The Globe-republican., 1892-08-19

tho sweet notes of heavenly minStrelsY.
Gordon Hall, far from home. dying IN
the door Of a heather temple. said,
''Glory - Thee. o God!" What did dy.
ing 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
dying Hannah More say? ITO 60 70
Heaven; think what that is! To 20 to
Christ, who died that might live! Oh,
glorious grave! Oh, what q glorious
thing it is to die! 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 depth
Of the third Heaven? Oh, tie sunshine
that fills my soul! shall soon be gone,
for surely no one can live in this world
to nv soul"
What did the dying Faneway say? Il
can as easily die as close my eyes or turn
my head in sleep. Before q few hours
have passed Shall stand on Mount Zion
with the one hundred and forty and four
thousand, and with the just men made
perfect, and we shall ascribe riches and
honor and glory and majesty and domin-
ion unto God and the Lamb" DR.. Tay-
Ior, condemned to burn at the stake, on
his way thither broke away from the
guards,nen and went bounding aud leap
ing and jumping toward the FIRE. glad to
60 to Jesus and to die for Him. Sir
Charles Hare in his last moment had such
rapturous vision that he cried, Upward,
upward, upward!'
And so great was the pea, e Of one Of
Christ's disciples that he put his fingers
upon the pulse in his wrist and counted
it and observed it; and SO great was his
placiditv that after awhile he said,
stopped" and his life had ended here
to begin in Heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony of the worn out
first missionary when in the Marmatine
dungeon he cried: Il am now ready to
be offered, and the time of my departure
Is at hand; have fought the good FIGHT,
l have finished my course, have kept
the faith; hencetorth 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 appearing" Do
you not see that Christ is above all in
dying alleviations?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When l see
the sunset Zone day less to live"
When see the spring blossoms scattered
say, Another season gone forever"
When l close this Bible on Sabbath night
say, Another Sabbath departed"
When I bury friend say, another
earthly attraction gone forever" What
nimble feet the years have' The roe
bucks and the lightnings run not so
fast From decade to decade, from SKY
to sky, they 60 at bound.
There Is place fer 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. Ave, it is
known Ia Heaven whether our de parture
will be a coronation or q baRiShmens.
Brighter than banQueting hail through
which the light feet of the dancers GO 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 Chsist's behest they shall roll away
the stone.
Sc also Christ is above all in Heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is
the chief theme of the celestial ascrip-
tfoE. 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, re-
deemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall re-
cite the Saviour's earthly sacrifice.
Stand on some hig hill of Heaven, AID
II all the radiant sweep the most glori-
cas- object will be Jesus. Myriads gazing
on the scars Of HIS suffering. in silence
Grst afterward breaking forth into &C
The martyrs, AL the purer
dor 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 scCurging through
which they went, will say, This is the
Jesus whom we preached at Corinth,
and at Cappadocia. and at Antioch, and
a: Jerusalem" Little children clkd In
white will saw, ~This is the Jesus who
took US in His arms and blessed US, and
when the storms OF the world were toe
cold and loud, brought Us into this beau.
tiful place" The multitudes of Ike be.
reft will say, This is the Jesus who
comforted US when our hearts broke"
Many who had wandered clear of from
God and plunged into vagabondisn, hut
were saved by grace. will say: This is
the Jesus who pardened US. We were
lost on the mountains and He brought
US home. We we're guilty, and He made
US white as snow" Mercy bOuhdless,
grace unparalleled And then, after
H. L., 3, is:
ances and peculiar mercies, recited them
as by solo, al! the voices will come to-
Cether in a great chorus, which shall
make the arches echo and re-echo with
the eternal reverberati0a Of gladness and
peace and triumph.
Edward was SO anxious to go 10 the
Holy Land that when he was about to
expire he beGueatbed $4,000 TO have
his heart after his decease taken 20 tue
Hoiv Land in Asia Minor, and his re-
quest was complied with. But there are