Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-09

turtles. The Archangel to you no EN-.
barrassment. God Himself your pre-
sent AMI everlasting joy. That IS
an instantaneous picture of what you may
be, and what an1 sure some Of you will be- IL
you realize that it is an imperfect picture,
my apology is what the apostle John said,
ut doth not yet appear what we shall be-"
40 this end was | born" II did not
think 50 ] would be overwhelmed with
melancholy.
The world does very we'll for little while,
eighty, or a hundred OF a hundred AMI fitty
years, and | think that human longevity
may yet be improved up TO that proionga
ton, for now there Is 50 little room between
our cradle and our grave we cannot accom-.
plsh much, but who would want to dwell
in this world for all eternity Some thins
this earth will finally be turned into a
heaven, Perhaps it may, but it would
have TO undergo radical repairs, and through
Examinations and evoutols AMI revolutions
and transformations infinite, to make it de-
srabe for eternal residence.
All the east winds would have to become
west winds, and all the winters changet to
soringtides, and the volcanoes extinguislet,
and the oceans chained to their BEDS and
the epidemics forbidden entrance, AMI the
world 50 fixed up t1at think it would take
more 70 repair this old world than to make
an entirely new one But l must say l do
not care where heaven is il we can only get
there, whether garienizei Am erica or an
emp3raiiset Earope, or VOL centra' u
the Whole universe, 10 this en1 was
born" If each one OF us could say that W.
would 90 with faces shining and hopes ex-
hiarant amid earth's worst mislortunes AMI
trials. Only a little while and thea the
rapture. Only little while and then the
reunion. Only q little while AMI then tbs
TRANSPORTATION.
In the Seventeenth century all Europe was
threatened with a wave Of Asiatic barbarisn,
and Vienna was especially besieged. The
king and his court had fed, and nothing
could save the city from being whelmed
unless the king of Poland, John SobiesSi, to
whom they had sent for help, should, with
his army, come down for the RELIEF: and
from every roof and tower the inhabitants
of Vienna watched and waited and hoped,
until on the morning Of September IL tae
rising sun threw an unusual AMI un-
parallelei briliancy. It was the reelection
OF the swords and shields AMI helmets OF
John Sobiesxi AMI his army coming down
over the hills to the rescue: aud that day,
not only Vienna. but Europe, was savet;
And see you not, Oh, ye souls, b?slegel
with sin and sorrow. tnat light breaks
in, the sworls, AMI the shields, AMI
the helmets OF divine rescus bathei in tae
rising sun OF heavenly deliyerlnc@ Let
everything else 60 rather than let heaven 60
What a strange thing it must be to feel one
self born to an earthly crown, but you have
been born for a throne on which you may
reign after the last monarch Of all the eartn
shall have gone to dust.
invite you to start now TO. your own
coronation to come in and take tae title
deeds to your everlasting inheritance.
Through an impassonel prayer take heaven
an9 all OF its raptures. What poor farthlnS
is all that~this world can offer you conparet
with pardon here an / life immortal beyond
tae stars, unless this side Of them there Do
a place large enough aud beautiful enough
and grand enough for all the ransom9t.
Wherever it be, in what world, whether near
by or far away, in this or some otner coz
ISOLATION. hail home Of light and loy9 ani
ble;sedness. Throu IN the a.olinS mercy or
Christ, may we all get there