The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-26

Absalom did not trouble It. Ambitious Ado
nijah did not worry it Prosecuting Saul
did not harrow it. Exile did not fill it with
nightmare. Since a red headed boy amid
his fathers iocks at night, he had not had
such good sleep. At seventy years
of age he lay down to it BE has had
many troubled sleep, as in the caverns
OF Adullam or in the palace at
the time his enemies were attempting his
capture. But this was a peaceful sleep,
calm sleep, restful sleep, glorious sleep.
After he served his generation by the will
of God, he fell on Sleep Oh what good
thing is sleep after a hard days work. It
takes all the aching out Of the head and all
the WEAKNESS out of the limbs and all the
smarting out of the eyes From it we rise In
the morning and it is a new world And if
we, like David, serve our genera
ton we will at LIES close have
most desirable and refreshing sleep. In it
will vanish our last fatigue Of body, our
last WOrriment Of mind, our last sorrow Of
soul. To the Christians body that was hot
with raging feyers so that the attendants
must by sheer force keep on the blankets
it viii be the cool sleep. To those who
are thin blooded and shivering with
agues, it viii be the warm sleep. To
those who, because OF physical disorders
were terrified with night visions it
will be the dreamleSs sleep. To nurses and
doctors and mothers who were Weakened al
most every hour OF the night by those to
whom they minlstered, Or over whom they
watched, it viii be the undisturbed sleep.
To those who could not get to bed till late at
night and must rise early in the morning
ami before getting rested, it will be the long
sleep.
Away with all your gloomy talk about de-
parture from this world. If we have served
cur generation it will not be putting out into
the breakers, it will not be the fight with the
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A friend writing me from Illinois says
that Rev. Dr. Wingate, President Of
Wake Forest College. North Carolina,
after a most useful life, found his 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: "Oh, how delightful it IS.
knew Nou would be with me when the time
came, and 1 knew it would be sweet, but
did not know it would be as sweet as it is -
The fact was he had served his generation in
the gospel ministry, and By the viii of God be
fell on sleep. When in Africa. Majwara, the
servant, looked into the tent OF David Iiy-
ingstons 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 a while went in and
touched him, and lol the great traveller had
finished his last journey and he had
posture a man ever takes-on his knees. He
had served his generation by unrolling the
scroll Of a continent and by the will of God
fell on sleep. Grimshaw, the evangelist,
when asked how he felt in his last moments,
responded; las happy as can be on earth
and as sure of glory as if l were in it; have
nothing tdbo but TO ste5 -
heaven Having served his generation in
successful evangelism by the will Of God, he
fell on sleep
In the museum of Greenwich Hospital
England, there is 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 a book was turned down at
the words: "When thou passest through the
waters / viii be with thee Having served I
his generation in the cause of science and /
discovery by the will of God. he fell on
i.eep
Why will you keep US all so nervous talk l
ng about that which is only dormitory and I
/ plllowed slumber canopled by angels 4
wings Sleep Transporting sleep And .
what glorious awakening You and have
been thoroughly bewildered after
long and fatiguing journey we have
topped at friends house for the night and
Tier hours OF complete Inconsistencies we
ave opened or eyes, the high risen sun full
oct our faculties, have said: Where am /,
Fhose house is this and whose are these gar
ensf' And then it has flashed upon US in
lad reality. And l should not wonder if,
fter We have served our generation and, by
be viii of God, have fallen on sleep, the
sep sleep, the restful sleep, we
lould awake in blissful bewilderment
nd for little while say: ''Where
m II What palace is thisl Who hung
us upholstery What fountains
-e these tossing IN the ighti Why. this looks
Se heaven 1t IS 1t is Why, there is a
hiding grander than all the castles of earth
aaved into a mountain Of splendor that
ust be the palace OF Jesus. And, look
ere. those walks lined with foliage moro
'autiful than anything | SSSr saw before, ,
ID see those who arstlg4zs.s down those
sles OF verdure. From what / have
ard OF them, those two arm in arm
ust be Moses and Joshua, him OF Mount 7
n9l and him OF the hating sun over Ajalon- {
M lnose TWO walking arm in arm must be I
nm and Paul, the one 50 gentle and the ,
her so mighty. And those two with the
oes as brilliant as though made out of the /
oled OF flames OF martyrdom, must be
I'm Huss and Hugh Latimer.
But l must not look any longer at those
rdens Of beauty, but examine this building
which have Just awakened. Hook out
the window this way and that and up and !
wn, and find it is a mansion OF immense
9 IN which | am stopping. All IL
ndows OF agate ard its colonnades Of !
rphyry and alabaster. Why l Won
: If this is not the house Of
lany mansions of which I used to
ldi It IS, it is. There must be many OF
kindred and friends in this very man
n Harki whose are those voices. whose
those bounding feetl l open the door and
, and lol they are coming through all the I
'ridors and up and down all the stairs, our
z absent kindred. Why, there is father.
re IS mother, there are the children. All
Il again All young again. All OF US togeth- :
again. And as we embrace each other q
IN the cry; 'Never more to partl never a
re to partn the arches, the alcoves. the o
lways echo and re-echo the words: l
ever more to part Never more to part" 9
en- our glorified friends say: "Come out Z
n US and see heaven And. some Of u
m bounding ahead of US and some Of h
m skipping beside us, we start q
vn the ivory stairway. And we a
OF. coming up, one OF the Kings Of
'ent Israel, somewhat small OF stature, Fl
having cOuntenance radiant with a b
lSand victories. And as all are making W
isanee to this great one Of heaven l cry Z
: who is her and the answer comes; Ii
his IS the greatest OF all the Kings OF Of
EEL IL Is David, who after ne had served nj
generation by the will OF God, fell on 81