The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-09-24


fair that he makes The father comes
and isikss the same saw and hammer
ANA builds the house or the ship In
:hsehildhood Of our Christian faith. A
sc make bnt poor work with these
,,sapnns 81 prayer. but when We come
to ~ stature Of men ~ Christ Jesus
then. anilet these implements, the
sets,rir IL God will rise. and the /
worlds redemption will b. launched j
God cares not sor the length % !
on, PRAYERS. hut IL T., the faith IN them I
.lsat tell Believing PRAYER scars
higher flinn the lark ever sang;plrngcs {
a.rn,r than diying-hcll ever sank;
aasis gnickcr than lightning ever lash
e,i Though We have used only the
har. - this weapon instead Of tie
edge What mnryeis have lern wrongful
If saved. We are all the sapiisrs 81
sour earnest prayer Would tod that.
III desire iur the rescue Of souls. ne
might in prayer lag hold Of the re.
sa,ircsss ~ the l.nui omHiFotcni.
We may tnru many 10 righteousness
by Christian almnnition DO not wait
until YOU can make formal speech.
Aadr.ss the one next 70 yon You viii
not 90 home alone to-day Between
this and your place Of stopping you
may decide the eternal destiny Of an
immortal spirit Just one sentence
may do the work Just oae question
+ Jnst one look
The formal talk that bcgins with a
sigh and ends with canting sniiiic IS
NOT what is wanted. but the heart
throl, 90 man in dead earnest There
Is not "a sonl ON earth that yon may not
bring 20 tod IL YOU rightly 60 al II
They say Gibraltar could not be taken.
Il Is rock, ] 600 feet hight and three
miles long. But the English and Dutch
did take it. Artillery. and sappers,
and miners. and fleets pouring ont vol
leys Of death. and thousand Of men
reckless OF death. can do anything.
The Stouicst heart OF sin, though 1t be
rock and surrounded by an ocean OF
transgrcssion. under Christian BON.
bardmcnt. may hoist the flag Of re
demption.
But is all this admOnitiOn and prayer
and Christian work for nothing Ny
text promises to all the faithful eternal
. / Irstcr- They that turn many 10 right
/ eousuess shall shine as the stars for
. ever. As stars the redeemed have
| borrowed light What makes Mar
; and Venus and Jupiter 50 luminous
When the sun throws down his torcf
: In the heavens the stars pick mp tn
: scattered brands and hold them in pro
!. ccssion rs the queen Of the night ad
vanecs. So all Christian workers, stand
/ ing around the throne. will shine il
: the light borrowed from the SUI
n az Righteousness in their faces
Z Jesus in their songs. Jesus in thei
5 triumph.
4 Christ left Heaven once for a tou
4 OF redemption on earth. yet the gle
q rificd ones knew lie would com
4 hack again. But let Him abdieat
: His throne and go away 70 stay fol
n ever. the music would stop. the cor
Z ereration would dispersa. the temple
4 Of God be darixened, the rivers Of hf
Il stagnate, and every chariot would b
il come hearse. and every bell woul
\ toll. and there would not be room o
o the great hillsides 70 bury the dead {
= the great metropolis. for there woul
m he pcstilence in Heaven. I'ut Jesu
20 lives. and 50 all the redeemed live wit
a Him He shall recognize them as il
\ comrades in earthly toll. and remen
81 Der what they did for the honor OF u
of name and for the spread Of His kin
4. dom. All their prayers and tears an
n work viii rise before Him as lie lool
into their faces. and lie will divide II
a kingdom with them; His peace-the
L. pcace: Ills holiness-their holmes
to HIS joy-their JOY. The glory OF Il
a eentrai throne reflected from the 81
m rounding thrones, the last spot Of :
- struck from the Christian orb. and Z
a entire nature a-trembling and alta
4 with light. they shall shine as the sta
az forever and ever.
All Again. Christian workers shall
an like the stars in the fact that they Ia
a a light independent Of each oth'
rs Look M ut the night and sfe "a
I,v world show its distinct glory. It
not like the e0nfiagration- in viii
,ns Won can not tell where one fla
IL stops and another begins. Septul
~ Herschel and Mercury are as distiI
er- as IL eaeh one Of them were the OF
81 star: for our individualism viii he !
III in Heaven. 4 great multitude, yet G.
liz one is observable. as distinctly rec
al nized. as greatly celebrated, as II in
To the space. from gate 10 gate and fr
as nil to hill he were the only iEhasi;=
hit no mixing up. no mob, no indiseri
N mate rush: each Christian worl
no standing out illustriOus all the si'
Of earthly achievement adherins
1t each one: his sclf-denials and pa
IN ! and services and victories publish
an BEFORE men went ont to the last 5
its the orators told them that they wo
ian all he remembered by their eoun'
a and their names be commeTnorated
AN poefry and in song: Int 90 to the grz
ity yard in Richmond and y0u sill
by there Leo graves. over each 81 VII
nav is the inscription. Unknown.
an world docs not remember its her
our hut there will he no nnrcrosni
the Christian worker in Heaven
in Each one known by all; gran
,ide known. known by exclamation, all
10 past story of work for God gIcamin;
til check and brow and foot and pa
nph They shall shine with distinct Ugh
lere the stars. forever and ever
her Again; Christian workers shall s.
Eve like the stars in clusters In look
Il is up you end the worlds in family cirg
Il. / Brothers and sisters-they take hol
: on each others hands and dance in gro
red Orion in a g-sgp The Pieiades
one group The solar system Is onl
u a company Of children. with hr
A faces. gathered around one great
nav place The worlds do not straggle
pun They GO in sqaairons and fleets
I in ing through inmensity- 30 Chris
the workers IN Heaven will dwell in NJ
be borhoods and clusters
lam- I an sure that some people
the like in Heaven great deal better
rope Others YOnder IS constellation
sky stately Christians They lived
] II. earth BY rigid rule They u
orge laughed They walked every
bovs anxioas lest they should lose their
asv- nitv. hut they loved God. and 70
red. they shine IN brilliant eonsteilal
- ~ I sb.u not long II .r,t fnto