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

nc ths gate OF heaven wm.n tul-,. inisstuu-
a,ies 70 in to ses how tnay viii have the
pick OF coronets and thrones aud mansions
on the bast streets Of hea ven. We who have
bad easy pulpits ani loving congregations.
entering heayer, will, in my opinion. bHye
TO ttke our lurn ant wait for the Christian
workers who, amid pnySlcaI suTsriug5 and
mental privation ani environment Of
squalor, have done their work, aud on the
principle thai In proportion as ous has been
self-sacrifcing aud suffering Tor Ciri4t's
sake on earth will bs their ~relesisl prefer
usnt.
Who Is that young woman on the worst
street in Washington, New York or London,
Bible In baud and a little package in which
arc small walls OF medicines, auI another
bundie in which are biscuits? How dare she
risk herself among those ''roughs,n and
where Ia she & a S1e is one Of thp qarens
Of heaven hunting up the sick aud hiIHgcy;
ami before night she Will have read CHESTS
LET not your heart be troubled' in eirnt or
ten places, aud counted ont from thoss yais
the right number of drops to ease pain, and
gwen food TO r family that would otherwise
haye mad nothing TO Sat To-day, AMI takeu
the measure OF a dead child that she NAV
prepare for 1t a shroud--her every at Of
kindness for the body accompanied with a
.bepedtetton Tor the soul. You se- nothing
but the filthy street along which she walks
and the rickety stairs up which she c hubs.
but sho Is accompanied by an unseen cohorr
or angels with drawn swords to defenI her,
and with garlands twisted for her victories
all up and down the tenement house dis
triets. l tell you thers WAS not so much
excitement when Anne Bnlryn, on her
way to her coronation, found tne Thames
stirred ey fifty gil ted bArges, with bril-
liant tags, in which hung small bells
ruDg by each motion OF the win l., noble
nen Standing in scarlet, Ru I wharf spread
with cloth OF gold, aud all the gate
s~urmounted by huzz4ing adm rtrs, and the
streets hung With CRIMSON veivsf, aui trum-
pets and cannon sounding tile jubiiee, and
Anne, dressed in surcoat OF silver tissue, aud
brow cleaning with n circiet of ru iss, and
imtd fountains that poured R1enisl wine
passs1 on to Westminster Hui ami 70 10 IL
o. a cIparislned pailry, its hoo3s ciat arinR
on the classic floor, and, di m uniting,
passed into Ws.tmtnstrr Abb v, and bstwren
The choir and high altir vas Gro &nei QUEEN
imii organs AMI choirs chanting tho '"Ts
Deum"-I say there was not much in all
that glory which dazzles the eyes OF history
when it is compared with the heavenly re-
iePtion which that ministering spirit OF the
saax alley shall receive when she goes up to
.oronation. When she goes in, what wei
,one on tls river of life, its banks OF pearl
ined VITA ~splendors saraphtc an ( in temples
II eternal worship, whose muse is COM
nan led by swing of a~rohangel,c scsptsr aud
o-fors thrones where q those who have
reign ID a THOUSAND years but have just
thsir ionilfon Poor Anne Bolsyn,
IN TWO years after that pageant, lost lit. and
;hrone by ons stroke Of h nlismqn, ont hose
who on sar.h have a divine passion for souls
lha | nsva r loss their thrones. "lhey shall
'eigu forever and ever"
But, after all, the best way to cultivate
that divine pass on for souis is 10 work for
heir salvation. Under Col save one, and
sou will want right away to save two. Save
two, and you will want to eavs ten, Save
len, aud you will want to save twenty. Save
iwsnty, aad you will want t. says 4 hundred.
Save u hundred, aud you will want TO save
svsryb dy. Ant whgt Is the usa'of talking
about 1t wten the place to oagin is here and
the TINS Is now Aai VIII . you pray I Will
In one minute tell nil ther4 Is 1T ii. Full
parton for the worSt min on sArth II hs will
eelisvs in ChTisi, whose blood can Instantly
wasl away the fouisst Crimes. Full comfort
Tor this most narrowing distress that ever
:rlsnsi Il human being. At your first
moment OF bsllsf, q process by which tbs
wIoio universe OF God wilt turn clear
around for your eternal advantage. For the
metz asking, IL the ASKING b. in earnest, and
you throw everything into that asking, COZ.
plete sotHce and h~sipfu'npss for lhs few
Yesrs OF this lie, aui than Il villa open
nsavsn which you can reach in less time
It fEkss me 10 pronounce thrt Imperial
word, flashing with sill the Joy thgt az In.
unite God knows how TO bsst0w- 'eIyen.
In this world God never ,toas Ills u st. Ha
san nang on the hOriz IN GrAndSr iposuiugs
tuan have ever yst been kintlst, aai ruins
bow tue sky win Richer coiors thSu have
aver been archsd, ami altuns the oceans to
more majestic doxologiss than nave sysr yet
besn attained; bat rs near as I eau tell. and
| speak le reverrntly, heaven Is th6 piS.so
where God has dous His best, He eau 6utld
no greater Toys, lift nc mighttSr splsu fors,
roll NO 10 tier anthems, march no mora i'm
poAing PROFESSIONS, build no gre ter palaces,
and sprstd out and intsrloiu and w4vs no
more Transporting us2niiesncs. / think
heaven Ii thu best heaven Go can oouR ructs
and 1t is all yours Tor tbs serious asking.
do you like tins oirsr2 Do you really
think 1t Is worth ~acseptngI II so, pray for
Il. Get not up froE that pew whsrs you are
sitting, uor move ons inch frcm whsre you
are staining, before you get Il full title for
L, written in the blood OF the Son OF God,
who would have all men some to life present
lifs everlasting.
II you have been ia military life, you know
what soldiers call the 'long ROLL" All the
beat II because the enemy Is spproarh-
Ing, and all the troops must Immediately
got into line. What scurrylne around the
camp and putting Of the aims through the
straps OF the knapsace, and saying good-hy
to comrades you may nsvsr meet ayainl
OF You Germans or Frenohnen RAY
have heard that tong roll Just before Sedan.
soma OF you Italians may have heard that
long roll just before Bsrgamo. Soms Of you
Northern and Southern men may have heard
Just before the battle OF the Wilderness.
You know its stirring and solemn mean
Ing, and SO l sound the long toll to-day. I
beat this old gospel drum that has for osn-
been calling thousands to take
their places IN line for this hattle, GU ons
side of which are all the forces be4tih9 and
On the other side all the forces demoniao.
Here the long roll call, 'Who is on the
Lords side2' "Quit yourselves like men,"
In solemn column march for Col and hsppi-
ness ar heaven, So glad am l that I do
have TO ''wish myself accarsed' and
throw away my heaven that you may win
heaven, but that WI may have a whole
convention OF hesvens-heayen added 10
heaven butt on heaven. And while
dwell upon The theme / begin TO expert.
enee in my own poor self that which / tax
to be something like a passion iorsouls. Aud
now unto God, the only wise, the only good,
the only great, be glory forever. Amonl