The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-09-28
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were an olnnipotent commentary.
Though troubles assail and dangers afrigat;
Though friends should all fail and loss all rnlie'
Yet one thing secures US whatever betide,
Tho Scriptures assure Us the Lo;d viii provide.
Still further, the road spoken OF Is
pleasant -oad God gives a bon Of in
demnity against all evil to every man
that treads il. "All things work to-
gcther for good TO those who love God. y
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That is the bond, signed,
sealed and delivered by the President OF
the universe What is the use of your
frettinc, O, child of God, about food?
Behold the fowls of the air; for they
sew not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your Heavenly
Father feedeth them" And will He
take care of the sparrow, will he take
care of the hawk and let You die? What
is the use of your tretting about
clothes? Consider the lilies of the field.
Shall He not much more clothe you,
We of little faith?' What is the use of
Worrying for fear something will hap
pen to your home? lie blessed the
habitation of the just" What is the use
of fretting lest you will be overcome OF
temptations? "God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above
that We are able; but win with the
temptation also make "A way to escape,
that We may be able to bear it,
o, this Kings highway! Trees OF
e. - e.
their branches interlock and drop mid
way their fruit and shade Houses OF
entertainment on either side the road
for the poor pilgrims. Tables spread
with a feast of good things, the walls
adorned with apples of gold in pictures
of silver. | start out on this Kings high
way and l find a harper, and say:
''What is your nance" This 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 ripping
on the air: THE Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom
shall l fear? The Lord is the strength
of my life; Of whom shall | be
afraid?" | go little further on the
same road and meet a trumpeter OF
Heaven, and | say: Haven't you got
some music for tired pilgrim?" And
wiping his lip and taking 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 foun-
tains of water. and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes" | go
a little distance further on the same
road and meet maiden of Israel.
She has no harp but she has cymbals
They look as though they had rusted
from sea spray: and say to the maiden
of Israel: Have you no song for tired
pilgrim?' And like the clang of vic
tors shields the cymbals clap as Miriam
begins 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 a white
ROBBED group. They come bounding
toward me and say: "Who are they?
The happiest and the brightest, and the
fairest in all Heaven-who are they?"
Y And the answer comes: "These are
they who came out of great tribula-
tons and had their robes washed and
made white with the blood of the
Lamb"
pursue this subject only one step
further What is the terminus? do
not care how fine road you may put
me on. want to know where it comes
out. NY text declares it: THE re-
deemed of the Lord come to Zion. You
know what Zion was. That was the
Kings palace. 1t was mountain fast
ness, 1t was impregnable. And so
Heaven is the fastness of the universe,
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Letall the batteries
of earth and hell blaze away: they can
not break in those gates. Gibraltar was
taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell: but those walls of Heaven shall
never surrender either to human or Sa-
tanic besiegement The Lord God Al
mighty is the defense of it Great capt.
tai of the universe! Terminus of the
Kings highway.
Doctor Dick said that, among other
things, he thought in 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, Doctor Dick may have his math
ematics for all eternity, and Southey 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! city of light, whose walls arr
salvation. and whose gates are praise
o palace of rest, where God is the mon
arch and everlasting ages the length
of His reign! O song, louder than the
surf-beat of many waters, yet soft rs
the whisper of cherubim!
When my last wound is healed, wher
the last heart-breall is ended, when The
last tear of earthly sorrow is wipet
$ away, and when the redeemed of tn
, Lord shall come to Zion, then let al
the harpers take down their harps, am
all the trumpeters take down thei
- trumpets. and all across Heaven Their
be chorus of morning stars, chorus o
9 white-robed victors, chorus of martyr
! from under the throne, chorus of ages
chorus of worlds, and there be but on
! conc e,,p,r aud lr,+ ono name S,,Ol ken