Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-19
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our dead and listen and hear IN the distance
the rGmbling on OF the chariots of resurrec-
tion victory. 0 heaven, sweet heaven! You
do not spell heaven as YOU used to spell it,
You used ospell it h-c-a-v-e-n-heaven. But
now when you want to spell that word you
place side by side the faces of the loved ones
who arc gone, and i'll that irradiati0n Of
light aul love and beauty anil joy you spoil
IL as never before in songs aud hallelujahs.
Oh, We whose hearts are down under the sod
OF the cemetery, cheer up ut tho thought OF
this reunion. Oh, how much You will have
to tell them when once you meet them
How much you have been through since
you saw them last. On the shining shore
YOU will talk it all over. The heartaches
the loneliness the sleepless nights, the weep
ing until you had no more power to weep,
because tho heart was withered and dried
NJ. Story of vacant chair and empty cra-
die, and little shoe only half worn out, mover
TO be worn again, just the shape of the foot
that once pressed it. And dreams when you
thought that the departed had come back
again, and tho room seemed bright with
their faces, and you started up to
greet then and in the effort the dream
lirolo anil you found yourself standing amid
room in the Neutrality-suspicious.. Talking it all
over, and then hand III hand walking up and
down in the light. No sorrow, no tears, no
death. o, heaven, beautiful heaven! Heaven
where our friends are. Heaven where we
expect to he. In the cast they take u cageof
birds and bring it to the tomb Of the dead,
aud then they open the door of the cage and
the birds, flying out sing. And Would to-
day bring q cage of Christian consultations to
tho grave of your loved ones, and would
open the door and let them fill all the air
with the music of their voices.
On, how they bound in, these spirits before
the throne! Some shout with gladness, some
break forth into uncomfortable weeping for
JOY, some stand speechlcSs in their shock of
delight. They sing, they culver with excess
sive glatlness, they gaze on the temples, on
They weave their joy into garlands, they
spring it into triumphal arches. they strike
it on timbrels, and then oil tho loved ones
gather in great circle around the throne OF
God-fathers mothers, brothers, sisters
sons md daughters, lovers and friends, hand
to hand around about tho throne of God
the circle ever widening-hand to hnnd JOY
TO JOY. jubilee to Jubilee. victory to victory,
until tho day break and the shadows flee
away. Turn thou, my beloved, and be like
n roe or n young hart upon the mountains OF
Bethor."
Oh, how different it is on earth from the
was il in heaven when Christian dies!
We saw, "Closo his eyes" In heaven they
say, Give him palm On earth we say,
set him down in the ground" In heaven
they say, RAISE him on throne. On
earth it is, Farewell farewell In heaven
it is, ''Welcomc, welcome" And SEQ
Christian soul coming down to the river of
death, and he steps into the river and. tho
water comes to the ankle. He says Lord
Jesus, is this DEATH" No says Christ,
this is not death" And lie wades still
deeper down into the waters until the food
comes to the knee, aud he says, Lord
Jesus, tell me, tell me, is this
death" And Christ says mo, no; this is
not DEATH" And he wades still farther
down until the wave comes to the girdle,
ami the soul says, Lori Jesus, is this
DEATH No. says Christ, this is not
And deeper in wadcS the soul till the billow
strikes the lip, and the departing one cries.
Lord Jesus is this DEATH No says
Christ, this is not But when Christ had
lifted that soul on throne of glory, and the
pomp aud joy of heaven came surSing to its
feet, then Christ said, This, oh transported
soul. this is death. ID