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West uu Student III ulleinlaniv lust year SuitrnM jirciuired lor luliu's In frniii -toll month i:iTlinciil fueully I'lnumal intlriiellini. llenutlrul lllutinitid cutaloKiie, ml lew JiiiirnnU, ami cvclmeiw of iK'iiinuiiitil, wnt frit' by ndiin suing ULUllMDfJK A HOOHK. Lincoln, .Neb. f&Mtar SERMON BY DRTALMAGE "THE WIDE OPEN DOOR" THE TITLE OF AN EXCELLENT DISCOURSE. Ilia Mruiornlile WunU of lli'M'liitlou, "And Heboid Dour Win Opened. In Hrntm," the Text Krory (Inn Jliiy Ruler Into (tin Kingdom If lie Will. llltooiavy, July 20. Tho titlo of Dr. Talmngo's sermon today was "Tlio Wldo Open Door," and his text Is fottiul In Hov. lv, It "And, liehold, n door was opened In heaven." John had been tho pastor of n church in Ephcsus. IIu had bocn driven from his position In that city by an Indignant pop ulace. Tlio preaching of a pttru and earnest gospel lind inado tut excitement dangerous to every for.nof inl(ulty. Tills will often bo tlio result of pointed preach lug, Men will Hindi under tho swsml strokes of truth. Vow ought not to bo surprised that tlio blind limn make an outcry of pain when tho surgeon removes tho cataract front his eye. It Is a good sign when you seo men uneasy In tlio church pew, and exhibit lug impatience at some plain utterance of truth which smites a pet sin that they aru hugging to their hearts, After the patient has been so low that for weeks hosaid nothing ami noticed nothing, it is thought to lien good sign when ho liegln.s to boa little cross, And so I notice that spiritual invalids are in u fair way for recovery when they become somewhat irascible uiitl choleric under tlio treatment of tlio truth. Hut John had so mightily inculpated public iniquity that ho had been banished from his church and sent to Pattnos, a desolate Island, only a tnllo in breadth, against whoso rocky coasts the sea rose and mingled its voice with tho prayers and hymning of tho heroic exile. TWO KXII.EB CONTItASTKl). Vou cannot but contrast the condition of this banished apostlo with that of another famous exile. I)ok at tho apostlo on Fat mos and the great Frenchman on St. He lena. Doth were suffering among desola tion and barrenness because of offenses committed. Doth had passed through lives eventful and thrilling. Doth had been honored and despised. Doth were imperial natures. Doth had been turned olT to die. Vet murk tlio inliuito d I (Ter ence one had fought for tlio perishable crown of worldly authority, tho other for one eternally lustrous. The one had marked his path with tho bleached skulls of his followers, tho other had introduced peace and good will among num. Tho one had lived chiefly for self aggrandizement nnd tho other for tlio glory of Christ. Tho successes of tho one wero achieved atnld tho breaking of thousands of hearts and tho acute, heaven rending cry of orphan age and widowhood, while tho triumphs of the other made Joy In heaven among tho uugels of God. Tho heart of one oxilo was filled with re morse uud despair, while tho other was lighted up with thanksgiving and inex tinguishable hope. Over St. Helena gath ered tho blackness of darkness, clouds lighted up by uo suurislug, but rent and fringed nnd heaving with the lightnings of n wrathful God, and tho spray Hung over tho rocks seemed to hiss with tho con demnation, "Tho way of tho ungodly shall perish." But over Putmos tlio heavens were opened, nnd tho stormy sen beneath was forgotten in tho roll and gleam of waters from under the throne like crystal; and tho barrenness of tho ground under tho apostle was forgotten as above him ho saw tho trees of life nil bending under tho rlcti glow of heavenly fruitage, while the hoarse blast of contending clementsnrouud his sutTeritig body was drowned in tho trumpeting of trumpets and the harping of harps, tlio victorious cry of multitudes like the voice of many waters nnd tho ho sauna of hosts in number liko tho stars. A DULL SPOT FOIl A OI.OIHOCS VISION. What u dull spot upon which to stand nnd have such a glorious vision! Had Pa tm os been sonio troplcul island, urborod with the luxuriance of perpetual summer, and drowsy with breath of cinnamon and cassia, and tesselatcd with long aisles of geranium and cactus, wo would not liavo been surprised at tho splendor of tho vision. Dut tho last placo you would go to if you wanted to llnd beautiful visions would bo tlio island of Pat mos. Yet it is around such gloomy spots that God makes the most wonderful revelation. It was look ing through tho awful shadows of a prison that John Duuyan saw tho gate of tho celestial city. God thero divided tlio light from tho darkness. In that gloomy abode, on scraps of old paper picked up about his room, tlio great dream was written. It was whllo John Calvin was a refugee from bloody persecution, and was hid in n houso at Angoulcme, that ho conceived tho Idea of writing his Immortal "Institutes." Jucob had many a tlmo seen tho sun break ing through tho mists, and kindling them Into shafts and pillars of fiery splendor that might well liavo been a ladder for tho angels to tread on, but tho famous ladder which ho saw soared through n gloomy night over the wilderness. Tho night of trial and desolation is tho scene of tho grandest heavenly revelations. From tho barren, surf leaten rock of Patmos John looked up and saw that n door was opened in heaven. Again, tho announcement of such an opened entrance suggests tho truth that God Is looking down upon tho earth und observant of all occurrences. If we would gain a wide prospect wo climb up Into a tower or mountain. Tho higher up wo nro tho broader tho landscape we behold. Vet our most compreheuslvo view is limited to only n fow leagues hero n river und thero a lako and yonder a mountain peak. But what must bo tho glory of tho earth in tho eyo of him who from the door of heaven beholds at ono glauco ull mountains and lakes und prairies and oceans, lauds Imj spnugled with tropical gorgeousness aud Arctic regions whlto with everlasting snows, libation mnjestic with cedars and American wilds solemn with unbroken forests of pine, African deserts of glisten ing sand and wildernesses of water un broken by ship's keel, continents covered with harvests of wheat and rice and maize, tho glory of every zone, tho whole world of mountains and seas and forests aud Islands taken In in a single glanco of their great Creator NOTIII.NO ESCAPES OOP'S VISION. As wo take our stand upon Homo high point single objects dwindla Into such in significance that wo ceaso to bco them in tho mlnutlu, uud wo behold only tho grand points of tho scenery. Dut not so with God, Although standing fnr up In tho very tower of heaven, nothing by reasou of its smullucss escapes his vision. Every Illy of tho .field, overy violet under the grass, tho tiniest heliotrope, aster and geu tian are as plainly seen by him as tho proudest magnolia, aud not one vein of color in their loaf deepens or fades without Ids notice. Front this door In heavou God Bees all human conduct uud tho world's moral changes. Not ono toar of sorrow falls In hospital or workshop or dungeon but Siok.sH and In high heinou makes rtcot 1 tif its fall, Tlu world's Iniquities In all their ghust lines glower under his vision. Wats nnd tumults, uud tho desolations of fnmitieaud earthquake, whirlwind and shipwreck spread out before him. If there were no being in all the universe but God ho could bo happy with such tut outlook as tho door of heaven. Dut there ho stands, no more disturbed by the full of a kingdom than the dropping of a leaf, uo more excited by the rising of a throne than the bursting of a bud, the falling of n deluge than tho trickling of a raindrop. Earthly royalty clutches nervously Its scepter and waits in Etispoiiso the will of liillutnod subjects, and the crown Is i.vumI from one family to an other Dut above all earthly vicissitudes and the assault of human passions in tin shaken security stands tho king of kings, watching all tho affairs of his empire from tho Introduction of ki era to tho counting of the hairs of your head. Again, I learn front tho fact that a door In heaven Is opened that there is n way of entrance for our prayers and of egress for dlvino blessings. It does not seem that our weak volco has strength enough to climb up to God's ear. Shall not our prayer bo lost In tlioclouiM liavo words wlngsf -The truth Is plain: Hcavon's door Is Ido oM'tt to receive every prayer. .Must it not be loud t Ought It not to ring up with the strength of stout, lungs? .Must It not lie a loud call, such as drowning men utter, or liko tho shout of Rome chieftain in the battled No; imvhlspcr is as good lis a shout, und the inert wish of the soul In profound silence is as good as u whisper. It rises Just ns high nnd accomplishes Just as much lion iikaks tiii: most nu.Miii.i: city. Dut ought not praer to bo made of golden words If It is to enter such a splen did door and live bcsidoscruphlm and arch augelf Ought not overy phrase be rounded into perfection, ought not the language be musical and classic and poetic and rhetor! calf No; tlio most Illiterate outcry, tlio unjolntcd petition, tlio clumsy phrase, the sentence breaking into grammatical blun ders, an iinwordod groan Is just as cfToct tial if it bo tho utterance of tho soul's want. A heart all covered up with gar lands of thought would bo no attraction to God, but a heart broken and contrite that is tliu ncccptablo sacrifice. "I know that my Redeemer llveth." rising up In tho mighty harmony of a musical academy, may overpower our ear and heart, but It will not reach the ear of God liko the broken voiced hymn of some sufferer amid rugs and desolation 1 joking up trust!. tlly to a Saviour's compassion, singing amid tears and pangs, "I know that my Ite deetner livetli." I suppose that there was ttioro rhetoric i' ud classic elegance in tho prayers of tho Pharisee than of tho publican, but you know which was successful. Vou may kneel with complete elegance on some soft t-ushiou ut an altar of alabaster and utter ii prayer of .Mlltonic sublimity, but neither your graceful K)sturo nor the roll of your blank verso will attract heavenly atten tion, while over some dark cellar in which n Christian pauper Is prostrate in the straw angels bend from their thrones and cry one to another, "Behold, ho prays!" Through this open door of heaven what a long procession of prayers is continually passing! What thanksgivings! What fonfessions! What intercessions! Wliut liescccliiligs! "Aud lsjliold a door was ripened In heaven." Again, the door of heaven is opened to allow us tlio opportunity of looking lu. Christ when ho anno from heaven to Doth lohcm left it open, and no ono since has dured to shut It. Matthew threw it still wider open when ho camo to write, and Paul pushed the door further back when he spoke of the glory to bo revealed, and John in Revelation actually points us to the harps, and tho waters, and the crowns, and thu thrones. Thero aro profound mysteries about that blessed place that wo cannot solve. But look through this wide open door of heaven and see what you can seo. God means us to look ami catch up now somcthiui; of the rapture and attuno our hearts to its worship. Tin: doou of iii:avi;n is widu. It Is wide open enough to seo Christ. Behold him, tho chief aiming ten thousand, all the bannered tioiiip of heaven at his feet. With your enkindled faith look up along these ranks ol glory. Wutch how their pulms wave, and hear how their voices ring. Floods clapping their bunds, streets gleaming with gold, uncounted multitudes ever accumulating in . unlier and over rls lug up itito gladder hosnuuus, If you can not stand to look upon that Joy for at least one hour how could you endure to dwell among it foroverf You would wish your self out of it in threo days, and choose the earth again or any other place where it was not nlwaye Sunday. My hearer in worldly prosperity, allluent , honored, healthy aud happy, look in upon that company of thu redeemed, and. see how tlio poor soul in heaven is letter olT than you ure, brighter iu.apparel, richerin estate, higher in power. Hearers, allllcted and tried, look in through that open door, that you may seo to what gladness and glory you uro coming, to whut life, to what riches, to what royalty. Hearers pleased to fascination with tills world, gather un, your souls for ono appreciative look upon riches that nover lly away, upon health that never sickens, upon scepters that never break, U)on expectations that are never disappointed. Look in and seo if thero aro not enough crowns to ay us for all our battles, enough rest to relieve all our fatigues, enough living fountains to quench all our thirst, enough glory to dash outforovcrandcverall earth's sighing and restlessness and darkness. Battles ended, tears wiiod away, thorns plucked from tho bosoms, stabs healed, tho tomb riven what a scene to look upon! IT IS OVEN VOU FINAL K.NTUA.NCE. Again, the door of heaven stands open for the Christian's final entrance. Death to the righteous is not climbing high walls or fording deep rivers, but It is entering an open door. If you ever isit tlio old homestead where you wero born, aud whllo father aud mother nro yet alive, as you go up the lane In front of the farm house, aud put your hand on tho door and lift the latch, do you bhudder with foarr No, you are gliul to enter. So your last sickness will lie only the lnno lu front of your Father's house, from which you hoar tho volco of singing before you reach tho door. And death, that is the lifting of tho latch before you enter, tho greetings and em braces of tho Innumerable family of the righteous. Nay, thero is no latch, for John says the door Is already open. What a company of spirits have already entered those portals, bright and shining! Souls released from tho earthly prison house, how tlioy shouted us they went through! Spirits that sped up from the llames of martyrdom, making heaven richer as they went lu, pouring their notes Into tho celes tial harmony. And that door has not begun to shut. If redeemed by grace wo all shall enter it. This side of It wo liavo wept, but on the I'thersulo of It we shell nover weep. On t.iis side we itu.y liavo grown sick with weariness, but on tho other sldo of It we shall bo without fatlgtto. On this side wo bleed tilth tho warrior's wounds, on tho other Mill, wo shall wave the victor's palm. When you think of dying what makes your brow contract, what ninkes you breathe sodeepiiudslghf What makes you gloomy lu passing a graveyard f il lower of Christ, you have boeu thinking that death ! something tettlble, the in wis tiring of lances with a powerful atitngo ulst, the closing liuif aeoiillkt which may be your everlasting defeat. You do not want much to think of dying. Tho step beyond this llfo seems so mysterious you dread the taking of It. Why, w ho taught you this lesson of horrors' Heaven's door Is wide open, nnd you step out of your sick room Into those puttals. Not as long as a uiluute will elapse be tween otir departure and your arrival there Not half so lotigas the twinkling ofaiiee N'ot the millionth part of an Instant. Thero is no stumbling Into dark ness. There Is uo plunging down Into mysterious depths. The door Is open. This instant ou aro hero, the next you are there When a vessel struck the rocks of tho French coast, while the crew were clambering up tho beach a cage of birds In the ship's cabin, awakened, began to sing most sweetly, and when the last man left thu vessel they were singing et, Even oQ in the liisthourof ottrdissolutloii, when driven on the coast of the other world, may our disembarkation from tills rough, toss ing life be amid tho eternal singing of a thousand promises of deliverance and vie toryl AM., ALL Alii: WKI.COMI: For all repenting nnd bellevlngsouls tho door of heaven is now wide open, tho door of mercy, the door of comfort, for t ho poor est as well us tho wealthiest, for tho out law as well us for the moralist, for Chinese coolie as well as his emperor, for tho Rus sian boor ils well as tho czar, for tho Turk as well as tho sultan. Richer than all wealth, nwrv refreshing than all fountains, deeper than all depths, higher than all heights, and broader than all breadths Is the salvation of Jesus Christ which I press Upon your consideration. Come all ye trav elers of tho desert under the.io palm trees. Oh, if I could gather before you that tre mendous future upon which vow uro Invited to enter dominions and princi palities, day without night, martyrs under tho throne, and the fottr-and-twenty elders falling before It, stretch ing olT In great distances tho hun dred and forty and four thousand and thousands of thousands, host beside host, rank lieynud rank, lu liillultu dis tance, nations of the saved beyond nations of the saved, until angelic islous cease to catch anything more than tho faint out lino of whole empires yet outstretching be yond tho capacity of any vision save tlio eyo of God Almighty Then, after I had finished tho sketch, I would like to ask you If that place is not grand enough and high enough, and If anything could In) added, any purity to tho whiteness of tho rolics, any power to tho acclaiming thun ders of its worship. And all that may be yours. Clear Tlimucli Ills lleiid. "You have hoard tho saying, 'In ono ear and oltt the other,'" raid a young Boston specialist. Of course the adage was fam iliar, and without wilting for a reply tho doctor continued. "I've seen many strange things In my practice, but thu most startling was a practical demonstration of that ancient saw. "AlHint two years ago a boy camo to mo for treatment for a disease of the heud. All the openings in his head were of unusual size. His mouth and eyes weru large, ho had a big nose, with wide nostrils, aud his cars wero in proportion. I performed the necessary operation and cleared out thonlr cavity. With a strong blast from my air pump over thero I blew a powder into his left ear. IIu interrupted mo lu this by say lug that thu medicine seemed to bo coming out on the other side. I smiled indulgent ly at what I told him was his imagination, and at llrst paid no further attention to the matter. Ho persisted In his assertion, however, and to satisfy him that ho was wrong I examined his right ear. Ho was right. There was uo doubt of It. The powder was going clear through his head. It was going in one ear and out the other. "What Is tlio explanation? It is simple enough. Tho largo openings in the boy's head permitted thu powder, drl en by the powerful blast, to traverse thu channel from his left ear to tho uppperpartof his nose, through his nose, nnd thence by the corresjioudlug channel on tho right side of his ear. All the powder did not get through, but a considerable portion of it did." Boston Herald. I.lterutiiro In .School. Thu notion that literature can be taken up as u branch of education and learned at the proper time uud when other studies permit, is ono of the most farcical lu our scheme of education. It Is only matched In absurdity by tho other current idea that literature is something separate aud apart from general knowledge. Hero is tho whole body of accumulated thought and experience of all tho ages, which indeed forms our present llfo aud explains it, existing partly In tradition aud training, but more largely In books, aud most teachers think, uud most pupils aru led to believe, that tho most important former of tlio mind, maker of character and guide to action can bo acquired in a certain numlier of lessons out of a text book. Because this is so young men aud young women come up to college almost abxi lutely ignorant of tho history of their race and of the Ideas that have made our civil ization. Some of them huve never read a liook, except the text books on tho social tics in which they huve prepared them selves for examination. Wo have a saying concerning people whoso minds appear to bo inudo up of dry, Isolated facts, that they have no atmos phere. Well, literature Is tho atmosphere. In It wo live and niovo and have our lie tng, Intellectually Tho llrst lesson read to or by the child should begin to put him In relations with the world and tho thought of tlio world. Atlantic Monthly. 1'ri'iicli I'te-.loii In Africa. Tho French iKissesslons on thosluvo coast have an ocean frontage of ulxiut lW kilo meters, and are bounded westward by the German settlement of Togo aud eastward by the Euglih one of I.agos. Having ao quired a protectorate over sonio inland tribes, the French expect to lind outlets for their commerce toward the middle course of the Niger The entire coast is but a low sand bank, bruken by nothing taller than some coco palms and by the low Uiwerof tho Church of Agoue lie tween this sand bulk aud the mainland Is a series of lagoons, tlio chief of which are those of Agouu and Grand Pope, both en tering the so.) at tho Boucho du Rol, aud those of Porto Novo and Lake Denhaui, which miter tlio sea by tho Kotonou chun nel. 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