The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-12-11


every one must enter heaven. Ii is through
the gate Reformation will not do. moral
ity can not answer; IL is giving up yourself
10 Him, putting your hand in His and let
ting. Him lead you all the journey of life.
Spt oSid YOU T0, pass sst through the gates gates
wouldn't be afraid to 90 If mamma
would go with me-" But" he said. little
one. che can't GO" Then the child said,
~ want you to GO and he said, my dar;,
mad prayed 70 HIN w15 hat ,,.e...:ged to
after little while he said. "I am not
afraid now, for Christ has said that He
will be with me, and He will" Lift up
YOUR heads. oh, We gates, lift them up. for
the time is coming when with Jesus we
shall pass through
GATES OF PEARL.
I am sure that there is some mcaninr,in
the fact that the gates are of pearl Do
you know the history of pearlsg Humanity
speaking 1t is history OF suffering When
discovered it is at the risk of the pearl
fishers life. 1t is said that pearls are
formed by the intrusion of some foreign
substance between the mantel of the mol
lusk and its shell. This is a source of irri-
tation, suffering and pain. and substance
is thrown around about that which is in
truded TO prevent suffering. and thus the
pearl Is formed. Do you begin to see the
significance of the fact that the rates are
OF pearl, and not of gold? There was
time when there was no entrance into
heaven for us; sin had closed it: man had
grievously sinned he had broken every
law OF God. and there was no hope for him
at all. Then it was thai the Babe was era
died in the manger. became youth. grew
to manhood, endured thirtv-threc years of
suffering, eliminating in thn agony upon
Calvary, when in the tremendous tannou
I'll - L..al. Ill
the Just for the unjust. the innocent for
the guilty; then it was that He arose from
the dead, went out unto Bethany, assembled
into heaven to swing wide open the gates.
And thus il is they are open to-day. and
one never hears of the gates of pearl but
he must realize in some measure what sal
vation cost, not so much to YOU and 30 me,
but to Him-humiliation, sorrow, suffer
ing. death. and do you realize that every
one who refuses allegiance to Him is ar
rayed against Him. for He said, 'You are
either for Me or against Nc, 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. 1t is a rock. you
can not touch it but the water Of life will
come forth. IL is a flower; you can not
icome near it without being blessed by It's
fragrance. There is something to me even
twelve gates We're twelve pearls, three ON
every side, and the city lieth four square.
is this not an indication that God has
made abundant provision Tor our entrance
into the city above? 1t is man who has
narrowed down the way. The Bible invi.
tation is. "Whosoever will, let him come
The provision is abundant. No one can
stand at the Judgment and say anything
but this, Lord, | might have entered. but
would not" Twelve gates, aud il 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; il is for us
ourselves to choose to enter in, it 10 very
easy to be saved.
In one of the schools of great city by
the falling of transom cry of fire was
started. The children were panic-stricken,
and the teachers as well. In rushing from
the building many were injured; some
were killed. When it was found that the
alarm was false, returning to her room one
of the teachers found sitting at her desk
a young girl who had not stirred. When
asked the reason for her braveuess, she
said. my father is fireman. and he told
me If ever there was an alarm of fire In
the building just to sit still where was
and he would save me. My father is a fire
man and he knows, and | Just trusted
him." That confidence in Jesus Christ
would bring salvation.
Said man in Glasgow to distinguished
evangelist. 81 am very anxious to be
quoted many passages of Scripture to him,
among them John ill.,, 10: ''For God so
loved the world that He gave His only be-
gotten Son that whosoever believeth in
Him." and when he had gone this far the
man stopped him, saying. But do be-
lleve.' Then the evangelist quoted the
sixth chapter Of John and the forty.sev.
enth verse, Christs own words: Verify,
verify, l. say unto you, he that belieyeth
on Me hath everlasting life." The man
saw i. in moment and cried out rcjoic-
ing, Il have got it, have got it," That
ing life. Twelve gates, and every gate a
pearl. and every gate exactly alike, so at
ter all there is only one way.
THE GATES ARE OPEN.
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 are open now. Some
have been going in since we haye beer,
speeds away. i wish that | might go as
did Alexander Cruden, seventy years of
age, giving to the world his concordance,
dying in want because he had given so
freely to others, Going into his yroom
they. found him kneeling, his face buried
ii thC DlDlC, Whibt huii uONn
upon the chair, his spirit gone, the very
angels filling the room where he had been.
| wish that L might go as did David Liv.
ingstone. They looked into his tent door
and said one to another, "Keep silence,
the great leader is in prayer for he was
on his knees. After 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 dead. The chariots of
God had halted while he prayed, and Liv
ingstone, entering in, was caught up into
the skies. Oh, the joy OF such an entrance
into heaven!
DIR. Pierre, returning to France from In
dia after long journey. said that his men
when they came in sight Of their native
land were untitled for duty. Some OF
them wistfully gazed upon the land they
loved. Some of them shouted, some
prayed some tainted, and it is said that
when they came near enough to recognise
their friends on shore that every man left
his post of duty, and it was necessary for
help to come OFF the land before the vessel
could be anchored in the harbor Oh! the
Joy Of thus entering heaven. Welcome
from the gates, welcome from our friends
long gone, welcome from every angel in
the skies. The joy, the Joy OF one day
sweeping through the gates!
Prussian blue paint is made from tire
ashes Of the burnt hoofs of horses.