The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-22
,.oono forever lhe thuDder Of tho laugh

racape forever the thunder OF the laugh
II q 'nfigno'ion.
The other laughter mentioned In tho
Bible, the only one shall speak OF, ia
heavens laughter, or the expression OF
eternal triumph Christ said to Ills
disciples. "Bleased arc ye that weep now,
for 70 shall laugh y That makes me khow
positively that We are not to spend our anys
In heaven singing long meter psalma.
The formOliatic aud stiff notions OF heaven
that some people have would make mo
miserable, ! am glad TO know that ths
heaven Of the Rihle Ia not only q place OF
holy worship, but OF magnificent aooiabilily'
aWhati" say You, "will the ringing laugh
no round the circles OF the savedl" SAY,
yes pure laughter, cheering laughter, hQy
laughter II will be q laugh OF ooneratalA;
tion. When We meet rlehd
who has suddenly come 10 fortune or who
has got over some dire sickness, DO we not
shake hands, do We not laugh With himl
And whom We get 10 heaven and SOC our
friends lhero, some OF them hayiuR come
up out OF great trlbulationa, why, we VIII
eay 10 ono OF them: "The lAsl time s4w
YOU, YOU had been suffering FOR siI xpehs
under low, intermittent fever" or, " an
other wo will SAY. "You for ton years we're
thinning with tho rheumatism, aud you wore
full OF complaints whom saw you last
congratulate you on this eternal recovery"
We shall laugh; yea, we shall congratulate
all those who have como up ont OF great
financial embanaAamenLs In this world be-
cause they have become nillionaireS IN
heaven, =.
Ys shall laugh. II shall be laugh ef
roassasis,iisn. II Ia jaut as natural for us
10 laugh when vo meet friend we hayo
not seen for ten years o. anything 10 posi-
bic 10 be natural. when we meet our
fIiends from whom we have been parted
ten. twonty or thirty years, will itnot b
with INFINITE conWSulstton1 opr Perosp-
ton quichentd, our knowledge improved, We
will know each other Ai nash. We viii
have 10 talk over all Nat hAd happened
since We have been GepArated--the ono who
has been ban yoart IN heaven telling ua oil
that has happened In the ten years OF his
heavenly residence, and We telling him In
return all that has happened during the ton
years OF his absence From cath.
Yo shall laugh. tbink George Whit.
hold and John Wesley will have laugh OF
contempt for their earthly collisions; and
Toplady and Charles Wesley will have 4
laugh Of contempt fer their earthly mlSo-
dsrstandlngA; and the farmers who we1e IN
o lawsuit all their dsyn will have laugh OF
contempt over their enrthy disturbances
about line isnoe. EIompt from all an
noyanco. Immersion In all aladngs. Ye
shall laugh. Chrlu HVs %, 70 shan
laugh,
Yos, n win be laugh sf kfumph. o
what pleasant thing II wll bo to stand on
| flle wall OF heaven and look down nj satan
and hurl NJ him defiance and Bee him Gagged
and ohained and We forever frso from his
! clutches khal Yes; n viii be laugh of
| royal greeting. Yen know bow tho french
men choored when Napsieon came back
: from ElbA; You know how the English
ohoerod whom Wellington camo back from,
WAterlooi you know hew Americans ohoered
when Kos1uth arrived from Hungary you
! know how Romo ohoerod whom Pompey
eauno back victor over nine hundred sitieg.
Every chOor was laugh. But oh, the
mlghtior greeting, the gladder greeting,
whom the snow white cavalry koop ot
heaven shall 90 through tho streets and.
according 10 the book OF Revelation, OhHipt,
| In the rcd coat, In tho crimson cont on a
4 WIlth nOIhc hlu III tno hhlhoh Va hohNel
following on white horses Oh, whom We
soc and hear thw Cauloads vvphall ehssr,
We shall laugh.
Does not your heart beat quickly this
morning Al the thsught Of the great nbilss
upon which w are soon b. onterf IpIpy
God that whom ve get Though With this
world, and Mo going out u II, W. mag
have somo such vision a. tho dying Chrla-
uan had whom h. saw wr1ttsn all over the
clouds In the sky the letter "wr; and thsy
sekod him, standing by HIS side, yhAt bs
thought that lottor w" meant AOh" be
said, "thaa stands for welcome" And %
may n bo whom we quit this world. "W'
on tho gate. "W" on the door OF Ne
mansion, "w" on the throne. WeloonsI
| Welcomed Welcomed
l have preached this sermon this morn
ing with Ave proyerful wiehea; That yor
might 400 what mean thing h tho laugh
Of skcpuciam; what bright thing IL The
laugh Of spiritual oxultation; what hollow
thing IL the laugh Of sinful menimsnA
what an awful thing 10 the laugh Of CON
domnatlon what radiant, mbicund thing
IL the laugh OF ttornA triumph Avoid the
Ill; choose the right. he comforted. Bs
oomfortod. BLESSED are 70 that woop
now--yo shall laugh. Yo shall laugh.