Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-21
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arr. IN, rrel;lnirarics of the resurrection
4 body. God does not make anything for
nothing. The uses Of those now surplus
parts of the body will be demonstrated
when the glorifed form il constructed.
! DEATH CLEARS THE WAY.
Now. If Death clears the way for all this,
( Nhy paint him ss II hobgobliny Why call
4 linn the king Of terrorss Why think OF
, Linn as a t,rcat spooks Why sketch him
with skeleton and arrows, and stanofng on
bank Of dark waters? Why have chill
drep so frightened nj Ls name that they
dare not 20 to bed alone, aud old men have
their teeth chatter lest some shortncss OF
breath hand them over TO the monster
All the ages have been busy in maligning
Death, hurting repulsiye metaphors at
Death, slanderihg Death. Oh, forthe sweet
breath of Faster 70 come down ON the
earth. Right after the vernal equinox,
and when the flowers are beginning &c
bloom, well may all nations with song and
congratulaticn and garlgnds celebrate the
resurrection Of Christ and our own resur-
rection when the time Is gone by, and the
trumpets pour through the flying clouds
the barnonios that shall wake the dead.
By the empty niche Of Joseph's mauso
leum. by the rocks that parted 10 let the
Lord come through, let our ideas of chang
ing worlds be forever revolutionized. II
what | have hecn saying il true, how diff
ferently we ought to think OF our friends
departed The body they have put of is
oniy as. when entering a hall lighted and
resembling with musical bands, You leave
your hat and cloak in the cloakro0m.
What would a banqueter do il he had 10
curry those Oncumbrancus Of apparel with
him into the brilliant reception What
woull your - parted 10 wish tltir bodies
If they had to be eBeum aercd wifh them IN
the Kings drawing roOmY Gone into the
light, Gone into the music! Gone into
the fcstivify. Gone among Kings and
queens and conqncrors' Gone TO meet
Ellah and htar i'm tell Of the chnriOt Of
Gr, drawn by horses Of fire and the sensa
lion o. mounting .hesappbire Sleeps, Gone
10 meet with Moses and hear hila describe
tie pile OF black hasalt that shook when
the law WIS Eiyen, Gone 70 meet Paul
and hear hir tell low Felix trcmbled, and
how he snip Nentto pieces in the breakers,
and how thts was the d@r,.uess in tie
MGmortine q ngeon. Gone TO meet John
knox and JON Wesley and Hannah More
and Frances llavergal Gone to meet tae
kindred who proceeded them!
why I should not wonler IL they had
larger family group there than they ever
had here Oh, how mary OF them have
got together again. Your father un9
mother went years apart, hut they have
got together, ana their children TINT went
years ago got together again Goac where
they have mD-e room! Gone where they
have more jnLilant soaietyl Gone where
they have m!ghtier capacity 10 love you
than when they were lerei Cnas out OF
iindrances into unbounded liberty! Gone
out OF January into Jnncl Gone where
they talk about you - we always talk
about absent friends aud say. =, wonder
when they WIN come up here TO join us
lark the outside door Of heaven swings
open Har., there are feet on the golden
stairs. Perhaps they are coming'
COMFORT PROM THE JoHNsT0wS FLOOD.
was told at Jul.nstown after the food
that many people who had been for months
and years bereft for the first time got com
Tort when the awful food came TO think
hat their departed ones were not present
% see the catastrophe. As the people were
boating down on the hOusetups they said.
oh, how glad | am thai father and mother
ire not here. or How glad am that the
children are not alive 10 see This hcrr0r.'
And ought moi We whoar, down here amid
he upturnings OF this life bg glad that
none Of the troubles which sahmerge ~
IAN ever alright orr friends uscendtds
Before this ] warrant our departed ones
awe been introduced % an tue celebrities
# heaven. some une has said 10 them let
ne introduce You to Joshua. the man who
by prayer stopped two worlds FOR several
hours Let ne make you acquainted with
his group Of three heroes-Jahn Huss,
Philip Melancthon and Martin Lutliet.
Ahal here is Fenelon Here is Archbishop |
leighton, Here are l.atimer ana Ridleyl /
Here is Matthew Simpson, Here IS poets I
'ow-James Montgomery and Anna Bar /
lauld and Horatius Bonar andi Pho.be 4
Palmer and Lowell Mason"
Were your departed ones fond Of mlisics I
What ofatorios led on by Handel and 4
Hayden. Were they fond Of pictures 4
Nhat Raphaels pointing ont skies with I
III colors wrought into chariot wheels 4
wings Of seraphim and coronations. We're .
hey fond oi poetry What eternal rhythms 4
ed on by John Milton Shall we pity cur I
.loritied kindredg No, they had better 4
'ity us. We, the shipwrecked and on I
aft in the hurricane, looking up az them \
ailing on over calm seas, under skies that
ever frowned with tempests. We hoppled
With chains; they lifted by wings. sure
y the bitterness OF death is past"
Further. il what have been saying is
rue, we should trust the Lord and be
hriiled with the fact that our own day Of
scape cometh. II our lives were going TO
nd when our heart ceased to pulsate and
ur lungs TO breathe. would want to take
IN million years Of life here for the fiist
lstallment. But, my Christian friends.
re cannot afford always To stay down in
be cellar Of our Fathers house. We can
OF always be postponing the best things.
We cannot always be tuning our violins
Or the celestial orchestra. We must get
ar wings out. We must mount. We
annot afford always to stand out here in
he veStibule 81 the house OF many man
oi.s, while the windows are illaminat-
/ with the levee angelic, and we can
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