The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-25
i'm CHRIST's STEAD.
Personal Service to the Master by
- Substitution.
How the Most Humble Deed Done In
Christly Love May BE Exalted
Sermon by the "Highway and
Byway" Preacher.



paper Col
Chicago, October 10, 1902.
Text:-And the King shall answer ana say
unto them, Verify say unto you: lnasmucn
as we have done II unto one OF the least Oh
these, Ny brethren, We have done It unto
Me.-Matt. 25:4o.
The Last Chapter.-Where is the per-
son who, when reading the interest
ing story book, has not stolen glance
into the last chapter to see how the
plot was going to turn out, and when
he has discovered the sequel and has
learned how the author finally dis
poses of the characters, he turns back
contentedly and reads the interven-
ing chapters to see how the story has
been developed and the plot unfolded.
In the section from which our text is
taken, the latter part of the twenty
fifth chapter of Matthew, Christ has
given us a glimpse into the last CHAP
ter in the story of human events which
the years of time are now writing.
AS He stood with His disciples during
the last few days of His earthly life
God quickened His prophetic vision
and He looked down through the CEN
turtles that were to unroll to the time
when all nations were to be gathered
before Him, and the sheep Of His own
fold were to be separated from the
goats of, the worlds pastures.
During the 40 days in which the
risen Lord appeared to His disciples
and they saw Him come and go un-
hampered by human conditions or hu-
man limitations, their understanding
began to open and expand to the I'M
limited resources and power OF God.
And when they gathered on Olivets
brow and had had last parting WORD
with their Lord face to face, Heavens
cords drew Him from their midst,
up. up, until the feecy, glowing cloud
rolled beneath His feet and shut Him
from their view. They could not see
Heavens gates swing wide to admit
Him, but they knew they did. They
could not hear the rapturous song OF
the hosts of Heaven as they bid the
King welcome, but the music of David's
psalm swelled in their souls and they
knew It echoed the Heavenly strains
Lift up your heads. o ye gates;
| And. be We lifted up. ye everlasting doors
| And the King Of glory shall come In.
| Who Is the King OF glory!
| The Lord strong and mighty.
The Lord mighty In battle.
Lift up your heads. o We gates;
Yea. lift them up, ye everlasting doors;
| And the King of glory shall come "
| Who is this King Of glory?
| The Lord of Hosts.
He Is the King of glory"
They could not see their Lord TAXI
His seat at the right hand of Coz
on the throne in Heaven, but they knew
He was there. Yea. in the marvelou
DAYS which were to follow, the vision
of the sanity Stephen was to pene
trate the portals of Heaven and h
was to see the risen Lord to whom
his spirit was so soon to take its flight
And with the knowledge of all thi
filing their souls with peace and 10,
and confidence, the words which Jesu
smoke came to be full of reality an
meaning. "When the Son of Man shal
come in His glory, and all the hol.
angels with Him, then shall He 81
upon the throne of His glory" The
knew this was to come to pass. The
knew that when the world had ru
its course and God had exhauste
every effort in mans behalf that tn
nations and the peoples of the cart
would be ushered into the presence o
the King and the final separation O
the sheep from the goats would tax
Mace. The last chapter lies open bt
fore us. We know what the sequ'
of the story the nations and people
of the earth are writing is to be. w
are helping to fill in the intervenin
cbapters. Are we in the love of Chris
living out a life of service to those
need so that we shall hear Him
that great day saying unto us: III
asmuch as We have done 1t unto on
of the least of these, My brethren. J
have done it unto Me-" or are we
the pride of the human heart. a
though, may be, in the name of churc
and religion, so serving self as
he among those who will hear Him sa.
"Inasmuch as ye did 1T not to one
the least Of these. ye did it not to M
Depart from Me-"
An ENdltCu OcINiSS' A'O VOAoS.
our text throw q new and beautif
light upon the earthly .-fe and dec
Of those to whom the King Is tai
ing. The cup of cold water whis
was given to the tired, dusty, thirst
traveller that day so long befo
stands revealed in the pure searchir
light of Heaven as having been give
70 Christ Himself That wear
homeless stranger who knocked til
;dlv Mt the back door that dark al
stormy night, and who was Civ
! bospitable shelter, is found in II
final reckoning day to have been Il
substitute of Christ, and the servi
rendered him was done as un
Christ. The shivering, hungry hit
one on the street who was fed al
clothed; the lonely and neglect
one. sick in the garnet room, wi
was visited and comforted and car
for; the repentant criminal behil
the prison bars, to whom were ca
ried the words of sympathy and ho
of a better nfe. are all suddenly di
nified with new light and new mea
ing, as it is understood that Chri
! looked upon the service render
them as done unto Himself.