The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

American civilization, and it is built oirt of the gospel of pardon and good nor als. That gospel rocked our cradle, and
 1t will epitaph our grave. It sootnes our sorrows. brightens our hopes, inspires our courage, forgives our sins and save1 our souls. 1t takes a man who IS all wrong and makes him all right. what that gospel has done for you and me IS a story that we can never fully ten; What it fas done for the world ana will yet do for the nations 1t will take the thousand years of the millennfum to celebrate. The graniest churches are yet to be built. The mightiest antnems are yet to be hoisted. The greatest VIC. tories are yet to be gained. The most beautiful Madonnas are yet to Dc painteo The most triumphant processions are yet to march. Oh, what a world this VIII pe when 1t rotates in It's orbit a redeemed vests and enriched by .,rcharcs whose fruits are speckless and redundant ana the last pain will have been banished and the last tear wept ana the aass to hurt or destroy in all Coos noiy mountain! All that and more will come to pass, for "the mouth of the Lord hath spoken 1t.
 So far I have mentioned nine of the ten strings of the instrument of grat- itQde. I now come to the tenth and the last. l mention 1t last that It may pc the more memorable-heavently antictr
  ing to move into a place so much better than this that on arriving we will won der that we were for so many years so loath to make the transfer After we have seen Christ face to face and re- joiced 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 Da- vid, mightier king in Heaven than he ever was on earth, and we will talk with him about psalmody and get from him exactly what he meant when ne talked about the instrument or ten will tell of the law giving on rocking Sinai, and of his mysterious burial, with no one but God present. We VIII see Joshua, and he will tell us of the com ing 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 ot the planetary system. We Will see hutn and have her tell of the harvest field of Boaz, In which she gleaned for afflicted Naomi. We will see Vashti and near from her own lips the story of hey ban ishment from the Persian palace by in- famous Ahasuerus.
 Delights of the Future.
 We will see and talk with Daniel, and he will tell us how he saw Belshazzar's banqueting hall turned into & slaughter house and how the lions greeted nim with loving fawn instead of stroke or 
 Solomon, whose palaces are gone. but whose inspired epigrams s.Lhu "-.t 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 confounded by his sermon on the brotherhood of man. what he saw at Ephesus ana Syr- acuse and Philippi and Rome and now dark was the Mamertine dungeon and how sharp the ax that beheaded him on the road to Ostia. Yea, we will see all the martyrs, the victims or ax ana sword and fire and pillow. What thrin the heroes and heroines who gave their lives for the truth. We will see the gospel proclaimers Chrysostom and Bourldaloue and Whitfield and the Wes- leys and John Knox, We VIII see tne great poets Milton and Dante and Watts and Mrs. Hemans and Frances Haver- gal. Yea, all the departed Christian men and women of whatever age or nation.
 But there will be one focus toward which all eyco will be directed. lls in- fancy having slept on pillow of straw: | all the hates of the Herodic government planning for hts assassinauon in after time whipped as though He were crim- | iEal; asleep on the cold mountains be- cause no one offered him a lodging; though the greatest being who ever | touched our earth, derisively called "this l fellow" His last hours wrtthing on | spikes of infinite torture; His lacerated l form put in sepulcher, then reanimated | and ascended to be the center of all ! Fl savenly admiration-upon that great est martyr and mightiest hero 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. mak- | ing all of them tremble with great | gladness. have mentioned just ten delightsome food, eyesight, hearing. healthful sleep. power of physical loco motion, illumined nights, mental facul- ties in equipose, friendships of life. gos- | pei advantages and heavenly anticipa- 1 lions. Let us make less complaint and offer more thanks, render less dirge and | more cantata. Take paper and pen and write down in long columns your bless | inxs. l have reclted only ten. To ex- press all the mercies God has bestowed | you would have to use at least three, and I think five, numerals. for surely they would run up into hundreds and thousands. "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy en- 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. IT 1t has been low tide heretofore. let the surges of mercy that are vet to roll in upon you reach high water mark. All things will work together for your good, and l Heaven Is not far ahead Wake up all | the ten strings. Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto Him that sit | teth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever. Amen!
 1 Copyright, 1902 Louis Klopsch. N. Y.)