Telegram-herald., 1889-05-20


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having this stal. The Lord Eno"ei1 them
tb.s are hls s.Tae mountains shall depart
ani The kllLs ts removed but ny kla1ness
shzaH not ds.s2gt from thee, neither shall tns
e,ssu,ut Il my peace be removed, saith TIE
Iaxd, who hath mercy upon thein Oh,
cluster Of diamonds set IA FURNISHED gold On,
neither sprines Ol comfort bursting through
AL the valleys II trial and Irl5ulatlon! When
you Sc, YOU II the world, whas satisfaction
iAsre Is ca earth IN religion, do you not thirst
after Il as tae daughter Of Caleb thiTsted az
ter the water sprlnesi IL Is no st%gnAIl'
pond, scumIiled over with malaria, but springs
Of water leaping from the Rock ot Age.
Take up one cup Of that spring water and
arross the top ot the chalico viii hoaI the del
icate shadows Il the heavenly wall, the y oil
low Of Jasper, the green OF emerald, the u4as
Of sard0nyx. the fire OF iacinth
HAPPY IN LIFE AND GLAD IN DEATH.
wish could make you understand the JOY
religion is u some OF US Ii makes man hap
DIV while he lives and glad when he dies
With two feet upon char and bursting
with dropSes, / heard an old man IN the
poorhouse cry out: Bless tho Lord, oh my
soulln looked around and said: What has
this man got 10 thank God forf" il makes
the lame man 10 leap as a hart and the dumb
sing. They say that the old Puritan religion
Is a juioeloss and joyless religion; bat re-
member reading Of Dr. Goodwin, the cele-
brated Puritan, who In h.s last moments
said: lis this dyingi Why. ny bow abides
In strength j am swallowed UP In
Godln "Her ways are ways Of pleasant
ness and all her paths are peace" Oh, you
who have been trying 10 satisfy yourselves
with the south land" OF this world, do you
not feel that you would, this morning, like
to have access 10 the neither springs Of
spiritual comforti Would you not like 10
have Jesus Christ bend over your cradle and
bless your table and heal your wounds. and
strew flowers II consolation all up and down
the graves Of your deadf
lis religion that eau give
Sweetest pleasures while We 1--we;
'Ts religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when we die
But have something better 10 tell you,
suggested by this text IL seems that old
Father Caleb on the wedding day OF his
daughter wanted 70 make her just as happy
as possible Though Othniel was taking her
away, and his heart was almost broken be-
cause she was going, vet no gives her
south land" not only that, but the neither
springs; not only that, but the upper springs.
o Godl my Father, thank thee that thou
hast given me a south land" in this world,
and the neither springs OF spiritual comfort
In this world; but, more than all, thank
thee for the upper springs in heaven
THE GLOREs or HEAVEN.
II Is very fortunate we cannot see heaven
until we get into it. Oh, Christian man, if
you could see what a place it Is, we
would never get you back again to
the Office or store or shop, and the
duties you ought to perform would go neg
lected am glad shall not see that world
until / enter it. Suppose we were allowed to
go on an excursion into that good land with
the idea OF returning. When we got there and
heard the song and looked at their raptured
faces and mingled in the supernal society,
we would cry out: Let US stay We are
coming here anyhow. Why take tho
trouble of going back again TO that old
worldi We are here now; let US stay.
And it would take angelic violence TO
put us out Of that world, il once we got
there But as people who cannot afford TO
pay for an entertainment sometimes como
around it and look through the door aJar, or
through the openings IN the fence, so We
come and look through the creviceS into that
good land which God has provided for US
We can just catch glimpse Of 1t. We come
near enough 10 hear the rumbling o. the
eternal orchestra, though not near enough TO
know who blows the cornet or who fingers
the harp Ny soul spreads out both wings
and claps them in triumph at the thought Of
those upper springs One Of them breaks
from beneath tho throne; another breaks
forth from beneath the altar Of
the temple: another at the door
Of ''the house Of many mansions"
Upper springs Of gladnessl Upper springs OF
lghtl Upper springs OF love! 1t is no fancy
of mine. The Lamb which is In the midst Of
the throne shsll lead them to living fountains
of water" On. Saviour divine, roll IN upon
our souls one of those anticipated rapturesi
Pour around the roots Of the Qarcbed tongue
one drop Of that liquid lifel Toss before our
vision those fountains of God, rainbowed
with eternal victory. Hear IT. They are
never sick there; not so much as headache,
or twiuge rheumatic, or thrust neuralgia.
The inhabitant never says: Il am SICK" They
are never tired there. Flight TO farthest
world Is only the play Of a holiday. They
never sin there. 1t Is as easy for them TO lie
holy as it Is for Us TO sin They never die
there You might 20 through all the out
skirts Of tho great city and find not one place
where the ground was broken for a grave.
The evcsight % the redeemed IS never blurred
with tears There Is health ia every check.
There Is spring in every foot There Is maj
eSty on every brow. There "a joy m every
heart. There Is hOsanna on every lip How
they must pity Us as they look over and look
down and see US. and say; Poor things away
down in that vorldlr And when some Chris
tan i hurled into fatal accident, they CRY:
Good. hs is coming" And when We
e+aud around the couch OF some loved
one whose strength is going sTa0
ana We shake our heads forebodingly,
they CRY. 4 sln glad be a worse, he has
been down there lonE enough. There, he il
dead Come home Come home On, X
We would only gst our IDEAS about that
future world untvisted our thought u trans
Ter from here 10 there would l's A. pleasant
- us A. Il was toa HttIe chili that was dying
She sid. Papa. when VIII go bosneT And