The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-11

..tksy 1esidiiiiot Is 20 far and 90 fast B1t
the prayers VII keep up with them.
speak to women whe have the .etsr-
nal salvatien Of their husbands \ Their
right hAHA On the marriage day you
took an oath before men and angels that
you would be faithful and kind until
desth did you part, and / believe you are
going to keep that oath. but after that
parting at the grave will 1t be eternal
separation? Is there any such thing as
an immortal marriage, making the Cow.
ers that grew on the top Of the sspulcher
brighter than the garlands which At the
marriage banquet flooded the air with
aroma? Yes, l stand here an ambassador
Of the most high God to proclaim the
banns Of an immortal union for all those
who join hands in the grace Of Christ.
o woman, is your husband, your father.
your son, away from God? The Lord de.
nands their redemption at your hands.
There are prayers for you to offer, there
are exhortations for you to give, there
are examples for you to set, and ! say
now, as Paul said to the COrinthian w0m-
an, what knowest thou but thou shalt
save thy husband2" A man was dying,
and he said to his wife: "Rebecca, you
wouldn't let me have family prayers; YOU
laughed about all that, and you got me
away into worldlinsss. and now I'm 60
ing to die, and my fate Is sealed. and you
are the cause Of my ruin" o woman,
stroy thy husband?
Are there not some of you who have
kindly influences at home? Are there
not some who have wandered far away
from God who can remember the Chris
tan influences In their early home? Do
not despise those influences, my brother.
If you die without Christ, what will you
d. with your mothers prayers. with
your wife's opportunities. with your sis
ter's entreaties2 What will you do with
the letters they used to write to You,
with the memory Of those days when
they attended you so kindly In times. Of
sickness2 Oh, IL there be just one strand
holding you from floating of from that
dark sea, would Just like to take hold
Of that strand now and pull you to the
beach! For the sake Of your wife's God,
for the sake of your mothers God, for
the sake of your dausfrter's God. for the
sake Of your sisters God, come this day
and be saved.
Heaven Her Right.
Lastly I wish to say that one Of the
specific rights of woman IL, through the
grace of Christ, finally to reach heaven.
o what a multitude Of women In heaven!
Mary, Christ's mother, in heaven; Eliz'
abeth Fry in heaven; Charlotte Eliza
beth in heaven; the mother of Augustine
in heaven; the Countess Of Huntington,
who sold her splendid jewels to build
chapels, in heaven, while great many
others, who have never been heard OF
on earth or known but little have gone
into the rest and peace Of heaven. What
a rest! What a change 1t was from the
small room, with no fire and one window
(thc glass broken OUT and the aching
side and WORKOUT eyes, to the house OF
many mansions" No more stitching I'M
til - o'clock at night no more thrusting
of the thumb by the employer through
the work, to show it was not done quite
right. Plenty of bread at last! Heaven
for aching heads, heaven for broken
hearts, heaven for anguish bitten frames!
NO more sitting until midnight for the
coming of staggering steps! No more
rough blows across the temples! No
e,orc sharp, keen, bitter curses!
Some of you will have no rest in this
world. 1t will he toll and struggle and
suffering all the way up. You will have
to stand at your door fighting back the
wolf with your own hand, red with car
mage But God has crown for you. l
want you to realize this morning that he
Is now making it, and whenever you weep
u tear he sets another gem in that crown.
Whenever you have pnng of body or
soul he puts another gem in that crown
rntil after awhile in all the tiara there
will be no room for another splendor, and
God will say to his angel: "The crown II
done. Let her up, that she may wear it."
And as the Lord of righteousness puts
the crown upon your brow angel will cry
to angel, "Who is she?' and Christ will
say: ~ will tell you who she is. She is
the one that came up out Of great tribu-
iation and had her robe washed and
made white In the blood Of the Lanb."
And then God will spread a banquet, and
he will invite all the municipalities Of
heaven to sit at the feast, and the tables
will blush with the hest clusters from the
vineyards Of God and crimson with the
IL manner of fruits from the tree Of life,
and waters from the fountains of the
rock will flash from the golden tankayds,
and the old harpeTs Of heaven will sit
there, making music with their harps,
and Christ will point you out amid the
celebrities of heaven, saying "She suf-
fcred with me on earth; now we are 60
ing to he sloriied together" And the
banqueters, no longer able to hold their
peace will break forth with congratula.
ton, Hail. hail!' And there will be
handwrtings on the wall-not such as
struck the Babylonian noblemen with
horror, but fire tipped fingers, writing in
blazing capitals of light and love, God
hath wiped away all tears from all