Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-13
Bible: so one must he very earnest Christ

chef. bdl lac Is Just a. well aS mcrcllul.
and He has provided the way nv which
every one must enter heaven. II * through
tine gate. Reformation viii moi do. mora
lty can not answer: 1t j. giving " Yourself
tn Him. putting Your hand in His and let
ting Him lead YOU all the journey OF lie.
ua,il you pass through the gates A
child child dyp 3: said 70 nir f'th %,, II
would 20 with me- But he said little
owe. she can't GO Then the child said.
Il want you to CO. aud he said, my dar
Linz. can't an" Then when the child
had prayed to Tim vino nar rrom,sed 10
walk throuGh the valley Of the shadow.
after i lutte while he said. II am not
afraid now. for Christ has said that He
viii lie with me. and lie will" Lift up
YOUR heads. oh. We gates. lift them up. for
the time i coming when with jesus We
shall pass through,
GATES OF PEARL.
am sure that there is some meaning in
the fact that the gates are OF pearl. DO
Won know the history OF pearls? Humanity
speak'ng it is a 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 mo-!
lusk and its shell. This Is 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 gates are
OF pearl. and not of gold? There was
lime wren there was no entrance into
heaven for us: sin bad closed it: man had
grievottsly sinrcd he had broken every
law of God. and there was no hope for him
st all. Then il was that the Babe was era
died in the manger. became n youth. grew
10 manhood. endured thrtv-threc years of
..,l,. la
Calvary. when III the 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 oct unto Bethany. assembled
into heaven to swing wide open the gates.
And thus it IL they are Omen to-day. and
one never hears OF the gates of pearl bus
he mus. realize in some measure what sal
vation cost. not 81 much To you and to me.
but Ia im-humiliat ion sorrow suffer
ing. death. and do Won realize that every
one who refuses allegiance 10 Him is ar
raved AGAINST Him. for He said. ''Yor are
eith"r for Nc or against Me. there is 10
middle grourd:'
TWELVE GATES.
How full the word of God is, Tn its
teaching beauty and sweetness come from
it with every touch. 1t is rock: you
can not touch it but the water OF life viii
come forth. Ii is flower: you can not
come near it without being blessed r. its
fragrance. There il something to me even
in the number of heavens gates. The
twelve gates were twelve pearls. three on
every side. and the city lieth four square.
Is this not an indication that God has
made abundant provision for our entrance
into the city above? 1t is man who has
narrowed down the way, The Bible invi:.
tation Is, whatsoever will. let him come
The provision is abundant. No one can
stand ut the judgment and say ANYTHING
hut this. Lord, i might have entered. but
j would not" Twelve gates. and il Won
are not in it. it is your fault alone. God
has done all that He could do. Tho Trim
ity has been exhausted. almost, on sinful
world. and He will do no more: it is Tor us
ourselves to choose to enter in, it is very
easy to be saved.
In one of the schools OF great city by
the falling of a transom a cry OF fire wa;
started The children We're panic-strickcn.
and the teachers as well. In rushing from
the building many were injured: some
were killed. When 1t 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 tired. When
asked the reason for her braveness. she
said. My father is a fireman. and he told
me il ever there was ~. alarm OF fire IN
and he would save me. Ny father is fire.
man and he knows, and L lust trusted
him" That confidence i'll Jesus Christ
would bring salvation.
Said man in Glasgow to distinguished
evangelist. II am very anxious to he
saved; what must do:" The evangelist
quoted many passages of Scripture 10 him.
among them John ill.,. l6: 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-
lieye.' Then the evangelist quoted the
sixth chapter of John and the forty-sev-
verify. j saw unto you. he that helicveth
on Me hath everlasting life" The man
saw i in moment end cried out reioic-
ing. Il have got it. | have got it." That
Lind of acceptance of God brings cverlast-
ing life. Twelve gates. and cvary gate Il
pearl. and every gate exactly alike, al
ter all there Is only one way.
THE GATES ARE OPEN.
am SO glad that the gates are omen to-
day. We read that they shall not be shut
ut all by day. and as there Is no night
there tine conclusion is thas they are open
constantly. They ais open now. Some
have been going in since we have been
speaking: at every tick of the clock soul
speeds away. 1 wish that | ,aight go a.
did Alexander Cruden. seventy years OF
age. giving to the world his concordance.
diving in want because he had given SO
freely 20 others. Going into his room
they found him kneeling his face Lu-ied
in the Bible, his white hair falling down
upon the chair. his spirit gone. the very
angels filling the room where H. had been.
I wish that | might go as did David LAW
i;estone. They looked into his tent door
and said one to another. Keep silence,
the great leader l. Ill PRAYER Tor he was
on his knees. Alter a little while they
came back. and he seemed to be still pray
ing; then half -. 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 uD into
the skies. Oh, the JOY. OF such an entrance
into heaven,
DR.. Pierre. returning to France from In
dia after long journey. said that his lnen
when they came in sight of their native
land were untitled for dctv. Some of
them wistfully eazcd upon the land they
loved. Some of them shouted some
prayed some tainted. ard it is said that
when they came near enough to recognize
their friends on shore that every man left
his post of duty. and it was necessary for
helm to come off the land before the vessel
could be anchored in the harbor. Oh! the
Joy If thus entering heaven. Welcome
from the gates. welcome from our friends
Icing gone, welcome from every angel in
the skies. The jov, the Joy of one day
sweeping through the gates,
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