Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-09-07
steadily and lovingly and nightly heIs

But there must come time Wnen
we shall find out who these Damas-
Genes were who lowered Paul in the
basket, and greet them and all those
who have rendered to God and the
world unrecognized and unrecorded
services. That is going to be one OF
the glad excitements of heaven, the
hunting up and picking out of thoss
who did great good on earth and got
no credit for it. Here the church has
been going on 10 centuries, and yet the
world has not recognized the services
of the people in that Damascus bal
cony. Charles G. Finney said to dy-
ing 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 go into long sermons to prove
that we will be able to recognize peo-
pie III heaven, when there is one rea-
son we fail to present, and that is bet
ter than all-God will introduce us. We
shall have them all pointed out. You
would not be guilty of the impoliteness
of having friends in your parlor not
introduced, and celestial politeness
will demand that we be made acquaint-
ed with all the heavenly household.
What rehearsal of old times and recital
of stirring "reminiscences! If others
fail to give introduction, God will take
us through. and before our first "a
hours in heaven-if it were calculated
by earthly timepieces-have passed we
shall meet and talk with more heav-
emily 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 heavenly
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
million men, Surely they must have
| been buried with all the cathedrals
sounding dirge and all the towers OF
all the cities tolling the national grief.
Who art thou, mighty one of heaven?
'I lived by choice the unmarried
| daughter in a humble home that ]
might take care of my parents in their
old age, and 1 endured without COM
| plant all their querulousness and ad-
| ministered to all their wants for 20
years. Let us pass round the circle OF
| thrones. Who art thou, mighty one
| of heaven? 81 was for 80 years a
| Christian invalid and suffered all the
| while, occasionally writing a note OF
| sympathy for those worse off than I.
| and was general confidant of all those
| who had trouble, and once in awhile
| was strong enough to make a gar
| ment for that poor family in the back
| lane. Pass on to another throne.
Who art thou, mighty one of heaven?
| Il was the mother who raised a whole
| family of children for God, and they
| are out in the world Christian mer-
| chants. Christian mechanics, Christian
| wives, and I have had full reward fol
all my toll" Let us pass ON in the
| circle of thrones. 81 had Sabbath
school class and they were always on
my heart, and they all entered the
kingdom of God, and I am waiting for
| their arrival" But who are thou, the
| mighty one of heaven ON this other
| throne? "In time of bitter persecution
I owned house in Damascus, a house
| on the wall. A man who preached
| Christ was bounded from street to
street and hid him from the assissins
| and when 1 found them breaking into
my house and / could no longer keep
him safely I advised him to flee for
his. life, and basket was let down
over the wall with the maltreated man
in it, and I was one who helped hold
| the rope" And / said: "Is that alp
| And he answered: THAT is all" And
| while was lost in amazement heard
strong voice that sounded as though
| it might once have been hoarse from
many exposures, and triumphant as
though it might have belonged to one
of the martyrs, and it said: Not many
mighty, not many noble are called, but
| God hath chosen the weak things o1
the world to confound the thing:
which are mighty, and base things OF
the world and things which are de
spised hath God chosen, yea, and
things which are not to bring te
naught things which are, that no f1esf
should glory in his presence" And
looked to see from whence the voice
came, and 1oi it was the very one who
had said, Through a window in bas
ket was / let down by the wall"
Nothing unimportant in your life ol
mine. Three naughts placed on tn.
right side of the figure one make
thousand, and six naughts on the righ
side of the figure one a million, and
our nothingness placed on the righ
side may be augmentation illimita bic
All the ages of time and eternity af