The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-07
the soul is IMMORTAL; ,sthere is a man

the soul is iEuortal;, there is man
who will deny it. 1 may stand here and
say we are lost and undone without
| Christ; there is man who will contra
dict it. may stand here and say there
will be Judgment day after awhile;
yonder is some one who will dispute it.
But Christian woman in Christian
household, living in the faith and con.
sistency of Christ's Gospel-nobody can
refute that. The greatest sermons are
not preached on celebrated platforms.
They are preached with an audience of
two or three, and in private home life.
A consistent, consecrated Christian
service is an unanswerable demonstra-
ton of Gods truth.
| speak to women who have the eter-
nal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day
I you took an oath before men and an
gels that you would be faithful and
kind until death did you part, and / be-
lieve you are going to keep that oath,
but after that parting at the grave will
it be eternal separation? Is there any
such thing as an immortal marriage,
making the. flowers that grow on the
top of the sepulcher brighter than the
garlands which at the marriage ban
quet flooded the air with aroma? Yes
| stand here an embassad1g of the most
high God to proclaim the banns of an
immortal union for all those who join
hands in the grace of Christ. Owoman,
is your husband, your father, your son,
away from God? The Lord demands
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 l say now,
as Paul said to the Corinthian woman:
what knowest thou but thou shalt
save thy husband?" A man was dy-
ing, and he said to his wife: "Rebecca,
you wouldn't let me have family pray
ers; you laughed about all that, and
you got me away into worldliness, and
now Pm going to die, and my fate is
sealed, and you are the cause of my
ruin!" O woman, what knowest thou
but thou canst destroy 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 do with your mothers
prayers, with your wife's importuni-
ties, with your sisters entreaties?
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 sickness? Oh, if
there be just one strand holding you
from floating off upon 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 daughters God, for the sake of
your sisters God, come this day and be
saved.
Lastly, I wish to say that one of the
specific rights of woman is, through the
grace of Christ, finally to reach Heaven.
Oh, what multitude of women in
Heaven! Mary, Christs mother, in
. Heaven; Elizabeth Fry in Heaven;
Charlotte Elizabeth in Heaven; the
, mother of Augustine in Heaven; the
, countess of Huntington, who sold her
, splendid jewels to build chapels, in
Heaven, while a 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 rest!
, What change it was from the small
room, with no fire and one window (the
! glass broken out and the aching side
and wornout eyes, to the "house OF
many mansions!" No more stitching
until ~ 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 more sharp, keen, bitter
curses!
Some of you will have no rest in this
;, world. 1t will be toll and struggle and
suffering all the way up. You will have
! to stand at your door fghtiang back the
wolf with your own hand, red with car
mage. But God has crown for you.
want you to realize this morning that
He is now making it, and whenever you
weep tear He sets another gem in that
! crown. Whenever you have pang of
= body or soul He puts another gem in
that crown, until after awhile in all
the tiara there Will be no room for an
:. other splendor, and God will say to His
angel: "The crown is 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: 81
: will tell you who she is. She is the one
8 that came up out of great tribulation
. and had her robe washed and made
,, white in the blood of the Lamb" And
then God will spread banquet, and He
will invite all the principalities of
;, Heaven to sit at the feast, and the
= tables will blush with the best clusters
| from, tho VINEYARDS of God and orr m con