The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-20

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horror, as compared with the poorest
hour they have had in heaVen since iti
tirst,tower WAS built, or its Rrst gates
swung or its first song c&roled. "Oh,
you say. "that may be true, but am sc
afraid of crossing over from this worlG
to the next, and fear tho swapping Of
the cord between soul aud body" Well
all the surgeons and physicians anG
Socialists declare that there is no pans
at the parting Of the body and soul, and
ing hour Of life is involuntary and
no ti'ross at all. Aud I agree with the
doctors, TO- what they say is confirmed
drowned or were submerged until all
consciousness departed and were after,
wards resuscitated, declare that the sensa.
tion Of passing inte uncOnacioushess was
pleasurable rather than distressful. The
cage Of the body has door on easy hiR-
ges, and when that door Of the physical
cage Opens the soul simply puts out it's
wings and soars. "But," you say, 81
fear to go because the future is so full Of
mystery" Well, will tell you how to
treat the mysteries. The mysteries have
ceased bothering me, for l do as the
judges of your courts often do. They
hear ali the argunent in the case and
then say: 81 will take these papers and
give you my decision next week" So l
have heard all the argument in regard to
the next world, and some things are un-
certain and full of myatery, and sc
fold up the papers and reserve until the
next world my decision about them. /
can there study all the mysteries to bet
ter advantage, for the light will be bet
ter and my faculties stronger, and / will
ask the Christian philosophers, who have
had all the advantages OF heaven for
centuries, to help me, and / may be per
mitted myself to humbly ask the LORD,
and I think there will be only one mya-
terry left, and that will be how one so un-
worthy as myself got into such an en-
raptured place. Come up cut Of the sepul
chral shadows. If you are not Chris
tians by faith in Christ come upinto the
light; and if you are already like Laza-
rus, terminated, but still have your
grave clothes on, get rid Of them. The
command is "Loese him, and let him
60" The only part of nay recent jour
ncy that really dreaded, although did
not say much about it beforehand. was
the landing at Joppa. That is the port Of
entrance to the Holy Land, and there
arc many rocks, and in roTgh weather
people cannot land at all. The boats
taking the people from tho steamer to
the docks must run between reefs that
looked to me to be about fifty feet apart,
and one misstroke Of an oarsman or un-
expected wave has sometimes been ia
tai, and hundreds have perishod along
those reefs. Besides that, as we left
Port Said the evening before an old
traveller said: "The wind is just right
to give you rough landing at Joppa
indeed think you will not be able tc
land at ALL" The fact was that when
our Mediterranean steamer dropped an
chor near Joppa and we pat cut for
shore in the small boat, the water was as
still as though it had been sound asleep
hundred years, and we landed as easily
as came on this platform. Well, your
fears have pictured for you an appalling
arrival at the end of your voyage Of life,
and they say that the seas will run high
and that the breakers will swallow you
up, or that if you reach Canaan at all it
will be very rough landing. The very
opposite will be true if you have the
eternal God for your portion. Your
Standardization fer the promised land
will be as smooth 40 was ours at Pales-
tine last December. Christ will meet
you far out at sea and pilot you into
complete safety, and you will land with
a hosanna on one side of you and hal
lelujah on tie other.
"Landsahead!" 1t fruits are waving
Ger the hills of fadeless green,
And the living waters laving
Shores where heavenly forms arc seen
Rocks and storms I'll fear no moro
When on that eternal shore;
Drop the anchorl furl tho sail!
am safe within tho Veill