The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-22

timber shall have been rent and the.
last TOMBSTONE beacon shall have beer
Numbered down in the hurricane, and
the.last tempest shall have fJlded It's
wings, and the sea itself shall have
been licked up by the tongue OF all
consuming fire, the crowns OF eternal
reward shall be kindling into brighter
glory on the brow Of the faithful. And
Christ, pointing to the inebriate that
you reformed, and the dying sinner
whom you taught to pray, and the
outcast whom you pointed to God for
shelter will say: "You did it to them!
You did it to me!'
AFTER-DEATH WATCHING
But from this weird text OF the
morning comes rushing in upon my
soul a thought that overpowers me.
This watching by Rizpah was an
after-death watching. l wonder if
now there is an after-death watching.
[ think there is. There are Rizpahs
who have passed death, and who are
still watching. They look down from
their supernal and glorifed state up
en- us, and is not that an after-death
watching? can not believe that
those who before their death were in
terested IN us, have since their death
become indifferent as to what happens
to US. Not one hour OF the six
months during which Rizpah watched,
seated upon the rocks, was she more
alert or diligent, or armed for US,
than our mother, if glorifed, is alert
and diligent and armed for u.s. 1t is
not now Rizpah upon a rock, but
Rlzpah upon a throne. How long
has your mother been dead? Do you
think she has been dead long enough
to forget you? My mother has teen
dead twenty-nine years. [ believe she
knows more about me now than she
did when stood in her presence, and
am no Spiritualist either. The bible
says, care they not all ministering
spirits sent forth to minister to them
that shall be heirs to salvation."
Young mani Better look out what
you do and where you 90, for your
glorifed mother is looking at
you. You sometimes say to
yourself: "What would mother say
II she knew this?' She does know.
You might cheat her once, but you
cannot cheat her now. Does it en-
barass us to think she knows all
about us? Ii she had to put up with
SO much when she was here, surely she
will not be the less patient or excusa-
tory now.
Oh, this tremendous thought Of nv
text, this after. death watching! What
an uplifting consideration. And
what a comforting thought. Young
mother, you who have Just lost your
babe, and who feels the need OF a,
nearer solace than that which comes
from ordinary sympathy, your moth
er knows all about it. You can not
run in and talk it all over with her as
you would if she was still terrestri
al resident, but it will comfort YOU
some, think, yea, it will comfort
you a good deal, to know that she
understands it all. You see that the
velocitles OF the heavenly conditions
are so great that it would not take
her a half second to come to, YOUR be-
reft heart. Oh, these mothers in
heaven! They can do more for us
now than before they went away.
The bridge between this wocld and
the next is not broken down. Thav
| approach the bridge from both WAYS.
departing spirits, and coming spirits.
dlslmprlsoned spirits, and sympa-
thlzlng spirits. And so let us walk as
to be worthy of the supernal compan-
lonships, and if to any OF us life on
earth is a hard grind, let us under
stand that if we watch faithfully and
trust fully Our blessed Lord, there
will be a corresponding reward in the
Land OF Peace, and that Rzpah who
once wept on a rock now reigns on a
throne