The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-13

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last day on earth his happiest day, and that
In his last moments he seemed TO be per-
sonally talking with Christ, as friend with
friend, saying: 10, how delightful II Is.
/ knew you would be with me when the
time came, and knew it would be sweet
but did not know II would be as sweet
as II Is" The fact was he had served his
gener ltion in the Gospel ministry. aud by
the will OF God he fell on sleep. When In
Africa Majawara, the servant, looked
into the tent OF David Livingstone
and found him on his knees, he stepped
back, not wishing to disturb him in prayer;
and some time after went in and found him
in the same posture and stepped back again,
but after while went in and touched him,
and lol the great traveller had finished his
last journey, and he had died In the grandest
and mightiest posture man ever tikes-on
his knees. He had served his generation by
unrolling the scroll OF continent and by
the will Of God fell on sleep. Grimshaw.
the evangelist, when q ilIed how he felt in
his last moments responded: "As happy
as can be on on earth and as sure OF glory
rs II were in il. have nothing to do but
to step out OF this bed into Heaven Hav.
ing served his generation In 'ful
evangelism, by the will Of God, he fell on
sleep.
In the museum OF Greenwich Hospital
England, there is q fragment OF book that
was found in the Arctic regions amid the
relics OF Sir John Franklin, who had per-
ished amid the snow and ice, and the leaf Of
that piece OF book was turned down at the
| rats1a . t,ewl ha
waters will be with thee" Having served
his generation in the cause Of science and
discovery, by the will Of God he fell on sleep.
Why will you keep US all so nervous talk,
| ing about that which is only dormitory
and pllowed slumber, cinJ pied by angels
wingsi Scopl Transporting sleepl And
what glorious awakeniugl You and have
sometimes been thorou ;hly bewildered after
a long and fatlguiug journey; we have
stopped at friends house for the night
and after hours OF complete uncon-
sriousne 8 we have opened our eyes, the
high risen sun full In our faces, and, be
fore we could fully collect our faculties,
have slid: "Where am ], whose house Is
this, and whose are these gardcnSp And
then it has flashed upon US in glad reality
/ Anu SlOulu uOl NOllhtT ullCE We uuNb
served our generation and by the will Of
Ged, have fallen on sleep, the deep sleep, the
restful sleep, we should awake in blissful
bewilderment and for little whils saw:
"Where am II What place is thisl Who
hung this uphol steryl What fountains are
these tossing in the light Why, this looks
like Heaveni tits. 1t Is. Why, there Is n
building grander than all the castles Of
earth heaved into mountain Of splendor
that must be the palace Of Jesus. Aud,
look there, at those' walks lined with a
foliage more beautiful than any thin ever
saw before, and see those who are walking
down these aisles OF verlure. From what
b we heard OF them, those two arm In arm
must be Moses and Joshua him Of Mount
Sinai and him OF the hating sun over
Ajalon. And those two walking arm In
arm must be John and Paul, the one so
gentle and the other SO mighty. And those
two with the robes as brilliant as though
made out Of the cooled off llmss Of MARTYR
dom, must be John Huss aud Hugh Latimer
Bnt must not look any longer at those
gardens OF beauty, but examine this building
in which have Just awakened look oui
OF the window. this way and that, and VI
and down. and find II is mansion OF i'm
mense size in which am stopping. All III
windows OF agate and It's colonnades o
porphyry and alabaster. Why, l wonder |
This is not the house Of "many mansions
i OF VIII ch used to readl 1t is 1t is. Their,
must be many OF my kindred and friends II
thi very mansion. Harkl whose are thos
voices whose are those bounding feeti
open the door and see, and lol they ar
coming through all the corridors and up ant
down all he stairs, our long absent kin
dred. Why, there Is father, there Is mother
there are the children. All well again
All young again. All OF US together again
And aS 70 embrace each other with thu
cry, "Never more 10 part Never mor'
to partw the arches, the acoves, the hall
ways echo and re-echo the words, ''Nevrl
more to parti Never more 10 part" Thet
our glorted friends say: Come ont will
us and see Heaven" Ana. some OF then
bounding ahead OF US and some ofthem skip
ping beside US, we start down the ivor!
stairway. And we meet coming up. one o
the kings OF ancient Israel, somewhat smal
OF stat re but having countenance radian
with thousand victories. And as all ar
making obeisance 10 this great one o
Heaven cry out, "Who is her' and tn
answer comes: "This Is the greatest OF al
the kings OF Israel. II is David. who afte
he had served his generation by the will o
God, fell on Sleep"