Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-11-08

again WIN power and great glory. Tie
lie shall return as morning without
clouds, aud then !, shall be "day."
There is time coming when believers
shall have JOY aud gladness. aud sorrow
aud signing shall aee FAR away. Every
tear shall be wiped, every cross laid down,
every anxiety removed, every bitter cup
taken ava. Persecution, temptation.
sickness. mourning, parting, separation,
AMI death, shall be at eni. Surely that
will be sunshine. II viii be "duy."
There is time coming when the whole
family Of C1risi snail he gathered togcth-
er. They shall rise from their narrow
beds. aud each put on a glorious body.
They shall awake from their long sleep re-
ireshel, strengthened, and far more beau
tifu than when they lay down. They
hail leave behind them in their graves
every impertection, aud meet without
spot or wrinkle, to part no more. Surely
that will be a joyful morning. 1t will
be "day"
There is a time coming when believers
shall.n no longer see throu h glass dark.
ly, but face to facet. They shall see as
they have been seen, aud know as they
nave been known. They shall cease to
wrangle aud dispute about outward mat.
ters and shall think Of nothing but etcrn-
al realities. They shall behold their cru.
cited Lord and Saviour with the eye OF
sense, aud no longer follow him by faith.
They shall see one another free from COR
ruption, and misunderstood one another's
motives and conduct no more Surely
that will be ''day.""
| see here great reason why many pro.
Tossing Christians should tremble and be
afraid. There are many, TO whom the
time to come will be anything bat day
There are many whose happiness is evi.
IDENTIFY all below, whose treasure is all OF
earth, whose brightest time is now, and
whose glooniitst prospects are hereafter
, The further they look on. the, darker
everything appears. GA age looks dark
sickness looks darker still; death anc
judgment look darkest Of all!
Beloved reader, if this be your case,
warn you plainly there must be change
Your views, your tastes, your iuclinatiou
must BE- renewed and transformed. Yol
must learn to view the world that now is
and that which is to come, in very diff
= ferent light. Go and sit ut the feet o
jesus, and ask him to teach you this les
; son. Ask for the enlightening Spirit tt
anoint your eyes, that you may see. Asl
for the vail to be taken away. that yol
= may behold everything in its true colors
Tell me can that man really hate sin
" who does not desire to see itswept ava
: from the earth :? Can that nian love holi
; ness who Hoes not long for the time whe
all shall know the Lord =? Can that MAJ
be truly united TO Chrit by faith Jwh
does not wish to see Christ, and to b
with him /? Can that-man be u saint VIII
} does not thirst after the unmixed compan
Of Just men made perfect? Can that ma
be in earnest who dailyprays, Thy King
! dom come" !" and yet is content that tn
world should 60 on as it is without an
change ? Uh no no These things ar
Impossible. Gods true children will wal
to be at home. They will wish for til
: day. .a.
Reader, if you mean to be saved, yo
must learn to view time present as 'night
! and time to come as "dag." Yoa mus
learn to regard the other side of JordN
:, as home, and this side as a, desert lane
Time present must be your wilderness
your ttle.fed, your place oftrial--tim
to come must be your Canaan. you res
your Fathers house. y ,.U .W
e Ill. In the third place, let US coesde
N the particular times in which our lot
cast.
Sc The apostle Paul tells us, when /
10 says, ''1he night is far spent. and the da
"a is ut hand" believe these words mca
NJ that the last order of things has arrived
Of the last stage in history Of the church hs
OF come, estb 4a Ie
10 am no prophet and may esily be mi
it taken. may die, and you may die, b
,r fore Christ comes, and the day dawns, b
ID appeal to every thinking man whe'h,
d there are not ''signs of the, times whit
IN deserve serious attention. | ask hi:
n. notice the things going on in the worl
I'd and to consider well what they are inten
ed to teach. k.. ~ - "a
I'd Does any reader ask, what mean |
is ..sigps Of the times" ? Let US weigh We
it the six following points, and he will $
what lmean: m es n
IL j. What shall we say to the missioi
of To the, hsuthen which have been set on 70