The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-14

let the satirist laugh at US and all
panions may laugh at US, and x.
the target for the merriment of s.rsa
hell; but God forbid that we sbo,ls -
come to the fulfillment of tn. We we
against the rejectors of the truth. ar
laugh at your calamity" But. NV 81
all of Us who reject Christ and ia .
of the Gospel must come under .h..
nendous bombardment God v.n,, w.
to repent. He eounsels. He .o.,..
importunes, and he dies for US. n. -
down out of Heaven. He put. N
worlds sin on one shoulder, He put. ~, =.
worlds sorrow on the other sI,ou,ds,
then with that Alp on one side ,na ~
Himalaya on the other, be start.
hill back of Jerusalem TO achieve or
walton. He puts the palm of his rich, -.
on one long spike, and he puts the nall, :.
his left foot on another long SPIKE. -
then. with hands spotted with biz -
blood, he gesticulates, saying: aI.,,,
look and live; with the crimson veil q
sacrifice i will cover up all your sins. -.
my dying groan will swallow up all vs,.
groans. Look. Evew But som. !.
you this morning turn your b..s
on that, and then this yo;..
of invitation turns to tops -
vinely ominous that sobs like q ,ims-
through the first chapter of Proverbs: ss..
cause have called and We refused Ih,,. ).
stretched out my hand, and no ma, :,
garded: but We have set a. naught I'll =,
counsel and would none Of nv reproof.r
also will laugh at your calsmity.s o.
what a laugh that is! deep lauxh: :
long reverbersting laugh: an ovsruheln,
ing laugh. God grant we NAV never isv
it! but in this day of mercifui visisa.io,
yield your heart to Christ that yos msv
spend all your life On earth under u
smile and escape forever the thunderd
the laugh of Gods Indignation.
Ths other laughter mentioned in N
Bible, the only one / shall speak Of =
heavens Laughter or the expression a
eternal triumph. Christ said to his din.
ciples: "Rlessed are We that weep BOW.
for We shall laugh" Thet makes me- h.ov
positively that we are not to snenA ow
DAYS In heaven siuging long-meter psalms.
The fnrmalistic and siiS notions o; heaven
that some people have would make M
miserable. / am glad to know that -
heaven Of the Bible i not only place a
holy worship hut Of magnificent. scciabl-
ity. "What," say YOU. will thu ringing
laugh 90 around the circles of the savsd~
say yes; pure laughter: cheering laugh.
ter: holy laughter. 1t will be a laugh IL
congratulafion. When We meet friend
who has suddenly come to 4 fortune g
who has got over some dire sickness, ID
we not shake hands: do we not laugh VIII
him? And when we get to heaven aal
see our friends there. some Of them having
come up out of great tribulations, Wy,
we will say to one of them: "The lasttns
saw you. you had been suffering f0F =
weeks under a low, intermittent fevH.;s
Or, to another we will saw: "You for tn
years were limping with the rheuna'
tism, and you were full of complaints
when we saw you last. l congratulats
you on this eternal recovery" We shaR
laugh-yes, we shall congratulate all thoss
who have come up out of great hnaa'
cial embarrassments in this world >.
cause they have become millionairss .
heaven.
Yeshall laugh. 1t shall be laugh d
reassociation. 1t is just as natural IL
us to laugh when we meet a friend ~
have not seen for ten years as any atne
is possible to be natural. When We nsse
our friends from whom we have bsa
parted ten, twenty or thirty years, win
not be with infinite congratulation! o.
perception quickened, our knowledge in
proved, we viii know each Other at .
flash. We will have to talk over all IL
has happened since we have been sspsF'
ated. the one that has been ten ysafs p
heaven telling Us all that has happened n
the ten years of his heavenly Residence
and we telling him in return all that b.
happened during the ten years Of hs -
sencs from earth.
Ye shall laugh. think George Whit
field and John Wesley viii have laugh
of contempt for their earthly collisions
and Toplady and Charles Wesley willhsve
. laugh Of contempt for their earthly mis-
understandings; and the farmers W.
were in lawsuit all their days win HAYES
laugh of contempt over their earthly dis-
turbances about . line-fence. Exsmpta0
from all annoyenee. Immersion in =
gladness. Ye shall laugh. Christ ssysA
We shall laugh.
Yes, it will be . laugh of triumph. y,
what q pleasant thing it will be 10 Stars
on the wall Of Heaven and look down =
Satan and hurl at him defiance and -
him Gagged and chained and we foFeva
free from his clutches! Yes, it viii b :
laugh Of royal greeting. You know hoe
the Frenchmen cheered when Nspolece
came back frem Eliza; yeH knew hnH =
English cheered when Wellington eame
back from Waterloo; You know how An9'
leans cheered when Kossuth arrived nc@
Hungary, you remember how k0ne
cheered when Pompey came back vicsn
over nine hundred cities. Every cheer wsa
q laugh. But oh, the mightier gressine'
the gladder greeting, when the snow-whi..
cavalry troop of Heaven shall go thrcuS.
the streets and, according to the book g
Revelation, Christ, in the red coat, in y
crimson coat, on q white horse and in =
the armies of Heaven following on VIM.
horsesl Oh, when we see and hear to
oavalcade we shall cheer, we shall lausn'
Does not your heart beat quickly TN
morning at the thought of the great jubass
| upon which we are soon to enter? pfsy
God that when we get through with nis