Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-01

NAV ole IL 1I1lllcI lL6dl1l. Oub W oOso'
falling from the slippery ratlines and
broken Oh the halyards, we may die
sailors death On mission of mercy IN
hospital, amid broken boaes and reek1ng
leprosies and raging feyers, we may ole
a philanthropist's dea5h. On the held
of battle, Sc. ;ng God and our country.
the gun carr Re may roll over Us ana
we may die a =. trIot's death. But, after
all. there are caly two styles of depar-
ture: the death Of the II >lteous and the
1eath of the vice /. ;tu;i we all want to
die tile former.
God grant thai when t:2lt hour comes
yoa may be at Ee.nel You want the
han. Of your kindred III your hand You
want your children to surround you.
You want the Light Oh your pillow from
ewes that have long rejected your love.
You want &c room still. You do not
want a::y e,l'i0as strangers standing
around watching you. You want your
kindred from afar to hear your last
prayer [ think that is the wish of all
of U.s. D7lt is that all? Can earthly
friends hold us when the pillows OF
death come up to the glrdle? Can
human voice charm open heav-
ems gate? Can human hands pilot
us through the narrows of death
into heavens harbor? Can an earthly
friendship shield us from the arrows of
death and in the hour when satan shall
practice upon us his Internal archery?
No, no, no. no! Alas! poor soul, 1T that
is ALL Better die in the wilderness, far
from tree shadow and from fountain,
alone, vultures circling through the air
waiting for our body, unknown to men,
and to have no burial, if only Christ
could say through the solitudes, Il will
never leave thee, [ will never forsake
| thee" FROM that pillow of stone a lad
der would soar heavenward, angels com
ing and going; and across the solitude
and the barrenness would come the
sweet notes of heavenly minstrelsy.
DEATH SWEET TO THE CHRISTIAN.
Gordan Hall, far from home, dying Ii
the door of a heather temple, said,
"Glory to thee, O God!' What did dy
ing Wilberforce say to his wife? ''Come
and sit beside me and let us talk of
heaven. | never knew what happiness
was until found Christ" What did dy-
ING Hannah More say? ITO go to heav-
en-; think what that is! To go to Christ,
who died that | might live! Oh, 9lori-
Gus gravel Oh, what a glorious thing it
is to die! Oh, the love of Christ, the
love of Christi" What did Mr.. Toplady,
the great hymn maker, say IN his last
hour? 'sWhO 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 elories as God has manifested to
my soul"
What did the dying Faneway say?
Il can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before 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 God and the Lam b. %
DR.. TAYLOR, condemned to burn at the
stake, on his way thither broke away
from the guardsmen and went bounding
and leaping and jumping toward the
fire. glad to go to Jesus and to die fol-
him Sir Charles Hare, 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 hi;
, nlaciditv that after awhile he said
, t.Storped," and his life had ended here
TO begin in heaven. But grander thar
that was the testimony Of the worn on
first missionary when in the Manar
f tine dungeon he cried: Il am nofv read.
. TO be offered. and the time of my depar
ture is at hand. have fought the goot
f FIGHT. [ have finished my course, hay
AZ fo;+ Hanrcfn7.th thorn 9 lo1t
| I'D for me a crown of Righteousness
1 which the Lord, the righteous judge
g will give me in that day, and not to IN
/. only. but to all them that love his al
e pearingr' Do you not see that Christ /
e above all in dying alleviations?
4 WE ARE FASTENING TO THE GRAVE.
Toward the last hour of our earthl
r residence we are speeding. When Sc
: the sunset | say, Zone day less to live.
:. When | see the spring blossoms scat
d tered | say, Another season gone fol
e ever" When | close this Bible on Sal
} bath night l say, ''Another Sabbath dc
IS parted" When | bury q friend | say
It another earthly attraction gone To-
e ever" What nimble feet the years have
d The roebucks and the lightnings run nc
If so fast From decade to decade, fro1
d sky to sky they go at a bound.
Il There is place for US, whethe
e, marked or not, where you and WI
1t sleep the last sleep, and the men al
now living who will with solemn trea
carry us to our resting place. Aye, 1t
re known in heaven whether our departu1
" will be a coronation or baniShmen
I'd Brighter than q banqueting hall throug
n which the light feet of the dancers {
Of up and down to the sound of trumpete
Id will be the sepulcher through who's
b. riffs the holy light of heaven streamet
d. God will watch you. He will send h
IL angels to guard your slumbering grou1