The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-12

not always easy. Nffaight - the gaze ana
narrow Is the way" one might be liable 20
miss II, Strive 20 enter in" saws the
Bible: so one must be very earnest. Christ
said. Il am the way the truth, the life;"
Il am the door, and again. NO man COM
eth unto the Father but by Ne" Some
people think that God y so uerciful that
after awhile they may stand IN His pres
ence. but He j. just as well as mercful,
and He has provided the way by which
every one must enter Gos"en. u Il through
the gate. Reformat'' 10 viii not do. moral
ity can not answer. % IS giving up yourself
10 Him putting your hand in His and let
ting Him lead you al the journey Of life,
until you pass through the gates. A
child dying said u his father, Il
wouldn't be afraid 70 60 ii mamma
would 90 with me" But" he said. little
one, she can't go" Then the child said.
IL want yon to GO a1d he said. my dar;;
had prayed 10 Hin who had promised 70
walk through the valley OF the shadow.
after a little while he said. II am not
afraid now. for Christ has said that He
Will be with me, an1 He will p" Lift mp
your heads, oh, We "a tes lift them up. for
the time IA coming when with Jesus we
shall pass through,
GATES or PEARL.
] am sure that there Is some meaning IN
the fact that the actes are OF pearl Do
YOU know the history Of near's? Humanity
speaking il is a history Of suffering When
discovered it Is az the risk of the pearl
fishers life 1t is said that pearls are
formed by the intrusion OF some foreign
substance between tie rantel Of the mol
lusk and It's shell. This - a source OF irri-
tation, suffering and pain. and a substance
is thrown around about that which Is in.
truded to prevent suffering, and thus the
pearl is formed. Do Won begin 10 see the
significance of the frct that the gates are
of VI ot pF
time when there was no entrance into
heaven for US; sin lad closed IL: man had
grievously sinned. he had broken every
law of God, and there was no hope for him
at all. Then 1T was that the Babe was cra-
died in the manger. bcoame youth grew
to manhood. endured thirtv-three wears Of
suffering, eliminating IN the agony upon
Calvary, when in tho tremendous tension
His heart broke Then il was He died,
the Just for the unjust. the innocent for
the guilty; then IL was that He arose from
the dead, went out unto bethany, assembled
into heaven TO swine wide open the gates
And thus it IA thev are open to-day. and
one never hears OF the gates of pearl but
he must realize in some measure what sal
walton cost, not so much 10 YOU and TO me,
but to Him-humiliation. sorrow. suffer
ing, death, and do Won realize that every
one who refuses ailogia0ce to Hjr, is ar.
raved against Him. for He said. "You are
either for Me or against Me, there is no
middle ground"
TWELVE GATES.
How full the word of God is' In its
teaching beauty and sweetness come from
it with every touch. II is a rock; you
can not touch it but the water of life will
come forth II is a flower; you can not
come near it without being blessed by its
fragrance. There j. something to me even
in the number OF heavens gates. The
twelve gates were twelve pear :, three on
every side, and the city lieth four square
Is this not an ind cation that God has
made abundant provision for our entrance
into the city aborc; 1t is man who has
narrowed down the way. The Bible invi-
tation is. "Whosoever viii, let him come"
The provision Is abundant. No one can
stand ut the iudgmcnt and say anything
but this, Lord, | miZht have entered, but
| would not" Twelve gates, and If YOU
are not in it, it is your fault alone. God
has done all that He could do. The Trim
ity has been exhausted, almost, on a sinful
world and He will do no more; it is for us
ourselves to choose to enter in, it is very
easy to be saved
In one of the schools of a great city by
the falling of a transom a cry of fire was
started. The children were panic-stricEen,
and the teachers as wei. In rushing from
the building maIlv were injured: some
were killed. When 10 was found that the
alarm was false, returning to her room one
of the teachers found sitting at her desk
a Young girl who bad rot stirred. When
asked the reason for her braveress, she
said my father ia 4 fireman. and he told
me If ever there was on alarm of fire IN
the building lust - sit still where | was
and he would save ne. Nv father is a FIRE.
man and he knows, and | lust trusted
him" That confidence in Jesus Christ
would bring salvation.
Said man in Glasgow to a distinguished
evangelist, Il am verv anxious to be
saved what must 7 do?' The evangelist
quoted many passiges OF Scripture - him,
among them John Ill. l6: "For God so
loved the world that He gave His only be-
gotten Son that whosoever beheveth IN
Him." and when he had gone this far the
man stoned him. saving, "But ] do be-
lieve." Then the evangelist quoted the
sixth chapter of John and the fortv-sev.
enth verse, Christ's own words: Verify,
verify, ! say unto vou, he that heheveth
on Me hath everlasting life The man
saw il in moment and cried out reioic-
kind OF acceptance Of God brings everlast
ing life. Twelve gates, and every gate a
pearl and every gate exactly alike, so al
ter all there ls only one way.
THE GATES ARE OPEN
7 am so glad that the gates are open To-
day. We read that they shall not be shut
at all by day, and as there Is no night
there the conclusion Is that they are open
constantly. They ere open now. Some
have been going IN since we have been
speaking: at every tick OF the clock a soul
speeds away. | wish that | might 60 as
did alexander Cuuden. seventy years of
age. giving TO the world his concordance,
diving in want because he had given so
freely to Others Going into his room
they found him kncaling, his face buried
in the Bible. his white hair falling down
upon the chair, a,s spirit gone, the very
angels filing the room where he had been.
7 wish that | might 90 as did David Liv.
ircstone They looked into his tent door
and slid one to another. Keep silence,
the great leader Is IN PRAYER for he was
on his knees. Alter a little while they
came back. and he seemed to be still pray.
ing: then half an hour later again, and
when they touched him they found that
Livingstone was decd The chariots of
God had halted while ne PRAYED. and Liv.
ingstone, entering IN, was caught up into
the skies On, The JOY OF such an entrance
into heaven,
DR. Pierre. returning 20 France from In
lila after a long jouTr ev. said that his men
when they came in sight Of their native
land were untitled for duty. Some OF
them wistiully gazed upon the land they
loved Some OF them shouted, some
nrayed. some faiatel. and II Is said that
when thev came rear enough % recognize
their friends on shore that every man left
his post Of dutv. and u was necessary for
heln % come of the land before the vessel
could be anchored in the har6or. Oh the
ioy ~ thus entering heaven. Welcome
from the gates. welcome from our friends
ong gone, welcome from every angel in
the skies. The joy the Joy Of one dav
sweeping through the gates!