The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-11-22
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OF TO importance how long lt shall take
10 make rits aerial way from forest 10 for.
est ana we, who have 50 much more i'm.
portant errand IN the world get on so
siowiyg The roehuck ou,runs us. the
hounds are quicker IN the chase. hut wait
until God lets Us loose from all limitations
and hlndcrments. Then we will fairly be.
gn. The starting post viii be the tomb
stone; Leaving the world viii be gradua.
Non dav before the chief work OF our men
tai and spiritual career. Hope sees the
doors opening. the victor's foot IN stirrup
for the mounting. The day hreaks-frst
flush of the horizon. The mission Of hope
Will be an everlasting mission. as much of
y m the heavenly hereafter as IN the
earthly now. Shall we have gained all as
soon as we enter realms celestial-nothing
more 20 learn, no other heights 10 climb.
no new anthems 20 raise. monotonv of
existence, the SANE thing over and over
again FOR endless years. Mo- More pro.
gress IN that world than we ever made in
this.
Hone will stand on the hills OF heaven
and look for ever frightening LANDSCAPES,
other transhcurauons OF color. new glo-
res rolling over the scene, new celehra-
ton OF victories IN other worlds, heaven
rising into grandCr heavens. seas of glass
mingled with fire. becoming a more bril-
.'hnt glass mlnglng with a more flaming
nre. Which hope
Now. let me introduce this feeling into
the lives OF some who are az times hope
less. There Is family whose SON has gone
wrong. Father and mother have about
gwen him up, he seems 50 headong, so uu-
grateful. So dlssipatcd. and the Old folks
90 not know half the story of moral pre-.
cipltauon. He has ceased writing home.
but they hear of him through people who
Ike TO carry bad news, and every time
The report lS more dcplorahe He swears
Ee CANDLES, he drinks he goes into all the
shambios oi SIN. His former employer
says there Is no hope for him. and all out.
side the family agree IN thinking he will
never reform. The father and mother
have not quite given him up, and these
words are 10 strengthen up their hope.
Ihat boy l. going 70 come back. You have
2 hold on him that YOU must not relax
Through prayer YOU may win the eternal
God for your side OF the struggle. You
must enlist all the heavenly dominons
chcrubm and soraphim and archangcl in
the movement to save Your son. Some day
or some night he will call a halt 10 his in.
famous practices. Something Will happen
10 him. as happened IN a New York hotel
to son OF one of the most distinguished
ccrgvmen of Scotland and one of the
Queens chaplans. when can | see
you!' said a distinguished looking young
man at the close of one of my services in
Brooklyn tabernacle. ! said. you can
I
vate conversation with YOU az your own
house. When can ! Gomez said TO.
morrow night Your name" | asked
He gave ne his name. the exact name of
his father. whose name was known and is
known through the Christian world
though years ago he departed this life
Returning home, | took M a book of
which his father was the author. and in
the picture at the opening OF the book |
found that the young man had most mark
edlv his fathers features. So | was sure
there was no deception.
Hope on, and, though YOU may never
hear oi your sons reformation and others
may think he has left this life hopeless.
who knows but that IN the last moment.
after he has ceased 20 speak and before
hs soul launches away. your prayer may
have been answered and he he one of the
first TO meet you no the shining gate. The
prodlgal in the parable GOT home and sat
down at the feast. while the elder brother,
who never lett the old place, stood pouting
at the back door and did not 60 in at all.
To another class of persons | introduce
the angel of hope, and they are the inva-
lids ! cannot take the diagnosis OF your
disorder. but let hone cheer YOU with one
of two thoughts. Such marvellous cures
are being wrought in our day through med
lcatlon and surgery that your invalidlsm
may yet be mastered.
ItIroNN ~ III rs YOU nave got wei. ' an
Ger and tuberculosis will vet give way be-
fore some new discovery ! see every day
ucoplc strong and well who not long ago
] saw pallid and leaning heavily on a staff
and hardly able 20 climb stairs
But If YOU will not take the hand OF hope
for earthly convalescence let me point
YOU 10 the perfect body YOU are yet TO
have II vou love and serve the Lord.
Death viii put a prolonged anaesthetic
uDon your present body, and YOU will
never again feel an ache or pain. and then
IN His good time you will have n resurreC-
ton body. about which we know nothing
expect that it will be painless and glorious
beyond all present appreciation. What
must he the health of that land which
and where there is no cast wind sowing
pncumonias on the air. your feetness
greater than the foot OF deer. your eye
sight clearer than eagle IN sky, perfect
health, in country where all the inhab-
itants are ever!astngly well,
You who have in your body an en-
Cysted bullet ever since the Civil War;
YOU who have kept alive only by precau-
tons and self denals and perpetual watch
ing OF pulse and lung; you OF the deafened
ear and dim vision and the severe back
acne; YOU who have not been free from
pain for ten wears. how do YOU Ike this
story Of physical reconstruction. with all
weakness and suffering subtrscted and
everything iocund and bounding added;
Do not have anything 20 do with the
gloom that Harriet Martineau expressed
in her diving words: II have no reason 20
believe IN another world. I'-have had
enough Ot lie in one and can see no good
reason why Harriet Martineau should he
perpptuated" Would YOU not rather have
the Christian enthusiasm Of Robert An
nan. who when some one said. Il will be
Sod I hos f1 ~gf mt
heaven replied. pointing % q sunken ves-
sel that was being dragged up the River
Tay. Would you like 20 be pulled into
heaven with two tugs like that vessel yon.
der? ! tell YOU / would like 20 20 in with
all nv sails set and colo-s fying.'
Again. Jet me introduce the element 81
hope 20 those good people who are IN de-
spair about the worlds moral condition.
They have gathered mp appalling stats
tics They tell OF the number OF divorces,
but DO not take into consideration that
there are a thousand happy homes where
there Is one of marital discord.
They tell you Of the large number in
our land who are living prohigate lives,
but forget % mention that there are
many millions of men and women who are
doing the hest they can.
From this hour cultivate hope Do 50
ty reading all the Soripturel promises Of
the worlds coming Edcnizat.on, and doubt {
II YOU dare the veracity oi the Almighty
when lie say- lie viii make the desert
roseate. and the leopard and I'D viii lic .
down in the same pasture ned and the /
lion. ceasiug 90 be carnIvorOus. viii be- |
come grlmfuIvalJus. eating straw like an 1
OK and rrUtihau venom shall change INTO /
laruIcs.uoss. 30 that the wcaned child /
shall urt HE hand on tie cockatrice's |
den and there shall be nothing 20 hurt or j
DESTROY .n all Gods holy mountain. for the I
earth shall be tuil OF thr knOw,edge OF the 4
4 ,.f -g .ia rr4ts.s coyer the sea 50 /