The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

dencies 70 be overcome occ1dentAi GU
xironments 20 be endured, appalling
ouuo<ition to be met and conquered
md they never SO much as had . rose
pinned 10 their coat lapel In admire
ton. They never bad q song dedi-
Gated 20 their name They never
had Q book presented to them
with |. complimentary word on
the hy-leat- AL they have to show
for their lifetime battles scars But
in the last day the story viii come out,
and that HE VIII be put In holy and
transcendent rhythm, and their cour-
age and persistence and faith and NC
tory will not only be announced, bus
rewarded These are they that came
out of great tribulation and had the1
robes washed and made white In the
blood of the Lamb" God viii say sol
We miss one Of the chief ideas OF q
last Judgment We put into the picture
the fire, and the smoke, and the earth
quake, and the descending angels, and
the uprising dead. but we omit to put
into the picture that which makes the
last Judgment magnificent opportu-
nifty. We omit the fact that It is TO be
q day of glorious explanation and COM
mendation. The first justice that
millions Of unrewarded, and un-
recognized, and unappreciated men and
women get will be on that day, when
services that never called forth so much
as a newspaper line of finest pearl or
diamond type, as the printers term 1t,
shall be called up for coronation That
will be the day Of enforcement for
those whom the world called NO
bodies Joshua, who commanded the
sun and moon to stand still,
needs no last Judgment to get justice
done him. but those men do need q
last Judgment who at times, in all
armies. under the most violent as
sault, In obedience TO command, them
selves stood still. Deborah, who en-
couraged Barak TO bravery in battle
against the oppressors of Israel, needs
no last Judgment to get justice
done her, for thousands OF years
have clapped her applause. But
the wives who in all ages
have encouraged their husbands
in the battles of life, women whose
names were hardly known beyond the
next street or the next farmhouse,
must have God say to them: you did
well. You did gloriously. l saw You
down in that dairy. l watched you in
the old farmhouse, mending those chill
dren's clothes heard what you said
in the way of cheer when the bread
winner Of the household was in despair.
remember all the sick cradles you
have sung to- l remember the back
achs, the headachs, the heartaches l
know the story of your lknitting-needle
as well as know the story of a queens
scepter. Your castle on the heavenly
hill is all ready for you. Go up and
take it," And turning TO the surprised
of Heaven, He will say,
"She did what she could" God will
say so.
And now / close with giving my
own personal testimony, for | must
not enjoin upon others that which l
decline myself to do. Born at Bound
brook, y. j., of a parentage as pious
as the world ever saw, attest before
earth and Heaven thatI have always
felt the elevating and restraining in
fluence of having had good father
and a good mother, and IL | am
able to do half as well for my
children as the old folks did
for me I will be thankful forever.
The years of my life passed on until,
at about eighteen years of age, felt
the pressure of eternal realities, and
after prayer and religious counsel I
passed into what took to be saved
state, and Joined the church, and /
attest before earth and Heaven that
have found 1t a most helpful and
inspiring association. like the
companionship so we'll that l can
not be satisfied II have a day less
of 1t than all eternity. After gradu-
ating at college and theological in
situations / had the hands of ten or
twelve good men put upon my head in
solemn ordination, at Belleville, n. j.,
and attest before earth and Heaven
that the work OF the Gospel ministry
has been delightful, and I expect to
preach until my last hour. Many
times Ihave passed through deep water
OF bereavement, and but for the divine
promise Of heavenly reunion would
have gone under, but / attest
before earth and Heaven that the COM
fort Of the Gospel is high, deep, glor-
ious, eternal. Many times have l been
maligned and my work been misrepre-
sented, but all such falsehood and per-
secution have turned out for my adj
vantage and enlarged my work, and
attest before earth and Heaven that
God has fulfilled to me the promises:
10. l am with you always and
The gates of hell shall not prevail
against you"
For the cheer Of younger men in all
departments, let me say you will come
out all right If you mind your own
business and are patient. The assault
OF the world is only being rubbed
down by rough Turkish towel, and
1t improves the circulation and
makes one more vigorous. While
the future holds for me many mystic
ries which do not pretend to solve, 1
am living in expectation that when nv
poor work is done / shall 90 throuoh