Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-13

their windows, ever and anon, rolling
some snatch of an earthly oratorio or
hymn transported with the composers.
We Will want to see Revival Terrace.
where Whitefeld and Nettlcton and
Payson and Rowland Hill and Charle.
t1nney and other giants of soul-reap-
ing are resting from their almost su-
pernatural labors. their doors thronp,ed
with converts just arrived, coming to
report themselves
hut brilliant as the sunset, and like
the leaves for number, are the celestial
MONIES yet To be awarded, when Christ
TO You, and millions Of others, shall
divide the spoil. What do you want
there? You shall have II. An orchard?
There IT is; twelve manner of fruits,
ana fruit every month. Do YOU want
river scenery Take your choice on
the banks of the river, in longer.
wider, deeper roll than Danube or
Amazon or Mississippi IL mingled in
one, and emptying into the sea OF
glass, mingled with fire. Do YOU want
your kindred back again? Go
out and meet your father and mother
without the STAFF or the stoop. and
your children in dance of immortal
glee. DO you want n throne? Select
1t from the million FURNISHED eleva-
tons Do you want n crown? Pick il
out OF that mountain of diamondcd
coronets. Do you want your old church
friends of earth around your Begin to
hum an old revival tune and they will
flock from all quarters TO revei with
you in sacred Renaissance. All tho
earth for those who are here on earth
nj the time of continental and plane
tary distribution, and all the heavens
for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils
VIII be n surprise to many. Here en-
tcrs Heaven the soul of n man who took
up n great deal of room i'm the chu rch
on earth but sacrificed little. and
among his good works sclfishncss was
evident. He just crowds through tho
shining gate, but it's very tight
squeeze, SO that the doorkeepcr has to
pull hard To get him in: and this man
expects half of Heaven for his share Of
trophies, and he would like monopoly
of all its splendor and TO purchase lots
in the suburbs so that he could get adj
vantage of the growth of the city.
Well, little by little he gets grace of
heart, just enough TO get him through,
and to him is given n secondhand
crown, which one of the saints wore Mt
the start, but exchanged for a brighter
one as he went on from glory to glory.
And he is put In an old house once oc-
cupied 10y an angel who was hurled out
of Heaven Mt the time of Satan's re-
bellion.
Right after comes n soul that makes
great stir among the celcstials, and
the angels rush to the scene, each
bringing to her dazzling coronet.
| who Is she? Over what realm on earth
was she queen? In what great Dussel-
dorf festival was she the cantatrice?
| Neither. She was an invalid who new
CIR left her room for twenty years; but
she was strong in prayer, and she
praycc down revival after revival and
| pentccost after pcntccost, upon the
churches, and with her pale hands she
knit many mittcn or tippct for the
poor, and with her contrivances
she added JOY to many n holiday
festival, and now with those thin
hands so strong for supplication, she
has won coronation and enthroncment
and jubilee. And Christ said to the an
gels who have brought each crown
for the glorifed invalid: "No, not
these; they are not good enough. But
In the jewelcd vase at the right-hand
side OF my throne there is one that I
nave been preparing for her many n
year, and for her every pang have set
an amethyst and for her every good
deed have set pearl. Fetch il now
and fulfill the promise gave her long
ago in the sick room: BE thou faith.
ful unto death, and 1 will give thee a
| CROWN"
But notice that there is only one Be-
| ing in the universe who can and will
distribute the trophies OF earth and
Heaven. 1t is the Divine Warrior, the
| Commander-in-Chi of the Centuries,
the Champion of Ages, the Universal
Conqueror, the Son of God, Jesus. You
will take the spoils from His hand. OF
never take them at all. Have His
friendship and you may defy all time
and eternity, but without it you are
n pauper, though you had uni.
| verse at your command. We are
| told in Revelation that Jacobs IL
sons were so honored as TO have the IL
gates OF Heaven named after them
over one gate OF Heaven Naphtall, over
| another gate OF Heaven Issacher over
another Dam over another Cad. over
| another Icbulon, over another Judah.
and SO on. But Christ's name is writ
ten over all the gates, and on every
panel OF the gates; and have His help,
His pardon, His intercession, His atone.
ment, must, or be n forlorn wretch
forever. My Lord and my God! make
me and all who hear me this day, and
all 10 whom these words shall come,
Thy repentant. believing. sworn. con-
secrated and ransomcd followers for.
| ever
What day IL will be! This entire
assemblage would rise TO its feet, IL you
could realize IL, the day in which Christ
shall, in fulGllment Of my text, divide
the spoil II was great day when
| Queen Victoria, in the midst OF the Cri.
mean war, distributed medals TO the
soldiers who had come home sick and
wounded. At the Horse Guards. in
| presence Of the royal family. the i'm
| jured men were carried in or came on
crutches-Col. Trowbridge, who lost
both feet at Inkermann, and Capt.
Saver. who had the ankle Joint OF his
right leg shot of at Alma. and Capt
/ Cure, his disabled limb supported By
| n soldier and others rnaimed and dis.