The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-18

They are housed and safe forever. DO
not, therefore, pity your departed friends
who have died in Christ. They do not
need vour pity. You might as we'll send
a letter of con! .!olenCe to Queen Victoria
ON her obscurity or to tie Rothschilds
on their poverty, as to pity those VINO
have won the palm, Do not say OF those
who have departed, Poor chill p Poor
ia herl" Poor mother" They are not
poor You are poor, you whose homes
have been shattered, not they. You do
not dwell much with your families here;
all day you are off to business. VIII 1t
not be pleasant when you can be togeth'
or all the while2 If you have had four
ildren, and one is gone, and anybody
asks You how many children you nave
do not be 80 in6del as to say three. Say
Four-one is in heaven" Do not say
the grave is unfriendly. You go into
your room and dress for some grand en-
tertainment; you come forth beautifully
attired; the grave is only the place you
90 to dress for the glorious resurrection;
and you will come out radiant, mortality
having become immortality. Oh, how
much coincidence there is in this rehec
tionl l expect to see my kindred In
heaven; expect to see them as certain
" as | expect to go home to night. Aye,
shall more certainly see them, Eight
or ten will come up from the graveyard
back of Somerville; and one will come
~ from the mountains back Of Annoy,
China, and another from the sea of
Cape Hatteras, and thirty will come up
Greenwood; and shall knew them bet,
ter than l ever knew them here, and
your friends-they may be across the
sea, but the trumpet that sounds here
will sound there; you will come up on
lust the same day. Some morning you
have oversight yourself; you open your
ewes and see the sun is high in the heav-
ems, and YOU say, II have oversight my
self and must be off" So you will open
your eyes on the morning of the resur'
reCtion in the full blaze of Gods light,
and say, "Be up and away" on, yes,
you will come up, and there will be a
reconstruction, a reunion of your family
Iremark once more: Our troubles in
this world are preparative for glory.
What transition it was for Paul-from
the slippery deck of the laundering ship
to the claim presence of Jesus. What a
transition it was for Latimer from the
stake to throne. What transition 1t
was for Richard Baxter-from the dropsy
to the saints everlasting rest. And what
transition it will be for you from a
world of sorrow to a world of joy! John
Holland when he was dying, said: "What
means thin brightness in the room? Have
you lighted the candles" NO." they
replied, 1--WE have nor lighted any can
dies" Then be said, "Wecome heav
en!' the light already cleaning upon his
pillow. Oh! ye who are prosecuted In
this world your enemies will get OF the
track after a while and all will speak
well Of you among the thrones. He! We
who are sick now, no med cines to take
there. One breath of the eternal hills
will thrill you with immortal vigor. And
We who are lonesome now, there will be
thousand spirits to welcome you into
their companionship. Oh, ye berett
souls! there will be no grave-digger'a
spade that will cleave the side of that
hill, and there will be no dirge wailiug
from that temple. The river of God
deep as the joy of heaven, will roll on
between banks odorous with balm and
over depths bright with jewels, and un
der skies roseate with gladness, argosies
of light going down the stream to the
stroke of glitter ng oar and the song OF
angelsl Not one Sigh in the wind, not
one tear mingling with the waters.