The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-11

beautiful thing [ ever saw. The crystal
cannot equal it.
Beautiful in is symmetry. When Il
presents Gods Nharaeter. " does not pre-
sent Him as having love I've a grea. pro-
tuhcrance on one side of His nature. hut
makes that love in harmony with His Jus.
tice-a love that viii accent all those who
come 20 Him and Justice that viii hy
no means clear the guilty. Beautiful reli-
rion in the sentiment IL implantsl Reau-
tiful religion IN the hone IL k,ndles! Beau
tiful religion IL the fact that IL proposes
to car,and and enthrone and emparadise
an immortal spirit solomon saws u is a
lilv. Paul saws Il Is crown. The Ano'
calvrse saws 70 Is a fountain kissed of the
sun Ezekiel saws IL is foliaged cedar.
Christ SAYS il is \ BRIDEGROOM come 20
fetch home a bride While job in the
text takes MP a whole vase Of precious
stones-the topaz and the sapphire and
the chrvsoprasus-he takes out NJ this
beautiful vase lust one crystal and holds
il up until il CLEANS in. the warm light of
the eastern sky, and he eNclaims, The
crystal cannot equal it,
oh. il is not a stale religion. il is not a
stupid religion, u is not toothless hag, as
some seem 20 have represented it; II il
not Meg Merrilcs with shrivcled arm
come 90 scare the world Ii IL the fairest
daughter of God. heiress Of all His wealth.
her cheeks the morning sky, her voice the
music o. the south wind, her step the
dance ot the sea. Come and WOO her.
The Spirit and the Bride say come, and
whosocver will let him come. Do vou
agrce with solomon and say il Is hlyg
Then pluck II and wear il over your heart.
DO YOU aCrce with Paul and say il is a
crown? Then LET this hour be YOUR coro.
nation Do Won agree with the Apoca.
lvpse and say IL is a sprlngirg fountain
Then come and slakc the thirst of your
soul DO YOU believe with Ezekiel and
say il is a foliaged CEDAR Then come un.
der It's shadow. Do YOU believe with
Christ and say u is a bridegroom come 90
fetch home a bride? Then strike hands
with your Lord and King while pro.
nounce YOU everlastingly one Or II YOU
think with Job that IL Is jewel, then put
il on your hand like n ring on vour neck
like bead. on your forehead like a star.
while, looking into the mirror Of Gods
word, YOU acknowledge "The crystal can.
not equal it,
Again. religion is superior 10 the crystal
in It's transformations. The diamond is
only crystlllizauon. Carbonate of lime
rises till II becomes calcite or aragenite.
Red oxide Of copper crystallzes into cubes
and octahedrons Those crystals which
adorn Our persons and our homes and our
museums have only been rcsurrccted from
lists for ages have been examining these
wonderful transformations. But I tell
YOU IN the gosnel oi the Son of God there
is a more wonderful transformation. Over
souls hy reason of sin black as coal and
hard as iron God. bv His comforting grace,
stoops and saws. "rhey shall be Mine IN
the day when make up NV jewels
What" say you. will God wear Jew
elry?" II He wanted Il lie could make
the stars Of heaven His belt. and have the
evening cloud for the sandals Of His feet
But He does not want that adornment
He will not have that iewelry. When
God wants iewelry lie comes down and
digs II ont of the depths and darkness Of
sin. These souls are all crystalli1ations Of
them in the presence OF the whole uni.
verse. He wears them on the hand that
was nailed. over the heart that was
uierced, on the temples that were stung
"Thoy shall he Mine, saith the Lord. in
the day when | make M Nv jewels"
Wonderful transformation Where sin
abounded grace shall much more abound.
The carbon becomes the solitaire. The
crystal cannot equal it
Now, have no liking for those people
who are always enlarging IN Christian
meetings about their early dissipations
Do not 90 into the particulars. my broth
ers Simply say YOU were sick, but make
no display OF your ulcers The chief stock
in trade of some minister's and Christian
workers seems TO he their early crimes
| and designations The number OF chickens
you stole make very poor prayer meeting
| rhetoric Besides that, II discourages
other Christian people who never got
! drunk or stole ANYTHING. But Il ~ pleas
| ant 10 know that those who were farthest
| down have been brought highest up Out
Of internal serfdom into eternal liberty.
| Out OF darkness into light. From coal 10
! tho solitaire. The crystal cannot equal
| it,
But. nv friends. the chief Transforming
mower OF the gospel will not be seen in
| this world and not until heaven breaks
upoa the soul. When tnat light falls upon
| the soul. then YOU will see the crystals
| What a magnificent setting for these Jew
| els Of eternltvi ! sometimes hear people
representing heaven IN way that IL far
| from attractive 20 me II seems almost a
vulgar heaven ~ they represent II. with
| great blotches OF color and bands Of music
making a deafening racket. John repre.
| sents heaven az cxuulsitcy beautiful
| Three crystals! In one place he says,
| Her light was like \ precious stone, clear
~ crystal" In another place he SAYS II
| saw pure river from under the throne,
| clear AZ crystal" In another place he
says. Before the throne there was q sea
| OF Hihhr cledf ~ cIyrbals
Three CRYSTALS, John saws crystal AT.
mosphcre. That means health. Balm OF
eternal June. What weather after the
worlds east wind No rack OF storm.
| clouds One breath of that air will cure
| the worst tuberce CRYSTAL light on all
| the leaves; crystal light shimmerlng on
| the topaz Of the temples. crystal light
tossing in the plumes OF the eguestrians
| Of heaven on white horses. But "the
crystal cannot equal it, John says crys..
| tai river That means JOY. Deep and
ever rolling Not one drop Of the Potomac
| or the Hudson or the Rhine 20 soil u not
| one tear of human sorrow 10 imbItter u.
| Crystal the rain out of which ~ was made
crystal the bed over which n shall roll
and ripple; crystal. - infinite surface.
"Oh" saws some one, putting his hand
| over his eyes. can " be that J who have
| Oeen IN ~ much sin and trouble will ever
come % those crystalsF' Yes, II may be
| II will be. Heaven we must have. what
ever we have or have not, and we come
! here 20 get IT. How much must ] Day
| for ~" you say You will pay for ~ just
! - much az the coal pays 20 become the
| diamond. In other words, nothing The
same Almighty power that makes the crys-
| tai in the mountain will change your heart,
which IL harder than stone, for the prom.
| ise ", 81 will take away your stony heart,
| and will give you heart ~ flesh
"Oh." says some on , ~ - just the
| doctrine want. God is 10 do everything.
and am 10 do nothing My brother. Il
| u not the doctrine you want. The coal
makes no resistance IL hears the resur.
| rection voice IN the mountain. and u
comes 70 Capitalization but your heart re.
.ists. The trouble with you. my brother,
| Il the coal wants 30 stay coal
] do not ask you tO throw open the door
and LEI Christ in I only ask that you