The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-11-07

| ssthe Bible e0ntEadlctS itself. II Ahh-
mates again and again that there are TO
be no tears in Heaven. and II there be
no tears in Heaven no Y Is, 1t possible
that God viii wipe any away?"
answer. have you never seen child
crying one moment and laughing the
next; and while she was laughing, you
saw the tears still on her face? And
perhaps you stopped her in the very
midst of her resumed glee, and wiped on
those delayed tears. So, / think, after
the heavenly raptures have come upon
us, there may be the mark OF some
earthly grief, and while those tears are
glittering in the light Of the jasper sea,
God will wipe them away. How well He
can do that
Jesus had enough trial to make Him
sympathetic with all trial. The short
est verse in the Bible tells the story:
"Jesus wept.r The scar on the back Of
either hand, the scar on the arch OF
either foot, the row OF scars along the
line OF the hair, will keep all Heaven
| thinking. Oh, that great weeper is just
the one to silence all earthly trouble,
wipe out all stains OF earthly grief.
Gentlel Why, His step is softer than
the step of the dew. 1t viii not be
tyrant bidding you to hush up your cry
ing. 1t viii be Father who viii take
| you on His left arm, His face cleaning
! into yours, while with the soft tips OF
! the fingers of the right hand, He shall
wipe away all tears from your eyes
have noticed when the children get
hurt, and their mother is away from
home, they always come TO me for COM
fort and sympathy; but | have noticed
when the children get hurt, and their
mother is at home, they go right past
me and TO her; / am of no account
So, when the soul comes up into
Heaven out of the wounds of this life,
it viii not stop to look for Paul, or
Moses, or David, or John. These did
very well once, but now the soul shall rush
past, crying: Where is Jesus? Where
is Jesus?. Dear Lord, what magnia-
cent thing to die If Thou shalt thus wipe
away our tears. Methink it will take
us some time TO get used to Heaven; the
fruits of God without one speck; the
fresh pastures without one nettle; the
orchestra without one snapped string;
the river of gladness without one torn
bank; the solferinos and the saffron of
sunrise and sunset swallowed up in the
eternal day that beams from Gods coun-
tenance!
Why should wish to linger in the wild.
When Thou an waiting, Father, to receive
Thy child.
Still, if we could get any appreciation
of what God has in reserve for US, it
| would make US so homesick we would be
unfit for our everyday work. Prof
Leonard, formerly of Iowa University,
put in my hands meteorie stone-a
stone thrown off from some other world
to this. How suggestive it was to me.
And l have to tell you the best repre-
sensations we have of Heaven are only
Rrolites flung off from that world which
rolls on, bearing the multitudes of the
redeemed. We analyze these @rolites
| and find them erystalizations of tears
No wonder, flung off from Heaven
| God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes.
Have you any appreciation Of the good
and glorious times your friends are hay-
ing in Heaven? How different il Is
when they get news there of a Chris
tian's death from what 1t is here. It is
the difference between embarkation and
coming into port. Every thing depends
upon which side of the river you stand
when you hear OF Christians death.
| II YOU stand on this side of the river
you mourn that they go. If you stand
on the other side OF the river you re-
! joice that they come. Oh, the difference
between funeral on earth and jubilee
in ACKNOWLEDGMENT requiem here and
| triumphal march Incorporating here
and reunion there. Together Have
You thought of it? They are together
Not one of your departed friends in one
land and another in another land; but
together, in different rooms Of the same
house-the house of many mansions.
Together!
l never appreciated that thought so
much as when we laid away in her last
slnmber my sister Sarah. Standing
there in the village cemetery, looked
around and said: There is father, there
is mother, there is grandfather, there is
grandmother, there are whole circles OF
kindred and thought to myself: TO
gether in the grave-together in glory"
am so impressed with the thought that
do not think it is amy fanaticism when
some one is going from this world to the
next II you make them the bearer OF
dispatches to your friends who are gone,
saying:
Give my love to my parents; give
my love to my children; give my love
to my old comrades who are in glory,
and tell them I am trying to fight the
good fight of faith, and | viii join them
after awhile"
believe the message win be deliy-
cred; and believe it win increase the
gladness OF those who are before the
throne. Together are they, all their
tears gone. No trouble getting good so
ciety for them. All kings, queens,
princes and princesses- In 1851 there
was bill offered in the English Parlia-
ment proposing TO change the almanac
so that the LIST OF March should come i'm
mediately after the 18th OF February.
But, oh, what a glorious change in the
calendar when all the years of your
earthly existence are swallowed up in
the eternal year of Godl
NY friends, take this good cheer home
with you These tears OF bereavement
that course your cheek, and Of persecu-
ton and of trial are not always 70 be
there. The motherly hand of God viii
wipe them all away. What is the use
on the way to such a contamination:
what is the use OF fretting about any
thing? Oh, what an EXPLANATION II fought
to be in Christian work. See you the
pinnacle against the sky? Ii is the city
of our God, and we are approaching it.
Oh, let us be busy in tine few days that
shall remain for us. The Saxons and
the Bcitons went ont to battle. The
Saxons were all armed. The Britons