The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-19

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one who said, Behold thy mother
Sit anywhere you please. You win be
at home anywhere Take your pick
out Of that sheaf OF scepters. What
The wrinkles have all gone out oi
your face. and the once rheumatic step
has become like that Of the bounding
roe. Just as I expected. you aged glor-
ihed soul. you had an abundant en-.
trance.
Consscratsd Amuencs-
Well. this man Of eonsecrated af-
huence Is about to 20 out OF the world.
He feels In brain and nerve the strain
OF the early struggles BY which he won
his fortune. and at 90 or 70 years coll
lapses under the exhaustions Of the
twenties and thirtles OF his lifetime.
When the morning papers announce
that be is gone. there is excitement not
only on the avenues where the man
sions stand. but all through the hos
pitals and asylums and the homes OF
those who will henceforth have no
helper. But the excitement OF sadness
on earth is a very tame AFFAIR COM
pared with the excitement Of gladness
in heaven. The guardian angel Of that
good mans life swept by his dying
pillow the night before. and on swift
wing upward announced that In a few
hours he would arrive. and there IS
mighty stir In heaven. He comes!
cries seraph TO seraph The Kings
heralds are at the gate to say, Come,
ye blessed. and souls who were saved
through the churches that good man
supported and hundreds who went up
after being by him helped In their
earthly struggle viii come down on
their thrones and out Of their palaces
and through the streets 70 hail him
into iis land which they reached some
time before through his Christian phil
anthropy. why. that is the man who.
when I was a-hungered, gave me
bread" why, that Is the man" says
another, who encouraged me when ]
was in the hard struggle OF business
life~ why, that is the man. says
another, who paid my rent when
had nothing with which to pay"
why. that is the man through whose
missionary spirit heard the gospel
call in Bombay" why, that Is the
man, says another who helped send
the gospel Of Christ 10 the abOrigines
OF America and caused me 10 exchange
the war whoop Of the savage for the
song Of Christian deliverancei" Stand
back" commanded the gatekeoper OF
heaven, "all ye throng redeemed
through this mans instrumentalities!
Make way for him to the feet OF the
King, where he will cast a crown. and
then make way for him to the throne.
where he shall reign forever and eyerl"
Now, that Is what I call an abundant
entrance. You see. It is not necessary
10 be a failure on earth in order to be
a success in heaven.
Demand Of FIllai Devotion.
After years OF hlial fidelity On the
part OF this self-sacrincing daughter.
the old folks 60 home. Now the daugh-
ter is free from marital alliance. but
the damask rose in her cheek Is faded,
and the crows feet have left their mark
on the forehead. and the gracefulness
is gone out OF the figure and the world
calls her by q mean and ungallant
name. But. my Lord and my God.
surely thou wilt make il up for that
girl in heavenly reward On all the
banks OF the river Of life there Is no
castle Of emerald and carDuncle richer
than that which awaits her It's win
dows look right out upon the Kings
park. and the white horses OF the
chariot are being harnessed to meet her
at the gate. and n there are no others
to meet her, father and mother will be
there to thank her for all she did for
them when their strength failed and
the grasshopper became a burden. and
they win say: MY daughter. how kind
you we're to as even until the last How
good it IS to be together in heayeni
That Is the Kings chariot come for
you. Mount and ride to youf ever
lasting homel" Nov. that Is what
cali an abundant entrance.
The stranger In Heaven.
But imagine one Of these scarcely
saved Christians entering the shining
realml He passes IN stranger. saint
says 10 saint. who comes there"
And angel says to angel. "Who Is
that?" He moves up and down the
streets and meets no one whom be
helped to get there He goes into the
great temple and finds among the
throngs Of the white robed not one soul
whom he helped to Join the doxoiogies
He goes into the house or many man
sionsY and finds not one spirit whom
be helped to start for that high resi-
dence. / am glad that be got In. but
am amazed that in the 30 or 40 or 20
years Of his life he did nothing for God
and the betterment Of the world which
woke the heavenly echoes Oh child Of
God. II you had never thought Of it
before. present the startling fact that