Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-11-08

and dissoiutc life viii beat against his
dismayed spirit. and ut that moment
Ii will be enough 10 make the black
hair OF eternal darkness turn white
with horror. No one can tell how that
bad mans influence girdled the earth
save the one who is seated on the circle
Of the earth-the Lord Almighty.
We'll. now" say some. this, In
some respects. Is very glad theory
and In others very sad one. We
would like to hive the good we have
done come back TO us. but the thought
that all the sins we have ever commit
ted viii come back to us fills Us with
alright" sly brother. / have to tell
you God can break that circle and viii
do so ut your call | can bring twenty
passages of Scripture to prove that
when God. for Christ's sake. forgives
n man the sins OF his past life never
come back. The wheel may roll on
and on, but you take your position
behind the cross. and the wheel strikes
the cross and Is shattered forever. The
sins fly of from the circle and fall at
right angles with complete oblivion.
Forgiven, Forgiyenl The meanest
thing man can 90 Is after some diff
Guilty has been settled to bring II up
again. and God will not do anything
like that. Gods memory Is mighty
enough to hold all the events of the
ages, but there Is one thing that Is
sure to slip his memory, one thing he
Is sure to forget. and that is pardoned
transgression. How do ] know Il? l
will prove It Their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no more"
blessed Is he whose transgression Is
forgiven"
The Eternal Circle.
But do not make the mistake of
thinking that this doctrine OF the circle
stops with this life. 1t rolls on through
heaven. You might quote In opposf-
ton to mo what st. John says about
the city OF heaven. He says 1t ''lieth
four square" That does seem to mill
tate against this idea Of circle. But
do you not know there Is many a
square house that has a family circle
facing eneh other and In n circle NOV
ing. and I cnn prove that this Is so IN
regard 10 heaven. st. John sSys Il
hoard the voice OF many angels round
about the throne and the beasts and
the elders And again be says, IT
saw round about the throne four and
twenty seats" And ngsin Re says.
There was rainbow round about the
throne"
The two former imply a circle; the
last, either circle or a semicircls. The
seats facing each other, the angels fac
Ing each other, the men facing each
other. Heaven on nmphitheater OF glo-
~. Circumference Of patriarch and
prophet and apostle. Circumference Of
Scotch Covenanters and Theban legion
and Albigenses- Circumference OF The
good OF all ages Periphery of splendor
unimagined and indescribable. A cir
Gle, A circlel
But every circumference must have
center, and what is the center of this
heavenly circumference Christ. His
All the glory; bis all the praise; his all
the cIowns. All heaven wreathed into a
garland round about him. Take Off the
imperial sandal from his foot and be-
hold the scar Of the spike Lift the cor
onet or dominion from his brow and see
where YVES tie laceration of the brlers.
Come closer, all heaven. Narrow the
circle around his great heart. o Christ,
the Savious! o Christ. the man! O
Christ. the God, Keep thy throne for
ever. seated on the circle OF the earth,
seated on tie circle of heaven.
Gu Christ the solid rock, stand;
All other srovnd is shifting sand.
Copyright. 1901, Louis Klopsch. n VI