The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-11-08

an cNhor,aton, That talk changed the
course Of my life, and II | ever get 90
heaven under God | will owe my salvation
TO you In only ten, twenty or thirty
wears the circle swept out and swept back
again 90 Your own grateful heart.
But sometimes II is wider circle and
does not return for great while. ! saw
n hill OF cauensCs for burning lAtimer
and Ridley. Tho hill of expenses has these
items among others
ShillinSs. Pence
ONE load of Gre fasots. 4
Carriage for four loads Of wood g.
Item, post st............,...,,,l
Item, two chains. ns.......,....,...S \
Item. two staples. Observation-Disclosures.
Item. for hhorcrs. rs......,....,..,s
making in all 25s. Sd. That was cheap
ire. considering all the circumstances, but
it kindled light which shonc all around
the world and aroused the martyr spirit
and out from that burning Of Latimer
and Ridley rolled the circle wider and
wider, starting other circles, convolullng
ovorrunning. circumscrlblng, overrcachlng
all hCaNcu--a circle,
But what IL true ~ the good is just IA
true OF the bad. Nou utter slnndcr
against your neighhor II has gone forth
from your teeth. II will never como back,
YOU think Nou have done the man all
the mischief YOU can. Nou rejoice to see
him vince. You saw Didn't | give Il 10
him." That word has gone out, that
slanderous word, on it's poisonous and
blasted wav. Nou think IL will never do
YOU any harm. But | am watching that
word. and | see il beginning 60 curve and
il curves around. and II is aiming at your
heart You had better dodge =. You can
not dodge IL. II rolls into .y,ur bosom,
and after II rolls in n word of an old book
rolls IN after II, saving: with what meas
,,tn hall hn ,,,.aunr,H % 20,
again"
You mal,reated an aged pa-tnt. You
bcgrudgc him the room in your house.
You are impatient with his whimsicalitics
and carrullty. IL makes Won mad to hear
him tell the same story twice. You give
him food he cannot masticatS You wisE
he was away You wonder IL he IL going
90 live forever. He will be gone very soon.
His steps are shorter and shorter. He IN
going TO stop. But God has AN account to
settle with YOU on that subject. After
awhile your eve win be dim, and your gait
will halt, and the sound of the grinding
will be low, and you will tell the same
story twice. and your children will wonder
If YOU will never be taken away. They
called you father once. Now they call
YOU the "old man" IT Won live a few
years longer they viii call YOU the "old
chap" What are those rough words with
which your children are Accostlng your
They are the echo OF the very words You
used IN the ear OF your old father forty
years ago.
A gentleman passing along the avenue
saw a son dragging. his father into the
street bv the hair of the head The gentle.
man, outraged at this brutal conduct, was
about 90 punish the offender. when the
old man arose and said: Don't hurt him.
It's all right. Forty years AGO this very
morning ! dragged out my father bv the
hair of his head" II ia q circle. Other
sins may be adjourned 20 the next world,
but maltro1lmcnt Of parents is punished IN
this world. That circ,c Is made quickly.
y,'y quicb".
| should not like to see the countcnancc
Of Noitalrc when hIs influence comes 20
iull orb When the fatal hcmorrhpgc
seized him Rt Cighty-thrcc ycnrs oi age hl,
influence did not cease. The most brll.
liant man Of his century, he had used all
his faculties for Sssarlting Christianity,
his bad influence widening through France.
widening ont through Germany, widening
through all Europe, widening through
America, widening through the l@3 years
that have gone since hc died, widening
through earth widening through the great
future, until at last the accumulated inhu-
cncc ~ his balciul teachings and dissolute
life will beat agninst his dlsmaycd spirit,
aud at that moment lt viii be enough TO
MAKE lnF Dihfh UhlT VI 'i'iIhi i0i
turn white with horror. No one can tell
how that bad mans influence Rirdlcd the
earth save the one who ~ seated on the
circle of the carth-tho Lord Almighty
well. now" say some this IN some re-
spects il n very glad theory and IN others
a very sad one. We would like TO have
the good we have done come back 10 us,
but the thought that all the sins wc have
ever committed will come bacg 20 us fills
us with alright" Nv brother, ] have 10
tell you God can break that circle, and will
do 80 at vOur call. J can bring twenty
passages ~ Scripture 90 prove that when
God, for Christ's sake. fOrglves n man the
sins Of his past life never come back. The
wheel NAV roll on aud on, but you take
vour position behind the cross, and the
wheel strike. the CROSS and ~ shattered
forever The sins hv OIL from the circle
and fall AZ right anges with complete OBJ
Uvion Forgiven, Forgiven
The rncancst thing man can do is after
some difficulty has been settled 10 bring
~ up again. aud God will not do anything
like that Cots memory ~ mighty enough
10 hold all the events OF the ages bnt
there i. one thing that is sure 20 slip HIS
memory. one thing He ~ sure 10 forget,
and that is pardoncd ttansgrcssion.
How do ! know ~ ] will prove IT,
Their sins and their iniquities viii ] re-
member no more" blessed is he whose
transgrcssion is forgiven
But do not make the mistake of think.
inc that THIS doctrine Of the circle stops
with this life. II rolls on through heaven.
You might du1te m opposition 70 me what
g John gavs about the city of heaven.
he says u "lissh four square That does
seem 20 initiate against this idea OF a cir
Gle. But do you not know there ~ many
square house that has n family. circle lac
ing each other and IN n circle moving,
and I can VrJvc that this ~ 20 m regard
10 heaven. ST. John seys, heard the
voice Of many angels round about the
throne and the beasts and the elders.
And azain he says. 81 saw round about
,he throne four and twenty seats And
again he savs. There was a rainbow round
lhou. the throne"
The two former imply a circle The last.
either circle or remicirr.e. ne seats
facing each other, the snze.s facing each
other. the men facing each other. Heaven
au arnphitheatre of glory. Circumference
of patriarch and prophet and apostle. CIR.
cu,nfererce 81 Scotch CDveuaniers and
Tbeban legion and Albigeuses. Circumier.
ence of the good ~ al ages. Periphery
of splendor unimayned and indescribabie.
s circle 4 circle
Bn, every circumierence must have
centre. and what ~ the centre of this heav-
enlv circumference Christ. His all the
GLORY. His al the praise. His all the
,rgvvns Al heaven wrcs'hed into n gar
and round about Him Take oh the i'm.
perial sandal from His foot and behold the
gear of The srike. Lift the cOrOnet n do