Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-02-06

VINO Is all wrong and makes MIN all
right. What that gospel has done for
you and me is a story that We can
never fully tell. What 1t has done for
the world and will yet do for the ma
tions 1t will take the thousand years of
the millennium to celebrate. Oh. what
world this will be when it rotates in
Its orbit a redeemed planet, girdled
with spontaneous haryests and en-
riched by orchards whose fruits are
speckless and redundant. and the last
pain will have been banished and the
last tear wept and the last groan ut
tered, and there shall be nothing to
hurt or destroy in all Gods holy noun
tain! All that and more will come to
pass, for 'the mouth OF the Lord hath
spoken it."
SO far have mentioned nine Of the
ten strings Of the instrument Of graft
tude. now come to the tenth and the
last. mention 1t last that it may be
the more memorable-heavenlya ntici-
patton. BY the grace of God We are
going to move into a place SO much
better than this that on arriving we
will wonder that we were for SO many
years SO loath to make the transfer.
After we have seen Christ face to face
and rejoiced over our departed kindred
there are some mighty spirits We will
want to meet soon after we pass
through the gates. We want to see and
will see David. mightier king In
hap he rfh nd
we will talk with him about psalmody
and get from him exactly what he
meant when he talked about the in
strument of ten strings. We will con-
front Moses. who will tell of the law
giving on rocking Sinai and Of his
mysterious burial. with no one but God
present. We will see Joshua. and he
will tell us of the coming down of the
walls OF Jericho at the blast Of the
rams horn and explain to us that
miracle-how the sun and moon could
stand still without demolition of the
planetary system. We will see and
talk with Daniel. and he will tell us
how he saw Belshazzar's banqueting
hall turned into a slaughter house and
how the lions greeted him with loving
fawn instead of stroke of cruel paw.
We will see and talk with Solomon.
whose palaces are gone. but whose in
| spired epigrams stand out stronger and
stronger as the centuries pass. We
will see Paul and hear from him how
Felix trembled before him. and the
audience of skeptics on Mars hill
were COMPOUNDED by his sermon on the
brotherhood of man. what he saw at
| Ephesus and Syracuse and Philippi and
Rome and how dark was the Manner
tine dungeon and how sharp the ak
that beheaded him on the road to Os-
tia. What thrill Of excitement for
us when we gaze upon the heroes and
herolnes who gave their lives for the
truth. We will see the gospel pro-
Chalmers Chrysostom and Bourdaloue
and Whitefeld and the Wesleys and
John Knox. We will see the great
Christian poets Milton and Dante and
Watts and Mrs. Hemans and Frances
Havergal. Yea. all the departed Chris
tian men and women OF whatever age
| or nation.
But there will be one focus toward
which all eyes will be directed His
infancy having slept ON pillow of
| straw; all the hates of the Herodic
government planning for his assassina-
ton; In after time whipped as though
he were criminal: asleep on the cold
mountains because no one offered him
q ha hat
who ever touched our earth. derisively
called this fellow" his last hours
writhing on spikes Of infinite torture;
his lacerated form put in sepulcher.
then terminated and assembled to be
the center Of all heavenly admiration
upon that greatest martyr and
mightiest hero of all the centuries we
will be permitted to look. Put that
among your heavenly anticipations.
Now take down your harp of ten
strings and sweep all the chords. max
ing all Of them tremble with a great
gladness. l have mentioned Just ten
delightsome food. eyesight. hearing.
healthful sleep. power of physical To-
| comotion. illumined nights. mental
faculties in equipoise. friendships of
life. gospel advantages and heavenly
anticipations. Let us make less COM
plant and offer more thanks, render
less dirge and more cantata. Take pa
per and pen and write down in long
columns your blessings. I have recited
only ten. To express all the mercies
God has bestowed you would have to
use at least three. and I think 1--WE, nu-
merals, for surely they would run up
into the hundreds and the thousands.
"Oh. give thanks unto the Lord, for he
is good. for his mercy endureth for
| ever" Get into the habit OF rehearsal
OF the brightnesses OF life.
Notice how many more fair days
there are than foul. how many more
good people than bad you meet. Set
your misfortunes to music, as David
opened his dark sayings on a harp"
II 1t has been low tide heretofore. let
the surges of mercy that are yet to
roll in upon you reach high water
mark. All things will work together
for your good. and heaven is not far
ahead. Wake up all the ten strings.
Blessing and honor and glory and
power be unto him that stitch upon
the throne and unto the Lamb for
ever. Amen!