The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-11

burn, tho light Of the stars ma
by the blast Of the iudgment
life and death, things pres
como are mine. -
thet-it means a peacafS
mans, Mrs. Sigourney,
most all the poets have saI5I Il
about death. There is noSS
about IT, When We stand by
rigid features of those whom
they give no answering prcssuI
and no returning Kiss Of the lip, VI
want anybody pOetizing around
Death Is lOath s0meness, and midrS
the wringing Of tho heart until the tel
snap and curl in the torture, unless -
shall be with US. l confess to
infinite fear, a consuming horror
unless Christ shall be with me.
rather go down into cave Of VI -
jungle OF reptiles than into ~ :
less Christ goes with me. Wis
that 1 am to be carried out fros 1,
home and put away in the
cannot bear darkness.
coming of the evening I "
gas lighted and the furthei-
the more l like TO have my
about me.
And am to be put of for
years in a dark place with moi
to- When the holidays come .
are distributed, shall l add no
merry Christmas" or the Hap
Year" All, do not point down tod
IN tho ground, the grave and call it
tul place. Unless there be some sJpC
illumination ! shudder back frQ<
whole nature royClts at it. BiN2
glorious lamp is lifted above the gra'(l.
all the darkness Is gone, and the way is 6ar
look into it now without a single slGddar
Now my anxiety is not about IL h: my aux
iety is that l may live Alright, for know tina
il my life Is consistent when l come to tn
last hour, and this voice is silent
and these eyes are closed and these hands
with which beg for your eternal salvation
to-day, are folded over the still heart, tina
then snail only begin to live. What powe
is there in anything to chill me in the las
hour If Christ wraps around me the skirt o
His own garments What darkness can ffal
upon my eyelids then amid the heavenly
daybreak? o Death, I viii not fear The,
then Back to thy cavern Of darkness, thou
rob5er Of all the earth. Fly thou despbilei
of families. With this battle ak l hew the,
in twain from helmet to sandal. the vOii.e o.
Christ sounding all over the earthj ant
through the heavens: 30 Death. vii; b,
thy plague. Grave, 1 win be thy desfruc.
tom
To be saved is to wake up in the pres.acc
VI 1iAl A1As i Ou hAAOM WHICH JESUS y
earth how happy He made every hou8o n,
went iuto, and when He brings US up IT, HI
house in Heaven, how great shall be curl glee
His voice has more music in it than is d. be
heard in all the Oratories Of eternity.
Talk not about banks dashed with eTs,res
cence. Jesus is the chief bloom of heaven
We shall see the very face that beamed Aym
Dathy in Bethany, and take the very hind
that dropped its blood from the short bdam
If the cross. Oh, want to stand IN eternity
With Him Toward that harbor steer. ito
ward that goal l run. I shall be satisfied
when awake in His likeness
Oh, broken hearted men and women. hi,
0weet it viii be in that good land to pour al
If your hardships and bereavements az
osses into the loving ear OF Christ, and thier
ave Him explain why it was best for you H.
% sick, ana why it was best for you to III,
and why it was best for you to 4,
and wiIy il was best for You to 4,
ried, anc have Him lictslt to an eleva3ionS.fz
,ortiobate TO your disquietGcse here, a
. You suffered with me on e1-tla
Up now 0nd be gloriied with
Some one went into u
Yheie there had been a good 3
rouble and said to the woman
You seem to be lonely" 'Yes
aid 81 am lonely" Glow NJ
he familyF' "Only MYSELF n
lad any childrenyn Il had q
Iren." 'Where are they?o &C
,onegn GAIL" IAN deadn
he breathed long sigh into.
nd said: "Oh, sir, 1 have besa
o the grave" And so tisS-
iere that are utterly broken
Of life. point 4 -.
he eternal balm Of heaven.
iere that / am missing this NJ
'Ou poor waiting maid your h9
,oured in no human ear, lonely - ~.
How glad you win be when Christ
and all your sorrows and Gro.
queen unto God and the Lamb fole
Aged men and women, fed by His
nd warmed by His grace for three
ears and tenl viii not your deer
hange for the leap of a hart when v,
0 look face TO face upon Him whom. -