The Yale expositor., 1899-06-09


We are here now; let us stay" And 1t
would take angelic violence to put US
out of that world If we once got there.
But as people who cannot afford to
pay for an c.tertaInInent sometimes
come around IL and look through the
door ajar, or through the openings in
the fence, so We come and look
through the crevices in that good land
which God has provided for us. We
can just catch a glimpse OF 1t. We
come near enough to hear the rum
bling of the eternal orchestra, though
not near enough to know who blows
the cornet or who fingers the harp.
My soul spreads out both wings and
claps them in triumph at the thought
of those upper springs One of them
breaks from beneath the throne; an
other breaks forth from beneath the
altar Of the temple; another at the
door of 1.-The house of many man
sions." Upper springs of gladness!
Upper springs of light! Upper
springs of love! 1t is no fancy
OF mine. The lamb which is in the
midst OF the throne shall lead them to
living fountains If water" Oh Savior
divine, roll in upon our souls one or
those anticipated ra. lures! Pour
around the roots OF the parched
tongue one drop of that liquid life!
Toss before our vision those fountains
or God, rainbowei with eternal vic
tory. Hear it. They are never sick
there; not so r:uch as headache or
twinse rheumatic or thrust neuralgia.
The inhabitant never says: II am
sick" They are never tired there.
Flight to farthest world is only the
play of a holiday. They never sin
there. 1t is as easy for them to be
holy as it is for us to sin. They never
die there. You might go through all
the outskirts OF the great city and find
not one place where the ground was
broken for a grave. The eyesight OF
the redeemed is never blurred with
tears. There is health in every cheek.
There Is spring in every foot. There
Is majesty on every brow. There is
joy in every heart. There is hosanna
ON every lip. now they must pity us
as they look over and down and see
us, and say: Poor things, away down
in that world" And when some Chris
tian is hurled into a fatal accident,
they cry; Good! He is coming!"
And when we stand around the couch
or some loved one (whose strength is
going away and we shake our heads
torebodingly, they cry: Il am glad he
Is worse; he has been down there long
enough. There, he is dead! Come
home! Cone home!" Oh, II we could
only get our ideas about that future
world UNFINISHED our thought of trans
fer from hare to there would be as
pleasant TO us as it was to a little
child that was dying She said: Papa.
when will | go homer" And he said:
To-day, Florence" To-day? So
soon? l am so glad"
/ wish l could stimulate you with
these thoughts, oh, Christian man, to
the highest possible exhilaration. The
day OF your deliverance is coming. is
coming. 1t is rolling on with the
shining wheels OF the day and the jet
wheels of the night. Every thump of
the heart is only a hammer stroke
striking off another chain OF clay.
Better scour tie deck and coil the
rope. the harbor is only six miles
away. Jesus will come down in the
"Narrow5" to meet you. Now is your
salvation nearer than when you be-
lieved.
Unforgiven man, unpardoned man,
will you not maze a choice between
these two portions-between the south
land" of this world which slopes to
the desert. and this glorious land
which thy Father offers thee, running
with eternal water courses? Why let
your tongue be consumed with thirst
when there are the neither springs and
the upper springs, comfort here, and
glory hereafter?
Let me tell you, my dear brother.
that the silliest and wickedest thing a
man ever does is to reject Jesus Christ.
The loss of the soul is a mistake that
cannot be corrected. 1t is a downfall
that knows no alleviation; 1t is ruin
that Is remediless; it is a sickness that
has no medicament; it is a grave into
which a man goes but never comes
out. Therefore, putting my hand on
your shoulder as a brother puts his
hand on the shoulder of brother, l
say this day, be manly, and surrender
your heart to Christ. You have been
long enough serving the world; now
begin to serve the Lord who bought
you. You have tried long enough to
carry these burdens; let Jesus Christ
put His shoulder under your burden.
Do hear any one in the audience say,
II mean to attend to that after awhile;
it is not just the timer" 1t is the
time, for the simple reason that you
are sure of no other; and God sends
you Eere this morning, and He sent
me here to comfort you with this
message; and you mus. hear now that
Christ died to save your soul, and that
If you want to be saved you may be
saved. whatsoever will, let him come"
You will never find any more convent
ent season than this. Some OF vou