The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-25

Maker is God
Lot, with his eyes fxed upon the fruit
full plain below, saw that it could sat
isfy worldly ambitions, and SO ne
Chose him the plain of Jordan and
went there to live. Abraham could
calmly, even cheerfully, see Lot take
the best of the land, for his eye OF faith
beheid with undimmed vision the ghs'
teniuy turrets and the golden pave
men,s of that Celestial City, designed
by God and built upon the enduring
rock of His eternal purposes. IL may
be that when Abraham went home aho
told his wife of the bargain he hao
made with his nephew Lot that she was
xerv much dissatisfied and scolded lam
for his short-sighted folly. And IL did
seem for a few years as though aura
ham had made a mistake, but during
the centuries which have rolled around
since then Sarah has had plenty OF time
To change her mind, and | imagine as
.he walks with Abraham through the
rare gardens of the CeieSiai wy
sharing in the peace and JOY ana giory
of that beautiful place. she wonders
how she ever could have let niue
match of ground down by the jordan
make her unhappy and dissatisfied,
And Lot? Well, after his bargain with
Abraham. / suppose he used TO run up
and visit his uncle occasionally to tell
him of his great prosperity and ms &C.
cumulating riches. He probably had
many a quiet little laugh with himse1
over the easy way in which he had over.
reached his uncle, and wondered good
mapy times how Abraham could be so
contented and so easily satisfied. But
while Lot was gathering the worlds
rold in heaps. Abraham was laying up
treasure in Heaven, which he is ENJOY
ing TO this day; but Lot, poor, poverty
stricken soul that he was, got into
Heaven $50 as by fire." and every
blessed thing he had was burned up.
~ ONE one has beautifully told OF an
= imaginary but very probable scene
in Heaven. Two souls have passed
from earth and entered the pearly
gates of Heaven. Each seeks its man.
sion which the Lord has been prepar-
ing for them in fulfillment of His prom
use. The Master leads one, who has
been a gardener, and who has dwelt in
n little matched cottage in one obscure
corner of his employers lordly estate.
to n splendid mansion placed in good
" location and bids him enter, for this
: IS his mansion which has been pre-
pared for him. The other soul, who,
haI in n
sion on the place where the first soul
had toiled in obscurity, and was none
, other than the mistress who had daily
givcn him his orders. was then taken
by the Master to humber part of the
. city where the houses were smaller,
and lower. and palmer. and pointing to
one which was the meanest of all on
the street, He bids her enter. An ex-
clamation of surprise and bitter dis
appointment bursts from her lips and
shr exclaims: "Surely, Lord, this place
cannot be intended for me. Ihave been
used to living in n mansion. The stately
house, which my former servant has
entered must be mine and this place
his. for he has always lived in rude.
mean cottage Of two rooms upon my
estate But the Master, with tender
tone and compassionate look. said:
Nay, dear soul. this is in truth your
mansion. No mistake has been made.
7 have done the best l could with the
mstcrials you gave Me. So little treas
ure did you lay up in Heaven while on
earth that was hard put TO rear even
80 small and unpretentious dwelling.
But your humble and faithful servant,
whose good and kindly deeds and cody
life were the talk of all in the commu-
nifty. laid up hist treasure here with such
lavish hand that il was necessary to
enlarge the plans several times and
place minarets and turrets all over the
splendid structure to use up all the ma
-terinl he provided" Abraham Cooked
for a city which hath foundations.
whose Builder and Maker is God" and
he undoubtedly secured one Of the fn-
est mansions in the city. Lot looked TO
Che plain Of Jordan and chose his dwell
ing place there, and he could count
himself fortunate that he even OBJ
tanned standing room in Heaven.
ZANE OF the problems of this life is
~ that Of choosing dwelling place.
We have TO live somewhere, and house
hunting becomes the task of nearly
every one some time during life. A
few people never know what it is to
move from one home to another. A
great many move but seldom, while
muItitudes move yearly or biennially.
Some people move, II is said, because 1t
In cheaper than paying rent; others
move to get out of their own dirt and
because IL is the easiest way to house
clean; others move from habit and be-
cause OF the restless spirit which
Graves change Of scene and surround