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Christ; there is T. man who will contra
dict il. l may stand here and say there
will be Judgment day after awhile; j
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 On audience Of
two or three, and in private home life.
A consistent, consecrated Christian
service is an unanswerable demonstra-
ton of Gods 4ruth.
speak to .-omen who have the eter-
nal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day
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,
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. Owoman,
is your husband, your father, your SON,
away from God: The Lord demands
their redemption atyour hands. There
are prayers for you to offer, there are
exhortations for you to give, there are
examples for you to ret, and 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 I'm going to die, and my fate is
sealed, and you are the cause Of my
ruin!" 0 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
tian influences IN their early homer
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 entreatiesf
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, II
| there be just one strand holding Won.
from floating off upon that dark sea,
would just like to take hold OF that
strand now and pull you to the beach!
Lastly, 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, Christ's 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 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 q 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 IL 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 dghtiang 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 q tear He sets another gem in that
{ crown. Whenever you have pang OF
body or soul He puts another gem n
that crown. until after awhile in ali
the tiara there will be no room for an
/, other splendor, and God will say to Hi
/ angel: 1.-The crown is done. Let hel
f up, that she may wear it, And as the
D Lord of righteousness puts the crown
, upon your brow angel will cry to angel:
: "Who is she?" And Christ will say: y
e will tell you who she is. She is the on'
{ that came up out Of great tribulatiol
, and had her robe washed and mad'
4 white in the blood of the Lamb" Ant
e then God will spread banquet, and III
t will invite all the principalities o
;. Heaven to sit at the feast, and tn
t, tables will blush with the best cluster
: from the vineyards of God and crimson
with the 12 manner of fruits from tn
4 tree of life, and waters from the foun
tains of the rock will flash from th
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