The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-22

me to rest" They gave 40 years OF
their life to satan and the world, q
little fragment of their life TO God. |
and now they want rest Whether
that belongs to comedy or TRACE dy /
say not.
The man who gave one-half of his
earthly existence to the world, and OF
the remaining two quarters one to
Christian work and the other to rest,
would not, / suppose, get very brill
liant reception in Heaven. II there
are any dried leaves in Heaven they
would be appropriate for his garland;
or, If there is any throne with broken
steps, it would be appropriate for his
coronation, or any harp with relaxed
string, 1T would be appropriate for his
lingering. My brother, you give nine
tenths of your life TO sin and Satan,
and then get converted, and then rest
awhile in sanctitied laziness, and then
go up to get your heavenly reward, and
| warrant it will not take the cashier
of the royal banking house great
while to count out to you all your
duties. He will not ask you whether
you will have it in bills of large de-
nomination or small. j would like to
put one sentence of my sermon in
italics, and have IL understood, and
three exclamation points at the end of
the sentence, and that sentence is this:
AS we cannot live our lives over again,
the nearest we can come to atone for
the past is by redou bled holiness and
industry in the future. II this rail
- laN
switched Off and Is far behind the time
table, the engineer for the rest of the
way must put on more pressure of
steam and go a mile minute in order
to arrive as the right time and place,
under the approval of conductor and
directors.
My hearers, the mistakes of youth
can never be corrected. Time gone is
gone forever. An opportunity passed
the thousandtb part of second has
by one leap reached the other side of
great eternity. In the autumn when
the birds migrate you look up and see
the sky black with wings, and the
flocks stretching out INTO many leagues
of air, and so to-day l look up and see
two large wings in full sweep. They
is followed by flock of 365, and they
are the flying days. Each of the flying
days is followed by -, and they are the
flying hours, and each is followed by go,
and these are the flying minutes. Where
did this great flock start fromP Eter-
nifty past. Where are they bound?
Eternity to come? You might as well
go a-gunning for the quails that whis-
tied last year in the meadows, or the
robins that last year caroled in the
sky, as to try to fetch down and bag
one of the past opportunities of your
life. Do not say: Il will lounge now
and make it up afterward." Young
men and boys, you can't make it up.
My observation is that those who in
youth sowed wild oats, to the end of
their short life sowed wild oats, and
that those who start sowing Genesee
wheat always sow Genesee wheat
/ Young man, as you cannot live life
over again, however you may long TO
! do so, be sure to have your one life
right There is some young man who
/ has gone away from home, perhaps
under some little spite or evil persua-
sion of another, and his parents know
not where he is. My son, go home'
| DO not 90 TO seal Don't go tonight
where you may be tempted 10 go.
Go home! Your father will be glad
to see you; and your mother
/ need not tell you how she
feels. How would like to make your
parents a present of their wayward
boy, repentant and in his right mind.
/ would like to write them letter,
and you to carry the letter, saying:
by the blessing of God on my sermon
introduce TO you one whom you have
never seen before, for he has become
a new creature in Christ Jesus" Ny
boy, go home and put your tired head
on the bosom that nursed you SO ten
derby in your childhood years.