Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-19


sandals Of his feet, but he does no.
want that adornment- He will not
have that jewelry. When God wants
jewelry, he comes down and digs it out
of the depths and darkness of sin.
These souls are all crystallizations Of
mercy. He puts them on, and he
wears them in the presence of the
whole universe. He wears them on
the hand that was nailed. over the
heart that was pierced. on the tenn
pies that were stung. They shall be
mine,' saith the Lord, 'in the day
when make up my jewels Wonder
full transformation, Where sin
abounded grace shall much more
abound The carbon becomes the soli-
taire. THE crystal cannot equal it."
Now, have no liking for those peo-
pie who are always enlarging in Chris
tian meetings about their early dissi-
patton Do not go into the particu-
lars, my brothers. Simply say you
were sick, but make no display of
your ulcers. The chief stock in trade
of some ministers and Christian work
ers seem to be their early crimes and
dissipations. The number of pockets
you picked and the number of chick
ems you stole make very poor prayer
meeting rhetoric. Besides that, it dis
courages other Christian people who
never got drunk or stole anything. But
it is pleasant to 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 to the solitaire.
''The crystal cannot equal it."
Power of the Gospel
But, my friends, the chief trans
forming power of the gospel will not
be seen in this world, and not until
heaven breaks upon the soul. When
that light falls upon the soul, then
you will see the crystals. What a
magnificent setting for these jewels of
eternity 1 sometimes hear people
representing heaven in a way that is
far from attractive to me. 1t seems
almost a vulgar heaven as they rep
resent it, with great blotches of color
and bands of music making a deafen-
ing racket. John represents heaven as
exquisitely beautiful Three crystals!
In one place he says, Her light was
like a precious stone, clear as crystal" :"
In another place he says, 81 saw a pure
river from under the throne, clear as
| crystal" In another place he says,
Before the throne there was a sea
| of glass clear as crystal" Three crys-
| tails! John says crystal atmosphere.
| That means health. Balm of the eter-
| nal June. What weather after the
| worlds east wind No rack of storm
| clouds. One breath of that air will
| cure the worst tubercle. Crystal light
on all the leaves, crystal light
shimmering on the topaz of the tenn
pies. Crystal light tossing in the
plumes of the equestrians of heaven
on white horses. But 1.-The crystal can
not equal it" John says crystal river.
| That means joy. Deep and ever rolling.
| Not one drop of the Potomac or the
Hudson or the Rhine to soil it. Nc
one tear of human sorrow to imbitteI
| it. Crystal, the rain out of which il
was made. Crystal, the bed over which
| it shall roll and ripple Crystal, its
| infinite surface. But the crystal can
not equal it, John says crystal sea
| That means multitudinousIy vast. Vast
in rapture. Rapture vast as the sea
| deep as the sea, strong as the sea
| ever changing as the sea- Billows OF
| light. Billows of beauty, blue with
| skies that were never clouded and
| fathomed. Arctics and Antarctics and
Mediterraneans and Atlantics and
Pacifics in crystalline magnificence
| Three crystalsi Crystal light falling
on a crystal river. Crystal river roll
] ing into crystal sea. But "the crys-
tai cannot equal it,
Open the Door to Christ.
"Oh,' says some one, cit is just thu
| doctrine I want. God is to do every.
thing, and 1 am to do nothing" Ny
brother, it is not the doctrine you
| want The coal makes no resistance
| 1t hears the resurrection voice in the
mountain and it comes to crystalliza,
| ton; but your heart resists- The trou-
bic with you, my brother, is the Goa,
wants TO stay coal.
I do not ask you to throw open the
door and let Christ in 1 only ash
| that you stop bolting it and barring it
Ny friends, we will have to get rid o,
our sins. I will have to get rid of my
sins. and you will have to get rid OF
your sins. What will we do with oul
sins among the three crystals? The
| crystal atmosphere would display oui
pollution The crystal river would be
| befculed with our touch. Transforma,
ton must take place now or no trans
formation at all Give sin full chance
will be downward instead of upward
Instead of crystal it will be a cinder.
What Secretary Root Said
| "Senafor Won seem tn forget thai