Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-01-07

caught unpreparcd. would IKE TO have
you, either through money you have laid
up or ''life insurance, be able to leave
the world feeling that your family need
not become paupers. But If you have done
your best and you leave not one dollars
worth Of estate, you may confidently trust
the Lord who hath promised to care for the
widow and the fatherless. would like to
have your soul fitted out for eternity, 50
that If any morning or noon or evening or
night of these three hundred and sixty-fve
days. death should look in and ask, Are
you readyfp you might, with an outburst
Of Christian triumph, answer. AYE, ayel
all ready"
LAST WORDS
know not what our last words may be.
Lord Chesterfield prided himself on his po-
likeness, and said in his last moment, Give
Dayrolles chair" DIR. Adam, dying
schoolmaster. said: 1T grows dark. The
boys may dismiss" Lord Tenterden, sup
posing himself on the bench Of a court
room, said in his last moment, "Gentlemen
of the jury, you will now consider your
verdict" A 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
DIR. Adam or Lord Tenterield: II am now
ready to be offered, and the time Of my de-
parture is at hand have fought good
fight, have finished my course, have
kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up
for me crown of Righteousness, which the
Lord. the righteous Judge, shall give me"
The sooner the last hour comes the bet
ter if we are fitted for entrance in the
celestial world There is no clock in
heaven, because il is an everlasting day;
yet they keep an account of the passing
years, because they are all the time hear
ing 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 diary; and
they say it is almost time now for father
to come up, or for mother to come up.
Some day they see cohort leaving heaven.
and they say, whittier boundS" and the
answer is, ITO bring up soul from earth"
and the question is asked, what soulf"
And family circle in heaven find that it
is one OF their own number that is to be
brought mp, and they come out TO watch.
as on the beach we now watch for ship
that is to bring our friends home. After
while the cOhort will heave in sight, flying
nearer ant nearer, until with 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. ! want none of it. Give me a
place of Infinite and eternal sociality. Ny
feet free from the clods of earth shall
bound the hills with gladness and break
forth in laugh of triumph. Ahal aha
We weep now, but then we shall laugh.
'Abraham's 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
Two barred gate TO keep the world out
Heaven stands not with folded arms, bus
with heart open. tits "Abraham's bosom"
see mother and her child meeting at
the foot of the throne after some years alb
sence. The child died twenty years ago
but it is a child yet
CHILDREN TO ALL ETERNITY.
think the little ones who die will re
main children through all eternity. It
would be no heaven without the little dar-
lngs. donot want those that are in heaven
70 grow up We need their infant voices
IN the great song. And when we walk out
IN the fields Of light, we want them to run
ahead and clap their hands and pick out
The brightest of the field flowers. Yes. here
Is a child and its mother meeting. The
enid longin glory, the mother just arrived.
now changed you are, my darlingi" says
lhe mother Yes" says the child, this
IS such a happy place. and Jesus has taken
such care of me, and heaven is so kind, | got
right over the fever with which | died
Inc skies are 50 fair motherl The flowers
are so sweet. motherl The temple is so
beautiful, motherl Come, take me up in
Four arms as you used to- Oh. do not
know how we shall stand the first day in
heaven Do you not think we will break
Town IN the song from over delight Ionce
gave out in church the hymn:
There is land Of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign.
md an aged man standing in front of the
pulpit sang heartily the first verse and
men he sat down weeping. | said to him
'fterward, Father Linton. what made
fou cry over that hymng" He said. Il
'ould not stand 1.-THE joys that are con-
hg When heaven rises for the doxOlogy
! cannot see how we can rise with it If all
.hese waves Of everlasting delight come
ipoh the soui-billow OF joy after billow
y JOY Methinks Jesus would be enough
OF the first day in heaven. vet here he ap-
lroaehes with all heaven at his hack.
But must close this sermon. This is
ne isist January to some who are present.
gu nave entered the year. but you wiz
y. ciose II. Within these twelve months
our eyes will shut for the last sleep
other hands will plant the CHRISTMAS tree
nd give the New Years conrratulationS
Is a proclamation Of sor -, s,,,,,,. r,,d as a