The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-17


of my text, that there are those who will
when they leave this life bound into
heaven amid salutations infinite. For an
entrance shall he administered unto you
ahundantly" Such cxaltant admission
will await those who enter heaven after
on earth living a life for others and with
out reference to conspicuiiy.
| asked the MANAGER Of an insane asv-
lum in Kentucky. "From what class Of
persons do vou Get most of yonr patients"
and he said From farmers wives" |
asked the same question of the manager
of an insane ASYLUM in Pennsylvania and
the same question nj the manager of nm
insane asylum in Massachusetts, and got
the same reply. 1--WE have on our rolls
for treatment more farmers wives than
persons coming from any other class
That answer viii he surprise to some.
1t was no surprise to me.
Wen. this man of consecrated afluenne
is about TO no out Of this world lie feels
in brain and nerve the strain ot the early
struggles by which he won his fortune.
and at siXtv or seventy wears collanses un-
der the evhaustions of tho twenties and
thirties Of his lifetime. When the morn
ing paners announce that he is gone there
IS excitement not only on the avenues
where the mansions stand. but all through
the hospitals and asyums and the homes
Of those who will heuceforih have no
helner- But the excitement of sadness on
earth is a very tame affair compared with
the excitement Of gladness in heaven The
guardian ANGEL of that coed mans life
swept by his diving pillow the night be-
fore and on swift wing upward announced
that in few hours he would arrive, and
there is a mighty stir in heaven. "He
comes." cries seraph TO seraph The
Kings herolds are at the gates to say,
Come, We blessed" and souls who were
znN- tho 81,
man supported and hundreds who went
up after being by him helped in their
earthly struggle will come down off their
thrones and out of their Dalaces and
through the streets TO hail him into the
land which they reached some time before
through his Christian philanthropy Now.
that is what ! call an abundant entrance.
on see. 1t IS not necessary to be a failure
On earth in order tn be a success in heaven.
But ! promise that all those who have
lived for others and been truly Christian
whether on a large scale or small scale,
will have illustrious introduction into the
impearled gateway. Here and there in
some, large family, YOU see an attractive
daughter who declines marriage that she
may take care Of father and mother in old
DAYS. This is not an abstraction. I have
known such. You have probably known
such. There are in this world womanly
souls as biz as that. They cheerfuly en-.
dire the whimsicalities and duerulousness
which sometimes characterize the aged
and watch nights when pneumonia is
threatened and are ewes to the blind and
sit in close rooms lest the septuarenarian
be chilled and count ont the right number
of drops at the right time.
After years of tilial fidelity on the part
of this self sacrificing daughter the old
folks go home Now the daughter is free
from marital alliance: but the damask rose
IN her cheek is faded. and the crows feet
have left their mask on the forehead and
the Rracefulness is gone out of the figure.
and the world calls her by mean and
nngallant name. But, nv Lord and nv
God. surely Thou wilt make it up for that
girl in heavenly reward! On all the banks
OF the river oil life there is no castle of
emerald and carbuncle richer than that
which awaits her. Its windows look right
out upon the Kings park and the white
horses of the chariot are being harnessed
to meet her at the gate. and if there are
no Others to meet her father and mother
will be there to thank her for all she did
for them when their strength failed and
the grasshopper became burden, and
they will say: "My daughter, how kind
YOU were to MS even until the last How
good 1t is to be together in heavenl That
is the Kings chariot come for you. Mount
and ride to your everlasting home!" Now,
that is what | call an abundant entrance.
Know right well that in whatever sta
ton of life YOU now move, and whether
your intellectual faculty be brilliant or
dul. and your worldly resources opulent
or poor. You may. have at the gate OF
heaven iubilant and triumphant reception.
Al soldiers cannot be Hannibals and
Marlboroughs. all admrals cannot be Du.
points and Farraguts. all authors cannot
be Bacons and Southeys, neither can all
Christians be Paus and Richard Cecils.
Do your best right where you are, asking
Gods help. and you will not only win glo-
rlous admission, but you will make all
your life in heaven a grander and higher
life.
Oh. child Of God, if you had never
thought OF it before, | present the start
Ling fact that you are now deciding not
only the style of your heavenly reception,
but the grade of your association and en-.
joyment of the world without end. Are
you satisfied with yourself that you can
afford to throw away raptures and ignore
heavenly possibilities and elect yourself to
lower status and classify yourself amid
the less efficient when you may mount n
higher heaven
While l thus discourse / am aware that
some have not taken the first step toward
heaven, and they feel like Jacob St-awn,
who took some ministers OF the gospel on
the top of his house to show his farms, |
reaching in every direction as far as eye
could see. He was asked how many acres
he owned and he replied, 10000. "How |
much is it worth per acre." was asked, |
and he replied, Fifty dollars, at least" |
Then" said the minister, you are worth |
$1,000 900" yes" said Strawn, "and / |
made it all myself" Then the minister |
said, You have shown me these earthly |
possessions, and now will you look up yon- |
DER, pointing to the heavens ''How |
much do you own up there?" and Strawn |
answered, with tears in his eyes, "Oh, i |
am afraid l am poor up there" Alas, |
how many there are who have acquired all |
earthly prosperities and advantages, but |
have no treasures in heaven. They are
poor up there.
But l am to-day chiefly addressing those
who are started for heaven and would !
have them know that while we are apt to
speak of Lamphier, the founder of Full.
ton street prayer meetings, as having an
abundant entrance, and Thomas Welch
and Fletcher, the glorious preachers of the
gospel, as having an abundant entrance.
you also, il you live and serve the Eord
and fulfill your mission, whether it be ap-
plauded OF unknown, will have when your
work on earth is ended and you are called
to come un higher an easy, a blissful, an
e.Irapturing, an abundant entrance.