The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-23

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the cemetery. Attila had three cofins
So fond was he Of this life that he de-
creed that first he should be buried in a
coffin Of gold, aud that then that should
be enclosed in coffin of silver, and that
should be enclose in coffin of iron, and
then large amount of treasure should
be thrown in over bis body. And 80 he
was buried, and the men who buried
him were slain, 30 that no one might
know where he was buried, and no one
might there interfere with his treasures.
Oh! men Of the world, who want to take
your money with you, better have three
Coffins
Again remark You ought to m ke
the very best of your beresvements. The
whole tendency iS 10 brood over these
separations, and to give much time to
the handling of memories of the depart
ed, and to make long visitations to the
cemetery, and to say, "Oh! l can never
look up again; my hope is gone; my
courage is goue; my religion is gone; my
faith in God is gone Oh the wear and
tear and exhaustion of this loneliness"
The most frequent bereavement is the
loss OF children. Ifyour departed child
had lived as long as you have lived, do
you not suppose that he would have had
about the same mount of trouble and
trial you have had? If you could make
choice for your child between forty
years of annoyance, loss, vexation, exas-
peration, and bel cave nent, and forty
years in heaven, would you take the re-
possibility of choosing the former?
Would you snatch away the cup OF eter.
nal bliss and put into that Child's hand
the cup of many bereavement : Instead
of the complete safety into which that
child has been lifted, would you ke to
hold it down to the risks OF this mortal
state? Would you like to keep it out on
sea in which there have Ueen more
shipwrecks than safe voyagesP Is it not
comfort to you to know that the child,
instead of being besoied and flung into
the mire of sin, is swung clear into the
skies? Are not those children to be
congratulated that the point of celestial
bliss which you expect 10 reach by
pilgrimage of fifty or sixty or seventy
years, they reached at flash? l your
children want to 60 off in May day
party, if your children want to g. on
flowery and musical excursion, you con-
sent. You might prefer to Rave them
with you, but their jubiant absence sat-
isfes you. Well, your departed chill
dren have only gone out in n ay'day
party. amid fowery and musical enter
tainment, amid joys and hilarities for
ever. What is death to mother whose
children live in heaven2 Why, there is
no more grief in it than there is in her
going into nursery amid the romp and
laughter of her household Though all
around may be dark, see you not the
bright light in the cloud that light the
irradiated faces of your glori6ed kin
dred?
So also, my friends I would have you
mske the best of life's fnality. Now, you
thirk l have very tough subject. You
do not see how l am to strike spark
of light out of the flint of the tombstone.
There are many people who have an
idea that death is the submergence of
everything pleasant by everything dole
ful. If my morning subject could close
in the upsetting of all such pre'conceiv-
ed notions, It would close well. Who can
Judge best of the features of a man
those who are close by him, or those
who are far off? "0h," you say, "those
can Judge best Of the features of man
who are close by him." Now, my
friends, who shall judge of the features
of death whether they are lovely or
whether they are repulsive2 Your
You are TOO far off. If | want to get
judgment as to what really the featu es
of death are, l will not ask you; l will
not ask those who have been within a
month of death, or a week of death, or
an hour Of death or minute of death.
They stand 30 near the features, they
can tell They give unanimous testimo-
n.y. if they are Christian people, that
death, instead of being demoniac, s
cherubiC. Of all the thousands of Chris
tians who have been carried through the
gates of Greenwood, gather up their dy-
ing experiences. nd you will find they
nearly all bordered on jubiate. How
often you have seen a dying man Join in
the psalm being sung around his bed.
side, the middle of the verse opening to
let his ransomed spirit free. Long after
The lips could not speak, locking and
uAward. Some OF you talk as
though God had exhausted Himself in
building this world, and that all the rich
curtains He ever made He hung around
this planet, and all the flowers He ever
grew He has woven into the carpet of
our daisied meadows. No. This world
Is not the best thing God can do. This
world is not the best thing God has
done.
The week before last was blossom
week-called 30 all through the land be-
cause there were lore. blossoms in that
week than in any other week in the
year. Blossom week. And that is what
the future world is to which the Chris.
-ian is invited. Blossom week fol ever.
Ii is as far ahead of this world as Para.
disc is ahead of Dry Tyrtugas; and yet
here we stand shivering and fearing to
90 out, and we want to stay on the dry
sand, and amid the stormy petrels, when
We are invited to arbors of jessamine
and birds of Paradise
This season l have had two spring.
lines. | went to New Orleans two
months ago, and l marked the differ.
,nce between going towards New Or
cans and them coming back. As went
IN down towards New Or ans, the yer.
lure, the foliage, became thicker and
more beautiful. When l came back the
arther | came toward home the less the
oliage, and less and less it became, un-
il there was hardly any. Now, it ali
depends upon the direction in which
,ou travel. II a spirit from heaven
honld come toward our world, he is
raveling from June toward December,
rom radiance toward darkness, from
hanging gardens towari iCebergs. And
me would not be very much surprised
ia 81 irit of God sent forth from heaven
oward our world should be slow to come
Gut how strange it is that we dread 20
ng ont toward that world when going is
rom December toward June-from the
now Of earthly storm to the snow Of
GdeniC blossom-from the arctics OF
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