Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-24

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body.
For thirty wears TINS nan has been prac-
ticing an economy which prided itself on
never passing a pin without picking 1t up,
and II he responded at all IN churcn
would put on the collection plate so Inslg-
nifcant coin that he held his hand over
it so that no one could discover the small
ness OF the denomination Somewhere IN
the ffties or sixties Of his life, during
revival OF religion he became CHRISTIAN.
He is very much changed IN most respects.
but his all absorbing acquisltlveness still
influences him. To extract from him git
for an orphanage or a church or poor
woman who has Just been burnt out Is an
achievement.
But the dav Is coming for shat 1anurlous
Christians departure from the world. He
has an awful struggle III giving uD his
Government securities. The attorney who
drew his last will and testament saw now
hard it was for him to iCa.e his farm or
his storehOuse or investments. especially
those that in the markets are called gilt
edged. Those that yield only three per
cent he easily resigns TO the care of his
executors. but those that weld eight or
nine or ten per cent. how can he give
them up while TIE market Is still rising?
Bolstered up in beL. knowing ne has got
TO sign 1t, he reads the document over and
over again. and then. with manner that
seems 20 Sd W SIi, II 1 lluSC 4 must. nC
signs his name to that surrender of mis-
last farthing OF earthly possessions. he
enters heaven. but he has not an abundant
entrance.
But that brings RE to the ot her thought
OF my text, that there are thoSe who will
when they leave this life bound into
heaven amid sautati0nS infinite. For an
entrance shall be administered unto vou
abundantly.' Such exaltant admission
will await those who enter heaven after
on earth living a life for others and with
out reference to conepic;,ity.
asked the manager OF an insane asy-
um il Kentucky, From what class Of
persons do YOU get most OF your Datjcnts:,
and he said. From farmers wives. !
asked the same question oc the manager
OF an insane asylum IN Pennsylvania and
the same question Of the manager OF an
insane asylum in Massachusetts, and got
the same rely. we have on oar rolls
for treatment more farmers wives than
persons coming from any other class
That answer will be a surprise 10 some.
1t was no surprise to me.
But | promise that all those who have
lived for others and been truly Christian
whether on large scale or a small scale.
will have illustrious introduction into the
impaired gateway. Here and there in
some large family YOU see an attractive
daughter who declines marriage that she
days. This is not an abstraction. [ have
known such. You have probably known
such. There are in this world womanly
souls as big as that. They cheerfully en-
dure the whlmsicalities and querulousness
which sometimes characterize the aged
and watch nights when pneumonia is
threatened and are eyes to the blind and
SIT IN close rooms lest the septuagenarian
be chilled and count out the right number
of drops at the right time
After years of tilal fidelity on the part
Of this self sacrificing daughter the old
folks go home. Now the daughter is free
from marital alliance. but the damask rose
have left their mask on the forehead, and
the grace1ulness is gone out of the figure,
and the world calls her by a mean and
ungallant name. But my Lord and nv
God, surely Thou wilt make it up for that
girl in heavenly reward! On all the banks
OF the river OF life there is no castle of
emerald and carbuncle richer than that
which awaits her. It's windows look right
out upon the Kings park, and the white
horses OF the chariot are being harnessed
to meet her at the gate. and if there are
no others to meet her father and mother
VIII be there to thank her for all she did
tor them when their strength failed and
the grasshopper became burden and
they Will say My daughter, how kind
you were to us even until the last. How
good 1T Is to be together in heaven, That
is the Klng's chariot come for you Mount
and ride to your everlasting home" Now,
that is what | call an abundant entrance.
hnow right well that in whatever sta
ton OF lite you now move, and whether
your intellectual faculty be brilliant or
DULL, and your worldly resources opulent
or poor. you may have at the gate of
heaven Jublant and triumphant reception
Al soldiers cannot be HannibaIs and
Mariboroughs, all admirals cannot be Du-
points and Farraguts. all authors cannot
be Bacons and Southeys, neither can all
Christians be Pauls and Richard Cecils.
10 your best right where you are. asking
Gods help. and you will not only win Clio,
rlous admission, but you will make all
life. ''''>>0 anu n'sne'
On, child of God. if you had never
thought Of 1t before, [ present the start
ling tact that You are now deciding not
only the style q your heavenly reception,
put the grade OF your association and en-
Joyment Of the world without end Are
you satisfied with yourself that YOU can
afford to throw away raptures and ignore
heavenly possibilities and elect yourself to
lower status and classify yourself amid
the less efficient when YOU NAV mount a
higher heaven?
Whlle thus discourse | am aware that
some have not taken the first step toward
heaven, and they feel Ike Jacob Straw
who took some ministers Of the aosneI on
Che top OF his house to show his farms
Feacnlng IN every direction as far as eve
could see. He was asked how MANY acres
ne owned, and he replied, 10000. How
much Is 1t worth per acre. was asked.
ana and he replied. Fifty dollars. at least
o. 1 dna stid the minister, You are worth
Sz,oVooOO. Yes said Strann, and |
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