The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-09


l need to consider-that there are only two
styles Of departure.
A thousand feet underground, by light Of
torch toiling in a miners shaft, ledge of
rock may fall upon us, and we may die a
miners death. Far out at sea, falling from
the slippery ratlines and broken on the hal
yards we may die a sailors death. On
mission Of mercy in hospital, umid broken
bones and reeking leprosies and raging
feyers, we may die philanthTopist's death.
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 n
patriots death. But, after all, there are
only two styles Of departure-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 be at home You want the hand Of
your kindred in your hand. You want your
children to surround you. You want the
light on your pillow from eyes that have
long reflected your love. You want the
room still. You do not want any curious
strangers standing around watching YOU.
You want your kindred from afar to hear
your last prayer. I think that is the wish Of
all of US. But is that alis Can earthly
friends hold US up when the pillows
of death come up TO the girdleg Can
human voice charm open heavens
gate? Can human hand pilot US
through the ulIIOM6 OA uellu INTO
heavens harborf 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. MOI
AlasI Poor soul if that is all. Better die IN
the vii -erness, far from tree shadow anda
from fountain alone Vultures circli.ig
through the air waiting for our body, UNI
known to men, and to have no burial, if only
Christ could say through the solitudes. II
will never leave thee, 1 will never forsake
thee From that pillow Of stone a ladder
would soar heavenward, angels coming and
going; and across the solitude and the bar
renness would come the sweet notes of heay-
emily minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying in the
door Of a heather temple, said: GLORY 10
thee o Godp What did dying Wilberforce
say to his wife? Come and sit beside me,
and let US talk Of heaven. l never knew
what happiness was until 1 found Christ
What did dying Hannah More say ITO 90
to heaven, think what that Isl To go to
Christ, who died that l might liyel Oh
glorious gravel Oh what glorious thingit
Is TO die2 Oh, the love Of Christ the love of
Christi What did Mr.. Toplady, the great
hymnmaller, say in his last hour? "Who can
measure the depths OF the third heaven? Oh,
the sunshine that fills my SOUL l shall soon
be gone. for surely no one can live in this
world after such glories as God has mani
Tested to my soul"
What did the dying Janeway say, Il can
as easily die as close my eyes or turn my
head in sleep. Before few hours have passed
l shall stand on Mount Zion with the one
hundred and forty and four thousand and
with the lust men made perfect, and we
shall ascribe riches, and honor, and glory,
and majesty, and dominion unto God and
the Lamb.n DR.. Taylor, condemned to burn
at the stake, on his way thither broke away
r ! hlarr dino and
leaping and jumping toward the fire glad to
90 to Jesus and to die for Him. Sir Charles
Hare, in last moment, had such rapturous
vision that he cried: Up
ward, upward, upwardp And so
great was the peace of one OF
Christ's disciples that he put his
fingers upon the pulse in his wrist and
counted It and observed IT. and 50 great was
his placidity that after a while he SAID;
"Stoppedm and his life had ended here 70
begin in heaven. But grander than that was
the testimony Of the worn out first mis-
sionarT, when, in the MamaTtine dungeon,
he cried: Il am now ready to be offered, and
the time of my departure is at hand, have
fought the good fight, 1 have finished my
course. l have kept the faith; henceforth
there is laid up for me q crown of righteous
ness, which the Lord the righteous Judge,
will give me in that day, and not to me
only, but to all them that love His appear
mgr Do you not see that Christ is above
all in dying alleviationss
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
dence we are speeding. When l see the sun
set, I say Zone day less to live When l
see the spring blossoms scattered. say. An
other season gone forever When l close
this Bible on Sabbath night, ! say AN
other Sabbath Departed When l bury a
friend. say: another earthly attraction
gone forever" What nimble feet the years
havel The roebucks and the hghtniugs 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 I will sleep the last
sleep, and the men are now living
who win, with solemn trade, carry us to our
resting place. Ay, it is known in heaven
whether our departure will be coronation
or 4 Punishment.
Brighter than a banqueting hall through
which the light feet Of the dancers go up and
down to the sound Of Srumpeters will be the
sepulcher through We riffs the holy light
Of heaven streameth. God will watch you.
He viii send His angels to guard your slum-
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
at His feet. Cherubim 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
iect 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 del The apostles, all the
HAMMER for the shipwrec5 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
VIII 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 viii say: This IS
the Jesus who cOmforted us when our heart
broke" Many who wandered clear off from
God and plunged into vagabondism, but
we're saved by grace, will say: This is the
Jesus who pardoned us. We were lost on
the mountains, and He brought US home
We were guilty, and He has made US white
as snow" Mercy boundless, grace mparal-
leled. And then after each one has recited
his peculiar deliverances and peculiar nler-
cies, recited them as 10y solo, all the voices
will come together into a great chorus
which will make the arches echo and re-echo I
with the eternal reverberation of gladness
and peace and triumph. !
Edward 1 was so anxious to go to the Holy.
Land that when he was about to expire he
bequeathed Sl60, 900 to have his heart after
his siaeease taken to the Holy Land IN Asia
,tlluI' ana MS request was complied 18th y
But there are hundreds to-day Wfyass K - s
are already in the Holy Land of hete
Where your treasures are, the are u
hearts also. Quaint John Bunys i, OF wersE
spoke at the opening of the 4 e.
course caught a glimpse of THY
place, and in his quaint waykl
ae said: "And l heard in my dream, and
lol 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 lol the city
shone like the sun, and there were strests Of
gold; and men walked on them, maps in their
hands 10 sing praises withal and after that
they shut up the gates, which when had
seen wished myself among them"
A Narrow view or the Case.
Il always laugh" relates an old resi-
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