The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-01-07
an ourpurst or CHRISTIAN triumph an
swer, AYE, aye! all ready"

may be- Lord Chesterfield prided
himself on his politeness and said IL
his last moment, Give Dayrolles a
chair" DR.. Adam, a dying school
master, said: 1T grows dark. The
boys may dismiss" Lord Tenterrlen,
supposing himself on the bench OF
courtroom. said in his last moment,
Gentlemen of the jury, you VIII
now consider your verdict" y dying
play actor said: Drop the curtain.
The farce is played out"
would rather have for my dying
words those of one greater than
| Chesterfield or DR.. Adam or Lord
Tenterden: Il am now ready TO be
| offered and the time of my departure
is at hand. l have fought a good
fight, l have finished my course, !
have kept the faith; henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteous
ness which the Lord. the righteous
Judge, shall give me"
The sooner the last hour comes the
better if we are fitted for entrance in
the celestial world There is no
clock in heaven, because it is an
everlasting day; yet they keep an &C
| count of the passing years because
they are all the time hearing from
our world. The angels flying through
heaven report how many times the
earth has turned on its axis, and in
that way the angels can keep q diary:
and they say it is almost time now
for father to come up or for mother
to come up.
Some day they see a cohort leaving
heaven and they say, whittier
bound?" and the answer is, ITO bring
up soul from earth" And the qucs-
ton is asked, What soul." Ard
family circle in heaven find thai it il
one of their own number that IS 10 be
brought UP, and they come out to
watch, as On the beach we now watch
for ship that is to bring our friends
home. After awhile the cohort win
heave in sight, flying nearer ard
nearer, until with a great clang the
gates hoist and with an embrace wild
with the ecstacy of heaven old
friends meet. again.
Away with your stiff, formal
heaven! l want none of it Give
me a place of infinite and eternal.
sociality. My feet free from tho clods
of earth, l shall bound the hills with
gladness and break forth III a laugh
of triumph. Aha! ahal We weep
now, but then we shall laugh. "Abra
hams bosom" means that heaven
has open arms to take us in. Now
we fold our arms over our heart and
tell the world to stand back. as
though our bosom was a two barred
gate to keep the world out Heaven
stands not with folded arms, but with
heart open. It is ''Abraham's bosom. -
CHILDHOOD IN HEAVEN.
see a mother and her child meet
ing at the foot of the throne cGtcr
some years absence The child die
twenty years ago, but is 2 child
yet. think the little ones who die
will remain children through all
eternity. It would be 40 heaven
without the little dal.lings lido not
want those that are in heaven to
grow up. We need their infant
voices in the great song And when
we walk out III the fields of light we
want them to run ahead and clan
their hands and pick out the bright
est Of the field flowers. Yes, here is
a child and its mother meeting. The
child long in glory, the mother just
arrived.
Glow changed you. are, my dar-
ling" says the mother. Yes" SAYS
the child, 'this is such happy place,
and Jesus has taken such care of me,
and heaven is SO kind, l got RIGHT
over the fever with which | died.
The skies are SO fair, mother! The
flowers are so sweet, mother! The
temple is so beautiful, mother! Come.
take me up in your arms as you used
to-" Oh, I do not know how we shall
stand the first day in heaven. Do
you not think we will break down il
the song from over delight? l once
gave out in church the hymn:
There is land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front
of the pulpit sang heartily tic I, .
verse and then he sat dow" s~.,
ing. I said to him afte.'~.,..'.
Their Linton, what made you ,.....
that hymng" Ee said, y could not
stand 1.-THE joys that are conn"
When heaven rises for the d0TvlJ-y,
[ cannot see how we can rise III, 4 Il |
if all these waves OF everlasting d.
light come upon the soul, biIlow Of |
joy after billow OF joy. Methinlas
Jesus would be enough for the first |
day in heaven, yet here he approach |
es with all heaven at his back
But must close this sermon. This |
is the last January to some who are
present You have entered the year. |
but you will not close it. Within |
these twelve months your eyes will |
shut for the last sleep Other hands /
will plant the Christmas tree and give |
the New Years congratulations AS
a proclamation Of joy to some, and |
as a matter of warning to others, I |
leave in your ears these five words Of |
one syllable each, This year thou
shalt die" I