Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08

YearF' All, do not point down to the hole
In the ground, the grave, and call il a beauti-
ful place. Unless there be some supernatural
illumination shudder back from it, Ny
whole nature revClts at it. But now this
glorious lamp is lifted above the grave, and
all the darkness is gone, and the way is clear.
look into it now without single shudder.
Now my anxiety is not about death; my anx-
iety is that may live Alright for know that
II my life is consistent when l come to the
last hour, and this voice is silent,
and these eyes are closed, and these hands
with which beg for your eternal salvation
to-day, are folded over the still heart that
then shall only begin to live. What power
is there in anything to chill me in the last
hour If Christ wraps around me the skirt OF
His own garment What darkness can fall
upon my eyelids then amid the heavenly
daybreak; o Death, | viii not fear thee
then. Back 10 thy cavern Of darkness. thou
robber Of all the earth. Flvi thou despoiler
of families. With this battle ak hew thee
in twain from helmet TO sandal, the voice Of
Christ sounding all over the earth and
through the heavens: 80 Death, l will be
thy plague. o Grave, viii be thy destruc-
ton"
To be saved is to wake up in the presence
of Christ You know when Jesus was upon
earth how happy He made every house he
went into, and when He brings us up TO His
-
His voice has more music in it than is TO be
heard in all the oratories of eternity.
Talk not about banks dashed with effores-
cence. Jesus is the chief bloom of heaven.
We shall see the very face that beamed SYM
pathy in Bethany, and take the very hand
that dropped its blood from the short beam
OF the cross Oh, want to stand IN eternity
with Him. Toward that harbor / steer. To
ward that goal | run. | shall be satisfied
when ] awake in His likeness
oh, broken hearted men and women, how
sweet it will be in that good land 10 pour all
of your hardships and bereavements and
losses into the loving ear of Christ, and then
have Him explain why it was best for you to
be sick, and why it was best for YOU to be
widowed and why It was best for you TO be
prosecuted, and why it was best for you TO be
tried, ano have Him point to an elevation pro-
portionate to your disquetude here, saying:
You suffered with me on earth, come
up now and he glorified with Ne in
heaven" Some one went into a house
where there had been good deal of
trouble, and said TO the woman there:
'sYou seem to be lonelv.u Yes She
said, II am lonely" ''How many in
the familyf' ''only myself" Have you
had any childrenfp II had seven chill
dren.n ''Where are theyr' Gone" ''All
gomez "All" .All deadyn "All.n Then
she breathed long sigh into the loneliness,
ana SAID: I'm, sir, nave been good fnotner
to the grave" And 70 there are hearts
here that are utterly broken down by the
bereavements of life. ! point you to-day TO
the ,ternal balm Of heaven. Are there any
here that | am missing this morning. Oh,
you poor waiting maid your hearts sorrow
poured in no human ear, lonely and sadl
How glad you viii be when Christ shall dis
band all your SORROWS and crown you
queen unto God and Che Lamb foreveri
Aged men and women, fed by His love
and warmed by His grace for three-score
years and ten will not your decrepitude
, ange for the leap of hart when you come
to look face 10 face upon Him whom having
not seen you lover That will be the Good
Shepherd, not out in the night and
watching to keep off the wolves,
but with the lamp reclining ON the
sunliA hill That will be the captain
Of our salvation, not amid the roar and crash
and boom of battle, but amid His disbanded
troops keeping victorious festivity. That
will be the Bridegroom Of the Church coming
from afar. the br de leaning upon His arm,
while He looks down into her face, and says:
Behold thou art fair, my Lowell Behold,
thou art fairy