Milford chronicle., 1892-06-24

ache From shipwreck, from dungeon.
fron, be biting pain Of the elmwo0d rods.
from Me sharp sword Of the headsman, he
goes fnto the most brilliant assemblage Of
heaven, king among kings, multitudes
Of the saissthoOd rushing out and stretch
ing forth h5,pds Of welcome, for do really
thinl, that "a on the right hand Of God Is
Christ, 50 on Me right hand Of Christ IS
PAU the second great In heaven.
HE CHANGED KINGS.
Hephanged kings likewise. Before the
hour Of desth, and up to the last moment.
be was under Nero, the thick necked, the
cruel eyed, the filthy Tipped, the sculptured
features Of that man bringing down to Us
10 this very day the horrible possibilities
OF lis nature-seated as he was amid
pictured marbles OF Egypt, under roof
adoraed with mother-Of-pearl, in a dining
room which, by machinery, was kept
whirling day and night with most bewitch-
ing magnifcence, his horses standing in
stalls Of solid gold and he grounds around
his palace lighted ut night by its victims,
who had been bedaubed with tar and pitch
and then set ON fire to illumine the dark
ness
That was Papl's king But the next
moment be goes into the realm Of him
whose reign Is love, and whose conrts are
paved with love, and whose throne is set
on siilars Of love, and whose scepter is
adOrned with jewels Of love, and whose
palace Is lighted with love, and whose life
time Is an eternity Of love. When Paul
was leaving so much on this side the pillar
OF martyrdom to gain so much ON the other
side, do you wonder at the cheerful vale
dictofy Of the text, "The time OF my de-
parture is at handp
Now, why cannot an the old people have
the same holy glee as that AGED ulan hadf
Charles I, when he was eombing his head,
gpnua gray hair, and be sent il to the
queen as q great joke, but old age Is really
Ia JOKE at ell For the last forty years you
have been dreading that which pnght to
have been an eEhilaFatinp, You say you
m0si feaF the struggle at the moment the
soul aud body part, But millions have
endured that moment, and may not we as
wells They got through with it and SO
can Ye.
Besides this, all medical men agree in
saying that there is probably no struggle
at tile last mOment-nOt so much pain as
theprick Of 3 pin, the seeming signs Of
distress being altogether Involuntary. But
Fpg say, lit is tho uncertainty Of the fu-
tHreH Now, child Of God, do not play the
infldel After God has filed the Bible TIL
1t can bold no more With stories of the
good things ahead better not talk about
uncertainties.
But you say, q cannot bear to 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 to record
Che names Of those who have emigrated 10
the other shorei the companions Of Your
school days, your carly business associates,
the friends of midlife aqd those who more
recently went away. Can it be that they
have been gone so long You do not care
any more about them, and You DO not want
their society," oh, pp There have been
days when you have felt that you could
not endure another moment away from
their blessed companiOnship. They have
gone, You say you would not like to bring
them back to this world Of trouble, even IF
F0u had The power. II would not do to !
trust you God would not give you resur- |
FectioR power
Before tomorrow morning you would be 1
rafting at the gates Of the cemetery, crying /
to the departed: "COme back to the cradle /
where you slept Come back to the hall /
table where you used tOsitr' And there /
would be a great burglary in heaven. No, |
no. God will not trust you with resurrec-
ton power, but he compromises the mat
ter and SAYS, You cannot bring them
where you are, but you can go where they
are" They pra more lovely uow than
aver Were they beautiful here they are
more beautiful there.
A PLACE OF REGENERATION.
Besides that, it is more healthy there for
7ou than here, aged man; better climate
lere than these hot summers and cold
winters and late springs; better hearing,
letter cycsight; more tonic IN the air;
more perfume in the bl0ami more sweetness
n the song DO you not feel, aged man,
0metimes rs though you would ike to get
our arm and foot freeY DO you not feel
IS though son would like TO throw away
pectacles and canes and clutches! Would
ou not like to feel the spring and elastic
ty and mlrth of an eternal bOyhOOd?
When the point at which yOu start from
his world Is old age, and the point to
which you go is eternal juvenescence, aged
nan, clap your hands at the anticipation
nd say, in perfect rapture of soul, The
line of my departure is ut hand"
] remark again, all those ought to feel
his Joy OF the text who have "a holy curos
~ to know what Is beyond this earthly
erminus. And who has not any curiosity
bout it, Paul, suppose, had the most
satisfactory view of heaven, and he says.
It doth not yet appear what we shall be"
It is like looking through Q broken tele-
cone ''NOw we see through glass dark
~ Can you tell me anything about TINT
eavenly place? You ask mo thousand
ueStiOns about II that ! cannot answer.
ask you a thousand questions about it
bat you cannot answer. And do you Won
er that Paul was so glad when martyr
ON gave him chance to go over and (
lake discoveries in that blessed country?
hope some day, by the grace Of God,
90 over and see for myself; but not now. I
10 well man, TO prospered man, think,
ants to 20 now. But the time will come, {
think, when ! shall go over, ] want to
Il What they do there, and want to see
ow they do it. do not want to be look !
~ through the gates aiar forever ! want {
lem to swing wide open, There are ten {
iousand things ! want plained-abOut I
on, about myself. about the government /
this world, about God, about everything.
We start IN a plain path Of what we
now, and in a minute come up against 2
Ugh wall Of what we do not know. won
sr how it looks over there Somebody
lis me Il is like paved eity-payed with
Did; and another man tells me it is like {
untaiu, and it is like a tree, and it is like
professions and the next man S
meet tells me IL isgll lgpTatiye really !
ant to know. after the body Is resurrect-
!, what they wear and what they eat, and l
have an unreasonable curiosity to know !
hat It Is, and how it is, and where il Is /
Columbus risked his life to find this con
nent. and shall we shuddcr to so out on {
voyage Of discovery which shall reveal a S
lister and more brilliant country John {
rankin risked his life to find passaga :
stween icebergs, and shall we dread Il 8
nd q passage 10 eternal summer? Men in Z
witzerland travel up the heights Of the
with alpenstock and guides G
i'd rockets and ropes and, getting half
ny up, stumble aud fall down ~ Q horFls
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