The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-02-15
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to toss II, or whirl 1T, or shape it$into
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spring II into arches, or lift 1t into
stars, or turn II into crescents. or build
IT into temples. You forget you ever
saw tho less glorious waters ct Chats
worth, England, or Versailles, France
as you stand in the balcony Of the pal.
ACC overlooking the Finland guilt be-
wildered and transported as you looA
at tho one display called the Golden
Stairway fountain. The water rolls
down over "a steps one foot high and
20 feet long. All Of these "a steps are
covered with sheets Of burnishcd d gold
Silver step, Of the water on stairs OF
goldl What q gec of lqaidsl Rolling,
dashing, foaming, enrapturing splen.
dors! Chorus Of foods! Poetry iva.
tersl Doxology Of torrentsl But that
which most impressed me there and
elsewhere 10 the abundance Of water
tho fact that there are SO many waters
that the continents can afford to throw
them away into tho sen, Hudsons and
Ohios, OreEons and hinazons, Riiinei
and Danubes and Volgas, and so abun.
dant that the earth can afford to have
itR oceans eyaporate into the heavena
Moditerrancans and Atlantics and Pa.
oifcs. How rich tho earth is with wa
ters! Best beverage Of all the nations
for after tho richest banquet with thu
riehest beverages everyone wants al
least q sip Of it-water, cool water
God descended water!
With still more abundance is the ali
distributed. An earth full Of 1t. A sky
full of IT. Swiftest and strongest eagle
cannot fly 80 high as not to have 1t in
tho nostril or under tho wing. And
what afiluence Of sunlight No one but
the infinite God could dispense 80 much
Of It, Tho golden oandlestick set on
the bluo mantel Of tho heavens So
great that tho Almighty is compared to
II. tho psallnist crying out: "The Lord
God 10 sun.' 1t is high time that w
recognize in our liturgica and in our
formulas Of prayer tho three most
abundant blessings Of tke universe
which come to all
Come scientists arc now DISCUSSING
tho opening Of communication be.
tween our earth and the planet Mara.
Experiments are being made, but they
will not succeed. We cannot build a
fire large enough to attract tho ut.
tantion OF that world or lift lena
powerful enough to see any response
interstelar. we do not positively
know that that world is occupied by
living beings, or chat II It is occupied
communication with them would bo
desirable. 1t might not bo 30 good a
world as this, and thus communica-
tion with It would be dobasing But
I rejoice 20 know that Heaven ia In
touch with other worlds, for their
improvement and depot for glorious
arrivals. It 10 thoroughfare between
this world and that world md q com
ing and going perpetual. Going out o
this world ia as natural ae coming In
to It, but the ono ia with pang and
tho other Is with rapture II we arc
fitted for the uplifting process. It
shall be we'll with you. Now, do not
get 80 frightened about that asthma
or that cough or that influenza OF
worst thing that fatal disease can
do is to usher you into coronation and
enthronement. It shall be we'll with
you. Take as good care of your health
az you can, have all the sanitary laws,
keep in this world as long as you
are permitted to stay and then when
tho heavenly call comes be glad to 40.
do not care much about what. your
.'last words" are going to be. People
put too much emphasis on s..last
words. y / woud rather know what
your words are now, in days Of health
and with mental faculties in full plaS
your words Of kindness, your words
Of sympathy, your words OF helpful.
ness, your words Of prayer. SO live
that II you do not say word during
tho last day of your life there will bo
no doubt here about the place of your
dotination. You will go right into
aaintly, prophetic, evangclistic, apos-
tolic, cherubic, seraphic, archangel,o,
dcifio presence.
It shall be we'll with you. Mother,
you will GO right up into the posses
sion OF the babe that the scarlet fever
or Group took out of your arms, a
sorrow that still stings you, and you
often say she would now DO SO many
years old II she had lived. You will
go into tho presence OF the old folks,
for I hope you are Of Christian an.
cestry, and you will find that they
have no dimnesB of sight or halting
gait that requires ataff, for they
have taken q draught from the foun-
tain Of perpetual youth that springs
from under the throne OF God, Oh,
the blissful companionBhip of Heaven
In which you shall cnterl It shall be
well with you. I ring this bell OF
emancipation and triumph. I like the
way tho sexton rings thu bell OF tho
old country meeting house. used to
stand and admire him pulling the
rope OF that bell. He rings it a good
while, so that every farmhouse within
flvo miles hears it. Ho may halt O
moment to take breath and give tho
sweet aounds timo to stir up all the
echoes OF the hills. And when he ia
old and not strong enough to pull the
rope any more, then he sita and lie.
tens while his son rings the church
bell. So my text secrns a bell Of In
vitatlon and victory. began to ring
It IN tho opening Of this discourse.
]topo to ring 1t us long az + live, and
may those who como after us kcsp
on finging 1t till those farthest Off
from God shall como into tho great
temple OF Gospel comfort and all the
weary put down their burdens at its
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