The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-01-25

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plying by shaB day ii Z. Fkaus 1, sonisS
who fsel thorns elves the Ysora u ~ oyy.g
ards, and from their opuienoo they
are making q distribution which
pleases the Heavens. The eheok.,
hook in ths offlca drawer OF thai
man has on ita stubs a story OF Be-.
nefcence clear up into the sublime,
In oil tho round OF the worlds suf-
feringf and ignorance sand woe YOU
cannot mention one worthy object
to which that prosperous and good
man has not made contribution. He
10 not irritated, as many are, by 80
lioitations for aims. IN some poor
woman in thin shawl, holding in her
arms a>child with rheum In It's eyes,
said: "Inasmuch MS We have done It
unto one Of tho least,of these, 70 have
dono 1t unto me-"
Well, this man OF consccrated anu.
once is about to &c out Of this world.
Ho feels in brain and nerve tho strain
Of the early struggles by whit. he
won his fortune, and at s. or 10 years
collapses under the cxhaustions OF
the twenties and thirties Of his life
time. When tho morning papera an
neWnce that he is gone, there In ex-
citement not only on tho avenues
where the mansions stand, but all
through the hospitals and asyiums
and tho homes Of those who will
hcnceforth have no helper. But tho
excitement OF sadness on earth is a
very tame affair compared with tho
excitement of gladness III Heaven.
The guardian angel Of that good
mans life swept by his dying pillow
ths night before, mud on swift wing
upward announced that in few
hours he would arrive, and there is q
| mighty stir in Heaven "He comcsl"
ories seraph to seraph, Tho Kings
heralds are at the gate to say:
"Come, ye blessed" and souls who
were saved through the churches that
who went up after being by him
helped in their earthly struggle will
come down or their thrones and out
Of their palaces and through the
streets to hail him .nto the land which
they reached some timo before
through his Christian philanthropy.
why. that is the man who, when
WINS a7hsngered, gave mo bread -
"Why, that 10 tho man." says another,
who encouraged me when was in
| tho hard struggle Ss hus!nesa !:fe!"
why, that 10 tho man" says another,
who paid nay reRt when had moth
Ing With which to payl" why, that
Ia the man through whose mission
ary spirit heard ths Gospel call in
Bombay" why, that is tho man."
Gays another, who helped send the
Gospel Of Christ to tho ahorigines of
America and caused mo to exchange
the war whoep of the savage for the
song OF Christian deliverancc! !"
"stand back" commands the gate
heoper of Heaven, "all ye throngs re
deemed through this mans instru-
montalitiosl Make way for him to the
fcet OF the King, where he will cast
his Drown, and then make way for
him to tho throne, where he shall
reign forever and ever!" Now, thnt
10 what I call an abundant entrance.
failure OH earth in order to be sue
oess In Heaven.
But 1 promise that all those who
have lived for others and been truly
Christian, whether on a large or a
small scale, will have illustrious in
PRODUCTION into the imported gateway.
Here and there in some large family
you see an attractive daughter who
declines marriage that she may talks
care OF father and mother in old days
This is not an abstraction. ! have
known such. You have probably
known such. There are nsthis world
4 womanly souls as Big as that They
cheerfully endure the whimsicalitics
and querulouspess which some times
characterize the aged, and watch
nights when pneumonia Is threatened,
and arc eyes to the blind, and sit in
close rooms lest the septugenarian be
chilled and count out the right mber
Of drops at the right time. The mother
Of little child has her hands full, hut
the daughter who stays home to take
oare Of an aged father or mother has
her hands just as full.
| WMlo thus discourse l am aware
that some have not taken tho first step
toward Heaven, and they feel like Jacob
Strawn, who took some ministers OF
tho gospel on tho top Of his house to
show his farms, reaching in every di-
rection as far as eye could see. He
was asked how many acres he owned
and he replied 10000. Glow much Ia 1t
worth per acre p" was asked, and he re-
piled: "Fifty dollars ut least" "Then,"
said tho minister, you are worth ST.
100000" "Ycs." said Strawn, ''and 1
made 1t all myself" Then the minister
| said: "You hayo shown me these vast
earthly possessions, and now will you
look up yonder, (pointing. to the heav-
ens)-how much do you own up there?"
And Strawn answered with tears in his
eyes: "Oh, I am afraid am poor up
there." Alas, how many there are who
have acquired an earthly properties
and advantages, but have no treasures
in Heavenl They arc poor up there.
But I am to-day chiefly addressing
those who are started for Heaven and
would have them know that while we
are apt to speak of Lanphier, the
founder of Fulton street prayer meet
ings, as having an abundant entrance; I;
and Alfred Cookman, the flaming evan
| gelist, as having an abundant en-.
trance; and Thomas Welch and Fletch-
er, tho glorious preachers Of the Cos
pei, az having an abundant en- trance,
and John Rogers and Latimer and
| Ridley ascending, like Elijah, In a
chariot Of Are, as having an abundant
entrance, you also, II you love and
serve the Lord and fulfill your mission,
! a. 4 > ~ II