The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-22

will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but with the tempta-
ton also make a way to escape, that
ye may be able to beari it.n
Oh, this Kings highway! Trees of
life on either side, bending over until
their branches interlock aud drop mid.
way their trult and shade. Houses of
entertainment Oh either side the road for
poor pilgrims. Tables spread with a
least ofgood things, and walls adorned
with apples of gold IN pictures of silver.
| start out on this Kings highway, and
L find harper, and l say, What is
your name?" The harper makes no re-
sponse, but leaves meto guess, as, with
his eyes toward heaven and his hand
upon the trembling strings, this tune
comes ripping III the ait: ''The Lord
is my light and my salvation. Whom
shall fcal? The Lord is the strength
OF my life; of whom shall he afraid?''
l 60 little farther on the same road
and meet trumpeter of heaven, and
say: "IIayen't you got some music for
tired pilgrimT. And wiping his lin
and taking a 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 shali the sun light on
them, nor any heat, for the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne
shall lead them to living fountains of
water. and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes"
lgoa little distance further on the
same road and l meet a maiden OF L.
real. She has no harp, but she has
cymbals. They look as if they had
ruSted from sea spray, and | say to the
maiden of ISreal, "IIave you no song
for a tired pilgrim ?" And like the
clang Of Victors' shields the cymbals
clap as Miriam begins to discourse,
"Slng ye to the Lord, for he has tri-
umphed gloriously; the horse and the
lider hath he thrown into the sea-"
And then | see Il white robed group
say, "Who are they? Tne happiest,
and the brightest, and the fairest in all
heaVen-who are they" And the an
s"er comes, "These are they who came
out Of great tribulations, and had their
robes washed and made white with the
blood Of the Lamb"
pursue this subject OILY one step
farther. What is the terminus? l do
hot care how Iinra road you may put
lreon | want to know where it comes
ONT. My text declares it. "The re-
deemed Of the Lord cor,e 10 Zion. "
\ on know what Zion was? 1t was the
kings palace. IT, was a mountain fast
moss. 1t was imprcgnable. And so
nCayen is the fastncss Of the universe.
NO hoWitZer has long range to sholl
lh"se towers. ICt all the batteries of
earth and hell blaze away; they cannot
break in those gates. G.Alaltar was
taken Sebastpool was taken; Ba-
H. lon fell; but those walls of heaven
shall never surrender either to human
OF satanic b"sicgement. The Lord God
N'mighty is the drfense Of it. Great
capital Of The universe! Terminus of
tie kings highway!
Dr. Dick said that, among other
things, he thought in heaven we
should study chemistry and grome.
try and comic sections. SOuthey
Thought that in heaven he would have
the pleasure of seeing Ghaucer and
Shakespeare. Now, DR.. Dick may lave
his mathematics 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
ana whose guests are kings toreVer, O
city Of light, whose wallis are salvation
and whose gates aye praise o palace
OF rest, where God is the monarch and
everlasting ages the length of his reign
. song louder than the surf beat OF
Many waters, yet soft as the whispers
OF cherubim!
When my last wound is healed, when
the last heartbreak is ended, when the
last tear Of earthly sorrow is wiped
away, and when the redeemed of the
| / nrH oh N -
harpcrs take down their harps, and all
the trumpeters take Gown their trum.
pets, and all across heaven there be
chorus or morning stars, chorus of
white robed victOrs, chorus Of martyrs
from under the throne, chorus OF ages,
chorus Of worlds, and there be but one
song sung, and but one name spoken,
and but one throne honOred-that of
Jesus only.
Republican Opposition to Trusts.
The Republicans always try to pose