Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-08-11

| did Mr.. Toplady, the great hymn maker,
say in his last hours "Who can measure
tho depth of the third heaven? Oh. the
sunshine that fills my SOUL / 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 Faneway says 81
can as easily die as close my eyes or turn
my head ia sleep. Before few hours have
passed | shall stand on Mount Zion with
the one hundred and forty and four thou
sand, and with the just men made perfect,
and we shall ascribe riches and honor and
glory and majesty and dominion unto God
and the Lamb" DIR. Taylor, condemned
to burn at the stake, on his way thithei
broke away from the guardsmen and went
bounding and leaping and jumping toward
the fire, glad to 90 to jesus and TO die fol
him. Sir Charles Hare in his last moment
had such rapturous vision that he cried
Upward, upward, upward"
And so great was the peace of one 81
Christ's disciples that he put his fingers
upon the pulse in his wrist and counted /;
and observed it,; and SO great was his
placidity that after awhile he said.
Stopped and his life had ended here 10
begin in heaven. But grander than thar
was the testimony of the worn out first
missionary when in the Mamartine dun
geon he cried: II am now ready to be of
fered, and the time of my departure is at
hand; have fought the good fight, have
finished my course, have kept the faith
hencefortn there is laid up for me crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, will 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 alleyiations'
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
dence we are speeding. When ! see the
sunset ! say. Zone day less to live" When
| see the spring blossoms scattered | say
another season gone forever" When
close this Bible on Sabbath night say,
Another Sabbath departed" When
bury "A friend | say, another earthly at
traction gone forever" What nimble feet
the years havel The roebucks and the
lightnings run not so fast. From decade
to decade, from sky to sky, they go at a
bound.
There is 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. Aye, it is known in heaven
whether our departure will be a corona
tion or Punishment. Brighter than a
banqueting hall through which the light
feet of the dancers 90 up and down to the
sound of trumpeters 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
slumbering ground until. at Christ's be-
hest, they shall roll away the stone.
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The Bible distinctly says that Christ l.
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.
seraphim To seraphim, redeemed spirit TO
redeemed spirit shall recite the Sayiour's
earthly sacrifice.
THE GLORIOUS COMPANY OF THE REDEEMED.
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 fame
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 An
tioeh, 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 had
wandered clear off 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 noun
tains, and be brought us home. We were
guilty, and he made us white as snow
Mercy boundless, grace unparalleled. And
then, after each one has recited his peculiar
deliverances and peculiar mercies, recited
them as by solo, all the voices will come
together in a great chorus, which shall
make the arches echo and re-echo with the
eternal reverberation of gladness and peace
and triumph.
Edward | was so anxious to 90 to the
Holy Land that when he was about to ex-
pire he bequeathed 100000 to have his
heart after his decease taken to the Holy
Land in Asia Minor, and his request was
complied with. But there are hundreds
today whose hearts are already in the holy
land of heaven Where your treasures
are there are your hearts also. John Bun
yam, of whom l spoke at the opening of the
discourse, caught glimpse of that place,
and in his quaint way he said; And
heard in my dream, and To- the bells Of the
city rang again for joy; and as they opened
the gates toilet in the men looked in after
them, and lol the city shone like the sun,
and there were streets of gold, and men
walked ON thgm, harps in their hands, to
sing praises with all; and after that they
shut up the gates. which when l had seen
wished myself among themr'