The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-08-14

lifts this world from an unimportant
way station to a platform OF stupendous
issues and makes all eternity whirl
around this hour. Oh, my soul, my
soul! Only one trial, and all the prepa
rations for that trial to be made in this
world or never made at all. Oh, my
soul, my soul! You see this piles, up all
the emphasis and all the climaxes, and
all the destinies into this life No other
chance. Oh, how that intensifies the
value and the Importance OF this chance!
Alexander and his army used to come
around city, and they would kindle
great light, with the understanding that
as long as that light was burning the
city might surrender, and all would be
we'll, but if they let that light go out,
then the battering rams would swing
against the walls and there would come
disaster and demolition. Oh, my
friends, all you and need to do to pre-
pare for eternal safety is just to surren-
der to the King and Conqueror, Christ.
Surrender hearts, surrender life, surren-
der everything. The great light keeps
burning, light kindled by the wood OF
the cross, light flaming up against the
dark night of our sin and sorrow. Oh,
let us surrender before the light goes
out and with it our last opportunity of
making oul peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christi Oh, my brother, talk
about another chance; this the supernal
chance In the time of Edward III, at
the battle of Musselburgh, private sol
der saw that the Earl of Huntley had
lost his helmet. The private soldier took
off his helmet and went up to the Earl
of Huntley and put the helmet ON his
head Now, the head of the private SOL
der uncovered, he was sooa slain, while
his commander rode in safety through
and out of the battle. But il is different
in our case. Instead CT a private offer
ing a helmet to an earl, it is the King
of heaven and earth Offering crown to
an unworthy subject, the King dying
that we might live! Oh, tell it to the
points of the compass, tell it to day and
night, tell it to earth and heaven, tell
it to all the centuries and all the mil
lenniums that God has given us such
we need no other chance i'll another!
The Court of Eternity.
A dream. | am in the FURNISHED judg-
ment hall on the last day. The great
white throne is lifted, but the Judge has
not vet taken it. While we are waiting
for his arrival hear the immortals in
conversation What are you waiting
for?" says soul that went up from
Madagascar to soul that went up from
America. The latter responds: Il was
in America 40 years ago, and l heard
the gospel preached, and l had plenty
of Bibles III my house. and from the
time that l knelt at my mothers knee
in prayer until my last hour 1 had
great opportunities, but l did not i'm
prove them, and am here today wait
ing for another chance strange,
strange" says the soul just come up
from Madagascar. Strange. Why,
never heard the gospel call but once in
all my life, and l accepted 1t, and 1
don't want another chance. " "What
are you waiting for?' says one who ON
earth had very feeble intellect to one
who had great brain, and whose voice
was silvery, and who had scepters OF
oower. The latter replies: 81 had great
power Oh earth, l must admit, and l
mastered languages, and l mastered Ii
braries, and colleges conferred upon me
learned titles. and my name was
synonym for eloquence and power, but
somehow l neglected the matters OF my
soul, and l must confess to you / am
here today waiting for another chance. "
Now, the ground trembles with the
advancing chariot The great folding
doors of the FURNISHED hall of judgment
are thrown open. "Stand back, cry
the ushers, land let the Judge of quick
and dead pass through" He takes the
throne. He looks off upon the throngs
of nations come to the last judgment,
come to the only Judgment, and one
fash from the throne reveals each mans
history to himself, and reveals it to all
the others. And then the Judge says,
"Divider' and the FURNISHED walls echo
it, "Dividep' and the guides angelic
answer, "Divide!' and the immortals
are rushing this way and that, until
there is an aisle between them, great
aisle; and then a vacuum, widening,
and widening and widening, until the
Judge looks to one side of that vacuum,
and addresses the throng and says, LET
him that is righteous he righteous still,
and let him that is holy be holy still. "
And then, turning to the throng on the
other side of the vacuum, he says,
"Let him that is unjust be unjust still,
and let him that is filthy be filthy still. .
And then he stretches out both hands,
one toward the throng on each side the
vacuum, and says, ''If the tree fall to-
ward the south or toward the north, III
the place where the tree falleth there
it shall bel" And then hear something
Jar with great sound. 1t is the closing
of the book of judgment The Judge
ascends the stairs behind the throne.