Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-07

gone forever" What nimble feet the years
have The roebucks and the ligh Things run
not 50 fast. From decade TO decade from
sky 70 sky, they 60 at bound. There is a
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 70 our
resting place. Az, it Is known IN heaven
whether oCT departure viii be coronation
or u Punishment.
Brighter than banqueting hall through
which the light feet of the dancers go up and
down TO the sound Of trumpeters Will be the
sepulcheT through whose riffs the holy light
of heaven streameth. God will watch you.
He will send His angels TO guard your SUM
bering ground until, at Christ's behest they
shall roll away the stone
So, also, Christ is above all in heaven. The
Bible distinctly says that Christ is the chief
theme of the celestial ascription, all the
thrones facing His throne, all the palms
waved before His face, all the crowns down
at His feet Cherubim to cherubim, sera-
phim to seraphim, redeemed spirit to re-
deemed spirit, shall recite the Saviour's earth
" sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of heaven, and in
all the radiant sweep the most glorious OBJ
ect shall be Jesus. Myriads gazing on the
scars of His suffering. in silence first, after.
ward breaking forth into reclamation. The
martyrs, all the purer for the flame through
which they passed, viii say: This is Jesus,
for whom we died" The apostles, all the
happier for the shipwreck 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 and 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 is
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, viii say: This is the
Jesus who pardoned us We were lost on
the mountains, and He brought us home
We We're guilty, and He has made US white
as snow" Mercy boundless, grace unparal-
leled. And then, after each one has recited
his peculiar deliverances and peculiar mer-
cies, recited them as by solo, all the voices
will come together into a great chorus
which will make the arches echo and re-echo
with the eternal reverberation of gladness
and peace and triumph.
Edward [ was so anxious to go to the Holy
Land that when he was about to expire he
bequeathed $50, 900 to have his heart, after
his decease taken to the Holy Land in Ca
Minor and his request was complied with.
But there are hundreds to-day whose hearts
are already in the Holy Land of heaven.
Where your treasures are, there are your
hearts also Quaint John Bunyan of whom
[ spoke at the opening of the dis
c9nrse' caught glimpse of that
he said And I heard in my dream, and
10! the bells of the city rang again for joy;
and as they opened the gates to let in the
men looked in after them, and 10! the city
shone like the sum- and there were streets of
gold, and men walked on them, harps in their
hands, to sing praises withal and after that
they shut up the gates, which when | had
seen L wished myself among themT