Democratic messenger., 1892-09-17

sow not. neither do they reap, nor gathe
/ feedeth them" And will he take care o
the sparrow. will he take care of tn,
1 hawk. and lei you die: What is the use d
| your frctting about clothes: "Conside
| the lilies of tho field Shall he not mucl
more clothe you. O We of little faith:
| What Is the use of worrying for feal
something will happen to your home
He blesseth the habitation of the Just
What Is the use of fretting lest You vii
be overcome of temptations? God i.
faithful. who will not suffer you to b,
tempted above that We are able, but vii
with the temptation also make a way L
escape. that We may be able To hear it.
Oh, this kings highway. Trees ot
life on either side bending over unit
their branches interlock and drop mid
way their fruit and shade. Houses ol
entertainment on either side the road
for poor pilgrims. Tables spread witt
Il feast of goo.l things and walls adorned
with apples of gold i'll pictures of silver
start ont on this kings highway. and
find harper. and say. What is youl
name:" The harper makes no response
but leaves me To guess, as with his eyes
toward heaven and his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip
pling out on the air: The Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom shall
fear: The Lord is the strength of my
life. OF whom shall be afraid:'
go little farther on the same road
and meet II trumpeter of heaven, and
say, Haven't You got some music for Il
tired Pilgrim" And wiping his lip and
taking Il long breath, he puts his mouth
TO the trumpet and pours forth this
strain: They shall hunger no more,
neither shall they thirst any more,
neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat. for the Lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
go little distance farther on the
same road. and | meet n maiden of Israel.
She has no harp. but she has cymbals.
They look as if they had rusted from
sea spray, and say to the maiden OF
Pilgrim And like the clang of victors
shields the cyInbals clap rs Miriam be-
gins TO discourse, "Sing We To the Lord,
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the
horse and the rider hath he thrown into
the sea-" And then see white robed
group. They come bounding toward
me. and | say. WHO are they? The
happiest. and the brightest. and the fair.
est in all heaven-who are they:" And
the answer comes. These are they who
came ont of great tribnlations. and had
their robes washed and made white with
the blood of the Lamb"
THE TERMINUS
pursue this subject only one steI
farther. What is tie terminus: | do
not care how fine road you may put
me on. | want to know where it comes
ont. My text declares it. The re-
deemed of the Lord come to Zion. -
You know what Zion was. That was
the Kings palace. II was n mountain
fastness 1t was impregnable. And so
heaven is the fastness of the universe.
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Let all the batteries
of earth and hell blaze away; they can
not break in those gates. GIBRALTAR WAS
taken; SebaSlopol was taken; Babylon
fell; but those walls of heaven shall
never surrender either TO human or sa.
tanic besiegemcnt The Lord God Al.
mighty is the defense of it. Great cap
ital of the universe. Terminus of the
Kings highway!
DIR. Dick said that. among other
things, he thought III heaven we should
study chemistry and geometry and comic
sections. Southey thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure Of seeing
Chaucer and Shakespeare. Now DR..
Dick may have his mathematics for III!
eternity. and Souihey his Shakespeare
Give me Christ and my old friends
that is all the heaven want. that is
heaven enough for me. O garden Of
light. whose leaves never wither. and
whose fruits never fail! o banquet Of
God. whose sweetness never pals the
taste. and whose guests are kings for
ever. o city of light. whose walls are
salvation, and whose gates are praise.
q palace of rest. where God is the mon
arch and everlasting ages the length -
his reign! O song louder than the 81.
beat of many waters. yet soft - i
whisper of cheruhim.
When my last wound Is t"alcd, "
Che last heartbreak is ended, when the
last tear of earthly sorrow is wiped
away. and when the redeemed of the
Lord shall come to Zion. then let the
harpers take down their harps, and all
the trumpeters take down their trum-
pets. and all across heaven there be
chorus of morning stars. chorus of
white robed victors chorus of martyrs
from under the throne, chorus of ages.
chorus of worlds. and there be but one
song sung. and but one name spoken,
and bu, one throne honored-that of
Jesus only.