The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-09
"OUR JOURNEY HOME.
Rev. vi. A. Jenkins Subject at the
south Side Baptist Tent.

Our Journey Home was the subject
Of Rev. NJ. A. Jenkins sermon at the
South Side Baptist Church iuthe tent yes
terday morning. He took for his text:
And He led them forth in the right way,
that they might come to a city of habita-
tion"-Psalms, 1O7th chapter, 7th verse.
There are three thoughts in this text"
said the preacher: "God leads His people:
God leads His people in the right way;
God leads His people 10 a pace, and that
place is home; that place is heaven. God
is the leader of His people; He is wise
leader; He knows what He is doing; He
looks ahead ana knows the whole way:
He is a safe leader; one that can be fol-
lowed without the least hesitation. In
life we come to places we are afraid to
cross, but Christ our guide, tells us, He
has not lost one of His followers yet; and
l say, My God 1 place my hands in
Thine; lead Thou me on Your Savior is
safe leader and will lead in the right
way Stonewall Jackson always gained a
victory, and his men always went with
him. Garibaldi promised his men hungry
mouths, sore feet, long. weary marches,
s.eeping on the damp ground, and even
death, leaving their wives widows, and
their children orphans; but he said If
you will follow me, III lead you to vic
tory His men threw up their hats and
yelled themselves wild. Men will follow
a victorious leader. We all have enemies,
but in Christ we have a victorious leader
He has met and conquered every enemy
of your soul. The first enemy He met
was the devil, whom He met in the noun
tain, and conquered. The devils believe
and tremb.e at the name of Jesus, and
when He approached the tombs they cried
out, What have we to do with you, Jesus;
l.
the Son of God, and that they must submit
to His power; though men may claim not
to believe in Him, that He was only a
man and a religious teacher, yet every
devil in hell knows that he is the Son
of God and He has power, and they tren-
bic at the very mention of His name. We
are being led forth by a conqueror. Il
is not so much your clinging to the cross,
as the man on the cross has thrown around
you His loving arms, and We are in the
hollow of His hand
The second enemy" said Mr.. Jenkins,
us death; cod, chilly death; but Jesus
met him and slew him; He took death and
chained him 10 His chariot wheel and
dragged him forth. There is, therefore, no
DEATH but a falling asleep, a passing out
of the lower and smaller circle into
higher, greater and grander circle. The
spirit is yOnder with Jesus.
Now death, do thy work. The next en-
envy is judgment. Where al our sins will
be blazed out before an assembled uni
verse? No. Not one shall be mentioned,
for when God forgives he forgets, for God
has blotted out our sins like a thick
cloud
The last thought is this God is lead
ing us to the right place. When l am
called to die, you ask wil the waters of
the Jordan of death, he chilly and cod?
AS children of God, Danish the awful
tel II
vide the waters and you shall go over dry
shod; though the Jordan of Death, and
beyond to the Canaan of heaven. God is
leading his people to a place, that place is
home and that home is heaven. Heaven
is a place of rest. Wherefore asked DR..
Hall, What is your idea of heaven?" He
answered-"A place of rest" He had been
an invalid all his life, a man of untiring
effort, whose gospel eloquence shook the
country, and he knew what 1t meant 20
be tired. We an grow tired of this world.
Wilberforce said, ITO my mind ii is a
place of love" He had happy home; love
was queen in@that home, and he thought
of heaven as a place of love They both
were right. 1t is a place of rest and a
place of love. There love will Go its per-
feet work. Heaven is a pace of beauty.
Sin has marred this old world, but IL is
still beautiful. There is nothing ugly but
sin In the world. The beauty will be per-
feet because there is no sin there, nothing
that defleth, no sickness, no sorrow, but
a place of beauty. Heaven is also place
of service. Spurgcon said When / get to
heaven 1 believe that my God will give
me pulpit, and that 1 will declare to The
angels the mystery of the wonderful love
of God incarnate in the flesh. Yonder in
that realm of CORY the theme throughout
eternity to wondering angels VIII below
Jesus saved a poor, dying worm like me.
Heaven is a place of reunion, where bat
lie bruised and battle Scared, wounded
and bleeding, we will talk over the vic
tories, the apparent defeats, and recount
The labors and battles Of this world Bless
God for a place like that. In this world of
wreck and ruin, bless God for place of
reunion Lastly, heaven is a place where
Jesus is; that is what makes heaven; TO
be with Jesus. We will enjoy heaven be-
cause everything there will reflect Jesus,
and everything win be like Jesus.
An invita alton was given to all In the
congregation TO come forward who wished
10 go to heaven, and nearly everybody in
the congregation went forward.
The revival services will be continued
tomorrow and Wednesday nights at .
O'Clock, and in the afternoons at O'Clock.