The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-15

God. the Father, with the children an
around Him No ''good-byr in all tho
air. No grave cut in all the hills
River Of crystal rolling over bed Of
pearl. under arch Of chrysoprasus, into
the sea Of glass mingled with FIRE
Stand at the gate Of the granary and
see the grain come in, ont OF the frosts
into the sunshine, out Of the darkness
into the light. out OF the tearing and
the ripping and the twisting. and the
wrcnehing, and the lacerating, and the
hushing time Of earth into the wide
open door Of the Kings granary. like
as shock OF corn eometh in in his
season
Yes, Heaven a great sociable. with
JOY ike the joy Of the huslling time.
No one there feeling 50 big he declines
10 speak 10 some one who Is not 80
large. Archangel willing TO listen to
smallest cherub No boiling Of the
door OF caste at one heavenly mansion
10 keep out the citizen Of a smaller
mansion No clique in one corner
whispering about clique in another
corner. David taking none Of the airs
Of giant killer. Joshua making no
one halt until he passes. because he
made the sun and moon halt. Paul
making no assumptions over the most
ordinary preacher Of righteousness
Naaman, captain OF the Syrian host, no
more honored than the captive maid
who told him where he could get q
good doctor: Oh. my soul, what q
country The humblest man a king.
The poorest woman a queen The
meanest house a palace The shortest
lifetime eternity. And what is more
strange about it all is, we may all get
there. Not /. says some one who has
not been in church in IS years before.
Yes. You. Not /, says some one who
has been for 50 years filling up his life
with all kinds OF wiekedhess Yes,
you.
There are nionopolies on earth,
monopolistic railroads, and monopolis-
tic telegraph companies, and monop-
olistie grain dealers. but no monopoly
in religion. All who want TO be saved
may be saved. without money and
without price" Salvation by the Lord
Jesus Christ for all the people. OF
course. use common sense in this mat
ter. You can not expect 10 get "a
Charleston by taking ship for Portland,
and yOu can not expect TO get q
Heaven by going in an opposite diree'
ton. Relieve in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thOu shalt be saved. Through
that one gate Of pardon and peace all
the race may 60 in.
But. says some one, do you really
think would be at home in that super
nal society IL / should reach ito
think You would know you would
remember that in the husking time
there was great equality of feeling
among tine neighbOrs. There at one
corn shock farmer would be at work
who owned 200 acres of ground The
man whom he was talking with at the
next corn shock owned but 30 acres,
and perhaps all covered by a mort
gage That evening, at the close Of
the husling day, one man drove home
roam span 50 frislxy, so full of life,
they got their feet over the traces.
The other man walked home. Great
difference in education, great differ
enee in worldly means; but noticed al
the husLing time they all seemed 70
enjoy each others society. They did
not ask any man how much property
he owned or what his education hal
been They all seemed to be happy
together in those good times
And 50 il will be in Heaven 0ul
Father will gather his children around
Him, and the neighbors viii come IN.
and the past will be rehearsed. AND
some one viii tell of victory. and ",
viii all celebrate IL And some Ons
VIII tell Of great struggle, and w
win all praise the grace that fetches
him out of IL And some on
will say: Here is my old father, tina
/ put away with heartbreak. just loOl
at him. he IS as young as any Of us
And some one will say. ''here is mi
darling child. that buried in Green
wood, and all the after years Of mi
life were Swallowed with desol alton
just look at her. She Doesn't see m a
If she had been sick a minute Grea
socially. Great neighbOrhOOd kindness
What though John Milton sit dow
on one side and John Howard sit dowr
on the other side. No embarrassment
What though Charlotte Elizabeth 81
down on one side, and Hannah Moor
sit down on the other side? NOembar
rassncnt A monarch yourself, VIII
be embarrassed among monarchs?
songster yourself, why be embarrasse,
amid gloriicd songsters? Go in an,
dine.
All the shocks Of corn coming in il
their season Oh, yes. in their season
Not one Of Won having died too soon
or having died too late, or having die
at haphazard Planted at Just tn
right time Flowed at just the RICH
time. Cut down at just the right time
HuslSed at just tine right time Gar
nered at just the right time. COminl
in in your season.
Oh, wish that the billions Of bush
els of corn now in the fields or on tn
| way TO the seabosrd might be a type o
|. the grand shield Of honor and glor
and Immortality, when all the shock
come in