The Dickinson press., 1892-08-13

Ossa,a high mountain, and Olympus,
u high mountain; but mythology tells
us when the giants wa1ed against the
gods they piled up those three
mountains, and from the top OF them
proposed
TO SCALE THE HEAVENS;
but the height was not great enough,
and there was Il completed failure. And
after all tho giants-Isainh and Paul,
prophetic and apostolic giants;
cherubim and seraphim and arch
angel, celestial giants-have failed to
climb to the top OF Christ's glorss.
they might all we'll unite in the words
of the text and say, "He that cometh
from above is above ALL"
l know that there is II great deal
said in our day against words, as
though they were nothing. They may
bemisused, but they have an imperial
power.
When we come to set forth the lczs
Of Christ we are going to take thu
tenderest phraseology wherever we
find it and ii it has never been usel in
that direction before, all the more We
shall use it.
Brighter than the light, fresher than
tho fountains, deeper than the seus,
are all these gospel themes. Song has
no melody, flowers have no sweetness.
sunset sky has no color compared
with these glorious themes.
The royal robe OF Denletrius was ST.
costly, SO beautiful, that after he hs2
put it off no one ever dared put it un;
but this robe OF Christ, cher thaE
that, the poorest and the wanest and
the worst may Wear.
Christ is above all in dying allevia.
tions. l have not amy sympathy
with the morbidity abroad about our
demise. The emperor OF Constants
nople arranged that on the day OF his
coronation the stone mason should
come and consult him about his
tombstone that after q white hewould
need. And there are men who ar.
monomaniacal on the subject of de-
parture from this life by death, aui
the more they think OF it tine less thss
are prepared to go. This is an ua-
manliness not worthy OF you, not
worthy Of me.
" Salaain, the greatest G 'nqueror I'll
his day, while dying, ordered the tunic
he had on him to be cAar,ed after Ills
death Oh: IL spear at the !ead OF his
army, and t..hen the soldier ever and
anon, should stop and say, "Behold.
all that is lett Of SAladin, the emperor
and aonuneror! OF all 'he states he
conquered. OF all the wealth he accu.
muluted, nothing did lie retain but
this shroud." l have no sympathy
with such behavior er such
ABss;op DEMONSTRATIONS,
or with mach that we hear uttered i'll
regard to departure from this life to
the next. Tnere is q common.sensi-
cal idea on this subject t;.at you md
I need to consider-thnt there are
only two styles OF departure.
A Thousand feet underground, by
light OF torch toiling ina min:r's shalt.
q ledge Of 1ocS may fall upon us, and
we may die a miners death. Far out
at sea. falling from the slippery rat,
lines and lroken on the halyards, We
may die q sailors death. Or mission
OF mercy in hospital, amid broken
bones and .eeking lepros:es and rag
ing fevers, We may die u p}iilanthro'
pist's death. On the fed OF battle
serving God and our country, slug.
through the heart, the gun carriag.
may roll over US, and we may die
patriots death. But, after all, thers
are only two styles OF departure-tht
death OF the righteous and the deatl
of the wicked-and we al! want to di,
the former.
Toward the last hour OF our earth
ly residence we are speeding. When =.
see the sun set [ say, "Ouo day loss *
live" When l see thu spring bios
sons scattered, i say, "Abother sea
SON gone forever" When i close thi
Bible on Sabbath night. l say, "Anotl
er Sabbath departed" When | bur!
a friend, 1 say, Another earthly at
traction gone forever" What nimbl
feet the years have! The roebuck
and tho liehtnings run not SO East
From decade to decade, from sky {;
sky they go at a bound: There is n plac
for us whether marked or not, wher
you and l will s!cepthe last sleep, ant
the men are now living who will, will
solemn tread, carry rs to our %restin,
place. Ay, it is known in HEAVIER
whether our departure will be q core
nation or a Punishment. Brighte
than IL banqueting hall through whicl
the light feet Of the dancers go up an,
. down to the sound of trumpeters vii
De the sepulchre through whose rift
TIT HOLY LIGHT OF HEAVEN
streameth. God will watch you. FL
will send his angels to guard you
! slumbering ground, until, at Christ
: behest, they shall roll away thestons
Stand or some high hill OF heaven
and Ill all tho radiant sweep the mos
. glorious object will be Jesus. Myriad
? gazing OH the scars os his suffering, i
| silence first, afterward breaking fort
: into reclamation. And then, ate
, each one has recited his peculiar de-
. liverances and peculiar mercies, rt
> > cited them as by solo, all the voice
> will come together i'll q great chorus
' which shall make the arches echo an,
, ce-echo with the eternal revcrberatio
. of gladness and peace and triumph.
: Edward l. was so anxious to &c
: to the Holy Land that when he wa
about to expire he b%eqneathed $16(