Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-11-06

i audience, 'the Bible contradicts itself. i
Q intimates again and again that there are tC
, be no tears in heaven, and if there be nc
t tears in heaven how is it possible that Goo
: will wipe any away2" answer, have you
never seen child crying one moment and
? laughing the next; and while she was
r laughing, you saw the tears still on her
face? And perhaps you stopped her in the
very midst of her resumed glee, and wiped
/ off those delayed tears. So, think, after
J the heavenly raptures have come upon us,
! there may be the mark of some earthly
, grief, and while those tears are glttering in
the light of the jasper sea, God will wipe
them away. How we'll he can do that.
J Jesus had enough trial to make him sym
, pathetic with all trial. The shortest verse
in the Bible tells the story: "Jesus wept." {"
The scar on the back of either hand, the
scar on the arch of either foot, the row of
scars along the line of the hair, will keep all
heaven thinking. Oh, that great weeper is
just the one to silence all earthly trouble,
wipe out all stains of earthly grief. Gen
tlel Why, his step is softer than the sep
of the dew. 1t will not be tyrant bidGa Z
you to hush up your crying. 1t will be a
Father who will take you on his left arm,
his face cleaning into yours, while with the
soft tips of the fingers of the right hand, he
shall wipe away all tears from your eyes.
have noticed when the children get hurt
and their mother is away from home, they
always come to me for comfort and sym.
pathy; but 1 have noticed that when the
children get hurt and their mother is at
home, they go right past me and to her;
am Of no account.
So, when the soul comes up into feaven
out of the wou4ds of this life, it will not
stop to look for Paul, or Moses, or David,
or John. These did very we'll once, but now
the soul shall rush past, crying: "Where is
Jesus?" 'Where is Jesus?" Dear Lord,
what magnificent thing TO die If Thou
shalt thus wipe away our tears. Methink
it will take us some time to get used to
heaven; the fruits of God without one
speck; the fresh pastures without one net
tie; the orchestra without one snapped
string; the river of gIadness without one
torn bank; the solfernos aud the saffron Of
sunrise and sunset swallowed up in the
eternal day that beam's from Gods coun-
tenapce!
Why should I wish to lipger in the wild,
| When thou art waiting, Father, to receive Thy
! child?
If we could get any appreciation of what
God has in reserve for us, it would make
Us so homesick we would be unfit for our
everyday work. Prof. Leonard, formerly
of Iowa University, put in my hands me-
teoric stone, stone thrown off from some
other world to this How suggestive it was
to me And l have to tell you the best rep
resentations we have Of heaven are only
aeorlites flung off from that Rorld which
rolls on, bearing th multitudes of the re
deemed. We aDalyzs these aerolites, and
find them crystalizations OF tears. No won
der, flung off from heaven. "God shall wine
away all tears from thsir eyes"
| Have you any appreciation of the good
and glolions timas your friends are having
in heaven? How different it is vhen they
get news there of Christians death from
what it is here. It is the difference b9tween
embarkation and coming into port Every
| thing depends upon which side of the river
you stand when you hear of a CHRISTIANS
death. If you stand On this side of the river
you mourn that they go. If you stand on
the other side of the river you rejoice that
they come. Oh, the difference between
funeral on earth aad jubiles in heaven
between requiem here aud triumphal march
there-parting here and reunion there
Together? Have you thought of it? They
are together. Not one Of your departed
friends in one land aud another in another
land; but together, in different rooms of the
same house-the house Of many mansions
Together!
never appreciated that thought So much
as when we laid away iu her last slumber
my sister Sarah. Standing there in the viii
lage cemetery, looked around and said
"There is father, there is mother, there is
grandfather, there is grandmother, there
are whole circles of kindred "and I thought
to myself, Together in the grave-togeth-
er in glory" am so impressed with the
thought that do not think it is any fanat-
cism when some one is going from this |
world to the next if you make them the !
bearer of dispatches to your friends who
are gore, saying: "Give my Love 10 nav
parents, give my love to my children, give |
glory, and tell them | am trying to fight |
the good fight of faith, and will join them |
after a while"
believe the message will be delivered;
aud believe it will increase the gladness
of those who are before the throne. To
gether are they, all their tears gone. No
trouble getting good society for them. All
kings, queens, princes and princesses. In
1851 there was bill offered in the Euglish
Parliament proposing to change the alma
nae so that the 1st of March should come
Immediately after the 18th of February.
But, oh, what glorious change 10 the cal
endar when all the years Of your earthly ex.
iste1ce are swallowed up in the eternal year
of Godl
My friends, take this good cheer home
with you. These tears of bereavement that
course your cheek, and Of persecution, and
of trial, are not al ways TO be there. The
motherIy baud Of God will wipe them all
away. What is the use, on the way to such
a consum N stion-what is the use of fret
ting about anything? On what an exhila
ration it ought to be in Christian work! See
you the pinnacles against the skyP 1t is
the city OF eur God, aud we are approach
ing it. Oh let us be busy in the few days
that shall remain for US. The SaxoDs and
the Bvitons went cut to battle. The Sax
ons were all armed The Britons had no
weapons at all; and yet history tells us the
Britons got the victory. Why? They went
into battle shouting three times, "Hallelu.
jah" and at the third shout of "Hallelu-
JAN" their enemies fed panic struck; and
50 the Britopa got the victory.
Aud, my friends, if We could ouly appre-
oiate the sories that are to come, We would
DO so filled with enthusiasm that no power
OF earth or hell could stand before US; and
at our first shout the opposing forces would
begin to trem0la, and at our second shout
they would beg n TO fall back, and at our
| third shout thoy would be routed forever.
There is no power on earth or in hell that
could stand before three such volleys of hal
lelrjah.
put this baisam on the wounds of your
heart. Rejoice at the thought of what your
departed friends have g05 rid of, and that
you have prospect OF so soon making your
own escape. Bear cheerfnlly the ministry
of tears and ex-lt at the thought that soon
it is to be ended.
There we shall march up the heavenly street
| And ground our arms at Jesus's feet.
| News The Time.
! Never put off till tomorrow
| That which needs doing to-day,
Ifyou do you may find to your sorrow,
| Too late, tina you've tri1ed away
the golden opportunity of lifetime. Ii