The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07

mOtner! lney ure not poor, IOu are
poor-you whose homes have been shat
tered--not they. You do not dwell
much with your families In this world.
All day long you are off to business.
Will IT not be pleasant when you can be
together all the while2 II you have had
four children and one is gone, and any
body asks how many children you have,
do not be so infidel as to say three. Say
four-one in heaven. Do not think that
the grave is unfriendly. You 60 into
your room and dress for some grand en-
tertainment, and you come forth beauti-
fully appareled; and the grave is only
the place where we 60 to dress for the
glorious resurrection, and we will come
out radiant, radiant, mortality having
become Immortality Oh, how much
coincidence there Is in this thought
expect to see my kindred in heaven; I
expect to see them as certainly as l ex-
pect to go home today. Ay, ! shall
more certainly see them. Eight or ten
will come up from the graveyard back
of Somerville; and one will come up
from the mountains back of Annoy,
China; and another will come up from
the sea off Cape Hatteras; and thirty will
come up from Greenwood; and l shall
know them better than lever knew them
here. And your friends-they may be
across the sea, but the trumpet that
sounds here will sound there. You will
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,
81 have oversight, and must be UP and
off," So you will open your eyes on the
morning Of the resurrection, in the full
blaze Of Gods light, and you will say,
II must be up and away" Oh yes, you
will comeup, and there will be reunion,
a reconstruction of your family. like
what Halliburton, think it was-good old
Mr.. Halburton-said in his last moments,
81 thank God that ever lived, and that
I have father in heaven, and mother
in heaven, and brothers in heaven, and
sisters in heaven, and am now going
up to see them"
l remark once more, our troubles in
this world are preparative for glory.
What transition it was for Paul-from
the slippery deck of laundering ship to
the calm presence of Jesus! What a
transition it was for Latimer-from the
stake to a throne! What transition it
was for Robert Hall-from insanity to
glory! What transition it was for
Richard Baxter-from the dropsy to the
'saint's everlasting rest!' And what a
transition it will be for you-from a
world of sorrow to world of joy! John
Holland, when he was dying, said,
"What means this brightness in the
room2 Have you lighted the candles9"
''No," they replied, 1--WE have not
lighted any candles" Then said he,
"Welcome heaven!" the light already
beaming upon his pillow. Dye who are
prosecuted in this world! your enemies
will get off the track after while, and all
will speak well of you among the thrones.
Ho! ye who are sick now, no medicines
to take there. One breath of the eternal
hills will thrill you with immortal vigor.
And We who are lonesome now, there
will be a thousand spirits to welcome you
into their companionship. 0 ye bereft
souls there will be no grave digger's
spade that will cleave the side of that
hill, and there will be no dirge wailing
from that temple. The river Of God,
deep as the joy of heaven, will roll on
between 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 angels!
Not one sigh in the wind; not one tear
mingling with the waters.
There shall battle my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast