The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-06

or eight hours without waking-if for that
length Of time in every twcnty-forr hours
you can be free of all care and worrime1t
and your nerves arc retured and your
limbs escape from all fatigue and the ris..
ing sun finds you q new man, body, mind
and sorl-you have an advantage that
ought to be put in prayer and song and
congratulation.
As long as you collect vast dividends
and have health iocund and popularity Tin.
boIinded you will-have crowds OF seeming
friends, but let bankruptcy and invalid
ism and defapntion come, and the num-
Der OF your friends will be ninety-hve per
cent. oil. II you have been through some
great crisis and you have one friend left,
thank God and celebrate it on the sweet
est harpstring.
But we must tighten the cords of our
harp and rctunc it while we celebrate gos-
pei advantages The highest style of civ
ilization the world has ever seen is Amer
lean civilization, and it is built out of the
gospel of pardon and good morals. ., That
gospel rocked our cradle, and it will epi'
taph our grave. It soo,hes our sorrows,
brightens our hopes, inspires Our courage,
forgives our sins and saves our souls. /.
takes q man who is all wrong and makes
him all right. What that gospel has done
for you and me is ctory that we can
never fully tell.
w ndG IL mas uOne lot Ine WOrl0 ana VIII
yet do for the nations it will take the thou
sand years of the millennium TO celebrate.
The grandest churches are yet to be built.
The mghtiest anthems arc yet to be
hoisted. The greatest victories are yet to
be gained. The most beautiful Madonnas
are yet to be painted. The most trium.
phant professions are yet to march
Oh. what a world this will be when it
rotates in its orbit a redeemed planet,
ri.f1 tptt o,,I
enriched by orchards whose fruits are
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! All that and more
Will come to pass, for "the mouth Of the
Lord hath spoken it,"
So far | have mentioned nine of the ten
strings of the instrument of gratitude. |
now come to the tenth and the last
mention it Inst that it may be the moro
emorable-heavenly anticipation. BY the
grace OF Cod we are going TO move into q
place so 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
rcjoi~ad over our departed kindred there
are some mighty spirits we will want to
meet ooo1 after we pass through the gates
We want TO see and will see David, a
mightier king in heaven than he ever was
on earth, and we will talk with him about
psalmody and get from him exactly what
he meant when he talked about the instru
ment of ten strings. We viii 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 he will tell II:
of the coming down Of the walls of Jer
cho at the blast OF the rams horn and ox
plain to us that miracle-how the sun and
moon could stand still without demolition
Of the planetary system.
We will see Ruth and have her tell o
the harvest field of Roaz, in which she
cleaned for afflicted Naomi We will SEE
Nashti end hear from her own lips the
story Of her banichment from the Persian
palace by infamous Ahasuerus.
We will Gee and talk with Daniel, ant
he viii tell us how he saw Belshazzar'i
banqueting hall turned into a slaughter
house, and how the lions greeted him witt
lovilg fawn instead of stroke Of cruel paw
We win see and talk with Solomon, whose
palaces are gone, bu: whose inspired cpl
grams stand out stronger and stronger a:
the centuries pass.
We will see Paul and hear from him
how Felix trembled before him and Tho
audience OF skeptcs on Mars Hill wert
Confounded by his sermon on the brother
hood of mals what he saw at Ephosus anC
Syracuse and Phlippi and Rome and how
dark was the Aanertine dungeon and how
sharp the axe that beheadod him on The
road to Ostia Yea, we will sec all tht
martyrs, the victims of axe and sword anC
fire and biliow. What a thrill OF excite
ment for US when we gaze upon the heroe,
and heroincs who gave their lives for the
truth.
We will see the gospel proclamers Chry
sostom and Bourdalous and Whtcfeld
and the Wesleys and John Knox. We
viii see the great Christian poets Milton
and Dante and Watts and Mrs. Hemans
and Frances Havergal. Yea all the de.
parted Christian men and women OF what
ever age or nation.
But there will be ono focus toward
which all eyes viii he directed. His in.
fancy having slept on pillow OF straw; all
the hates of the Herodic Government plan.
ming for His assassination; in after time
whipped as though He were a criminal
asleep on the cold mountains because no
one offered Him a lodging; though the
greatest being who ever touched our earth.
derisively called "this fellow" His last
hours writing on spikes of infinite tor
ture; His lacerated form put in sepucher,
then terminated and ascended to be the
centre of all heavenly admira ton--upou
that greatest martyr and mightest hero
Of all the centuries we will he permitted 10
look. Put that among your heavenly antic.
ipations.
Now take down your harp of ten strings
and sweep all the chords, making all of
them tremble with great gladness. | have
mentioned just ten-deligh food eye
sight, hearing, healthful sleep, power Of
physical locomotion, illumincd nights, men.
tai faculties in eQuipoise, friendships Of
life, gospel advantages and heavenly an.
ticipations. let us make less complaint
and offer more thanks, render less dirgc
and more cantata. Take paper and pen
and write down i'm long columns your bless
ings ] have recited only ten. To express
all the mercies 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
of the brightnesses Of life.
, Notice how many more fair DAYS there
are than foul, how many more good people
than bad you meet. Set your misfortunes
10 music, as David opened his dark say
ings on harp" If it has been low tide
heretofore, let the surges of mercy that
are yet to roll in upon you reach high
water mark. All things will work to-
gether for yonr 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
aud unto the Lamb forever Amen!
copyright. 1909, l.. KlopsehI