Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-08

Year, An, DO not point down 70 the hole
In the ground, the grave, and call It q beauti-
ful place. Unless there be some supernatural
illumination shudder back from H. Nv
whole nature revClts at Il. But now this
glorious lamp Is lifted above the grave and
all the darkness Is gone, and the way isclear.
i look into IL 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 / come TO the
last hour, and this voice is silent,
and these eyes arc closed, and these hands.
with which l 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
His own garment What darkness can fall
upon my eyelids then amid the heavenly
daybreakf o Death, will not fear thee
then. Back 10 thy cavern Of darkness thou
robber OF all the earth. Flyi thou despoiler
OF families. With this battle az hew thee
In twain from helmet to sandal, the voice of
Christ sounding all over the earth and
through the heavens: 10 Death. I will be
thy plague. o Grave, I win be thy destrus-
ton"
To be saved Is to wake up in the presence
OF Christ. You know when Jesus was upon
Garth how happy He made cvery house He
went into, and when Ho brings us up 10 His
house in Heaven, how great shall be our glee.
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 10 stand In eternity
with Him. Toward that harbor steer. To-
ward that goal I run. shall be satisfied
when l awake In His likeness
Oh, broken hearted men and women, how
sweet 1t viii be In that good land to pour all
OF your hardships and bereavements and
losses into the lovingear Of Christ and chen
have Him explain why it was best for You to
be sick, and why 1t was best for you to be
widowed, and why 1t was best for You to be
prosecuted, and why it was best for you to be
tried, and have Him point to an elevation pro
portionate to your disquietude here, saying:
You suffered with me on earth, come
up now and be glorifed with Me in
heaven Some one went into q house
trouble, and said to the woman there:
"You seem to be lonely" ''Yes." she
said, II am lonely" 'How many in
had any childrenf' II had seven chill
dren" ''Where are theyy' "Gone.r San
gomez GAIL" 'tAll deadp' 'sAI." Then
she breathed long sigh into the loneliness,
and said: "Oh, sir, I have been good mother
to the grave" And so there are hearts
here that are utterly broken down by the
bereavements of life. I point you to-day to
the eternal balm Of heaven. Are there any
here that I am missing this morning? Oh.
you poor waiting maidi your hearts sorrow
poured in no human ear, lonely and sadl
How glad you will be when Christ shall dis
band all your sorrows and crown you
queen unto God and the Lamb forever
Aged men and women, fed by His love
and warmed by His grace for three-score
years and ten! will not your decrepitude
change for the leap of hart when you come
to look face to face upon Him whom having
not seen you love? 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
sunlit 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 bride leaning upon His arm,
while He looks down into her face, and says:
Behold, thou art fair, my love! Behold,
thou art fairP