Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-23

iOuSIily -ufeSSeu drIlSdn SlUJlnS at my side in the car and remarked, pIeasantly: Going home?" "Yes, but 1 have better home to go to, some day" The reply, so uneXpect- ed, struck me forcibly, and, as 1 thought of the two loads of furni- ture which had just gone by, I thought: "How wonderful. Here is brother in an entirely different walk of life, with humble home in a poorer section of the city than that to which I was going, and yet he was looking forward to mansion in the skies the same as l, and the same Saviour was lovingly and carefully fitting out his home even as he was mine" We shook hands at parting, drawn together by wonderful tie, the blood of Christ. We both said: "We will meet again" Yes, thank God! Perhaps never again in this world, but in the next world surely, for we were both trusting in the same Saviour and the same promises. Perhaps God gave me on that even- ing ride homeward just an earthly glimpse of one who is to be my neighbor in Heaven.
 New Neighbors and Friends. MT. Moody tells of once being very close ly questioned by woman who was a member of a church, but whose Christianity was of a very doubtful quality, as to whether her servant girl, who claimed to be Christian, would occupy the same portion of Heaven as herself She was not just sure that she wanted to go there if social distinctions were to be done away with in Christ Jesus.
 Have you, In any degree, the thought and spirit of this shallow hearted, pigmy-souled woman? How about the thief on the cross whom Jesus took into Paradise with Him on the day of His crucifxion! How about the sinful woman, and the man of Gadara, out of whom Christ cast a legion of devils! How about the multit,ldes of publicans and sim ners who followed Jesus and drank of the same water of life as the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well! They are all there. Thousands have followed since then from every walk of life, from every nation and cline. All are dressed in the same robes of spotless white, and all are singing the same song of praise to their Re- deemer. New neighbors and friends
 And now may I reverently speak of the souls new Landlord, if one may be permitted so to use the term in carrying out our parallel between terrestrial and celestial things. The new landlord is always source of serious concern to the tenant. Will supply the reasonable demands of the tenant? Will he be kindly con- siderate and agreeable in his rela- tions to his new tenant? We ask these questions with the thought of God as our Landlord, to set you to thinking. The world so little under stands what God we have, and how wonderfully He has provided for everyone. Is He fair in His deal- ings? Listen: "Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and with out price," "He that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out" Where is the earthly landlord that would dare make such an offer? Will He supply our reasonable de- mands? Listen: "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father Which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask Him." Will He be kind? Listen: Hike as a father pitieth his chil- dren, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest" Oh, friend, if you doubt the love and care of God, take your Bible and trace their golden threads running through from Genesis to Revelation.
 I recall one moving season several years ago, when in my neighborhood, through some mistake and misun- derstanding, house had been rent ed to two parties, and the second one to arrive found no home in which to place his goods, which were piled high upon the wagons waiting at the door of the already occupied house. No House Ready. What distress and trouble it caused the homeless family. But how in- finitely worse must be the state of that soul which, arriving at the gates of Heaven, finds no mansion ready and hears the depart from Me, I never knew you"