West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

Big Upper Lake gets away from him. The
disappointed canine swims I'm little way
put defeated, swims out again and
crlnges with humiliated yawn at
the feet Of his master And how
aoashed and ashamed will all your earthly
troubles be when you have dashed into the
river from under the throne OF God. and the
heights and depths OF heaven are between
IN Revelation, 22d and 18th: with.
out are dogs1 by which / conclude
there is a whole kennel OF hounds out
side the gate OF heaven, or, as when
master goes in a door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him 20 come out, so the
troubles OF this life may follow MS 20 the
shining door, but they cannot get In. with
out are dogsW i have seen dogs, and ownes
dogs, that would not be chagrined TO see in
the heavenly city. Some OF the grand old
watch-do2s who are the constabulary of
the homes I'm solitary places, and for wears
nave been the only protection OF wife and
child; some OF the shepherd dogs that drive
back the wolves and bark away tho foc<s
from going too near the preciplce: and some
OF the dogs whose neck and paw Land
seer, tho painter, has made i'm
mortal, would not find me shut
ting them out from the gate OF shinino
pearl. Some of those old st. Bernard dos
that have lifted perishing travellers out of
tho Alpine snow: the dog that John Brown
the Scotch essayist. saw ready 10 spring at
the surgeon lest, in removing the cancer, ne
too much hurt the poor woman whom the
dog felt bound TO protect; and dogs
that we caressed in our childhooj
days, or that in later time laid down on the
rug IN apparent sympathy when our homes
were desolated. say, il some soul entering
heaven should happen TO leave the gate aiar
ana these faithful creatures should quietly
walk in, it would not at all disturb my
heaven. But all those human or brutal
ated the world; yea, all that now bite or
worry or tear to pieces, shall be
prohibited without are dogsi" No place
there for harsh critics or back biters or de-.
spoilers OF the reputation Of others. Down
with you 70 the kennels OF darkness and de
spair! The heart has reached the eternal
water brooks, and the painting of the long
chase Is cuieted in still pastures, and There
shall DO nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy mount
Oh, wheh some Of you get there IL will be
like what farmer tells of when he was push
ing bis canoe far up North in the winter and
amid tho ice-fioes, and hundred miles, ns
ne thought, from any other human beings
he was startled one day as he heard
stepping on the ice, and he cooked
the rifle ready TO meet anything that
came near. He found man, barefooJed and
insane from long exposure, approaching him.
Taking him into his canoe and kindling fires
TO warm him, he restored him and found out
where he had lived, and took him
TO his home, and found all the
village in great excitement A hundred men
WeTesedTcnlnR lOr THIS lost man. and his
family and friends rushed out to meet him:
and, as had been agreed, at his first appear
ance bells were rung, and guns discharged,
and banquets spread, and the rescuer loaded
with presents. Well when some of you step
out or this wilderness. where you have been
chilled and torn and sometimes lost amid
the lcebergs, into the warm greetings of
all the villages of tho glorified, and your
friends rush out TO give you WELCOMING
kiss: the news that there is another soul for
ever saved viii call the caterers of heaven
TO spread the banquet, and the bell men to
lay hold of the rope in the tower, and while
the chalices click at the feast, and tho bells
cang from the towers, it will be scene so
uplifting / pray God | may be there
to take part i'm the ce estial merriment And
now do you not think the prayer in Solo
mons song, where he compared Christ to a
reindeer coming down in the night TO pasture
on the plains, would make an exquisltely APP
propriate peroration to my sermon: Until
the day break and the shadows flee away,
be thou like a roe or n young hart upon the
mountains OF Bether."