The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-24


sult to 90 home and roll on the floor in |
agony.
But to make up for this lack Of out
spoken religion there needs to be and
will be great day when. amid the So !
IDENTITIES and grandeurs OF q listening
universe, God will "say So" No statis-
tics can state how many mothers have
rocked cradles and lowered over infan-
tile sicknesses and brought up their
families to manhood and womanhood
and launched them upon useful and sue
cessful lives, and yet never received one
"Thank your that amounted 10 any
thing. The daughters became queens IN
social life or were affianced in hlghese
realms of prosperity; the sons took the
Srst honors of the university and became
radiant in monetary or professional
spheres. Now the secret of all that up
lifted maternal influence must come out.
Society did not say so; the church aiu
not say SO; the world did not say so, but
on that day of all other days, the last
day, God will say SO. :,
There are men to whom life IS grlno
and a conflict, hereditary tendencies to
he overcome, accidental environments to
be endured, appalling opposition to be
met and conquered, and they never SO
much as had rose pinned to their coat
lanel in admiration. They never had
soine dedicated to their name. They
never had book presented to them
with a complimentary word on the fly
leaf. All they have to show for their
l. -. lnf in
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
thew that came out of great tribulation
and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb. T." God
will say sol
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 a magnificent opportu-
nifty. We omit the fact that it is to be
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 euthronement for those whom the
world called "nobodies. Joshua, who
commanded the sun and moon to stand
still, needs no last Judgment to get JUS
tice done him, but those men do need
last Judgment who at times III 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 APP
plause But the wives who in all ages
have encouraged their husbands i'll 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 eloriously. 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 i'll despair. l remember
all the sick cradles you have sung to.
remember the backaches, the headaches,
the heartaches 1 know the story of your
knitting needle as we'll as know the
story Of queen s scepter. Your castle
ON the heavenly hill is all ready for
YOU. Go up and take it. " And turning
to the surprised multitudes OF heaven be
will say, "She did what she could. "
God will say so.
Personal Experience.
And now l close with giving my own
personal testimony, for must not en-
ioin upon others that which l decline
myself to do. Born at Bound Brook, N.
j., of a parentage as pious as the world
ever saw. attest before earth and heav-
en- that have always felt the elevating
and restraining influence of having had
a good father and good mother, and If
am able to do half as well for my
children as the old folks did for me
will be thankful forever. The years OF
nv life passed ON until, at about IL
wears of age, felt the pressure OF eter-
nal realities, and after prayer and ren-
qious counsel passed into what l took to
be a saved state and Joined the church.
and 1 attest before earth and heaven
that have found it a most helpful and
inspiring association. l IKE the COM
partnership so well that cannot be sat,
isfied if have day less of it than all
eternity. After graduating at collegiate
and theological institutions l had the
hands of ~ OF ~ good men put upon
nv head in solemn ordination, at Belle,
vile, N. j., and 1 attest before earth and
heaven that the work of the gospel min
istrv has ben delightful, and l expect
to preach until my last hour. Many
times have passed through deep water
of bereavement and but for the divine
uromise of heavenly reunion woulu
have gone under, but l attest before
earth and heaven that the comfort OF the
oosnel is high, deep, glorious, eternal