Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-12-11

people think that God is so merclful that
after awhile they may stand in His pres
ence. but He is just as well as merclful,
and He has provided the way by which
the gate. Reformation will not do, moral.
ity can not answer; it is giving up yourself
to Him, putting your hand in His and let
ting Him lead vow all the journey of life.
until you pass through the gates. a
child dying said to his father, II
wouldn't be. afraid to go if mamma
would go with me-" But" he said. little
one, she capt go, Then the child said,
1T want you to sSo,' and he said, nmy da ns
had prayed to Him who nad promised to
walk through the valley of the shadow,
after a little while he said, ~ am not
afraid now. for Christ has said that tie
will be with me, and He will" Lift up
your heads. oh, we gates, lift them up, Tor
the time is 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. 70
YOU know the history of pearls? Humanity
speaking it 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 she'll This is source of irri-
tation, suffering and pain, and a 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
time when there was no entrance INTO
heaven for us; sin had closed it, man had
crevously sinned, he had broken every
law of God, and there was no hope for him
at all. Then it was that the Babe was era
died in the manger, became youth, grew
to manhood, endured thirty-three years OF
suffering, eliminating in the agony upon
Calvary, when in the tremendous tension
His heart broke. Then it was He died.
the just for the unjust the innocent tor
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 it Is they are omen to-day, and
one never hears of the gates of pearl but
he must realize in some measure what sal
walton cost, not so much to you and to me,
but to Him-humiliation, sorrow. suffer-
ing, death, and do you realize that every
rayed against Him, for He said. You are
either for Ne or against Me, there is no
'N'' TWELVE GATES.
1Jo sun ~, ,rord of Cod ;s, Tn ito
., INV ."tn , NV "nd swaetnoss como from
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can not touch it but the water of life will
come forth. 1t is a flower; you can not
come near it without being blessed By its
fragrance. There is something to me even
in the number of heavens gates. The
ewe side and Tho citv Ieth four square
Is tI;s not m indication that God has
n 10 sbmnS, nj nrov;s;on for our entrance
;mt" no % c;t,. abpnves II ia man who has
m na,y down he wav The Bible inyi.
,at;nn;, "VVhosoaver yin lot him come"
T 1%,,o nr 20, ION - abundant No ono can
.t 80, ~ tho ;nd,ment and cav ANYTHING
b"t tb; s "Iord I migbt have entered. but
! womid not Twelve oates. and if you
are "T not in it. it is YOUR fault alone. God
nas dov ali tbo+ Ito could do Tho Trim.
mas zone al, onho -. ioa aimoSt on sinful
,nrd and 10 will do no more. II is for us
orrsol,.es 70 choose To enter in it is very
o cu,y' ~ he saved ~ ~ >
Guy ". W. &c no scbools If a creat CITY NV
.,a f, oi of tr,nsn,n n crT Of fire was
st,rtad TIC children we're nanic.stricken.
ond ' no teanhers 40 ,vcll In rushing from
tho bm;ld;nr monv We're injured: some
were killed, When it was found that the
alarm was false, returning to her room on"
of the teachers, found sitting at her desk
young girl who had not lrred. When
asked the reason Tor her hraveness, she
said, MY father is fireman, and he tod
me II ever there was an alarm OF hre III
the building just to sat sun where was
and he would save me. My father Is tlre,
man and he knows. and l Just trusted
would bring salvation.
Said q man in Glasgow to distinguished
evangelist, Il am, very. ANXIOUS to DE
saved: what must ! dog, The evangelist
quoted many passages. OF scripture 70 iI'm,
among them John M. lo: FOR Hod so
loved the world that He gave His only be-
gotten Son that ,whosoever beheveth IN
Him, and when he mad gone tins lar ihe
man stopped hun, SAYING, But 90 he'
licre." Then the evangelist quoted the
sixth chapter, Of John and the fortv'Scv'
verify, ] say unto you, he that hehcvcth
on Me hath everlasting htc. The man
saw it IN moment and cried out reilolc'
mg,, u have got 1t, ! nave got II. nat
kline, OF ACCEPTANCE OF God brings everiast'
ing lie. Twelve gates, ana every gate Il
pearl and every gate exactly alike, SO al
ter all there is only one way.
THE GATES ARE OPEN.
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dov NVn rc,J maj tLev shoI MT he shut
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