Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-11-24

WORSE Hll ClIdu GIle loWSl eahAAiie.Ao
The calf is taken from the cow; the
cow moarns for a night-and then
in a day her calf is forgotten. The
kittens are taken from the mother;
and after day or so Of restless wan
dering the mother forgets the kittens.
The dove mourns for a day in the
elms over the nest wrecked by the
storm and for the brides drowned
by the food-and then the brides
are remembered no more. But the
poor human mother never forgets.
When her head is white with the
snow of many years and her feet all
faltering go down the sunset trail,
you can bring tears into her eyes by
mentioning the child that died in her
arms forty years ago. And when the
old father passes the eightieth mile
stone of life, a useless cumberer on
the earth, he will weep, at the mere
mention of the wild boy that broke
his fathers heart and despised his
fathers counsel. Through the shad-
owy past, like tomb searcher, MEM
ory runs thus, lifting each shroud
that time east over buried hopes.
In the fields there must I know
nothing Of the fields l ploughed here?
In the light of His face must have
NO memory of my mothers face.
God forbid. In the mingling of the
throngs up there must have no
memory of my people whom / have
served here? Shall / remember moth
ing of mothers lullaby OF of the
Gospel songs that have thrilled my
soul simply because I hear from ten
thousand times ten thousand throats
the song of Moses and the Lamb?
No-a thousand times no!
The Bible says that ''nations shall
be born in a day." The time is COM
ing when the heather shall be given
unto Him for His Inheritance and
the uttermost parts of the earth for
His possession. And when China
comes to God, will it have no memory
of Morrison who toiled for 30-odd
wears and died not having received
the promise? Will China know moth
ing of our own great John Lake and
of John Anderson from Woodruff,
who sleeps in the mud of a Chinese
river today? When Burma comes to
God crowned with salvation, will
Burma know nothing of Judson and
his wife, sweet Ann Haseltine? When
the Indians hit the long trail will
they know nothing of DIR. Brainerd!
When Africa comes naked from the
Jungle to put on the Gospel apparel
will it know nothing of David Living
ston and Dan Crawford-and others!
When Siberia comes to God will 1t
know nothing of sweet, heroic Grace
Mcbride who died in the SHOWS that
from the corners of the frozen land
the Gospel bells might ring? When
Labrador hosts come through the
gates will they not know DR.. Gren-
fell? Surely. Surely!
Dives had memory when he Gifted
up his eyes in hell, being in torment"
To him Abraham said, "Son, remem-
ber," Dives remembered the feast he
gave. He remembered the beggar at
the gate. Remembered his brothers.
He remembered his opportunity. He
remembered his earth life. If the ex-
lied and lost remember, will not the
enthroned remember? Byron said:
ETERNITY forbids to forget"
2. Rejection of This Doctrine De-
feats the Expectancy of the World.
Even among those reared at pagan
fresides and taught by pagan teach
ers there is the yearning for heaven
ly recognition. The great pagan
teachers believed and taught that the
fires of life when they died down
would not leave cold ashes. Ultimate
ly this does not prove anything. But
it does suggest this: That deep down
in human intuition and deep down
in the human soul God Almighty has
not left man without witness. AS
one has said: "The profound cry OF
the human soul and the thought OF
human consciousness is the fact OF
heavenly recognition" In all lands
and in all ages the theory OF recog-
milton in the future world is received.
What form of religion planted this
thing which Christianity confirms!
No form of religion for it is received
under all forms of religion. 1t S a
sentiment universally implanted; 1t
is feeling universally vital; it is an
anticipation universally dynamic. Is
It God implanted? Then it is right
fully implanted.
Cicero who lived before Christ's
day said: "Oh, glorious day when l
shall retire from this low and sordid
scene to associate with the divine as
semblage of departed spirits
with my dear Cate, the best of sons
and the most faithful of men. 1t was
my sad fate to lay his body on the
funeral pile. If I seemd to bear his
death with fortitude it was by no
means because 1 did not feel sensi-
bly the loss 1 had sustained. 1t was
because I was supported by the con-
soling reflection that we should not
be long separated"
Homer, great man to the Greeks,
tells of Ulysses meeting his mother
in the spiritual world and recognizing
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