Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-01-18

this world without a shilling of money or a
certificate OF stock. He might bet er have
been the Christian porter that opened his
gate or the begrimed workman wno last
night beaved the coal into his eel ar.
Bonds and mortgages and leases have their
use, but they make poor yardstick with
which to measure life. They that boast
themselves in their wealth and trust In the
can. by any means. redeem his brother or
give to God ransom for him that he
should not see corruption
But l remark. there are many-I wish
there were more-who estimate their life
by their moral and spiritual DEVELOPMENT.
1t Is not sinful egotism for u Christian
man to say: Il am purer than 1 used to
be. am more consecrated to Christ than
used to be. 1 have got over a great
many OF the bad habits in which I used to
than 1 used to be-" There is no sinful
egotism in that. 1t is not base egotism for
soldier to say, II know more about mill
tary tactics than used to before took n
musket In my hand and learned to present
arms and was pest to the drill officer"
1t is not ba egotism for a sailor to say,"I
know better how to clew down the miZzen
topsail than used to before 1 had ever
seen ship" And there Is no sinful
egOtism when Christian man, fighting the
battles OF the Lord, or ii you will have it,
voyaging toward haven of eternal rest,
says, Know more ABOUT spiritual tactics
and yovaging toward heaven than used
to-"
Now, do not know what your advan-
tages or disadvantages are. do not know
what your tact or talent is. 1 do not know
what may be the fascination OF your man
ners or the responsiveness of them, but 1
know this: There Is for you, my hearer, a
field to cultivate, harvest to reap, a tear
to wipe away, Il soul to save. If you have
worldly means, conse crate them to Christ.
II you have eloquence, use it on the side
that Paul and Wilberforce used theirs. II
you have learning, put 1t all into the poor
box OF the worlds suffering. But il you
have none OF these-neither wealth nor elo-
quence nor learning-you at anv rate have
a smile with which you can encourage the
disheartened, frown with which you may
blast injustice, voice with which you may
call the wauderer back to God. "Oh." you
say, that is Il very sanctim onious view of
life' 1t is not. 1t is the only bright
view OF life, and it is the only bright
view OF death. Contrast the death scene
OF man who has measured life by the
worldly standard with the death scene of
man who has measured life by the
Christian standard. Quin, the actor, in
his last moments said, 81 hope this tragic
scene will soon be over. aud hope to keep
my dignity to the last" Malesherbes "aid
in his last moments to the confessor:
Hold your tonguel Your miserable style
puts me out Of conceit with heaven"
Lord Chesterfield in his last moments,
when he ought to have been praying for
his souI, bothered himself about the
proprieties OF the sick room and said,
Give Dayboles a chair" Godfrey Kueller
spent his last hours on earth In drawing a
diagram OF his own monument.
Compare the silly and horrible depar-
ture OF such men with the seraphic glow
on the face Of Edward Payson as he said in
his last moment: 1.-THE breezes of heaven
fan me. float in sea Of glorv." Or
with Paul the apostle. who said in his last
hour: Il am now ready to be offered up,
and the time Of my departure is at hand.
have fought the good fight, have kept
the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for
me crown Of righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me-"
Or compare 1t with the Christian deathbed
that you witnessed in your own household.
oh. my friends. this world is false god.
sess%s seesPa ls xSa sscriFce. %aa While the he
righteous shall be held in everlasting re-
membrance, and when the thrones have
fallen and the monuments have crumbled
/ and the world has perished they shall ban
1uet with the conquerors of earth and the
hierarchs of heaven.
This is a good day in which to begin a
new style OF measurement. How old art
thou? You see the Christian way of
measuring life and the worldly way Of
measuring 1t. l leave 1t to you to say
which is the wisest and best way. The
wheel of time has turned very swiftly,
and 1t has hurled US on. The old year
has gone. The new year lhas come. For
what you and I have been launched up
on It God only knows. Now let me ask
you al, have you made any preparation
for the future? You have made prepara-
tion for time, my dear brother. Have
you made any preparation for eternity?
Do you wonder that when that man on
the Hudson River in indignation tore up
the tract which was handed to him and
just one word landed on his coat sleeve,
the rest Of the tract being pitched into the
river, that one word aroused his soul? 1t
was that one word. so long, so broad, so
high, so deep-"Eternity. A dying wom-
an, in her last moments, said, "Call 1t
back They said, "What do you want?"
"Time," she said, ''call it back" Oh, 1t
cannot be called back. We might lose our
our health, and perhaps recover it; I'VE
might lose our good name and get that
back, but time gone is gone forever.
Now, when one can sooner get to the CEN
tor of things is he not to be congratulated?
Does not our common sense teach US
that 1t is better to be at the center than to
be clear out on the rim of the wheel, hold
ing nervously fast to the tire lest we be
suddenly hurled into light and eternal
felicity? Through all kinds OF optical In
struments trying to peer in through the
cracks and the keyholes OF heaven-afraid
that both doors Of the celestial mansion
will be swung wide open before our en-
tranced vision-rushing about among the
spothecary shops Of this world wondering
II this is good for rheumatism and that Is
good for neuralgia and something else Is
good for a bad cough, lest we be suddenly
ushered into land OF everlasting health
where the inhabitant never says. am sickl
What fools we all are to prefer the cir
cumference to the centeri What a dread
ful thing II would be II we should be sud
hor tint fptn
the May time orchards OF heaven. and IL
our pauperism of sin and sorrow should be
suddenly broken up by presentation OF
an emperor's castle surrounded by parks
with sprinRing fountains and paths, up
and down which angels OF God walk two
and two!
In 1885 the French resolved that at
Ghent they would have q kind Of mu
sical demonstration that had never been
heard Of. It would be made up of the chimes
of bells and the discharge OF cannon. The
experiment was a perfect success. What
with the ringing OF the bells and the report
Of the ordnance the city trembled and the
hills shook with the triumphal march that
With a most glorious accompaniment will
Gods dear children &c into their high
residence when the trumpets shall sound
and the last day has come. At the sig
nal given the bells OF the towers, and
of the lighthouse. and of the cities
will strike their sweetness into a last
chime that shall ring into the heavens and
float of upon the sea, Joined by the boom
of bursting mine and magazine, augmented
by all the cathedral towers OF heaven-the
harmonies OF earth and the symphonies OF
the celestial realm making up one great
triumphal me. .ch, At to celebrate the as.
cent OF the redeemed to where they shall
shine as the stars forever and eyer.
The best u1anagcC Gaiiies in Mime
sofa have r; duced the cost of manufac-
| turing a pound of butter to 1.28 cents.
Obstinacy and vehemency in opin.
| ion are the surest proofs of stuDidity