Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-02

ton. At last We were morally wreck.
cd. We were spiritually doomed. We
were shattered upon the awful recko
Of despair and eternal dssth. Then We
did not need a protector nearly so
much q We needed q divine r~ecrestor,
q redeemer. We needed a divine chart,
not 80 much to save US from futurO
sins rs who would blot out tho
awful record Of our past sins. This
obiiteration Of the past Is Just what
the Lord God Almighty will do II we
will let him. Through the atoniDg
blood Of JesuS Christ all this can he
do. Read the third chapter Of Acts.
Repent We therefore and be convert
ed that your sins may be blotted out"
Yes, VI have been crushed upon the
rocks Of eternal death, but Christ can
lift us up and place 10 upon the rocks
Of eternal life. Halleluiah! For the
Lord God omnipotent saith It.
A Peaceful scens.
Lot W return to the peaceful cen oY
my text. As we climb the Judacan hills,
where sits the shepherd poat watching
his sheep, We see q t~rHnscefident beau
ty shining from the fare Of the psalm
lat. David 10 not looking down to
! earth, but away off. Far. far away IL
his vision. lie seem to be watching
his dear ones He looks as though all
the treasures Of the hills and all the
wealth Of tho seas were about to be
given him. He seems to hear music
sweeter than any human being ever
heard before. We look at his raptured
face q moment. Then w ask: What
Is ii, David? What do you see? What
do you hear? What treasure Is yours"
He looks about at first dazed. Then he
comes back TO earth rs he
"Why. I was softly singing 70 myself
that Fcrtieth Psalm. I composed 1t
many years ago. ! did not then realize
al, wrote. When I came to the
words, The Lord thinketh upon me-
I began 70 summarize all the care God
has taken Of me In this world. Then
I began to see visions Of the glories OF
the land which he Is preparing for me
beyond. God is thinking Of me-. Yes.
he Is preparing them all for me when
the right time comes for me to possess
them. Look, cannot YOU see those glo-
ries nowT" AS David talks his inter
probation Of my text sreins very plain
and very simple. God is again dealing
with us as a father would deal with his
child.
God says. Nothing Is too good for
his children when the right time comes"
50 he thinks ahead and plans ahead
for us. When the right time comes
and come it wel-God is going to give
US a great mansion In heaven. Yes:
you can picture tia white marble pal
ace, with mosaic floors and rainbowed
fountains. 1t may have terraced gar
dens surrounding II. Our palace will
be as good IA that. There is nothing
too good for Gods heavenly childcan.
There he Is going to give US health-im-
mortal health. No pain, no suffering.
no hcartacile. is TO be there. Nothing
is. then. too good for us when the right
time comes. Then be ia going to give
us back our loved ones. Some OF us
ere very lonely now. We will not be
lonely then. Nothing will hen be too
good for us in celestial companiOnship.
Then God will give Us n crown. Then
We shall bave endless communion with
his own dear self. Oh, my friends. will
you not let God GO on planning for you
and thinking FOR You? Was it to he
wondered ct that the radiant face W.
saw as we climbed the Judaean bills
and looked at the shepherd poet OF Is.
rael was celestial in its reflection when
we realize that David was catching a
glimpse about what the Lord was
planning far him beyond the grave?
VIII you let God plan for you such a
future?
Copyright. 1906. by Louis Klopsch.l