The Penn's Grove record., 1896-11-13

u1Ice, mas existed about SIX thousand years
How much longer will 1t exisi2 We will sup
pose It shall hast rs much longer, which d
very dou)tI1l. Ih4t viii m AXE its exisI
snce twelve Thousand years. But what ar
or will be twelve thousand years compare
with the e,ernity preceding those years anC
h eternity s1ilowing them-time, as com
pared to eternity, HE the drop of the nigh
dew sheGen from the top Of n grass blade b,
the cows hoof on its way aiield this morn
Ing, as compared with Mediterranean aut
Arabian and Atlantic and Pacific watery do
u~inions,
A ST. ager desired to purchase a farm, but
HI ~ would not sell it-would oniy Lei
IT.. Ihe stran ger hired 1t by lease for emily
one crop, bat he sowel Heoras, AMI to ma,
ture that crop 901 years were necessary. Tina,
YES a practicei decepti)n, but [ deceive you
not when | tel you that the crop OF the sou
axes hold Of ~uuendiug ages.
l zee the author OF my text seated in tht
louse of Gaius, who entertained him al
Corinth, not far from the overlanging for.
'ress of Gra-Corinthus and meditating OF
he longevity of the soul and getting more
and more AFFILIATED about its value and the
awful risk some OF his kindred were running
concerning 1t. aud hs writes this letter con-
aiming the text, whish Chrysostom admired
10 much he had 1t read to him twics q week.
md among OTHER things h. "a W those dar-
- NN0 = VOAA1 VI II WAN L SJuNa
wish I at myself were accused from Christ
or my brethren, my kinsnsn, according to
he iesh.'
Another way to get something OF tho
Pauline longing for redeemed MUNICIPALITIES
5 by examining ths vase maahflsry ar.
auYed to save this inaer and spiritual ma
ure. That machinery started TO revolvs on
.he edge OF the garden Of Elem, just after
he cyclone OF sin Frustrated its sycamores
1nt fans riEka q nd tpiIintv1 IL "a 4 will MT ooaaa
o ravoiv' until the last sou OF earth shall
,et rid Of Its last sin and enter the heavenly
Eden. On that stupSndous machinery for
ioul saving tue patriarch put his hand, and
prophet his hand, and evangelist his haul,
tut apostle his hand, and Christ His hand,
md almost every hand that touche | it be-
lame a crushed hand. It was the most ex.
osnsivs machinery ever constructed. Il cost
nora tn start it aud has cost and will cost
nors to Keep il running than all the wheels
hat ever made revolution on this planet.
That machinery turned not by ordinary
motive power, but by force OF tears and
blood. 10 connect ifs banls OF influence
made out Of human and ChristIy nerves with
Ill parts of the earth millions II good men
Ind women are now at work and will bs at
work until every wilderness shall become a
sarden, and every tear of grief snail be u
ear OF Joy, ant the sword OF divine victory
Ihnll give the wound to the old drag n that
hail san him soaling to the pit, the iron
tate Changing AGAINST hin, never again to
open. All that and Infinitely mora to save
ne soul! Why, 1t must h8 u tleuen iuus
Ioul -tremendous for good or tremendous
or evil, Tremendous for happiness or ire
uendous for wos.
Put On the left side OF the largest sheet oil
Jap-r that aver came from paper militia sin
gle unit, the lgure !, and how many clphers
you'd You hay. to adj to the right Of that
igurst to express this souls yaiue, eaah cipher
ldding tsnfold2 Working into that scheme
u the souls redemption, how many an ,sls
VI God descending aud as-eaiingl How
many storms swoopiug gu Lake Galtirel II w
many earthquakes opening duugeon- and
striking cataclvsns through mountains, from
op TO base! What noonoay sun WAS put on
'strsat! What completeness iifIsi and what
3odhead was put to tortured All thar for
his soul. No wonder thai Pau, though pos
ieSsing great aquipoise Of pera nvsnt when
le thought what his friends and k ntrsd
7ars risstng Conserving taeir souls, flung
all his ordinary modes Of speech. arsu-
neut and apt smile, aud bold msi Rphor, and
earned allusion, as unit to express how he
'elt, and seislng upon the appalling hYpsr-
)olism OF my text cries cut, 81 could wish
myself accursed"-9hstfrn hlrnek OF this
hunderbolts OF the o~mnipotent GoI, sunk
0 u~nfathomed depths, chaiEed into servi-
:uds to Abaddon and thrust into furnaces
whose fires shall never burn outfit only
hose whom l love might now aud forever be
aved. Mind you, Paul does not say, II ito
Tish." He says. 'I could WISH" Even In
agony be ieit for others hs did NOT losa
Ills balance. II could wish m self accurssi."
I could, but I donot. only one being that
,ysr lived WIS literally willing to give up
heaven for perdition, and that was the d.
vine peasant whom / mentioned q few mo-
nen;s ago. He was not only willing TO ex-
change dominions OF bliss for domInions OF
Gretehedness. but Hs did So, for, that He
heaven. witness The STOPPING star
and ali those who saw His miracles OF mercy,
and that He actually entered the gates Of the
world OF perpetual confederation the Ribls
distinctly declares. He did NOT say, with
Paul, "I couij," but He said, 81 will, I do"
md for the souls Of msR he descended into
,ell."
In this last half OF the last decade OF the
iiDsteenth century the temperature In the
,hurches Is very low, aud most Of the piety
would spoil II it were not kept on ice- And,
;Aking things as they are, ordinary CHRIS
iSus will never reach ths point where The
yutery OF Paul In the text will not seem like
s~xtravaganza. Ths proprieties Ia most of the
churches are 50 fixed that all u Christian Is
expected to do on sunday Is to get up u little
iater in the morning THAI usual, put on that
which Is next to his best attire--not the very
lest, for that has to be reserved for the isves
ENTER the church with a stately step. bow
ais head, or at any rate shut his eyes IN
time, or close them enough to look
sleepy, turn toward the pulpit with holy
lullnes5 while Tbs preacher speaks, put a 5
sent piece-or, IL the times be hard. a ! cent
piece--on the collection platter, kind OF show
Ing It down under the other coin so that 1t
might be, for all that the usher knows, q t6
gold piece, and thsn, after the benedietiou. go
Quietly home 10 tive biggest repast of all the
week. That Is all ths majority OF Christians
are doing for the rectiiicaIion Of this planet,
aud they will do that until, at the close of
life, the pastor opsns q black book at the
head of their caskst AMI reads. blessed are
the deal who dis In the Lord. They rest from
their labors and their worSsd 0 follow them"
The sense Of the ludlcious IS so thoroughly
developed in me that when l hear these
Scripture " rds read at ths ohseluies Of one
OF the religious DO nothings IN the churches
II Is too much for my gravity. Their works
do follow Them" What work. And 10 what
direction do they follow thsm-up or DOWN.
And do they follow on foot or on the wing?
And how long viii they follow before they
satch up9 More appropriate funeral text
for all such religious dead beats would ba
the words In Matthew XIV. s: "Our lamps
arc gone out" One would think thai such
would show at least under whose
banner they are enlisted. In one of the
Napoleonio wars a woman-Jeannette by
nsme-took her position with the troops and
shouldered q hroomstick. The colonel said,
i'~ teannette, why do you take such a useless
weapon into the ranks?" .'Well," she said.
81 can show, at least, w1tch side I am on. /"
Now, the otject OF tbis sermon Is to stir at
feast ons fourth OF you to an ambition for
that witch my sext presents In blazing
yocabulary-namely. 4 passion for souls, To
prove that il is possible to have much OF that
spirit, l bring the conservation Of 1890 foreign
missionaries, 1t Is usually estimated that
there are at least 5000 missionaries. make
a liberal allowance and admit there may be
10 lad missionaries out of the 5000, but / do
not believe there Is one. All English aud
merchants leavs Bombay, Cal
cutta, Annoy and Pekln rs soon as they
their fortunes. why2 Because no
European or American In his senses would
in that climate after monetary induce.
ments have ceased. NoH The missionar Is
there are put do wa on the barest necessities,
and most ofthsn do net lay up 81 In twenty
years. Why, then, do they stay IN those
lands OF ie~tolerable heat and oobras and
feyers, the Thermometer somesimss
at 1870 and 40 degrees OF oppressive
ness, 1000 miles from home, because OF the
unhealthy climate aud the prevailing f4,
moralities of thoss regions compelled to seD(
their children to England or Scotland o.
a n,arira nrahahly novar M e1n than nUalni