Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-08-31


home that the world cannot see? Does
there not reach you from among the New
/ England hills or from the western pria-
ries or from southern plantation or from
/ English or Scottish or Irish home a cord
/ of influence that has kept you right when
! you would have gone astray and which,
| after You had made crooked track. re-
! called you? The rope may be as long as
thirty years or 500 miles long or 5000
miles long. but hands that went out Of
! mortal sight long ago still hold the rope.
! You want a very swift horse, and you
need TO rowel him with sharpest spurs
and 10 let the reins lie loose upon the
neck and TO give a shout to the racer if
you are going to ride out of reach of your
mothers prayers. Why. a ship crossing
the Atlantic in six days can't sail away
from that. A sailor finds them on the
lookout as he takes his place and finds
them on the mast as he climbs the rat
lines to disentangle a rope in the tempest
| and finds them swinging on the hammock
when he turns in. Why not be frank
and acknowledge it? The most Of US
would Ion gago have been dashed to
pieces had not gracious and loving hands
steadily and lovingly and nightly held
the rope
But there must come a time when we
shall find out who these Dana scenes
were who lowered Paul in the basket,
and greet them and all those who have
rendered to God and the world unrecog
| nized and unrecorded services. That is
| going to be one of the glad excitements
of heaven, the hunting up and picking
| out of those who did great good on
| earth and got no credit for 1t. Here the
church has been going on nineteen centu-
ries, and yet the world has not recognized
the services Of the people in that Damas-
Gus balcony. Charles G. Finney said to
| dying Christian. Give my love TO st.
Paul when you meet him" When you
and | meet him. as we will, / shall ask
him to introduce me to those who got
him out of the Damascene peril.
We so into long sermons TO prove that
we will be able to recognize people in
heaven, when there is one reason we fail
TO present and that is better than all
God will introduce u.s. We shall have
them all pointed out. You would not be
guilty of the impolteness of having
friends in your parlor not introduced,
and celestial poteness will demand that
we be made acquainted with all the
heavenly household. What rehearsal of
| old times and recital of stirring remi-
niscences! If others fail to give intro
| ductiOn, God will take us through and
before our first twcnty-four hours in
| heaven-if 1t were calculated by earthly
| tlmepieces-have passed we shall meet
and talk with more heavenly celebrities
! than In our entire mortal state We met
with earthly celebrities Many who made
| great noise Of usefulness will sit on the
| last seat by the front door OF the heavens
| ly temple, while right up within arms
reach of the heavenly throne will be-
many who, though they could not reach
| themselves or do great exploits for God,
nevertheless held the rope.
Patient, UncompiaininG Service.
Come, let us go right up and accost
those on the circle Of heavenly thrones.
Surely they must have killed in battle
a million men. Surely they must have
been buried with ali the cathedrals sound
ing drge and all the towers of all the
cities toling the national grief. Who art
thou, mighty one Of heaven? II lived by
choice the unmarried daughter in a hum
bic home that | might take care of my
| parents in their old age. and / endured
without complaint all their querulousness
and administered to all their wants for
twenty years Let Us pass on round
| the circle Of thrones. Who art thou,
mighty one Of heaven? II was for thirty
years a Christian invalid and suffered all
the while, occasionally writing note Of
| sympathy for those worse off than /, and
was general conddant Of all those who
had trouble, and once in q while l was
4 strong enough to make garment for that
poor family in the back lane" Pass on
to another throne. Who art thou, mighty
one of heaven? II was the mother who
! raised Il whole family of children for
| God, and they are out in the world
! Christian merchants, Christian mechan-
| les, Christian wives. and | have had full
| reward for all my toll" Let us pass on
in the circle Of thrones. ~ had a Sab
| bath school class and they were always
on my heart, and they all entered the
| kingdom Of God. and | am waiting for
! their arrival" But who are thou, the
! mighty one Of heaven on this other
| throne? Tn time Of bitter persecution /
| owned house In Damascus, house on
| the wall A man who preached Christ
! was bounded from street to street and |
| hid him from the assassins, aud when /
| found them breaking into my house and
! [ could no longer keep him safely | adj
| yiseG him to flee for his life and bas-
ket was Jet down over the wall with the
maitreatcd man in it, and | was one who
| helped hold the rope" And said: "Is
that aNE' And he answered: That is
all And while ! was lost in amaze
ment heard n strong voice that sounded
! rs though II might once have been hoarse
from many exposures, ana triumphant as
though it might have belonged to one Of
the martyrs, ana it said; Not many
mighty, not many noble are called, but
God hath chosen the weak things Of the
world to confound the things which are
mighty, and base things Of the world ana
things which are despised hath God cho-
sen, yea, and things which are not 10
bring 10 nanght things which are, that no
! flesh should glory IN his presence" And
/ looked to see from whence the voice