Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-22
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life. Gravesl gravesl gravesl But when
these bereavement' have all passed, and
there ars no more graves t. dig, and no
more collins to maze. ant no mors sorrow
to suffer, we shall pull Off this mournin aud
be robed in whit. | SEQ soul going right
up from all this scene of sin and trouble IN
to glory. | seem to hear him say:
journey forth rejoicing
From this DARK vale OF tears
To heavenly Joy and freedom,
From earthly care and fears.
When Christ my Lord shAll gather
All His redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Goodnight Till then.
Ihear my Saviour calling:
The joyful hour has come;
The angel guards are ready
To guide me to our home.
When Christ our Lord shau gather
All His redeemed again,
His kingdom TO inherit
Goodnight. till then.
NY subject aivances, an tells you OF the
symbols they carry. IL nv text had repre-
sen.ei the good in heaven as carrying
cypress branches, that would have meant
sorrow. II my text had represented the
good in heaven as carrying nlyhtshade, that
would have meant sin. But 1t is palm
branch they carry, and that is victory.
When the people came home from war In
olden times the conqueror rode at the head
OF his troops, and there were triumphal
arches, and people would come out with
branches OF the palm tree and wave them
all along the host. What significant typs
this OF the greeting and OF the JOY OF the
redeemed in heavenl On earth they wer
condemned, and were put out OF polite cir
cles They had infamous hands strike then
on both cheeks Internal spite spat In ther
faces. Their back ached with sorrow.
Their brow reexed with unallevlatel toll.
Bow weary they were Sometimes they
broke the heart of the midnight in the midst
OF all their anguish. crying out, 10 God!s
But harS now TO the shout of the delivered
clptves, as they lit their arms from the
shackles aud they cry out 'Fresl frevP
Tney look back upon all the trials through
which they have passei, the battles they
have fou ght. the burdens they carried, the
misrepresentation they suffered, and be-
cause they are delivered from all thess they
stand before God waving their palms. They
come to the feet OF Christ and they look
up into His face, AMI they remember His
sorrowS and they remember His pain, and
they remember His groanS, and they say:
why, was saved by that Christ. He
pardoned my sins, He soothel my sorrowS"
ami standing there they shall be exultant
waving their palms.
That han once held the implement of toll
or wielied the sword OF war but now it
rnucks down branches from the tree OF life
as they stand before the throne waving their
palms. OIce he was pilgrim on earth;
he cruncheI the har1 crusts-he walked the
wear way, but 1t Is all gone now; the sin
gone, the weariness gone, the sickness gone,
the sorrow gone. As Christ stands up be-
fore the great array OF the saved and re
counts His victories 1t will be like the rocking
aud tossing OF a forest in a tempest as all
the redeemed rise up, host beyond host, rank
beyond rank, waving their palms.
Ny subject makes another advancement,
and speaks OF the song they sing.
DIR. Dick, IN a very learned work, says
that among other things in heaven he thinks
they will give great deal OF time to the
study of arithmetic and the higher branches
OF mathematics. | do not believe it. II
would upset my idea OF heaven il | thought
so: never liked mathJmstics; aud would
rather take the representation Of my text
which describes the occupatisn OF heaven as
being joyful psalmody. They cried with
loud voice, saying, Salvation unto our
God" In this world we have secular songs,
nursery songs boatmen's songs, harvest
songs sentimental songs; but In heaven we
Will have taste for only one song, and that
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death to an eternal heaven through the
blood OF the Lamb that was slain.
In this world We have plaintive songs.
songs tremulous with sorrow, songs dirgeful
for the dead: but in heaven there will be no
signing OF winds, no wailing OF anguish, no
weeping symphony. The tamest song will
be balleluiah-the dullest tune a triumphal
march. Joy among the cherubiml Joy
among the seraphiml Joy among the ran.
somedl Joy foreverl
On earth the music in churches is often
poor, because there is no interest in it or be-
cause there is no harmony. Some would not
sing, some could not sing, some sang too
high, some sang too low some sang by fits
and starts but in the great au-
dence of the redeemed on higa
all voices will be accordaut and
the man who on earth could not tell a plan
tation melo iy from the "Dsad March in
SauP' will lift an anthem that the Mendels-
sohns and Beethovens and the Schumanns Of
earth never imagined, aud you may stand
through all eternity and listen and there will
not be one discord in the great anthem that
forever rolls up against the great heart OF
God. 1t will not be a solo, 1t will not he a
duet, it will not be quintet but an innum.
erable host before the throne crying, sal
walton unto our God and unto the Lamb
They crowd all the temples, they bend over
depths and lengths and breadths Of heaven
with their hosannas.
When people were taken into the Temple
OF Diana IL was such brilliant room that
they were always put on their guard. Soma
people had lost their sight by just looking
on the brilliancy OF that room, and so the
janitor when he brought stranger to the
door and let him in would always charge
him, take heed of your eyes"
tyha I fhipk ~ ha hat n
around the throne of God, so jubilant, many
voiced, multtudinous | feel like saying
Take heed Of your ears" 1t is so loud a
song. 1t is so blessed an anthem. They
sing a rock song, saying. "Who Is He that
sheltered us in the wilderness. and Swallowed
as IN weary iandr' And the chorus comes
in, 'Christ the shadow OF a rock in a weary
land"
They sing a star song saying, "Who il He
that guided us through the thick night, and
when all other lights went out arose In the
sky the morning star, pouring light on the
souls darkness" And the chorus will come
in, Christ the morning star, shining on the
souls darkness" They will sing a flower
song, saying, "Who is He that frightened
all our way, and breathed sweetness upoa
our soul. and bloomed through frost and
tempfstr And the chorus win come in,
Christ the lily, OF the valley, blooming
water song, saying, "Who Is He that
cleaned to us from the frowning crag, and
| lightened the darkest ravine Of trouble, and
brought cooling to the temples and refresh
ment to the lip, and was a fountain In the
midst OF the wildernessY' and then the
chorus will come in, Christ, the fountain in
the midst OF the wilderness"
Ny friends will you join that ant.sml
Shall we make rehearsal this mornir Il II
we cannot sing that song ON earth we vii
not be able to sing 1t in heaven. Can IL b
that our good friends in that Land will wall
all through that great throng Of which
speak looking for US and not finding us
VIII they come down to the gate and ask Il
we have passed through, and not find US re
ported as having GOMEZ WIN they lool
through the folios of eternal light and fns
our names unrecordedt Is all this repre-
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