The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-13

say, suppose his store burns upY
Why, then 1t will only be change OF
Investments from earthly to heavenly
securities. But" you say, suppose
his name goes down under the hOof oil
soorn and contempt27 The name will be
so much brighter in glory. Suppose
his physical health failsY" God vii,
pour into him the floods of everlasting
health, and it will not make any differ
ence. Earthly subtraction Is heavenly
addition. The tears OF earth are the
crystals of heaven. AS they take rags
and tatters and put them through the
paper mil and they come out beautiful
white sheets of paper, 50 often the rags
of earthly destitution, under the cylin,
ders of death, come out white scroll
upon which shall be written eternal
emancipation.
There was one passage of Scripture
the force of which / never understood
until one day at Chamounix, with Mont
Blanc on one side and Montanvent on
the other, opened my Bible and read,
las the mountains are around about
Jerusalem. 80 is the Lord around about
them that fear him. The surroundings
were an omnipotent commentary.
Though troubles assatl and dangers alright,
Though friends should all fail and foes all
unite,
Yet one thing secures US, whatever betide-
The Scriptures assure Us the Lord will provide
A PLEASANT ROAD.
Still further, the road spoken of is q
pleasant road. God gives bond of in
demnity against all evil to every man
that treads it. "All things work To-
gether for good to those who love God.
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That is the bond, signed.
sealed and delivered by the President OF
the universe. What Is the use of your
fretting, o child of God, about food:
Behold the fowls of the air, for they
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns. Yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them" And will he take care of
the sparrow, will he take care Of the
hawk, and let you die2 What is the use of
your fretting about clothesS Consider
the lilies Of the field. Shall he not much
more clothe you. o ye of little faith?'
What is the use of worrying for fear
something will happen to your home:
HE bleSseth the habitation of the Just. :"
What is the use Of fretting Lest you will
be overcome of temptations? God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but will
with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that We may be able to hear it. -
Oh, this kings highway! Trees of
life on either side bending over until
their branches interlock and drop mid
way their fruit and shade Houses of
entertainment on either side the road
for poor pilgrims Tables spread with
a feast of good things and walls adorned
with apples of gold in pictures Of silver.
l start out on this kings highway. and
find harper, and say, what is your
Dame?" The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess, as with his eyes
toward heaven and his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip
ping out on the air: THE Lord Is my
light and my salvation Whom shall
fear? The Lord Is the strength of my
life. OF whom shall / be afraid?~
1go little farther ON the same road
and meet q trumpeter of heaven. and
say, Haven't you got some music for a
tired Pilgrim" And wiping his hip and
taking 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 shall 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"
l go little distance farther on the
same road, and meet q maiden of Israel.
She has no harp, but she has cynbals.
They look as if they had rusted from
sea spray, and l say to the maiden of
Israel, Have you no song for a tired
Pilgrim" And like the clang Of victors'
shields the cylnbals clap as Miriam be-
gins to discourse, Sing ye to the Lord,
horse and the rider hath he thrown into
the sea- And then l see white robed
group. They come bounding toward
me. and l say, who are they? The
happiest, and the brightest, and the fair
est in all heaven-who are theyY' And
the answer comes, These are they who
came out of great tribulations, and had
their robes washed and made white with
the blood of the Lamb"
THE TERMINUS.
l pursue this subject only one step
farther. What Is the terminus? do
not care how fine a road you may put
me ON, want to know where it comes
out. My text declares it. THE re-
deemed of the Lord come TO Zion
You know what Zion was- That was
the Kings palace. 1t was q mountain
fsstness. 1t was impregnable- And so
heaven is the fastness Of the universe.
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Let all the batteries
of earth aud hell blaze away; they can
not break in those gates. Gibraltar was
taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell; but those walls of heaven shall
never surrender either to human or sa-
tanic besiegement. The Lord God AL
mighty is the defense of it Great cap
ital of the universe! Terminus of the
Kings highway!
Dr.. Dick said that, among other
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