
not get on at all. Christ says, Come TO
me, and will take all your sins awav
and Twill take all your troubles awav ),
Now what is the use of nv discpssinp
1t any more: Is not that plain? If Won
wanted to go to some city, and point
ed you out a highway thoroughly laid
out would be wise in OBTAINING you by
a geological discussion about the gravel
you Will pass over, or a physiological
discussion about the muscles You will
have to bring into play? No. After this
Bible has pointed you the way to heay-
en-, is 1T wise for me to detain you with
any discussion about the nature of the
human will. or whether the atonement
| is limited or unlimited? There is the
road-go on it. 1t is plain way. "This
is faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners" +" And that is
you and that is me. Any little child
here can understand this as we'll as
can. "Unless you become as a little
child. You cannot see the kingdom of
God" II you are saved, it will not be
as philosopher, it will be as little
child. "Of such is the kingdom of heay-
en-. - Unless you get the spirit of little
children, you will never come out at
their glorious destiny.
Faith In God.
Still further, this road to heaven is a
safe road. Sometimes the traveller in
those ancient highways would think
himself perfectly secure, not knowing
there was a lion by the way burying
his head deep between his paws, and
then when the right moment came, un-
der the fearful spring the mans life
was gone and there was a mauled car
cass by the roadside. But, says my
text, ''No lion shall be there" 1 wish
could make you feel your entire Sc
ute after man has become child of
God he is as safe as though he lad been
10, 900 years in heaven. He may slip;
he may slide; he may stumble, but he
cannot be destroyed. Kept by the power
of God through faith unto complete sal
walton. Everlsstingly safe. The severest
trial to which you can subject Chris
tian man is to kill him, and that is
glory. In other words, the worst thing
that can happen child of God is heav-
en-. The body is only the old slippers
that he throws aside just before putting
ON the sandals of light. His soul, you
cannot hurt it. No fires can consume
it, No floods can drown it. No devils
can capture it.
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground where David stood,
Or where the ark abode
His soul is safe. His reputation is
safe. Everything is safe. But, you
say, "suppose his store burns up?"
Why, then, it will be only a change of
| investments from earthly to heavenly
/ securities. 'But," you say, suppose
his name goes down under the hoof Of
scorn and contempt?" The name will
be SO much brighter in glory. Suppose
| his physical health fails?" God will
pour into him the floods of everlasting
health. and it will not make any differ
| ence Earthly subtraction is heavenly
addition. The tears of earth are the
crystals of heaven. AS they take rags and
tatters and put them through the paper
mill and they come out beautiful white
sheets of paper, so often the rags Of
! earthly destitution, under the cylinders
of DEATH come out "a white scroll upon
which shall be written eternal emanci-
patton. There was one passage of Scrip
ture, the force of which I never under
stood until one day at Chamounix, with
Mont Blanc on one side and Montanvert
on the otherM opened my Bible and
read, CAS- the mountains are around
about Jerusalem so the Lord is around
about them that fear him." The sur
roundings were an omnipotent COM
mentary.
Though troubles assail and dangers alright,
Though friends should all fail and foes all
unite,
Yet one thing secures u.s. whatever betide.
The Scripture assures us the Lord will pro-
vide.
Eu+tI;tv af ErattinD
Still further, the road spoken of is
pleasant road. God gives a bond of ln-
demnity against all evil to every man
that treads it, "All things work togeth-
er for good to those who love God" No
weapon formed against them can pros
per. That is the bond, signed, sealed
and delivered by the president of the
| whole universe. What is the use of your
fretting, oh, child of God, about food?
"Behold the fowls of the air, forsthey
SOW not, neither do they reap, nor gath
er into barns, yet your Heavenly Father
feedeth them" And will he take care
: of the sparrow, will he take care of the
raven, will he take care of the hawk and
let you die? What is the use Of your
fretting about clothes? Consider the
| lilies of the field. Shall he not much
more clothe you, oh, We of little faith"
What is the use worrying for fear some
thing will happen to your home? "He
| blesseth the habitation of the just "
What is the use of your fretting lest you
will be overcome of temptations? "God
isfaithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but Will
| with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it. y
Oh, this kings highway! Trees of life
| on either side bending over until their
branches interlock and drop midway
| their fruit and shade. Houses of enter
tainment on either side the road for poor
pilgrims. Tables spread with feast of
good things and walls adorned with ap
| Piles of gold in pictures Of silver. 1 start
out ON this kings highway, and I find
harper, and / say, "What is your
name?" The harper makes no response,
| but leaves me to guess as with his eyes
| toward heaven and his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip
pling on the air: "The Lord is my light
| and my salvation. Whom shall fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life. Of
whom shall / be afraid?"
I 90 little farther on the same road
and meet trumpeter of heaven, and |
say, Haven't you got some music for
tired pilgrim?" And wiping his lip
and taking a long breath he puts his
| mouth to the trumpet and pours forth
| this strain: ''They shall hunger no
more, neither shall they thirst any
| more. neither shall the sun light on
| tbem NOR any heat. for the lamb which