Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13

no, mol Alas. poor Soui, II On"S -
An. Better die in the wilderness, lai
from tree shadow and from fountain
alone. vultures circling through the air
waiting for our body, unknown to men,
and to have no burial, if only christ
could say through the solitudes'
will never leave thee; / will never Tor
sake thee" From that pillow OF stone
ladder will soar Heavenward, Angels
coming and going; and across the SOIL
tude and the barrenness would come the
sweet notes of Heavenly minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying In
the door OF heather temple, SAID
"Glory to Thee, O God" What did dy-
inc Wilberforce say to his wife? Come
and sit beside me and let us talk OF
Heaven. / never knew what happiness
was until found Christ" What did dy-
ing Hannah More say? ITO 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 diel Oh, the love OF Christ
the love of Christi" What did Mr.. Top
lady, the great hymn-maker, 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 manifested
to my soulp'
What did the dying Janeway say? u
can as easily die as close my eyes, or
turn my head in sleep Before few
hours have passed | shall stand on
Mount Zion with the 140, 900 and with
the Just man made perfect, and we shall
ascribe riches and honor, and glory, anc
majesty, and dominion unto God and the
Lamb" DIR. Taylor, condemned to burn
at the stake, on his way thither, broke
away from the guardsmen, and went
bounding and leaping and jumping to-
ward tho fire, glad to go to Jesus, and to
die for Him. Sir Charles Hare, in the
last moment, had such rapturous vision
that he cried Upward upward up
wardr' And so great was the peace OF
one OF Christ's disciples that he puts
his fingers upon the pulse in his
wrist and counted it and observed it;
and so great was his placidity that, after
while, he said: stopped" and his
life had ended here to begin in Heaven.
But grander than that was the testi-
mony Of the WORKOUT first missionary
when, in the Mamartine dungeon, he
cried: II am now ready to be offered,
and the time OF my departure is at
hand / have fought the good fight, |
have finished my course, | have kept
the faith, henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the righteous Judge, viii give
me in that day, and not to me only, but
to all them that love His appearingl"
Do YOU not see that Christ is above all in
dying alleviations? Toward the last hour
of our earthly residence we are speeding.
When see the sun set say: Zone day
less to live" When / see the spring
blossoms scattered say: Another sea-
son gone forever" When | close this
Bible on Sabbath night say: Another
Sabbath departed" When l bury a
friend / say: another earthly attrac-
ton gone forever" What nimble feet
the years havel The roebucks and the
lightnings run not so fast. From de-
cade TO decade, from sky to sky, they
60 at a 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
tread, carry us to our resting place. Ay,
it is known in Heaven whether our de-
parture will be coronation or Danish
ment.
Brighter than a banqueting hall,
through which the light feet Of the
dancers go up and down to the sound Of
trumpeter, will be the sepulcher through
whose riffs the holy light of Heaven
streameth. God will watch you. He
will send His angels to guard your slum-
bering ground, until, at Christs behest,
they shall roll away the stone.
Stand on some high Hill Of Heaven,
and in all the radiant sweep the most
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriads
gazing on the scars of His suffering. in
silence first afterward breaking forth
into reclamation. The martyrs, all the
purer for the flame through which they
passed, will 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 we're too cold and
loud brought us into this beautiful
place"
The multitudes OF the bereft will say:
'"rhis is the Jesus who comforted us
when our heart broke" Many who
wandered clear of from God and plunged
into vagabondism, but were 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 made us white
as snow. Mercy boundless, grace un-
paralleled. And then, after each one
has recited his peculiar deliverances
and peculiar mercies, recited them as
by solo, all the voices will come to-
gether into a great chorus, which will