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

hunhu voice CIldTm open heaven
gate Can human hand pilot US
through the narroWs Of death into
heavens harbOr? Can any earthly friend
Ship shield us from the arrows OF death, and
In the hour when Satan shall practice upon
us his Internal archery, No no, no. no,
Alas! Poor soul, il that is all. Better die in
the wilderness far from tree shadow and
from fountain, alone, vultureS circlng
through the air waiting for our body, un-
known to men, and 10 llave no burial if only
Christ could say through the solitudes II
will never leave thee, | will never forsake
thee From that pillow OF stone n ladder
would soar heaVenward, angels coming anil
going; and across the solitude and the bar-
renneSs would come the sweet notes of heay-
enly minstrelsy
Gordon Hall, far from home dying In the
door OF a heather temple, said: GLORY TO
thee o God" What did dying Wilbcrforce
say TO his wite' Come aud sit beside me,
and let us talk of heaven. never knew
what happiness was until | found Christ >
What did dying Hannah More say! TO go
to heaven. think what that is To go to
Christ, who died that might live Oh,
glorious grave! Oh, what glorious thing it
is TO die? Oh, the love OF Christ, the love OF
Christ" What did Mr.. Toplady the great
hymnmaker, say in his last hourf "Who can
measure the depths of the third heaven? Oh,
the sunshine that ILLS my s. ! / shall soon
be gone, for surely no one can live III this
world after such glories as God has mani
fested 10 my soul"
What did the dying Janewny saw 81 can
rs easily die as close my eyes or turn my
head in sleep. Before few hours have passed
| shall stand on Mount Zion with the one
hundred aud forty and four thousand aud
with the just men made perfect and we
shall ascribo riches and honor, and glory,
and majesty aud dominion unto God and
the Lamb" Dr. Taylor condemned to burn
at the stake, on his way thther broke away
from the guardsnen and went bounding and
leaping and jumping toward the fire, glad to
go to Jesus and TO die for Him. Sir Charles
Hare, in last moment had such rapturous
vision that he cried: up
ward, upward, upward" And 81
great was the peace of one of
Christs disciples that he put his
fingers upon the puiso in his wrist and
counted It and observ e1 it; and 50 great was
his placidity that Gfter while he said:
stopped !" aud his lifo hal endod hero to
begin in heaven. But grander than that was
the testimony OF the worn out first mis-.
sionary, when, in the Mamartine dungeon,
he cried; 81 am now ready ~ be oferel and
the time Of my departure is at hand; have
fought the good fight, l have finished my
course. | have kept the faith; henceforth
there is laid up for me q crown of righteous
ness, which the Lord. tho righteous Judge,
will givo me in that day, and not to me
only, but to all them that love His appear
ing" Do you not see that Christ is above
all in dying alleviations,
Toward the last hour OF our earthly resi-
dence we are speeding When see the sun
set | say: One day less TO live" When
see the spring blossoms scattered, say; An.
other season gone forever When l close
this Bible on Sabbath night l say: An
other Sabbath departed" When bury
friend. ! say: Another earthly attraction
gone forever" What nimble feet the years
havel The roebucks and the light Things run
not so fast. From decade to decade, from
sky to sky, they go at bound, There is
place for us, whether marked or not,
where you and | will sleep the last
sleep and the men are now living
who will with solemn trade, carry us TO our
resting placs. Ay, 1t Is known in heaven
whether our departure will be a coronation
or u banishment
Brighter than a banquetng hall through
which the light feet OF tho dencsrs 90 up AMI
down to the sound Of trumpeters will be the
sepucher through whose riffs tho holy light
Of heaven strcameth. God will watch you.
lie will send His angels to guard your slum.
bsring ground, until, at Christ'S behest, they
shall roll away the stone.
so, also, Chi ist is above all in heaven. The
Bible distinctly says that Christ is the Chief
themo of the celestial ascription, all the
thrones facing His throne, all the palms
waved before His face, all the crowns down
at His feet tAerubim to cherubim, sera.
phim to seraphim, redeemed spirit TO re-
deemed spirit shall recite the Saviour's earth,
ly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill OF heaven, and in
all the radiant sweep the most glorious OBJ
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scars Of His suffering, in silence first, after
ward breaking forth into acclamation. The
martyrs, all the purer for the fame through
which they passed, will say: This is Jesus,
for whom we diel" The apostles all the
happier for the shpwreck and the scourging
through which they went, will say: This
is the Jesus whom we preached at Corinth,
and at Cappadocia, and at Antioch and at
Jerusalem" Little children clad In white
will say: This is the jesus who took us in
His arms aud blessed us, and when the
storms Of the world were too cold and loud,
brought us into this beautiful place" The
multitudes OF the bereft will say: This l.
the Jesus who comforted us when our heart
broke" Many who wandered clear OFF from
God and plunged into vagabondism, but
were saved by grace will say: "rhis Is tue
Jesus who pardoned us, We were lost on
tho mountains, and He brought us home
as snow.n Mercy boundless, grace unparal.
lelod, And then, after each one has recited
bis peculiar deliverauces and peculiar mer.
cies, reoited them as by solo, all the voices
will come together into q great chorus,
which will make the arches echo and re- echo
with the eternal reverberation OF gladncss
and peace and triumph.
Edward was 30 anxious to 60 to the Holy
Land that when he was about TO expire ht
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bis decease. taken 70 the Holy Land In Asia