Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-25
NO. Is.

sousness dawne1 oa mo polar night ofYhs
Nations. And II Christ is the great warmsr.
then the church Is the great hothouse, with
Its plants and trees and fruits of righteous
hess. Do you know, my friends, that the
ehurch 1 the institution that proposes
warmth? have been for twenty-seyen wears
studying how to make the church warmer.
warmer architecture, warmer hymnolosy,
warmer Christian salutation. All outside
Siberian winter, we must have It a princes
nothouse. The only institution on earth to-
DAY that proposes to make the world warmer.
Universities and observatoriss, they all h rvs
their work. They propose to make the
70 Mor,d n light. but they DO not propose to make
ls - cold - the rock It hammers. The tele-
scopeohow whsts the other worlds are, but
An Astronomse II chilled while looking
through IT. Chemistry tells US OF strange
combination: and how inferior affinity may
be be. o,s5'9ms .s bv ;pps.ior amnity; but it
good. Worldly philosophy has a great
splendor, but Il = ths splsndor Of moonlight
on an tcebex8. The church OF God proposes
warmth and hope-warmth for the expecta-
hons, warmth for the sympathies. Obi /
Am 20 glad that these great altar fires have
eesn ktndlsd. Como in out OF the cold.
Come in, and have your wounds saIved.
Come, and have your sins psrdoned. Come
by the great gospel nrspface.
Notwithstandln4 all tho modern inyen,
aons s for heattns toll you there Is nothing
% tau OF geniality and sooislity as the old
Sors we're to eous In for q winter evening
N socialfty. In the middle OF the afternoon.
n the best room of the house. soma ons
brought In great backlog with great strain
snd put 1t down on the back OF the hearth.
tr-n the lighter wood was put on, armful
susr eHmfui. Then q shovel OF Goals was
AIKEN from another room and put under the
Ary pile, and the kindlinH began, and the
praokitnS, and Il rose until it Dsoame a roar
ng lame, which nlled all the room with
seniatify and was reflected from the family
PICTURES on the walls Then the nsishbors
.sme IN two by two. They sat down their
1905 to the dre, which ever and anon was
ntrred with tongs and rsadtusted on the
Indtrons. and there wore such times Of
rustic repartee and story telling and mirth
- the black stove and the blind register
asvsr dreamed o.: Meanwhile the table was
70 clean was the cutlery, they gistsn and
glisten in our mind to-day. And then tho
best luxury OF orchard and farmyard was
roasted and prepared for the table, to meet
sharpened by the cold ride.
0. my friends the church of Jesus Christ
rom the ce lars Of Lebanon, and the fires are
ares Of love, and with the silver tongs of the
altar We stir the flame, and the light Is re-
dected from all the family pictures ON the
wall-ptctures OF thoss who were here and
Are gone now. o, come up close to the fire.
placel Have your faces transfgured In the
light. Put your cold feet. weary Of the jour
ney. close up to the blessed condagration.
Chilled through with trouble and disappoint-
nent, come close up until you can get warm
sear through. Exchange experience, talk
over the harvests gathered, tell all the gos-
pei news. Meanwhile the table is being
spread. On IT, bread Of life. On 1t, grapes
of Eshcol. On II, new wine from the king
1om. On 1t, thousand luxuries celestial.
Hark! as a wounded hand raps on the table
and tender voice comes through saying:
Come, for all things are now ready. Eat,
friends! drink, yea, drink abundantly, O
oeloved!"
My friends, that Is the way the cold world
s going to be warmed up, by the great gos-
pei fireplace. All Nations will come in and
ht down at that banquet. While was mus
lng the fire burned. "Come IN out of the
told, como IN out OF the cold!"