Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-02-28

hunyan prcacnet t'Irtst IN the subIimest al.
lcgory ever composed. Edward Payson, sick
aud exhausted, leaned up against the side Of
the pulpit aud wept ont his discourse, while
George Whitfield, with the manner and the
voice and the start Of an actor, over whelmel
his uUtory 1t would have been a diTeren,
thing IT Jonathan Edwards had triei to
write anil dream about the pilgrims progress
10 the celestial city. or John Bunyan had at
tempted an essay on the human will
Brighter THAI the light, fre,ner than thu
fountains deeper than the selS are a.! these
Gospel themes. Song has no maOly. flower,
nave NJ sweetness. sunset sky has no CUlor
sDnoIr5l with thrS, glorious thNnHs Thosl
harveStS OF grace spring up quicker than we
can sickle them. kndllng pulpits with
their fire, and producing revolutions with
their power lighting up dying bels with
their glory, they are the sweetest thought
for the poet. and they nrc the most thrilling
Illustration for the orator. aud they offer
tho most intense scene for the artist
and they are TO the cmhaSSadur of the
sky all enthusiasm. Complete pardon for
ilre,t guilt. Sweetest comfort for ghastly
agony. Brightest hope for grimmest death
tirandeSt resurrection for dAkkcst sepulchrc
Oh, what Gospel 10 preach Nhrist over all
in It. His birth, His suffering His miracles,
His parallels His sweat His tears, His blood
His at1ncmeuL His lnterCcSsion-what glO-
Tious themes, Do We exercise faith Christ
Is its object Do Wa have love- 1t fastens
on Jesus Have We fondncSS for the church,
Il Is because Christ died for IT, Have We a
hope Of hcaven' It is because Jesus went
ahead, the herald anl the forerunner.
The royal robe OF Demetrius was 50 costly.
50 bcluttul that attor h. had put it OF no
one ever iarei put 1t on, but this robe Of
Christ richer than that, the poorest and tho
wnuncSt aud the worst may wear Where
bin abouniel grace may much more abound"
"rl:, my SinS, my SINS said Martin Luther
10 Stauplt2, my sins my sins" The fact
Is that the brawny German student had
found n latin Biblt that made him quake,
nnl nothing else ever did make him quake;
AMI when he found how, through Christ,
he was pardonci Nnl saved, he wrote
II a friend, saying; Come over aud
join us great anl awful sinners savel
10y the grace OF God. You seem TO I've
only q slender sinner, all you don't
much eItOl the mercy OF Col; but we that
have been such very awful sinners praise His
grace the moro now that we have bcen re-
deemed Can it be that Won are 50 des.
pNrately egotiStiCal that YOU feel Yourself in
first ratio spiritual trim. and that from the
root Of the hair TO the tip OF the too you q, .
scarleSS and immaculate What you neel is
n looking glass, aud hero it is in the bible
Poor, and wrctchel and miserable and blind,
and naked from the crown 0! the head TO the
sole Of the foot full OF wounds aud putrefying
sores No health IN y:s, And then take the
fact that Christ gathered up all the notes
against us AMI paid them, and then offered
us the receipt.
Aud how much We nael Him Ia our sor.
rows! We are independent Of circumstances
II we have His grace Why, He made Paul
sing in the dungeon, and under that grace
~. John from desolate Patmos hearl tho
blast OF the npocayptc trumpets. After
all other candles have been snu(fed ont, this
Is the light that gets brighter aud brighter
unto the perfect day; anl after under tho
hard hoo(s OF calamity, all tho pools Of
worldly cnjOyments have been tramplel into
deep miro, nt the foot of The eternal rock the
Christian, from cups of granite lily rimmel
and vine covered puts out the thirst Of his
soul
|. Again remark, that Christ Is above all
in dying allevlationS
have not any sympathy with the morbid.
lty abroad about our demise The Emperor
OF Constantinople arranged that on the day
OF his coronation the stone mason should
come and consult him about thu tombstone
that after q while he would need. Aud there
are mon who are monomaniacal on the sub
iect of departure from this life by death and
the more they think Of 1t the less they are
prepared to go. This is all unmanliness not
worthy Of you, not worthy fine.
Saladin, the greatest conqueror OF his day.
while dying, ordered that the tunio he had
on him he carried after his death on his spear
" the head Of his army, and that then the
soldier, ever and anon, should stop and say:
"Behold, all that is left OF Saladin, the Em-
peror and conqucrorI or all the States he
conquered, OF all the wealth lie accumulated,
nothing did he retain but this shroud."
| have 10 sympathy with such behavior or
such absurd demonstration or with much
that We hear uttered i'll regard to departure
! from this lifo to the next. There is q com.
mousenscal idea on this ubject that you aud
| need to consider-that there arc only two
styles OF departure.
| A thousand feet underground, by light OF
torch toiliny in n miners shaft a ledge Of
rock may fall upon us, and we may die q
miners death Far out at sea, falling from
the slippery ratlines and broken on the hal
| yards, we mar die a sailors death. On
mission OF merry in hospital, amid broken
bones and reekug leprosieS and raging
fevers, we may die philanthropist's death.
I On the field of battle, serving God and our
country, slugs through the heart the gun
carriage may roll over us, and we may die a
patriots death. But after ALL there are
only two styles OF dsparture-the death Of
the righteous and the death of the wicked
and we all want to die the former
God grant that when that hour comes you
may DO at home. YoGwant the hand Of
your kindred in your hand, You want your
children to surround yCi You want the
light on your pillow from eyes that have
long reflected your love. You want the
room still You do not wsnt any curious
strangers standing around watching you.
You want your kindred frou atar to hear
your last prayer. l think thai Is the wish of
all of us But Is that all2 Can earthly
friends hold us up when the billows
Of death come UP to the. .Gigdlei Can