The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-08

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length Of time in every twenty-forr hours
YOU can be free Of all care and worriment
and your nerves are rcture1 and your
limbs escape from all fatigue and the ris-
ing sun finds you 4 new man, body, mind
and soul-you have an advantage that
ought TO be put in prayer and song and
congratulation.
As long as you collect vast dividends
and have heath jocund and popularity I'M
bounded you will have crowds of seeming
friends. but let bankruptcy and invalid
ism and defamation come. and the mum.
Der OF your friends will be nnety-fve per
cent OF. III you have been through some
great crisis and YOU have one friend left.
thank God and celebrate it on the sweet
est harpsiring.
But we must tighten thc cords of our
harp and rctunc it while we celebrate Cos
pei advantages The highest stvle of civ.
ilization the world has ever seen is Amer.
lean civilization, and 10 Is built out Of the
gospel of pardon and good morals That
gospel rocked our cradle. and it will cpl
taph our grave. 1t soo,hes our sorrows
brghten5 our hopes, inspires our courage,
forgivcs our sins and saves our souls 1t
takes man who Is all wrong and makes
him all right. What that gospel has done
for you and me Is a story that we can
never fully tell.
What it has done for the world and will
yet do for the nations it will take the thou
sand years of the millennium to celebrate.
Inc grandest churches arc yet to be built.
The mightiest 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-
plant professions are yet to march.
Oh. what world this will be when IL
rotates II ITS orbit n redeemed planet,
glrdled with spontaneous harvests and
enriched by. orchards whose fruits arc
speclIless and redundant. and the last main
have hnpp hNn NJ oh ha
wept and the last groan uttered, and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy mountainl All that and more
VIII come to pass, for "the mouth OF the
Lord hath spoken it"
80 Tar l have mentioned nine of the ten
strings OF the instrument of gratitude. /
now come to the tenth and the last. |
mention 1t last that 1t may be the more
memorable heavenly anticipation. BY the
grace OF Cod we are going to move into a
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
| rcloiced over our departed kindred there
are some mighty spirits we will want TO
meet soon after we pass through the gates
We want to sec and will see David. a
mightier king in heaven than he ever was
on earth, and we will talk with him about
psaimody and get flom him exactly what
he meant when he talked about the instru-
mcnt OF ten strings. We will confront
Moses, who VIII tell OF the law giving on
with no orc but God present
we Will see Joshua, and he will tell us
OF the coming down OF the walls of Jeri-
cho at the blast of the rams horn and OK
plain to rs that miracle-how the sun and
moon could stand still without demolition
OF the planetary system.
We viii sec Ruth and have her tell of
the harvest field oil Roaz, in which she
cleaned for afflicted Naomi. We will sec
Nashti 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
ne VII tell us how he saw Belchazzar' $
banqCetlnG hail turned into a slaughter
house, and how the lions greeted him with
loving fawn instead of stroke of cruel paw.
we VIII see and talk with Solomon, whose
palaces are gone, but whose inspired cpl
grams stand out stronger and stronger as
the centuries pass.
We viii sec Paul and hear from him
how Felix trembled before him and the
audience of skepticS on Mars Hill were
COMPOUNDED by his sermon on the brother.
hood OF man, what he cav at Ephcsus and
Syracuse and Philippi and Rome and how
dark was the Mamcrtine dunsaou and how
sharp the axe that beheadetg him on the
road TO Ostia. Yea, we will see all the
martyrs, the victims of axe and sword and
hiS eltd bl4ONs w lGI a lHIlll OF excite
nent for us when we gaze upon the heroes
and hcrcines who gave their lives for the
truth
We will see the gospel prociaimers Chry-
session. and Bourdalous and Whitcfeld.
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 viii he one focus toward
which all eyes will be directed His in.
fancy having slept on pillow of straw: all
ihe hates Of the Herodic Government plan
nlng for His assassination: in after time
whipped as though He were a criminal:
asleep on the cold mountains because no
one offered Him lodging; though the
greatest being who ever touched our earth
ierisively called this fellow" His last
hours writing on spikes of infinite tor
sure; His lacerated form put in sepulcher
then terminated and assembled TO be the
,entro of all heavenly admiration-upon
hat greatest martyr and mightiest hero
81 all the centuries VIC will he permitted to
ook. Put that among your heavenly antic-
1pations.
Now take down your harm of ten strings
and sweep all the chords making all of
them trembe with n great gadness. / have
mentioned Just ten-delightsome food, eye
sight, hearing, healthful sleep, power of
physical locomotion. illumined nights. men
tai faculties in equipoise, friendships Of
lie, gospel advantages and heavenly an
tcipatlons. Let us make less complaint
md 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 70 express
all 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. "Oh. give thanks unto the Lord
for He Is good, for His mercy endurctb
forever Get into The habit of rehearsal
vi the orIghtnesscs of life.
Notice how many more fair DAYS there
are than foul, how many more good people
than bad you meet Set your misfortunes
To music. as David opened his dark saw
lngs ON harp If 10 has been low tide
heretofore let the gmges of mercy that
ire yet to roll in upon YOU reach HIGH
water mark An things viii work 10.
tether for your good. aud heaven is not
tar ahead. Wake up ali the ten strings.
Blessing and honor and glory and power
be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb forever Amenl
tCopyrgh', 1909, T. KlopschJ
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