Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

that discovery, when all the questions
are to be decided which we have been
discussing all Jul lives? Who shall not
clap his hands in the anticipati6n6f that
blessed country, if it be no better than
through holy curiosity, crying, The
time of my departure is at hand?"
1 remark again, we ought to have the
joy of the text, because, leaving this
world, we move into the Rest society of
the universe. You see q great crowd
of people in some street, and you say:
WHO is passing there! What general,
what prince is going up there?" Well, l
see a great throng in heaven. | say:
who is the focus of all that admira-
ton? Who is the center of that glitter
ing company" 1t is Jesus, the cham
pion of all worlds, the favorite of all
ages. -
Do you know what is the first ques-
ton the soul will ask when it comes
through the gate of heaven: l think the
first question will be, Where is Jesus,
the Saviour that pardoned my sin, that
carried my sorrows, that fought my bat
ties. that won my victories?" Oh, radiant
one! how | would like to see thee; thou
of the manager, out without its humilia-
tons; thou Of the cross, but without its
pangs: thou Of the grave, hut wlthou.
its darkness.
ALIVE WIFE JESUS.
The Bible intimates that we will talk
with Jesus in heaven just as a brother
talks with a brother. Now, what Will
you ask him 6rstf | do not know.
can think what { would ask Paul first if
/ saw him In heaven. | think | would
like to hear him describe the storm that
came upon the ship when there were two
hundred and seventy-6ve souls on the
vessel, Paul being the only mar on hoard
cool enough to describe the storm. There
is a fascination about a ship and the sea
that l never shalt get over. and | think
would like to bear him talk about that
first.
But when | meet my Lord Jesus
Christ, of what shall l first delight to
hear him speak? Now | think what it
is. | shall first want TO hear the tragedy
of his last hours, and then LuEe's &C
count of the crucitixion, and Marks &C
count of the cruciixion, and Johns ac-
count of the crucifixion will be nothing,
while from the living lips of Christ the
story shall be told of the gloom that fell.
and the devils that arose, and the fact
that upon his endurance depended the
rescue of a race; and there was dark
ness il the sky, and there was dark
ness in the soul, and the pain became
more sharp, and the burdens became
more heavy, until the mob began to
swim away from the dying vision of
Christ, and the cursing of the mob came
to his ear more family, and his hands
were fastened to the horizontal piece of
the cross, and his feet were fastened to
the perpendicular piece of the cross, and
his head fell forward in a swoon as he
uttered the last moan and cried, 1T is
finished!' All heaven will stopto listen
until the story is done, and every harp
will be put down, and every lip closed,
and all eyes fixed on the divine narrator
until the story is done, and then, at
the tap of the baton, the eternal orches-
ira will Il up, finger on string Of
harp, and lips to the mouth of trumpet,
there shall roll forth the oratorio of the
Messiah. WORTHY is the Lamb that
was slain TO receive blessing and riches
and honor and glory and power, world
without end..'
What he endured, oh, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell.
When there was between Paul and
that magnificent Parsonage only the
thinness of the sharp edge of the sword
of the executioner, do you wonder that
ne wanted to go: Oh, my Lord Jesus,
let one wave of that glory roll over us.
Harkl hear the wedding bells of
heaven ringing now. The marriage of
the Lamb has come, and the bride hath
made herself ready. And now for a
little while goodby. have no morbid
feelings about the future. But if any
thing should happen that we never meet
again in this world, let US meet where
there are no partings. Our friendships
have been delightful on earth, but they
will be more delightful in heaven. Ard
now l commend you to God and the
word of his grace, which is able to build
us up and give US an inheritance among
all them that are sanctitied.