Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-08-06

friends noio us wnen the biiiows Of
death come up to the girdls? Can
human voice charm open heav-
ems gate? Can human hands pilot
lis through the narrows of death
into heavens harbor? Can an earthly
friendship shield. MS from the arrows of
death and in the hour when satan shall
practice upon MS his i1fernul archery!
No, no, no, no! Alas! poor soul, if tn;st
is all. Better die in the wilderness, far
from tree shadow and from fountain.
alone, vultrires circling through the air
waiting for our body, unknown 70 ltien,
and to have no burial, if only Christ
could say through the solitudes, 81 will
never leave thee, will never forsake
thee" From that pillow of stone a lad
der would soar heayenward, angels con-
ing and going; and across the solitude
and the barrenness would come, the
sweet notes of heavenly .miBstrelsy.
DEATH SWEET TO TIE CHRISTIAN.
Gordan Hall, fur from home, dying il
Sthe door IT, assheatben temple, said,
lorysto thee, o. God that dsdy-
ing Will rferce, ga to his wife Come
sands sit besiae inc and ;siet us tal sot
heaven. never Wswhat, pEiness
was tn1tiI found Christ: What did y
ing Hannah More say? '.To go to heay-
en-: think what that is! Togo to Christ,
who died that l:might liyeI Oh, glori-
Gus gravel Oh, what u glorious thing it
is to diel Oh, the love Of Christ, the
love of Christi" What did Mr.. Toplady,
the great hymn maker, say in his last
hour? WHO can measure the depth of
the third heaven? Oh, the sunshine that
fills my soul! shall soon be gone. for
surely no one can live in this world after
such glories as God has manifested to
my SOUL"
What did the dying Faneway say?
81 can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before a few
hours have passed | shall stand on Mount
Zion with the one hundred and forty and
four thousand, and with the just men
made perfect, and we shall ascribe
riches and honor and glory and majesty
and dominion unto Gcd and the Lamb"
DR.. Taylor, condemned to burn at the
stake, on his way thither broke away
from the guardsmen and went bounding
and lcaping and jumping toward the
fire, glad to go to Jesus and to die for
him. Sir Charles Earc, in his last mo-
ment, had such rapturous vision that he
cried, Upward, upward, upward"
And so great was the peace of one of
Christ's disciples that he put his fingers
upon the pulse in his wrist and counted
it and observed it, and SO great was his
placidity that after awhile he said,
s.Stopped," and his life had ended here
to begin in heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony of the worn out
first missionary when in the Ma1nar-
tine dungeon he cried: 81 am now ready
to be offered. and the time of my depar-
ture is at hand. 1 have fought the 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,
will give Inc in that day. and not to me
only, but to all them that love his ap-
pearing!" Do you not see that Christ is
above all in dying llleviations:
WE ARE FASTENING TO TIE GRAVE.
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When SEQ
the sunset say. Zone day less to live" "
When | see the spring blossoms scat
tered say, Another season gone for
ever" When close this Bible on Sab.
bath night say. Another Sabbath de-
parted" When bury friend say,
Another earthly attraction gone for
ever" What nimble feet the years have!
The roebucks and the lightuings run not
so fast. From decade to decade. from
skyto sky they go alta bound.
There is a place for US, whether
marked or NOT, where you and | will
sleep the last sleep. and the men are
now living who will with solemn tread
carry us to our resting place. Aye, it's
known in heaven whether our departure
will be coronation or banishment.
Brighter than banqueting hall through
which the light feet of the dancers go
M and down to the sound of trumpeters
will DO the sepulcher through whose
riffs the holy light of heaven streameth.
God will watch you. He will send his
angels to guard your slumberiaS ground
until at Christ's behest they shall roll
away the stone.
So also Christ is above all in heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is
the chief theme Of the celestial ascr1p-
ton, all the thrones facing his throne,
all the palms waved before his face, all
the crowns down at his feet. Cherubim
to cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, re-
deemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall
recite the Saviour's earthly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of heaven
and in all the radiant sweep the most
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriads
gazing on the scars of his suffering, in
silence first, afterward breaking forth
into acclamation. The martyrs, all the
purer for the flame through which they
passed. will say, This is Jesus, for
whom we died. The apostles, all the
happier for the sllipwreck and the scour-
cling through which they went, will say,
This is the Jesus whom we preached
at Coriuth, AMI at Cappadocia, and at
Antioch, and at Jerusalem" Little
children clad in white will say. "This
is the Jesus who took US in his arms
and blessed MS, and when tho storms
of the world were too cold and
loud brought us into this beautiful
place. The multitudes of the bereft-
will say, "This is the Jesus who COM
forted us when our heart broke" Many
who had wandered clear off from God
and plunged into vagabondism, but were
saved by grace, will say: This is the.
Jesus who pardoned us. We were lost
ON the mountains, and he brought as