Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-08-25

| down all its treasures: conscience taking
| its judgment seat without any excite
| ment; the understanding and the will all
doing their work-velocty, majesty,
might, but silence, silence You listen
at the door of your heart You can hear
| no sound. The soul is quiet. 1t is SO
delicate an instrument that no human
| hand can touch it. You break a bone,
and with splinters and bandages the sur
| geon sets it; the eye becomes infamed,
| the apothecary's wash coOls it; but a soul
off the track, unbalanced, no human pow
or can readjust it. With one sweep of
| its wing it circles the universe and over
vaults the throne of God. Why in the
hour of death the soul is so mighty it
throws aside the body as though it were
toy. 1t drives back medical skill as inn
! potent, 1t breaks through the circle of
! loved ones who stand around the dying
couch. With one leap it springs beyond
star and moon and sun and chasms Of
| immensely. 1t is superior to oil material
| things! No fire can consume it: no floods
| can drown it; no rocks can crush it; no
| walls can impede it; no time can exhaust
/ it, 1t wants no bridge on which to cross
a chasm, 1t wants no plummet with
which to sound depth. 4 soul so mighty,
so swift, SO silent, must be a priceless
| soul.
| l calculate the value of the soul also
! 10y its capacity for happiness. How
much JOY it can get in this world out Of
friendships, ont Of books, out of clouds,
oat of the sea, out of flowers, out of ten
thousand things, and yet all the JOY it
has here does not test its capacity. You
are in concert before the curtain hoists,
! md you hpar no Instruments pvnporfu,y--
the sharp snap Of the broken string, the
scraping of the bow across the viol.
There is no music in that you say.
1t is only getting ready for the music,
And all the enjoyment of the soul in this
world. the enjoyment we think is real en-
| ioyment, is only preparative; it is only
antcipatve; it is only the first stages of
the thing; it is only the entrance, the be
| ginning of that which shall be the or
chestral harmonies and splendors OF the
| redeemed.
| Power of the SouI.
You cannot test the full power OF the
soul for happiness in this world How
much power the soul has here to find en-,
joyment in friendships; but oh, the
| grander friendships for the soul in the
skiesi How sweet the flowers here, but
how much swcetcr they will be there l
do not think that when flowers die on
earth they die forever. In the sunny val
leys of heaven shall not the marigold
| creep? On the hills OF heaven win not
the amaranth bloom? On the amethyst
inc walls of heaven will not the jasmine
climb? My beloved is come down into
his garden to gather lilies" No flowers
in heaven? Where. then. do they get
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eous?
Christ is glorious TO our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
awhile! A conqucror comes back after
the battle. He has been fighting for us
He comes upon the platform. He has
one arm in a sling, aud the other arm
holds a crutch. AS he mounts the plat
form, oh, the enthusiasm of the audiencei
They say, THAT man fought for us and
imperiled his life for us" and how wild
the huzza that follows huzzal When the
!, Lord Jesus Christ shall at last stand out
/ before the multitudes Of the redeemed OF
heaven and we meet him face TO face and
feel that he was wounded in the head and
, wounded in the hands and wounded in
the feet and wounded in the side for us.
methinks we will be overwhelmed We
will sit some time gazing in silence until
some leader amid the white-robed choir
shall lift the baton Of light and give the
signal that ii is time 10 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 5000, 900 for.
well" you say, lit must have been very
valuable or the Government would not
have paid $500, 900 for it," | want to see
what my soul is worth and what your
soul IL 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 sufferngs Of earth gathered
into one rapier Of pain and struck through
his holy heart. Does it not imply ire
| mendous yalueI
The Home of the SouI.
| argue also the value Of the soul from
| the home that has been fitted up for ii in
tho future. One would have thought that
street of adamant would have done.
| No; it is a street of gold. One would
| have Thought that wall of granite would
have done. No; it is the fame Of sa
donyx mingling with the green Of rulrr-
aid. One would have thought that an o.
| casional doxology would have done. No,
| It is n perpetual song. If the ages IF
heaven marched in a straight line, scinc
day the last regiment perhaps, might
pass out OF sight; but, no, the ages of
heaven do not march in straight line,
| but in circle around about the throne
| of God. Forever, forever, tramp, tramp!
A soul 80 bought, 50 equipped. SO prosid-
ed for, must be priceless soul, ma jos
tic soul, tremendous soul
Now, you have seen the two properties
| the world, the sOul-one pcrshablr. the
| other immortal; one unsatisfy ing, the
| other capable OF ever increasing felicity
| VIII you trader Will you trade event
Remember, it is the only investment yvu
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