The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-03

Big Tupper Lake gets away from him. The
disappointed canine swims in a little way
but, defeated. swims out again and
shs shDsss feet Cth of his massr And hoS ss
abashed 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
you pand, and your g15Esuers: We are ,:oL told
out are dogs" by which conclude
there is whole kennel Of hounds out
master goes in door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him to come out, so the
troubles Of this life may follow us to the
shining door, but they cannot get in. with
out are dogs" have seen dogs, and owned
dogs, that would not be chagrined TO see in
the heavenly city. Some Of the grand old
watch-dogs who are the constabulary Of
the homes in solitary places, and for years
have been the only protection Of wife and
back the wolves and bark away the flocks
from going too near the precipice: and some
of the dogs whose neck and paw Land
mortal, would not find me shut
ting them out from the gate of shining
pearl. Some of those old st. Bernard dogs
that have lifted Perishingz travellers gut Of
the Scotch essayist. saw ready to spring at
the surgeon lest, in removing the cancer, he
too much hurt the poor woman whom the
dog felt bound to protect; and dogs
that we caressed in our childhood
days, or that in later time laid down on the
rug in apparent sympathy when our homes
were des olated. say, if some soul entering
heavsn shoud happen to Leave the gae Sur sar
walk in, it would not at all disturb my
heaven. But all those human or brutal
hounds that have chased and torn and lacer-
ated the world: yea, all that now bite or
worry or tear to pieces, shall be
prohibited "Without are dogs" No place
there for harsh critics or back-bters or de-
spoilers Of the reputation Of Others Down
with you to the kennels Of darkness and de-
spair! The heart has reached the eternal
water brooks, and the painting of the long
chase is quieted in still pastures, and There
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy mount"
Oh, when some Of you get there it will be
like what farmer tells Of when he was push
ing his canoe far up North in the winter and
amid the ice-hoes, and hundred miles, as
he thought, from any other human beings
He was startfsd one day as he heard
stepping on the ice, and he cooked
the rifle ready to meet anything that
came near. He found man, barefooUed and
insane from long exposure, approac ching him.
Taking him into his canoe and kindlng 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
were searching for 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 Of this wilderness. where you have been
chilled and torn and sometimes lost amid
the icebergs into the warm greetings OF
all the villages Of the glorifed, and your
friends rush ont to give you welcoming
kiss, the news that there is another soul for
ever saved will 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 the bells
clang from the towers, it will be q scene so
uplifting I pray God may be there
to take part in the CO estial merriment And
now do you not think the prayer in Solo,
mons song, where he compared Christ to
reindeer coming down In the night to pasture
on the plains, would make an exquisitely ap.
propriate peroration to my sermon: Until
the day break and the shadows flee away,
be thou like roe or a young hart upon the
mountains Of Bsther."