Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-07

Tina OF choral ana ulO. pli!uC' p.0ooP',
nesa ia an American disorder. II 1t has
not touched you end you CA rest LOT seyen
lon ~ ~ tir,o in every twenty-forr hours
Won car be- fec OF al care and wcrrimc1s
and your nerves arc retuned and your
limbz escape from ell fatigue and, the ms
;ng sun finds you new man, body, NINA
end sorl-you have an advantage tha9
ouCht to be put in prayer end song ana
congratulation. =, .. ,:..;Jo,ds
and have heath iocund and popularity un-
bounded you will have crowds OF seeming
friends. but let bankruptcy end invalid
ism and defamation come, and the num-
her of your friends will be ninety-ilve per
cent. oil. II you have been through, some
preat crisis and You have one friend ielt'
Ihank God and celebrate 1t on the SWEEP
est harpstri1g. e .,
harm and retunc it while we celebrate, goos'
nel advantages. The highest style OF CIV
lization the world has ever seen is Amer
lean civilization, and it is built out OF the
sosnel OF pardon and good morals. That
Sosnel rocked our cradle, and it will cpl
fsnb our crave. It soothes our sorrows,
| briqhtena our hopes, inspires orr courage,
| forCives our sins and saves our SOULS. 1t
! takes q man who is all wrong and makes
him al right What that gospel has done
| for you and me is q story that VIC can
never fully tell =,
What il has done for tire world and Will
yet do for the nations it will take the thCu'
| sand wears of the millennium to celebrate
| The erandest churches arc yet to be butt.
| The mightiest anthems are yet to be
! hoisted. The greatest victories are yet TO
| be gained. The most beautiful Madonnas
are yet to be painted. The most tTiiin'
| pbant professions are yet to march.
Oh. what world this will be. when it
rotates IN it's orbit a redeemed planet,
girdled with spontaneous harvcsts and
enriched by orchards whose fruits arc
speckless and redundant, and the last pain
! will have been banished and the last tear
wept and the last groan uttered, and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy, IN all
Gods holy mountain! Al that and ! more ore
will come to pass, for the mouth or TIC
| Lord hath spoken it.
So far I have mentioned nine of she ten
strings Of the instrument of gratitude |
now come to the tenth and the last. !
| mentlo, it last that it may be the more
smorable--heavenly anticipation. BY the
| grace Of God we are going to move into q
| place GO much better than this that on ar
| irving 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 oool after VIC pass through the gates.
We want to see and will see David,
mightieT king in heaven than he ever was
on earth, and we will talk with him about
psalmody and get flom him exactly. what
| he meant when he talked about the lnstru.
/ 90 Oh No will confront
Moses, who will tell of the law giving on
rocking Sinai and of his mysterious burial,
with no one but God present.
We will sec Joshua, and be will tell US
| of the coming down of the walls OF Jerl'
| oho at the blast of the rams horn and ex.
| plsin to US that miracle-how the sun and
moon could stand still without demolition
of the planetary system.
| We will sec Ruth and have her tell OF
! the harvest field Of Eoaz, in which she
cleaned for afflicted Naomi. We will see
| Vashti and hear from her own lips the
! story of her banishment from the Persian
| palace by infamous Ahasuerus.
We will Gee and talk with Daniel, and
he viii tell Us how he saw Deishazzars
| banouetilg hall turned into q slaughter
| house. and how the lions greeted him with
| low 10 fawn instead Of stroke Of cruel paw.
| We will see and talk with Solomon, whose
palaces are gone, but whose inspired cpl
grams 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 ckeptics on Mars Hill were
COMPOUNDED by his sermon on the brother;
| hood Of man, what he eaw at Ephcsus and
syracuse end Phi,ippi and Rome and how
dark was the Manertinc dungeon and how
| u lid LII al b;,,, tho
road to Ostia. Yea, we will Gee all the
r1artvrs. the victims OF axe and sword and
fire and blow What thrill OF excite
rlent for us when we gaze upon the heroes
and horoines who gave their lives Tor the
truth.
We will see the gospel prociaimers Chry-
sostom and Dourdalous and Whitefieid,
snd the Wesleys and John Knox; We
vii see the great Christian poets. Milton
and Dante and Watts and Mrs. Hemans
and Frances Havergal. Yea, all the de-
parted Christian mcl and women OF what
sver age or nation.
But there will be one focus toward
which all eyes will be directed. His in.
fancy having slept on pillow OF straw, all
the hates Of the Herodic Government plan
cling for His assassnation; in after time
whipped as though He we're criminal;
asleep on the cold mountains because no
one offered Him a lodging; though the
1reatest being who ever touched our earth.
ierisively called "this fellow" His last
hours writhing on spikes of infinite tor
tire; His lacerated form put in sepulcher,
hen terminated and assembled to be the
,entre of all heavenly admiraton-upon
that greatest martyr and mightest hero
# all the centuries we will be permitted to
.ook. Put that among your heavenly aptlc-
l1ations.
Now take down your harp of ten strings
md sweep all the chords, making al OF
them trenb!e with great gadness. have
sight, hearing, healthful sleep, power OF
physical locomotion, illumned nights, men.
tai faculties in equipoise, friendships oil
life, gospel advantages and heavenly an
tcipations. Let us make less complaint
pnd offer more thanks, render less dirgc
and more cantata. Take paper and pen
md write down in long columns your bless
lngs. I have rected only ten. To express
eli the mercics God has bestowed you
would have to use at least three, and |
think five, numerals, for surely they would
run up into the hundreds and the thou
sands ooh, give thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good, for His mercy, endureth
forever" Get into the habit OF rehearsal
bf the brightnesses Of life.
Notice how many more fair days there
tire than foul, how many more good people
than bad you meet. Set your misfortunes
10 music, as David opened his clark say
ings on a harp" If it has been low tide
heretofore, let the surges Of mercy that
kre yet to roll in upon you reach high
water mark. All things will work to-
Lether 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 sitteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb forever. Amen!
| [Coryrigh 1902, L. Klopsch.l
| snnethInr New for Lghtship.