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Another laughter of the Bible-and the last

Another laughter Of the Bible-and the last
one shall mention-is the Heavenly laugh,
or the one Of eternal triumph. Christ said to
his disciples: "Blessed are ye that weep now,
for ye shall laugh" That takes away the
idea that we are forever in Heaven to be sing
ing long-meter psalms. The formalistic
and stiff notions of some people in re-
gard to Heaven would make me miserable.
When Christ says to His disciples blessed are
ye that weep now, ys shall laugh" know
that heaven is not only going to be place
of'worship, but also magnificent sociability:
around the circles Of The redeemed It will:
Christ says so. eye shall laugh" It win
be laugh Of congratulation. If we meet
friend who has met with what we call good
fortune, and he has come from poverty to
great riches. or he is restored from some dire
sickness, we grasp his hands and we laugh,
and we congratulate him, and when
our friends who on earth had a hard time Of
it,and to one of them we will say; "Why the
last time saw you, you were down with six
weeks of low intermittent fever. Now, how
we'll you look. Immortal health on your
cheek and eye. congratulate you" twill
be the laugh Of congratulation. To another
one We'll we say:"Down in the world we saw
you limping along with rheumatism, now
you have the strength and the fleetness Of an
lLIllnOl oGAAOVC. ! COuSl oou3ooO JSeA'
1t will be the laugh of congratu-
lation.. We will meet friends who failed in
business. They went from ranic to panic
and from disaster to disaster in this world,
and we will meet them there and we will
congratulate them. 1t will be the laugh over
their success, and they will say: Eyes, yes,
this is my throne, this is my mansion, this Is
my companionship, this is my Christ, this is
nv Cod" Laugh Of congratulation. And it
will be also laugh of reunion.
The perceptions sa quickened, , our 3 knowi, owl
other at flash. Oh, how much those who
have been ten years in heaven will have to
tell us about their ten years of celestial resi-,
dence. Oh, how much we will have to tell
them about the ten years Of their absence
from earth. And there I think George White.
fed and John Wesley will give laugh OF
contempt over their earthly misunderstand:-
ings And there think Toplady and
Charles Wesley will give laugh Of contempt
two farmers that for twenty years quar-
relied about a line fence, in the
heavenly country will give laugh Of
contempt over their earthly quarrels. Ex-
emption from all sorrow. Immersion in all
JOY. We shall laugh Christ says so. We
shall laugh. Oh, what thrilling satisfaction
to stand on the wall of heaven and look down
at Satan and see him Gagged aud chained, and
feel that we are forever free from his
clutches. Just think Of it. You know how
the Frenchmen cheered when Napoleon the
Great came back from Elba You know how
Englishmen cheered when Wellington came
back from Waterloo. You know how Amer
leans cheered when Kossuth came
Rome cheered when Pompey re-
turned from victory over 900 cities, and every
cheer was a laugh. But oh, the grander
mirth and the mightier gladness when we
shall SEQ the snow-white cavalry troop OF
Heaven moving through the streets, Christ
in the red coat as described in Revelation.
on white horse riding on and all the armies
of Heaven on white horses Oh, when we
hear the click of the troops Of that cavalcade
we will shout and we will laugh. Does not
this subject men and women immortal, make
your heart. beat quick with joy, because so
soon we are to enter that great jubilees We
pray God that when we get through
with this world and are going to leave it we
may have something of the belief OF the
dying christian who said he saw in the sky
at the time he was dying the letter NV, and
geos Ton Sanas pposs es after he had told
them he had seen the letter "W.n "Well,"
he said, cit can mean only one thing, W.
stands for welcome" And SO when we
leave this world may it be "W" in the sky
and "W" at the door of the mansion, and
wv" on the throne. Welcome, welcome,
welcomed"
I preach this sermon this morning because
I have five prayerful wishes-that you may
see how mean a thing is the laugh Of scepti'
cisn,, that you may see how bright thing is
the laugh of Christian exultation, that you
may see how hollow thing is the laugh OF
OF, ri r,1rtb that vo,1 NAV see how awful
thing is the laugh of Gods indignation, and
that you may see what ratturous and rubi-
cund thing is the laugh Of eternal triumph.
Oh, my Lord and my God, fill my soul with
this rapture. Avoid evil. Choose the good.
Be comforted Be comforted. blessed are
ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh, ye shall
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