Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-12-27
Meet HE in Heaven !

Our attention has been forcibly arrested
by the above message, recently sent by a
dying girl of this city, to her schoolmaster.
1t is the province of editors to deal with
serious things of time, and, light as scoffers
may think of it, of eternity too. Much as
we mingle in worldly excitements and in.
terests. our mind sometimes turn upwards
and our hearts are plant to the touch of
sublime and holy thoughts, such as are sug-
gested by the words at the head of this arti-
Gle, and we would avail ourselves of the
privilege vested in US to press them home
upon the young-especially those to whom
they were addressed.
"Meet me in HeavenE What an invita-.
tion from child twelve years of age-How
much of pure affection, of holy love do
these dying words embody. am going
to that happy home-that mansion prepared
for me by my Heavenly Father, where even
sorrow nor suffering exists, but where all is
Joy, and love, and bliss-meet me there
She could not realize the idea Of perfect hap
piness even in Heaven without her school
mates. Even death could not wrest from
her heart the fond affections, which wound
and clustered round it.
Spread out before her lies intermnable
space and an impenetrable future; she is
about to enter alone into that mysterious
pathway whose darkness has frightened many
a sterner and older heart, yet she trembles
not, falters not, relying upon the promise Of
One in whom she has unbounded confidence,
she turns to her weeping schoomates, and
with atectionate thoughtfulness, bids them
to tell those who are absent to +" Meet her
in Heaven p' There is no doubt-no uncer-
tainty; she is going to Heaven-to eternal
happiness, and she invites her friends to meet
her there and share in her JOY. O, who can
doubt the reality of that heaven to which
she so confidently Invites her young friends !
Who can doubt that its yelled mysteries had
been, for moment it may be, exposed to
her view, that the gates of that eternal abode
had been thrown open, and the departed
spirit invited to look on Him who has said
"Sufer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom
of Heaven" What but the spirit Of Divine
grace could have nerved a young heart 10
the dread encounter with death What but
Divine assurance could have stimulated that
certainty Of Heaven. What but Infinite
Love could have prompted that invitation
"Meet me in Heavens"
And you, her schoolmates, will you not
try to meet her there! Her blessed spirit is
even now looking down from its abode of
bliss upon you; perchance her angel voice
is interceding for you. If with an imperfect
earthly love, she desired you to meet her in
Heaven, who can realize the longing Of that
perfect love which, descending from on high,
Whispers" come" Will you not go!
You know her 50 we'll here, who loved her
so we'll here, should endeavor to know and
love her in Heaven.
We may have opened new the fountain
of grief and called forth a silent tear; but
o, il it should be sanctfed to the hope Of
that dying girl and induce those whom she
so fondly loved here to seek her in Heaven,
we could not regret the momentary sorrow
which ministers to eternal happiness. Let
the words of affection be engraved upon the
hearts of those schoomatcs to whom they
were addressed, and let their life mission be
to prepare the way for a glorious and never
ending happy reunion in Heaven.
Griffin (Ga.) Union.