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makes the difference between the schol
or and the ignoramus. between the
| Christian and the inf1del, between the
saint and the demon, between triumph
and catastrophe. between heaven ant
he'll. The most tremendous things Of
your life and mine were certain hall
hours. The half hour when in the par
sonage of country minister l re
solved to become Christian then aud
there, the half hour when decided IL
become a preacher Of the gospel, the
half hour when first realized that my
son was dead, the half hour when
stood on the top Of my house in OK
ford street and saw our church burn
the half hour in which I entered Je
rusalem, the half hour in which stop
ped on Mount Calvary, the half hour
in which I stood on Mars hill and
about ten or fifteen other half hours
are the chief times Of my life. YOU
may forget the name Of the exact year,
or most of the important events Of
your existence, but those half hours
like the half hour Of my text. will b.
immortal do not query what yot
will do with the twentieth century, ]
do not query what you will do with
this year, but what will you do witt
the next half hour? Upon that hingei
your destiny, and during that some Of
you will receive the gospel and make
complete surrender, and during thai
others Of you will make final and ia
tai rejection Of the full and FREQ anc
aote 10 .,
eternal Oh, that the next half houl
might be the most glorious thirty min
utes Of your earthly existenoe!
Far back in history a great geogra
pher stood with a sailor looking at q
globe that represented our planet, and
he pointed to a place on the globe
where he thought there was an undis
covered continent. The undiscovered
continent was America. The geogra.
there was a new world was Martin
Behaim and the sailor to whom he
showed 1t was Columbus. This last
was not satisfied till he had picked
that gem out Of the sea and set It In
the crown Of the worlds geography.
o We who have been sailing up and
down the rough seas OF sorrow and sin,
let me point out to you another con.
tinent-yea, another world-that you
and that is the world q half hour Of
which we now study Oh. set sail
for it! Here Is the ship and here are
the compasses. In other words, make
this half hour the grandest half hour
Of your life and become a Christian.
Pray for regenerated spirit. Louis
XIV, while walking in the garden at
Versailles, met Mansard, the great ar
chitect, and the architect took of his
hat before the king. "Put on your
hat" said the king. "for the evening is
damp and cold" And Mansard. the
architect, the rest Of the evening kept
on his hat. The dukes and marquises
standing with bare heads before the
king, expressed their surprise at Man
sard, but the king said, II can make q
duke or a marquis, but only God can
make a Mansard." And I say to you
my hearers, only God by his convict
ing and converting grace can make a
Christian. but he is ready this very
half hour to accomplish 1t.
, "Forever and Ever"
Again, my text suggests way O.
studying heaven 80 that we can bette
, understand 1t. The word eternity
: that we can handle so much is an i'm
, measurable world. Knowing that W,
I could not understand that word. tn
Bible uses it only once. We say "for
l ever and ever" But how long is "for
ever and ever" l am glad that m,
, text puts under our eye heaven 70
| thirty minutes. AS when you see
g great picture. you put sheet Of pape
i. into scroll and look through 1t or Joil
. your forefnger to your thumb and lool
q through the circle between, and tn
q picture becomes more intense, SO thi
n masterpiece Of heaven by st. John I
h more impressive when we take onl
p thirty minutes Of It at time. Now
i we have something that we can com
nearer to grasping, and it is quie
|. heaven. When we discourse about tn
multitudes Of heaven, 1t must be almos
:. a nervous shock to those who have a.
?. their lives been crowded by many pee
PIE uAo W III Wuht 4uiCS hCo NChs -
!? the last thirty-five years have bee
n much Of the time in crowds and undo
# public scrutiny and amid excitement
/. and / have sometimes thought for
!. few weeks after l reach heaven
!. would like to go down in some quie
/, part of the realm. with a few friends
# and for a little while try comparativ
@ solitude. Then there are those who's
d hearing Is 90 delicate that they get n
e satisfaction when you describe til
" e-nsh Of the eternal orchestra. and the
:. feel like saying, as q good woman Il
" Hudson, N. T.. said after hearing m
speak Of the mighty chorus Of HEAVIER
THAT must be q great heaven. bu
- what will become Of my poor head
~ Yes, this half hour of my text is sti
- experience. There was silence 1
~ heaven for half an hour"
"a A Glimpse of tho Kings Palace.
n You will find the Inhabitants all a
g, home. Enter the Kings palace an
a. take only a glimpse, for we have onl
"a thirty minutes for all heaven. "Is tina
ia Jesus7" "Yes." Just under the hal
r.. along his forehead is the mark Of
h. wound made by a bunch Of twiste
II. brambles, and his foot on the thron
q hac m tha rOuDd of hia inaten nnfhe