Year: 1879

done him sll the damage you can You are pleas
ed TO ste him vince. You say, Didn't give II
TO hmT Now, that SANDER rolls Ou It's poisoning
and bitter way. II is no far Of that IL cannot
touch you; but after while l see that II is beRin.
n,ng 10 curve, and It rolls round and rolls round
until see II is making for your heart and you
had better dodge But you can't dodge. 1t runs
Into your bosom and sentence Of the Old Book
rolls In after IT, with what measure you mete II
shall be measured TO you again. You mAltreat
All aged parent you bPRrudge him the place In
your house, you are impatient OF his whimsical
ties and Rarrulity, II makes you mad 10 hear him
tell the same story twice, you give him food that
he cant maslicate, you are rough In your words
vud actions. Well, he will soon be gone but the
Lord has an account with you on that subject
After while your hair begins to get white and
your eyesight becomes dim and your appetite is
poor, and the 30 lnd Of the grinding is low. You
yourself are an old man. Now yOM CHILDREN
want TO know II you are going TO live iOrevera and
want you away. They used to call you father
now they call you the old man, Before they get
through they will cal you the old chap, You
make mi sleO from the door sill and fall, and
they cannot help you up--they are so overcome
with laughter What are those rough tones In
which they address you? 0uly the echo of the
words with which, thirty years ago, you accosted
your father. What is that which you are chew.
ing at the breakfast table. but chewing In vain,
till your jaws ache and you surrender2 Examine,
and see II 1t IN not the very grlstle your father
had for his breakfast orty years ago. An aged





said that invars bly, IN this life maltreatment OF
age was punished. Behold 10 morals the circle.


What we do OF good or bad comes back to us
What Etnpendnus meaning II gives to our human
life D. you realize that the Judgment Day will
be merely the point at which the circle will be
Complete2 All our had works and bad actions IL
unpaTdOned, though they have been rolling rOupd
for half a century, coming back to greet us with
curse Of condemnation. l should like to see
Paul at the moment when his Influence, rolling
on throu Sh Antioch through Cyprus, through
Destra, through GalIiCia, through Athens through
COrinth through Europe through Asia, through
Africa, through North and South America,
through the first century, through five centuries,
through twenty Centuries, through all the ecu.
turtles, through earth, through heaven, and now
the full wave Vt II strikes him. Only one Observ.
er In the Universe can calculate the width the
length, the sweep Of influence that went out
from that invalid missionary, and that Observer
is the one who "siueth upon the circle of the
earth." l would NOT want to see VOltaire the mo.
ment his Influence comes to full orb. When IT
eghty'three years OF age the fatal hemorrhage
struck him his IL flueDce did not cease. The most
brilliant intellect of his century, he spent his
strength in assanltiDg Christianity the ii fuence
widening through all France, through all Ger.
many, through all Europe, through all America,
through all the one hundred and one years since
his death, and will widen through sub,t Quent
centuries, and when IN the last world the aCCu.
mulated wave of disaster and woes comes thun-
dertng In fiery surRes of wrath OmnipOlent
against his destroyed soul, II will be enough to
make the black hair of eternal darkness turn
white al the horror Only one Observer In all the
Universe can tell how that bad mans work gir-
dled the world and that Observer is The one who
silteth upon the circle of the earth.


But see sadness on the faces of this sud-.
enee that must dlsperse You say you will be
glad to have the good of your life Come back but
the idea of your sin coming back is grievous
alright. Let me tell you that Christ Can break
The circle If you call upon him. ] can quote
twenty passages to prove that when God for
ChTists SAX tOrgives man not one of ali the
sins OF his lifetime can hnd him ont. They quit
the circle and take perpendicular fall at right
angles with complete oblivion. You see the
wheel whirling toward you, and you step behind
the cross, and against that the wheel e splnlered
aud crushed into nOthingneEs. Forgiven For.
givenl The meaneSt thing that you can do Ia,
after difficulty is settled 10 throw the matter up
again. God W II not do such thing as that.
God has such q mighty memory that he keeps
the events OF all the ages but there is one thing
that slips his memory and he is sure to forget,
and that is pardOned transgressiOn Their sins
and their iniquities Will remember no moren
But do not, my hearers, think that this doc.
trine of the circle ends with this life You might
quote In IppOsitiOn to me ST Johns statement,
where he says of heaven, The city lieth fOnr
square," That does seem hard on my theory but
house may be square aud yet the family Inside
may be in circle. Round about the throne
were four and twenty SeHt4" circle will
prove that this is so in heaven, Il heard the
voice of ma angels roundabout the throne and
the seats and the elders" A circle "Aud there
was a rainbow roundabout the throne A semi.
circle So you zee by pOsitlve proof that all the
elders and the angels and the seats face one way,
circumference OF patriarchs apostles and mar
tyrs. Circumference of scotch COvenanters and
Theban legion and the Albgenses. ClrCumter.
enCe of the good of all ages. Periphery of sDlen.
dor uUimagtned and undescribed A circle


But every circle must have CENTRE and what
Is the centre of this heavenly circumference
Christ. His all the worship. His all the song.
HIS all the crowns All Heaven wreathes itself
in garland round about Him. Take from His
foot the imperial sandal and see the scar of the
pike. Lift from His hrOw the cOrOnet Of domin.
ion and zee where was the laceration of the
briers. Conn 10 all heaven, and narrow the cir
Gle as you press closer with your love- o, Christ
the Savior o. Christ, the man o, Christ the
God Keep Thy throne forever Seated on the
circle OF the earth Seated on the circle Of the
Heavens.


"on Christ, the solid rock, stand,


All other ground is sinking sand"