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lay the story will come out, and that

day the story will come out, and that
life will be put in holy and transcendent
rhythm, and their courage and persist
ence and faith and victory will not only
be announced but rewarded. "These are
they that came out Of great tribulation
and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb. Z" God
will say so
We miss one of the chief ideas of a
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 a
day Of glorious explanation and COM
mendation. The first justice that mil
lions Of unrewarded and unrecognized
and unappreciated men and women get
will be on that day, when services that
never called forth so much as newspa-
per line of finest pearl Or diamond type,
as the printers term it, shall be called
up for coronation. That will be the day
of enthrouement for those whom the
world called "nobodies. " Joshua, who
commanded the sun and moon to stand
still, needs 10 last Judgment to get JUS
tice done him, but those men do need a
last judgment who at times in all
armies, under the most violent assault,
in obedience to command themselves
stood still Deborah, who encouraged
Barak to bravery in battle against the
oppressors of Israel, needs no last judg-
ment to get justice done her, for thou
sands of years have clapped her ap-
plause. 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 we'll. You
did gloriously. I saw you down in that
dairy. l watched you in the old farm
house mending those children's clothes.
l heard what you said in the way Of
cheer when the breadwinner of the
household was in despair. l remember
all the sick cradles you have sung to. I
remember the backaches, the headaches,
the heartaches. I know the story of your
knitting needle as well as l know the
story Of q queens scepter. Your castle
on the heavenly hill is all ready for
you. Go up and take it, p" And turning
to the surprised multitudes of heaven he
will say, "She did what she could. "
God will say so.
Personal Experience.
And now l close with giving my own
personal testimony, for I must not en-
join upon others that which 1 decline
myself to do. Born at Bound Brook, N.
j., of parentage as pious as the world
ever saw, attest before earth and heav-
Ell that 1 have always felt the elevating
and restraining influence of having had
a good father and good mother and II
am able TO do half as we'll for my
children as the old folks did for me
will be thankful forever. The years Of
nv life passed on until, at about Is
years of age, felt the pressure of eter-
nal realities, and after prayer and reli-
gious counsel passed into what took to
be a saved state and joined the church,
and l attest before earth and heaven
that I have found it most helpful and
inspiring association. like the COM
partnership SO we'll that cannot be sat-
isfied if 1 have day less of it than all
eternity. After graduating at collegiate
and theological institutions had the
hands Of ~ or II good men put upon
my head in solemn ordination, at Belle
vile, N. j., and I attest before earth and
heaven that the work of the gospel min
istry has been delightful, and l expect
to preach until my last hour. Many
times 1 have 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 comfort of the
gospel is high, deep, glorious, eternal.
Many times have / been maligned and
my work misrepresented, but all such
falsehood and persecution have turned
out for my advantage and enlarged my
work, and I attest before earth and
heaven that God has fulfilled to me the
promises, "Lo! l ain with you Away"
and "The gates of hell shall not prevail
against you. p"
For the cheer of younger men i'll all
departments let me say you will come
out all right if you mind your own bust
ness and are patient. The assault of the
world is only being rubbed down by a
rough Turkish towel, and it improves
the circulation and makes one more Wig
orous. While the future holds for mo
many mysteries which l do not pretend
to solve, am living i'll expectation that
when my poor work is done, l shall go
through the gates and meet my Lord and
I'll my kindred who have preceded me,
q precious group whom miss more and
more as the years go by, and l attest be
fore earth and heaven that the glories OF
the heavenly world illumine my path
way. In courts of law the witness may
kiss tho Bible or lift his right hand in
oath, but as have often kissed the dear
old book I now lift my right hand and
take oath by him that liveth forever and
ever that God is good, and that the Cos
pei is mighty consolation in days Of
trouble, and that the best friend man
ever had is Jesus, and that heaven is abb
solutely sure to those who trust and
serve the blessed Redoemer, to whom be
glory and dominion and victory and
song and chorus of white robed immor-
tails, standing Oh seas of glass mingled
with fire. Amen and amen
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