The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-07
NUMBER II.

land. or Ireland, a child emigrates TO this
country. II Is very hard parting, but be
comes, after a while writing home as 20 what
. good land it Is. Another brother comes, q
sister comes, and another, and after a while
the mother comes, and after q while the
father comes, and now they are all here, and
they have a time of great congratulation and
q very pleasant reunion Well, It is just 30
with our families; they are emigra.ing TO q
better land Now n goes out. Oh, how
hard it Is to part with himi Another goes
Oh, how bard IL Is TO part with heri And
another, and another, and we ourselves win
after a while go over, and then we viii be
together. Oh, what a reunioni Do you be
iieye thati YES" you say. You do noti
You do not believe It As you believe other
things. II you did, and with the same
emphasis, why, it would take n~ine-tenths
Of your trouble of your heart The fact
Is, heaven TO many Of US IL great fog. It. Is
away of somewhere, filed with an uncertain
and indefnite population That b the kind
Of heayen that many Of us dream about; hut
II Is the most tremendous fact In all the
uniyerse-this heaven Of the Gospel Our
departed friends are not afoat The resi-
dence In which you live Is not 30 real as the
residence In which they stay. You are afoat,
you who do not know IN the morning what
viii happen before night. They are housed and
safe forever. Do not, therefore, pity your.
departed friends who nave died In Christ.
They do not need any Of your pity. You might
as well send a letter Of coincidence to Queen
Victoria on her obscurity, or TO the Roths-
childs on their poverty, as to pity those who
have won the palm. Do not say of those
who are departed, Poor childr' "Poor
fatherr' 'Poor mctherfH They are
not poor. You are poor-you whose
homes have been s~hattered-not they. You
do not dwell much with your families In this
world. Ali day long you are of to business.
WI it not be pleasant when you can be to
gether all the whilef If you have had four
children and one Is gone, and anybody asks
how many children you have, do not be so
inidel as to say three. Say four-one in
heaven. Do not think that the grave is UNI
friendly. You go into your room and dress
for some grand entertainment, and you come
forth beautifully appareled; and the grave
is only the place where we go to dress for
the glorious resurrection, and we viii come
out radiant, radiant. mortality having be-
come Immortality. Oh, how much condol-
ence there is in this thought I expect to
see my kindred in heaven; I expect to see
them as certainly as l expect to go home to-
day. Ay, / shall more certainly see them.
Eight or ten will come up from the graveyard
back of S~omerville; and one viii come up
from the mountains back of Annoy, China;
and another will come up from the sea of
Cape Hatteras; and thirty win come up from
Greenwood; and ! shall know them better
than / ever knew them here. And your
friends-they may be across the sea, but the
trumpet that sounds here win sound there
You win come up on just the same day.
Some morning you have oversight yourself,
and you open your eyes and see that the sun
Is high In the heavens and you say, ~ have
oversight and ! must be up and off, So you
viii open your yes on the morning Of the res
direction in the full blaze of Gods light, and
you win say, 81 must be up and away" Oh
yes, you viii come up and there win be a re-
union, a reconstruction OF your family. /
like what Halburton, / think IL was-good
old Mr.. Halburton-said in his last moments,
81 thank God that / ever lived, and that /
have a father in heaven, and a mother N
heaven, and brothers in heaven, and sisters
in heaven, and I am now going up to see
them.n
Iremark once more: our troubles In this
world are preparative for glory: What a
transition it was for Paul-from the slippery
deck of a laundering ship to the calm pres
ence of Jesusl What a transition it was for
Latimer from the stake to q thronei
What q transition Is was for Robert Hall
from insanity to gloryi What q transition
it was for Richard Baxter-from the dropsy
to the ''saint's everlasting restr" And what
q transition it will be for you-from q world
Of sorrow to a world of joyl John Holland.
when he was dying, said: "What means this
brightness in the roomi Have you lighted
the candlesf' 'No,n they replied, 1--WE have
not lighted any candles Then said he,
"Welcome heavenr' the light already beam
ing upon his pillow. o ye who are perse-
cuted In this worldl your enemies win get
of the track after q while, and all
win speak well of you among the thrones.
Hoi ye who are sick now, no medicine to take
there. One breath Of the eternal hills viii
thrill you with immortal vigor. And ye
who are lonesome now, there win be q thou
sand spirits 20 welcome You into their com
partnership: o ye bereft soulsi there VIII be
no grave digger's spade that win cleave the
side of that hill, and there win be no dirge
wailing from thattempla The riverof God,
deep as the Joy Of heaven, win roll on be-
tween banks odorous with balm, and over
depths bright with jewels, and under skies
roseate with gladness, argosies of Light going
down the stream to the stroke OF glittering
oar and the song Of angelsi Not q sigh in
the wind; not one tear mingling with the
waters.
There shall I battle my weary soul
In seas Of heavenly resi-,
And not . wave Of trouble ron
Across my peaceful breast