Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-23

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grim official draws tie sword. Paul calm y
says. ! am now rsa1y q IL Offered. and
the time 81 NY departure : AZ hani.r Bat
put ny haBd over my eyrs. rant not
70 see that last struggle. One sharp. keen
stroke. and Paul does 70 - the banquet.
and Paul does dine with the king
What a TRANSITION il was, From the
malaria Of Rome % the finest climate IN
All the uniVerse-the zone Of eternal beauty
and health His ashes were put in the
eatac0mbs a Rome. bur IN one moment the
air Of heaven bathssi from liz soul the last
ache From shipwreck, from dungeon.
from the biting pain u the elmwood rods
from the sharp sword q the hsadsman. he
goes into tile most brilliant assembiage Of
heaven, king among kings. multitudes
81 the saintkood rushing Our and stretch
ing forth hands Of welcome, for do really
Z think that r. on the right hand u God j.
Christ. 50 on the right hand Of Christ Is
Paul. the second great in heaven
HE CHANGED KISCs-
He changed kings likewise. Before the
I hour Of death. and up 70 the last moment.
[ be was under Nero. the thick necked, the
cruel eyed, the filthy Tipped, the sculptured
I features u that man bringing down 70 us
Z 10 this very day the horrible possibilities
Of his natune-seated az be was amid
I pictured marbles Of Egypt, under a roof
adorned with mOther-of-pearl, in a dining
room which, by machinery. was kept
whirling day and night with most bewitch-
ing tnagnifcenee. his horses standing IN
stalks q solid gold and the grounds around
bis palace lighted NJ night by its victims,
who had been betiaubed with tar and pitch
and then sci on fire 70 illumine the dark
ness.
That was Pauls king. But the next
moment be GOES into the realm Of him
whose reign j. love, and whose courts are
paved with lore. aud whose throne Is set
on pillars Of love. and whose scepter j.
adorned with jewels 81 lore, and whose
palace Is lighted with love, and whose life
time j. an eternity Of love. When Paul [
was leaving 50 much on this side the pillar 4
of mHrtyrdOm 70 gain - much on the other /
side, do yOu wonder al the cheerful vale .
dictory o. the text, The time Of my de- !
parture !, at hands"
Now why cannot all the old people have /
the same holy giee as that aged man hads I
Charles !. when be WAS com bling his head. /
found a gray hair and be sent il TO the
queen as great joke, but old age Is really
no Joke at all. For the last forty years you
have been freading that which ought TO
have been an exhilaratiOn. You say you
most fear the struggle az the moment the
soul and body part. But millions have
endured that moment, aud NAV not we Is
we'll, They got through with it and -
can we
Besides this. all medical men agree in
saying that there Is probably no struggle
al the last mOmeut-nUt 80 much pain as
the prick Of pin. the seeming signs o.
distress being altogether involuntary. But
you say. IL il the uncertainty Of the fl-
tuFe" Now. child Of God. do not play the
infidel After God has filed the Bible till
it can hold No more with stories Of the
good things ahead, better not talk about
But you say. Il cannot bear 10 think OF
parting from friends here" II you are /
old. you have more friends In heaven than
here. just take the census. Take some
large sheet Of paper and begin 70 record .
the names Of those who have emigrated TO
the other shore. the companions Of Your
school days, your early business associates. +,
the friends Of midlife and those who more .
recently went away Can Il be that they I
have been gone 70 long you do not care
any more about them. aud yOu do not want {
their society Oh. no. There have been I
lays when you have felt that YOU could Z
not endure another moment away from !
heir blessed companiouship. They have I
gone. You say you would not like to bring I
.hem back 70 this world of trouble. even II 4
you bad the power II would not do 70 {
rust you Col would not give you resur
nectiOn power. III
Before tomorrow morning you would be Z
-attling at the gates Of the cemetery. CRYING I
% the departed. Come back 10 the cradle {
where you slept Come back 70 the hall I
where you used to play Come back TO the v
able where you used to SITE And there I
would be a great burglary in heaven No. =
10. God will not trust you with resurrec- i
ion power, but he compromises the mat. t
er and says. You cannot bring them 4
where you ART, but you can 20 where they 5
ire They are more lovely now than d
yer. Were they beautiful here. they are 4
more beautiful there $
A PLACE or REJUyENATIoS.
Besides that, It Is more healthy there for f
-ou than here. aged man: better climate n
lere than these hot summers and cold 1
winters and late springs. better hearing, 1
'etter eyesight more tonic ia the air: Il
more perfume in the bloom; more sweetness p
u the song. DO you not feel. aged man,
Ometimes as though You would like To get
our arm and foot frees Do yOu not feel
5 though you would like to throw away A.,
pectacles and canes and crntchess Would !
on not ike to feel the spring and elastic i
ty and mirth Of an eternal boyhoods ],
y ben the point at which You start from 4
MS world Is old age, and the point to !,
which you go Is eternal juvenescence. aged :,
nan, clap your hands at the anticipation, d
nd say, in perfect rapture Of soul, '.The 4,
lime Of my departure is at hand" n
remark again, all those ought TO feel i
his joy Of the text who have a holycarios- !,
.y 70 know what j. beyond this earthly Il
erminus. And who has not any curiosity 4
bout it, Paul, ! suppose, had the most j,
satisfactory view Of heaven, and be says. i,
1t doth not yes appear what we shall be-" j
II Is like looking through broken tele- u
cope Now we see through glass dark Il
=" Can you tell me anything about that
eavenly placer You ask me a thousand