The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-25
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broken string, the scraping Of the bo-
across the VOL. "There is no mpsio ~
that" you say. 1t is only getting resau
for the music. And all the e%njoymer,
of the soul in this world, the epioS'
ment we think is real enjoyment !.
only preparative.
You cannot test the full power -,
the soul for happiness in this world
How much power the soul has here =.
find enjoyment in friendships; but. nh
the grander friendships for the son, -
the skiesl How sweet the flowers herr
but how much sweeter they will b.
therel ! do not think that when aow.
ers die on earth they die forever. Tn
the sunny valleys of Heaven shall M,
the marigold creep? On the hills a,
Heaven will not the amaranth bloom,
On the amethystine walls OF Heaven
will not the jasmine climb? "My be.
loved is come down into his garden to
gather lilies" No flowers in Heaven
Where, then, do they get their gar.
lands for the brows of the righteousP
Christ Is glorious to our souls now
but how much grander our apprecia.
ton after awhile! A conqueror comes
back after the battle. He has been
fighting for US. He comes upon tn.
platform. He has one arm in a sling
and the other arm holds . crutch. A,
he mounts the platform, oh, the en-.
thusiasm of the audience! They saw.
"That man fought for us and imper.
lied his life for u.s." and how wild thu
huzza that follows huzzai When the
Lord Jesus Christ shall at last stand
out before the multitudes of the re.
deemed of Heaven and we meet Him
face to face and feel that He wa,
wounded in the head and wounded in
the hands and wounded in the feet and
wounded in the side for US, methink,
we will be overwhelmed. We will st
some time gazing in silence until soma
lesder amid the white-robed choir shah
lift the baton of light and give the sig.
nal that it is time to wake the song
of jubilee, and all Heaven then will
break forth into "Hosanna, hosanna!
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
/ calculate further the value of the
soul by the price that has been paid
for it. In st. Petersburg there is a
diamond that the government paid
$500, 900 for. "Well," you say, at
must have been very valuable or the
government would not have paid $780,
900 for it," l want to see what nv
soul is worth and what your soul i,
worth by seeing what has been paid
for it. For that immortal soul the
richest blood that was ever shed, the
deepest groan that was ever uttered,
all the griefs of earth compressed into
one tear, all the sufferings of earth
, gathered into one rapier of pain and
struck through His holy heart. Does
!, it not imply tremendous value?
, I argue also the value of the soul
: from the home hat has been fitted
have thought that a street of ada
. mant would have done. No; it is a
street of gold. One would have
:, thought that a wall of granite would
have done. No; it is the flame of sar-
9 donyx mingling with the green of
emerald. One would have thought
!. that an occasional doxology would
- have done. No; it is a perpetual song,
:, If the ages of Heaven marched in a
straight line, some day the last regi-
! ment, perhaps, might pass out Of
= sight; but, no, the ages of Heaven
= do not march in a straight line, but il
u a circle around about the throne o.
n God. Forever, forever, tramp, tramp
A soul so bought, so equipped, so pro
~ vided for, must be a priceless soul,
- majestic soul, a tremendous soul.
I was reading lately of a sailor whit
had just got ashore and was telling
about his last experience at sea. Fl
- said: "The last time I crossed tn
h. ocean we had a terrific time. Afte
- we had been out three or four day
~ the machinery got d~isarranged, an
- the steam began to escape, and tn
~ captain, gathering the people and tn
=. crew on deck, said: Unless some on
ne will go down and shut off that steal
10 and arrang that machinery at tn
peril of his life we must all be d.
,r, stroyed.' He was not willing to 6
Ia down himself. No one seemed will
Ie- ing to go. The passengers gathere
Is at one end Of the steamer waiting ft
IN their fate. The captain said; 1 CIV
ms you a last warning. If there is no OF
To- here willing to imperil his life and
its down and fix that machinery we mu
Sc. all be lost A plain sailor said; 1
IN go, sir and he wrapped himself in
tn coarse piece Of canvas and went dow
nd and was gone but q few momen
& when the escaping steam stopp
ce, and the machinery was adjusted. 1.
,ur captain cried to the passengers: =
he savedl Let us go down below and
in what has become of the poor fello'
IAN They went down. There he lay deaf
it'll vicarious suffering! Died for a
con oh, do you suppose that those peoI
the on the ship ever forgot, ever can Il
oul get, that poor fellow? NO" tn
nan say; at was through his sacrifice I'll
eep I got ashore" The time came WI
and our whole race must die unless SO
by, one should endure torture and sorr
SO and shame. Who shall come TO
as rescue? Shall it be n OF the Sc