The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-08
China and Africa, tho two riches. portion.

AlIlCb SlIhh bO ShNCANtf uhh DA'hpP
with his BAND of self supporting mission
aries, nave done their work, and the Ashantis
md Senegambians shall know Christ as well
Is you know Him, and there shall be on the
banks OF the Nileand the Niger q higher CIV
nization than Is now to be found on the
banks OF the Potomac or the Hudson, then
Christ will divide up that continent among
His friends. Wait until China, which Is hall
rs large as all Europe, shall have developed
her capacities for rice and tea and sugar
among edlbles, and her amethyst and sap
phire and topaz I'M opal and Jasper and
oorphyry among precious stones, and her
rosewood and ebony and camphor and var
nish trees among precious woods. and
,urned up from her depths q half dozep
Pennsylyanias OF coal and iron. and twenty
yevadas of silver, and fifty CALIFORNIA; Of
sold. and her 500, 900, 900 OF people shall be
syangelized. Then the Lord will divide II
ap among the good.
If my text be not a deception, but the
sernal truth, then the time is coming when
Ill the farms will be owned by Christian
farmers, md all the controlled by
christian merchants. and oil the authority
aeld by Christian officials, and all the ships
commanded by Christian captains, and all
he universities under the instruction OF
Christian professors; Christian kings, Chris
ian presidents. Christian governors, Chris
ian mayors, Christian common council. Yet,
WnAI n SCOUTING JUL w uhI III upIuTulUgi
What a demolitionl What a resurrection
must precede this new apportionment!
I do not underrate the enomy. julius
CAESAR got his greatest Victories by fully esti-
mating the vastness OF his foes and prepared
his men for their greatest triumph bysaying,
Tomorrow King Juba will be here with
10000 horses, 100, 900 skirmishers and 800
Elephants" / do not underrate the vast
lorces Of sin and death, but do you know
who commands us2 Johovahjireh. And the
reserve corps behind us are all the armies of
heaven and earth, with hurricane and thun-
ierbolt. The good work of the worlds re-
temption Is going on every minute. Never
10 many splendid mon and glorious women
On the side Of right as to-day. Never so
many good people as now. Diogenes has
been spoken OF as u wise man because he
went with Is lantern at MONDAY, saying he
was looking for an honest man. II he had
turned his lantern toward himself, he might
lave discovered a crank. Honest men by
the 10 ,000i Through the ~international series
Of Sunday school lessons the next generation
al through Christendom are going to be
wiser than any generation since the world
stood. The kingdom is coming. God can
DO it. No housewife with a channels cloth
sver polished q silver teaspoon with more
sase than Christ will rub of from this world
the tarnish and brighten 1t up till 1t glow5
like heaven, and then the glorious appor-
honment, for my text is REINFORCED by a
score of other texts, when 1t says of Christ,
nIHe shall divide the spoil with the strong"
"But," you say, 'this Is pleasant to think
Of for others, but before that time l shall
nave passed up into another existence and I
shall get no advantage from that new ap-
pointment." All, you have only driven me
10 the other more exciting and transporting
consideration. and that Is that Christ is GO
Ing to divide up heaven In the same way.
Thorn arc nld aatQfaa IN fha nAlnlfial World
that have been in the possession OF the In
habitants for thousands of year,, and they
shall remain as they are. There are old
family mansions in heaven filled with whole
generations OF kindred, and they shall never
be driven out. Many Of the victors from
earth have already got their palaces. and
they are pointed out to those newly arrived.
soon after our getting there we will ask to
be shown the apostolic residences, and ask
where does Paul live and John, and shown
the patriarchal residences, and shall say,
'tWherc does Abraham live or jacob" and
shown the martyr residences and say,
'sWhere does John Huss live and Ridleyp"
We will want to see the boulevards, where
the chariots OF c~onquerors roll, l will want
to see the garden where the princes walk.
We will want to see Music row, where Han
del and Haydn and Mozart and Charles Wes-
ley and Thomas Hastings and Bradbury
lave their homes, out of their windows, ever
and anon, rolling some snatch OF an earthly
oratorio or hymn transported with the COM
poser. We will want to see Revival ter
ace. where Whitefeld and Nettleton and
Payson and Rowland Hill and Charles Fin
ney ard other giants of soul reaping are
resting from their almost supernatural la
bors, their doors thronged with converts
Just arrived, coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset and like the
leaves for number are the celestial homes
5000 80 ha aurardal vuhRp Christ 70 rni1 and
millions OF others shall divide the spoil.
j What do you want there? You shall have 1t.
! An orchard2 There 1t is-twelve manner OF
fruits, and 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,
II mingled in one, and emptying into the sea
Of glass, mingled with fire. Do you want
your kindred back a2ain2 Go out and meet
your father and mother, without the staff OF
The stoop, and your children In a dance of i'm.
mortal glee. boyou want a throne7 Select
Il from the million FURNISHED elevations. Do
you want a crown? Piok 1t out of that
mountain Of diamonded coronets. Do you
| Want your old church friends of earth
around you2 Begin to hum an old revival
tune, and they will flock from all quarters to
| revel with you in sacred "Reminiscences All
the earth for those who are here on earth at
! he time of continental and planetary dis
| srlbution and al the heavens for those who
are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils will
Be- a surprise to many. Here enters heaven
the soul of a man who took up q great deal
| of room In the church on earth, but sacrificed
little, and among his good works selfshness
was evident. 10 just crowds through the
| shining gate, but it's a very tight squeeze,
| 80 that the doorkeeper has TO pull hard tc
get him In, and this man expects half oil
heaven for his share of trophies, al he
would like a monopoly of all It's splendoI
and to purchase lots in the suburbs, so that
| he could get advantage of the growth OF the
city. Well, little by little he gets grace OF
heart, Just enough to get hin through, and
to him Ia given a secondhand crown which
one of the saints wore at the start, but ex'
| changed for a brighter one as he went on
from glory to glory. And he is put in an
iold house once occupied by an angel who
| satan's rebellion.
Right after him comes q soul that makes e
great stir among the celestials, and the an
| gels rush to the scene, each bringing to her a
dazzling coronet. Who is she? Over what
realm on earth was she queen2 In what
great Dusseldorf festival was she the canta'
l(rtce? Neither. She was an invalid who
never left her room for twenty years, but she
was strong in p~rayer-and she prayed down
| revival after revival and pentecost after pen
kecost upon the churches, and with her pale
hand she knit many q mitten or tippet fol
the poor, and with her contrivances she add
cd 10y to many a holiday festival and nov
! with those thin hands so strong for kindness
and with those white lips so strong for sup
plication she has won coronation and in
thronement and jubilee. And Christ said tc
the angels who have brought each a crowl
for the gloriaed invalid; mo, not these
They are not good enough. But in tn,
lieweled vase at the right hand side of M!
throne there is enc that l have been prepar
Ing for her many a year, and for her ever
pang 1 have set an amethyst, and for he
every good deed l have set a pearl. Fetcl
it now and fulfill the promise l gave ha
Jong ago In the sickroom. BE thou faithful
anto death, and I will give thee a crown:
But notice that there is only ono Beint
In the universe who can and will distribute
he trophies OF earth and heaven. 1t Is th'
I Divine Warrior, the Oommanderin-ohief o
the Centuries, the Champion OF Ages, thu
Universal Conqueror, the Son OF God, Jesus
You will take tho spoils from His hand Of
never take them at all. Have His friendship
and you may defy all time and all eternity
but without 1t you are a pauper; thougn yo'
had a universe at your command. We ar
told In Revelation that Jacobs twelve SON
were 40 honored az TO have the twelve gate