The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-30

the hnrbor Of light into the o.e.,.
Out and out and out, and an ana
and down and down and do-da
until Que night. with only one -
he arrived. His disen,bar..,,sei>
pretending. SO quiet, that n "a
known on earth until the exc;tam.s..
cloud gave intimation taat Id"
grand and glorious had happened
comes there? From what port Ala,
Why was this the place of bic d.:
Iquestion the shepherds. qus.sa1
camel drivers. I question the 49,,
have found ont. He was anexils
world has had plenty Of exi.es. ~
an exile of Ur OF the Caaldass. ..
exile from Erhesns; Kosciu,ko -
from Poland: Mazzini an exile From ~
Emmett an exile from Ireland: VICE.
an exile from France: Kossush
from Hungary. But this one ofv.
speak to-day had such resoundiuv -.
and came into such chilling recent;o.
| not even a hostler went out with N.
tern to help him in-that he Is more !. :
celebrated than any other expatriat.a
| Of earth or Heaven.
1t Ii ninety five million miles fr,u
to the sun, and all astronomers g.
saying that our solar system Is oulv -
the small wheels of the great machi,.-s
the universe, turning round some one ~.
center, the center so far distant II l.
yond all imagination and calculation. :,
II, as some think, that great center i, q.
distance is Heaven. Christ came far
home when he came here. Have Won.
thought of the inconsistencies OF Chr,
Some Of you know what homesickue. :.
when you have been only a few vset. =
sent from the domestic circle. Christ :.
thirty three years away from home. g..
of you feel inconsistencies when Won ~, !.
hundred or thousand miles from tia 4.
nestle circle Christ was more million. !.
miles away from home than Won eo.u
calculate ifali vour life you did noth;,,
but calculate You know what il II a :
homesfck even amid plea surable surrou,a.
ings: bui Gu, st lent in h-is, and Ia -
athirst. ari III was aiinn gered, and he "
OIL the way from helm horn in anoka.,
mans barn tn being buried in apoth.,
mans crave. Dave real how the Sv;.
when they are far away frun their nst;,.
country, nj the soanI os Il ir national 4,
get so homesick that t:'sv fell into mel.,.
choly. and sometimes .iisy die under II
homesickness. Bus OH, the hnmesickne-
OF Christ! Poverty. ;:cmesick for celest,l
riches. Persecution. hone-ick for fo.ap,.
WEAKNESS, homesicS for rest. Homsu;es
for angelic rnd archangelic COMMANDS
ship. seHomesick to go ont of tlis night, -
the storm, and the worlds exeers ion, a
all that homesickness suffered 70 rstu
home!'
At our best estate we are only pilrin
and strangers here. Heaven b =
home" Death win never knock q -
door of that mansion, and in all that Co.
try there is not a single grave. How n
parents are In holiday times to esshs
their children home again. But I'm
noticed that there il almost always \,
or . daughter absent-absent from hous
perhaps absent from the country, -
haps absent from the world. Oh, Aow II
our Heavenly Father win be when hs e
all his children home with him in Hesyul
And how delightful it will be for hrolhul
and sisters to meet after long sepaza1inI
Once they parted at the door OF the -
now they meet at the door of immosta1l
Onee they saw only through glass daza'
ly, now II IL face to face; corruptioa, =
corruption; mortality, Immortality. VIII
are now all their sins and sorrows -
trolblesi Overwhelmed in the Red 81 {
Death while they passed throue b dry -
Gates Of pearl, capstones Of amethyIl
thrones OF dominion do not stir my ~
20 much ~ the thought Of home. O.
there, let-earthly sorrows howl liks slmzI
and roll like seas. Homei Let thruon
rot and empires wither. Home! La -
world die in earthquake struggle, ard \
buried amid procession of planets -
dirge Of spheres. Home! Let everlasth(
ages roll irresistible sweep. Hozasl \
SORROW, no crying. No tears. Ne -
But home, sweet home; home, &c.,
homo, everlasting home, home, hons -
each other, home with angels, home ~
God.
One night lying ON my lounge, ~
very tired. my children all around 80
~ in fun romp and hilarity and lasghtu
-on the lounge, half awake and ~
asleep, dreamed this dream: W. b I
far country. It was not Persia, althoso1
moro than oriental luxuriance crown
the cities. Il was not -
tropics, although more than -
ical fruitfulness filed the gardens. q
was not Italy, although more than Italia1
soft1ess Allied tho air. And I wand9o1
around looking Tor thorns and nettisa, =
] found that none Of them grew thers, -
! saw the sun rise, and watched to - !
set, but Il sunk not. And Isaw the psegh
In holiday attire, and said: "Whsn u
they put OF this and put on worknna
gAfb and again delve in the mime q -
tsr at the forgsis but they never pstel
Tie holiday attire. And I wandered 4
the suburbs Of the city to ind the paae
whore The dead sleep, and looked =
along the line Of the beautiful hills, ~
place where the dead might most blisfa
~ sleep, and ! saw towers and castles. -
not = mausoleum or . monument =
. white slab could I see. A.
I went into the chapel of -
great town and I said: .sWhers Do -
poor worship and where are The -
benches q which they siti" And ~ =
swer Vas made me: "Ws have no pow
this ccantry." And then wandered g.
b And the .hovs1s Of the destitute, azd ]