The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-12

proclaim gloY and good cheer They
are only waiting for the, gate to open
and the chahs to fall off and the glory
to begin. 55s5
q remarI again, There are many.
and I WISH there were more-who are
estimating life by the good they can
John Bradford said he. counted that
day nIhing at all in which he had
not, pen or tongue, done some
good If man begin right, / cannot
tell low many tears he may wipe
3awaJ, how many burdens he may lift, I
how many orphans lie may comfort,
hoy many outcasts he may reclaim.
There have been men who have given
their whole life in the right direction,
concentrating all their wit and In
genuity and mental acumen and phys
lfcal force and enthusiasm for Christ.
FThey climbed the mountain and delved
into the mine and crossed the sea
and trudged the desert and dropped,
at last, into martyrs graves, waiting
for the resurrection Of the Just. They
measured their lives by the chains
they broke, off, by the garments they
put upon nakedness, by the miles they
| travelled to alleviate every kind of suf-
| fering. They felt in the thrill OF every
| nerve, in the motion of every respir-
alton of their lungs, the magnificent
truth: mo man liveth unto himself"
They went through cold and through
heat, foot blistered, cheek-smitten,
back-scourged, tempest-lashed, to do
their whole duty. That is the way
they measured life-by the amount OF
good they could do. s@5 Z
Do you want to know how old
Luther was; how old Richard Baxter
was; how old Philip Doddridge was?
Why, you cannot calculate the length
of their lives by any human arithme-
| tic. Add to their lives ten thousand
times ten thousand years, and you
have not expressed it-what they have
lived or will live Oh, what stand,
ard that is to measure mans lie
by! There are those in this house
who think they have only lived thirty
years. They will have lived a thou
sand-they have lived thousand.
There are those who think they are
eighty years of age They have not
even entered upon their infancy, for
one must become a babe in Christ to
begin at all. e.. 81
Now, 1 do not know what your ad-
! vantages or disadvantages are; do
not know what your tact or talent is;
do not know what may be the fascl-
/ nation of your manners or the repul-
! siveness of them; but know this;
there is for you, my nearer. field to
culture harvest to reap, tear to
1 wipe away, soul to save. If you
. have WORLDLY means, consecrate them
: to Christ. If you have eloquence, use
it on the side that Paul and WILDER
force used theirs. !. If you have learn
ing, put it all into the poor boxx5&of the
worlds suffering. But If you have
none of these-neither wealth, nor elo-
quence, nor learning-you, at any rate,
have a smile with which you can en-
courage the disheartened; frown
with which you may blast injustice;
voice with which you may call the
wanderer back to God. oh you
say, "that is a very sanctimonlous
view Of hfe!'' It is not. It is the only
bright view of life, and it is the only
{ bright view Of death. Contrast the
death scene of man who has meas
ured life by the worldly standard with
the death-scene of man who has
measured life by the Christian stand
ard. Quin, the actor, in his last mo-
ments, said, Il hope this tragic scene
!, will soon be over, and I hope to keep
my dignity to the last" Malherbes
said In his last moments to the con-
{ lessor, Hold your, tongue! your mis-
cradle style puts me out of conceit
with heaven Lord Chesterfield in his
last moments, when he ought to have
J, been praying for his soul, bothered
I, himself about the proprieties Of the
sick-room, and said, Give Dayboles 9
chair Godfrey Kneller spent his last
!, hours on earth in drawing diagram
: of his own monument. ii,
/ Compare the silly and horrible de.
, parture of such men with the seraphit
glow on the face of Edward Payson
: as he said in his last moment. ''The
| breezes Of heaven fan me- l float II
, sea Of glory Or, with Paul thu
Apostle, who said in his last hour
5 II am now ready to be offered up, an(
/ the time of my departure is at hand
} l have fought the good fight I have
! kept the faith. Henceforth there /!
! laid up for me a crown Of righteous
t ness which the Lord, the righteou!
9: Judge, will give me. Or, compare i
:. with the Christian death bed that 70,
: witnessed in your own household. oh
my friends, this world is false god
: It will consume you with the blaz,
J in which 1t accepts your sacrifice
! while the righteous shall be held il
everlasting remembrance. and whel
J. the thrones have fallen, and the monu
! ments have scrumbled and the worl.
has perished, they shall banquet will
the conquerors Of earth and the hier
!, archs Of heaven. Us s