Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-12-07

pot.sr's Hel. the chariots OF Christ will
come down, and the cavalcade will crowd
all the boulevards Of heaven.
Ibless Christ for the present satisfaction
of religion. 1t makes II man all right with
reference to the past; it makes man all
right with reference to the futarr. Oh.
these neither springs OF comfortl They ars
perennial. The foundation OF God stanJeth
sure having this seal. 'The Lord knoweth
them that are His, ""The mountains shall
depart and the hills be removed but My
kindness shall not depart from thee.
neither shall the covenant of My peace be
removed, saith the Lord, who hath mercy
upon thee" Oh, cluster Of diamonds set
in FURNISHED goldi On, neither springs OF
comfort bursting through all the valleys OF
OF the world, what satisfaction there is
on earth in religion, do you not thirst after
1t as the daughter OF Caleb thrsted after
the water springs? 1t Is no stagDant pond.
scummed over with malaria. but springs of
water leaping from the Rock of Ages!
Take up one cup OF that spring water ami
across the top Of the chali"- will float the
delicate shadows or the heavenly wall, the
yellow OF jasper: the green of emerald,
the blue of sardonyx, the fire OF jacinth.
i wish l could make you understand the
joy religion is to some Of US. II makes
man happy while he lives and glad when
he dies. With two feet upon a chair and
burating with dropsies, heard an old man
In the poorhouse cry out, "Bless the Lord
oil. my souII'' L looked around and said
What has this man got to thank God for:'
1t makes the lame man leap as hart. and
the dumb sing. They say that the old
Puritan religion is juiceless and joyless
religion, but l remember reading of DR..
Goodwin, the celebrated Puritan, VINO in
his last moment said: 'Is this dying? Why,
my bow abides in strength, | AN swal-
10 wed up In Godi' Her ways are ways of
pieasantness, AMI all her paths are peace"
On. you who have been trying to satisfy
yourselves with the south land ct this
world. do you not feel that you would, this
morning like to have access to the neither
springs of spiritual comfort! Would you
not like to havo Jesus Christ bend over your
cradle and bless your table aud heal your
wounds and strew flowers of consolation
all up and down the graves Of your deadt
'Tis religion that can give
Sweetest Lleasures while we live.
Ills re.igion eau supply
Sweetest comfort when We die.
But L have something better to tell you,
suggested by this text. 1t seems that old
Father Caleb on the wedding day of his
daughter vantedto make her Just As happy
rs possible. Though Othniel was taking
her away and his heart was almost broken
because she was going, yet he gives her u
''south land;" not only that, but the neither
Springs; not only that, but the upper
springs. o God, my Father, thank Thee
that Thou hast given me a south laod' in
this world and the neither springs Of spir-
itual comfort in this world; but, more than
ali. thank Thee for the upper springs in
heaven!
1t is very fortunate tina. We cannot see
heaven until we get into it. o Chris
tian man. il you could see what a place
it is We would never get you back again
TO the office, or store, or shop and the
duties you ought to perform woald go ne
giected am glad L shall not see that
world until 1 enter it. Suppose we
were allowed to go on an excursion in
to that good land with the idea of re-
turning. When we got there and heard
the song and looked a: their raptured
faces aud mingled in the supernal socie-
", We would cry out; Let us stay!
the trouble of going back again to that
old world? We are here now. Let us
stay!' And 1t would take angelic vio-
lence to put US out OF that world IL once
We got there, but as people who cannot
afford to pay for an ente rtainment some
times come around it and look through
the door ajar, or through the Openings
in the fence, SO we come and look through
the crevices into that good land which
God has provided for us. We can just
catch glimpse of it. We come near
enough to hear the rumbling of the eter-
nal orchestra, though not near enough to
know who blows the cornet or who fingers
the harp. My soul spreads out both wings
and claps them ia triumph ut the thought
OF those upper springs One of them
breaks from beneath the throne. Another
breaks forth from beneath the altar of the
temple. Another at the door of "the
house OF many mansions" Upper springs
OF gladuess! Upper springs of light!
Upper springs of lOvei 1t Is no fancy OF
mine. 1.-The Lamb which is in the midst OF
the throne shall lead them to living foun-
tains of water"
o Saviour divine roll in upon our souls
one OF those anticipated rapturesl Pour
around the roots of the parched tongue one
drop of that liquid life! Toss before our
vision those fountains OF God, rainbowed
with eternal victory! Hear 1t! They are
never sick there; not so much rs headache
or twinge rheumatic or thrust neuralgia.
The inhabitant never says, II am sick"
They are never tired there. Flight to
farthest world is only the p ay of holiday.
They never sin there. 1t is easy for
them to be holy as it is for us to sin. They
never die there. You might go through
all the outskirts OF this great city and find
not one place where the grou I'D was broken
for grave. The eyesight of the redeemed
is never blurred with tears. There is health
In every cheek. There is spring in every foot.
There is majesty on every brow. There is
JOY in every heart. There is hosanna on every
lip. How they must pity us rs they look
over and look down and see us and say:
Poor things away down in that wordl''
Aud when some Christian Is hurled into a
fatal accident, they cry: Good He Is
comng!" Aud when we stand around the
couch OF some loved one whose strength IS
going away and we shake our heads fore
bodingy they cry: I'm glad he is worse.
He has been down there long enough.
There, he is dead Come home! Come
home!" Oh, II we could only get our ideas
about that future world UNFINISHED. our
thought OF transfer from here to there
would be as pleasant to us it was to
little child that was dying. She said:
Papa, when will 1 go hone:" And he
said: To-day, Florence" To-day? So
soon? 1 am SO glad!
wish l could stimulate you with these
thoughts, o Christian man, to the highest
possible exhlaration! The day OF your
deliverance is coming-is coming rolling
on with the shining wheels of the day, and
the jet wheels OF the night. Every thump
OF the heart is only hammer stroke
striking Off another chain of clay. Better
scour the deck and coil the rope for
harbor is only six miles away. Jesus will
come down the NarrCws to meet you.
Now Is your salvation nearer than when
you believed"
Man OF the world. will yod not to-day
make a choice between these two portions
between the south land" of this world
which slopes to the desert, and this glori-
Gus land which thy Father offers thee, ruu-
ming with eternal watercourses? Why let
your tongue he consumed of thirst when
there are the neither springs and the up
per springs-comfort here and glory here
after?
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