The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-07-28
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,eS OF beauty, its towers of strength. |
is castles of love. He will not walk |
n the eternal city as foreigner in a
strange city, but as Il farmer walks |
'ver his own premises.
"All are yours" All the mansions
'ours. Angels your companions. Trees
)f life your shade. Hills of glory your |
Thrones Of heaven the place |
where you will shout the triumph.
J ]esus is yours. God is yours. You
look up into the face of God and say,
'My father" You look up into the
face of Jesus and say, "My brother"
Walk out on the battlements Of heav-
en- and look off upon the city of the
sun. No tears. No sorrow. No death.
No smoke of toiling warehouse curling
on the air. No voice of blasphemy
through that bright, clear Sab
bath morning. No din of strife jarring
the air. Then take out your deed. and
remember that from throne to throne,
and from wall to wall, and from hori-
Zon to horizon, "All are yours"
Then get up into the temple of the
sun worshipers in white, each with a
palm branch, and from high gallery of
that temple look down upon the thous-
andS of thousands, and the ten thousand
times ten thousand, and the one hun
the great multitude that no man can
number" and louder than the rush of
the wheels, louder than the tramp of
the redeemed, hear q voice saying, "All
are yours" See the great procession
marching around the throne OF God
| Martyrs who went up on wings OF
| flame. InvalidS who went up from
couches Of distress. Eoilers who went
up from the workhouse and the factory
and the mine. All tho suffering and
the bruised children of God. See the
chariots of SAlvation; in them those
who were more than conqueror5. See
them marching around about the
throne of God forever and forever, and
know that call are yours"
y ye who have pains Of body that ex
haust your strength and wear out your
patience, | hold before you this morn.
ing the land Of eternal health and OF
impcriShable beauty and "all is yours!'
| O ye who have hard work to get your
| daily bread, hard work to shelter your
children from the storm, | lift before
you the vision of that land where they
never hunger, ana they never thirst,
and God feeds them, and robes cover
them, and the warmth Of eternal love
fills them. and all that is yours
o yc whose hearts are buried in tho
grave of your dead-O we whose happi
ness went 10y long agO-O yewho mourn
Tor colmtenmCeS that never will light
mp and for eyes closed forever--sit no
longer among the tombS, but look here!
\ home that shall never be broken up.
Green fields never cleft Of the grave.
RanS0med one from you parted long
ago now radiant with JOY that shall
never cease, and u love that shall never
grow cold, and wearing garments that
Shall never Wither, and know all that
Is yours. Yours the love. Yours the
acclaim. Yours the transport. Yours
the cry Of the four and twenty elders.
ours the choiring Of cherubim. Yours
the lamb that was slain.
In the vision Of that glorious con-
summation | almost lose my foothOld,
and have to hold fast lest | be over.
borne by the glory. The vision rose be-
fore st. John on Patmos, and he saw
Christ in blood red garment, riding
ON white horse, and all heaven follow
ing him on white horses. What a pro-
ceSSlon. Let Jesus ride. lie walked
the way footSore, weary and faint. Now
let him ride. White horse Of victory
bear on our chief, IIosanna to the son
of David. Ride on, Jesus! Let all
heaven follow him. These cavalry OF
God fought well and they fought tri-
umphantly. Now let them be mount
ed. The. .pavements of gold ring under
the lying hOofs. Swords Sheathed and
victories won, like conquerers they sit
on their chargers. Ne mounted troops
OF God, ride on! ride on. ten thousand
abreast, cavalcade after cavalcade No
blood dashed to the lips. No blood
dripping from the fetlocks. No smoke
OF battle breathed from the nostril.
The battle is ended-the victory won,
On, il there he any present who are
yet enemies of the cross of Christ, be-
seech them at once to be reconciled to
God. Remember if you are not found
among that white robed army who fol-
low the Saviour in his victorious march
your part must be with those concern
ing whom it is said, "The Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven IN tlam-
ing fire, taking vengeance on those
That know not God, and obey not the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
snail be punished with everlasting de-
struction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of his power, when
he shall come to be glorilied in his
saints, and to be admired in all them
that believe"
4 Kiot In Russia.