The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20


some professional man come up and say.
Thank YOU. dominic. for that good adj
vice. / will take 10. God bless your
Why did they not tell him sO2 i have
known ministers in the nervous reaction
that comes 10 some after the delivery Of
a sermon with no seeming result to 20
home and roll on the floor in agony
But 10 make up for this lack Of out
spoken religion there needs TO be and viii
be a great DAY, when amid the solemni-
ties and grandeurs OF a listening universe
how many mothers have rocked cradles
and lowered over infantile sicknesses and
brought UP their families to manhood
and womanhood, and launched them upon
useful and successful lives. and yet never
received one thank you" that amounted
70 anything The daughters became
queens in social life or were afianced in
highest realms Of prosperity; the sons
took the first honors Of the university
ana became radiant in monetary or profess
siOnal spheres, Now the secret Of all
that uplifted maternal influence must come
out Society did not say 50; the church
dld not say so; the world did not say 50;
but on that day Of all other days the last
day, God will say so.
There are men to whom life is a grind
and a conflict, hereditary tendencies to be
overcome, accidental environments 10 be
endured, appalling opposition TO be met
ana conquered, and they never so much as
had rose pinned on their coat lapel in ad-
mralion. They never had a song dedi-
Gated to their name. They never had a
book presented to them with a cOmDli-
mentary word on the hy-leaf All they
have to show for their lifetime battle is
scars But in the last day the story will
come out and that life will be put in holy
and transcendent rhythm, and their cour-
age and persistence and faith and vic
tory wiz not only be announced but. re-
Warded. These are they that came out
OF great tribulation and had their robes
washed and made white in the blood of
the Lamb" God will say so!
we miss one of the chief ideas Of a Last
Judgment. We put into the picture the
nre, and the smoke, and the earthquake.
and the descending angels and the up
rising dead, but we omit TO put into the
picture that which makes the Last Judg-
ment magnificent opportunity. We omit
the fact that it is 10 be a day of glo-
Ilous explanation and communication The
| first justice that millions of unrewarded
ana unrecognized, and unappreciated men
and women get will be on that day, when
services that never called forth so much
as "A newspaper line of finest pearl or dia-
mond type, as the printers term it, shall
be called up for coronation That will
! be the day of enthronement for those
whom the world called Melodies
Joshua, who commanded the sun and moon
10 stand still needs no Last Judgment
to get justice done him, but those men
DO need Last Judgment who at times
in all armies, under the most violent
assault, in obedience to command, them
selves stood still. Deborah, who encour-
aged Barak 10 bravery in battle against
the oppressOrs of Israel, needs no Last
Judgment to get justice done her, for
| thousands of years have clapped her APP
plause. But the wives who I'm all ages
nave encouraged InelF 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 welli You did glo-
riouslyl / saw you down in that dairy.
watched you in the old farmhouse mend
ing those children's clothes. I heard
what you said in the way of cheer when
| the bread-winner of the household was
in despair. ] remember all the sick era
dies you have sung to. l remember the
! backaches, the headaches, the heartaches.
l know the story of your knitting-needle
as well as l know the story of a queens
scepter. Your castle on the heavenly hill
| is all ready for you. Go up and take
| it!' And turning to the surprised multi
| tudes of heaven, he will say; "She did
what she could" God will say so.
And now / close with giving my own
| PERSONAL testimony, for must not enjoin
! upon others that which I decline myself
| to do. Born at Boundbrook, New Jersey,
| of parentage as pious as the world ever
| saw, attest before earth and heaven that
| / have always felt the elevating and re-.
/ straining influence of having had a good
! father and good mother, and if l am able
| to do half as well for my children as the
| old folks did for me / will be thankful for
! ever. The years of my life passed on I'M
| til, at about eighteen years of age, / felt
| the pressure of eternal realities and after
! prayer and religious counsel l passed into
! what took to be a saved state. and Joined
| the church. and i attest before earth and
! heaven that have found ii a most helpful
and inspiring association. l like the com
! partnership so well that l cannot be salts
/ fed if | have day less of it than all eter-
| nifty After graduating at collegiate and
| theological institutions | had the hands of
| ten or twelve good men put upon my head
! in solemn ordination, at Belleville, New
| Jersey, and attest before earth and heav-
| en- that the work of the Gospel ministry
! has been delightful, and l expect to preach
| until my last hour. Many times l have
| passed through deep water of bereavement
| and but for the divine promise of heaven
| ly reunion l would have gone under but
| l attest before earth and heaven that the
| comfort of the Gospel is high, deep, glo-
! rFa anl TaNa fFrrRsae IgxrA II hoo
| maligned and my work misrepresented,
but all such falsehood and persecution
| have turned out for my advantage and en-
| larged my work, and attest before earth
| and heaven that God has fulfilled to me
! the promises, 10! am with you always
and ''rhe gates of hell shall not prevail
! against you"
For the cheer OF younger men in all de-
| partments. let me say you will come out
| all right If you mind your own business
| and are patient. The assault of the world
is only being rubbed down by rough
| Turkish towel, and it improves the circu-
| laton and makes one more vigorous.
| While the future holds for me MANY nnvs-
teries which l do not pretend to solve, 1
am living in expectation that when my
! poor work is done l shall go through the
gates and meet my Lord and all my kin
| bred who have preceded me, a precious
group whom l miss more and more as the
| years go by, and attest before earth and
heaven that the glories of the heavenly
| world illumine my pathway. In courts
of law the witness may kiss the Bible or
| lift his right hand in oath, but as l have
| often kissed the dear old Book, now lift
| my right hand and take oath by Him
| that liveth forever and ever that God is
good, and that the Gospel is a mighty,
| consolation in days of trouble, and that,
the best friend a man ever had is Jesus
| and that heaven is absolutely sure to
those who trust and serve the blessed
| Redeemer; to whom be glory and domin-
ion and victory and song, and chorus of
white-robed immortals standing on seas
of glass mingled with fire. Amen and
amen!