The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-12

II. over me tomb or Dean STANLEY IN
Westminster abbey h the passage d
Scripture, Thy commandments are en-.
csedins broad" Let no man crowd III
ON to . path like the bridge Al Sirat,
which the Mohammsdsn thinks leads
from this world over the abyss Of bell
into paradise. the breadth Of the bridge
less than the web Of starved spider or
the edge Of sword or razor, of the
edges Of which many fall. No. While
the way is not wide enough to take with
US any of our sins, 1t is wide enough for
all Christian believers to pass without
peril into everlasting safety. But do not
any Of you depend upon what you call
"a sound creed" for salvation. A man
may own all the statutes Of the state Of
New York and yet not be lawyer, and
q man may own all the best medical
treatise and not be a physician, and q
man may own all the best works on
painting and architecture and not be
either painter or architect, and a man
may own all the sound creeds in the
world and yet not be Christian. Not
what you have in your head and on your
tongue, but In your heart and in your
life, will decide everything
Hang Out Your Light.
In olden times in England before the
modern street lamps were invented every
householder was expected to have q Ian
tern suspended In front of his house, and
the cry of the watchmen in London as
they went along at eventide was. Hang
out your lights! Instead Of disputinS in
your home about the different kinds Of
lantern, as a Waterman on the walls Of
Zion cry, "Let your light so shine be-
fore men that they, seeing your good
works, may slorify your Father which 10
in heavenw Hang out your lights! You
may have a thousand ideas about re-
ligion and yet not the great idea of par
doning mercy. It Is not the number Of
ideas, but the greatness Of them. A
mouse hath ten offspring In her nest,
while the lioness hath one in her lair
All ideas about forms and ceremonies
and church government put together are
not worth the one idea Of getting to
heaven yourself and taking your family
with you.
But do not reject Christianity, a.
many do, because there are 20 many
sects. Standing in Westminster hotel,
London, looked out Of the window and
saw three clocks, as near as can re-
member-one on the parliament house,
another on st. Margaret's chapel, anoth-
er on Westminster abbey--and they were
all different. One said II o'clock at noon,
another said Ave minutes before IL, an
other said i've minutes after H. might
as well have concluded that there Is no
such thing as time because the three
timepieces were different as for you to
conclude that there Is no such thing as
pure Christisaity because the churches
differ In their statement of 1t.
But let US all rejoice that, although
part Of our family may worship on earth
In one church and part in another
church or bowed at the same altar In a
compromise Of preferences, we are, II
redeemed, on the way to perfect
church, where all our preferences will
be fully gratifed. Great cathedral Of
eternity, with arches Of amethysts and
pillars Of sapphire. with floors Of emer-
aid and windows aglow with the sun
rise Of heaven! What stupendous tow
ers, with chimes angel hoisted and an
gel rung! What myriads Of worshipers,
white robed and coroneted! What an
officiator at the altar, even "the great
High Priest Of our profession" What
walls, hung with the captured shields
and flags, by the church militant passed
up to be church triumphant! What dox-
ologies Of ali nations! Coronet to coro-
net. cymbal to cymbal, harp to harp, or
gan to organl Pull out the tremulant
stop to recall the sufferings past! Pull
out the trumpet stop to celebrate the
victory!
When shall these eyes thy heaven built
walls
And pearly gates behold.
Thy bulwsIks viz. la salsssi999g strong.