Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22


more cloths you ye Of little faitii' :"
What is the Use of worrying for tear sot,l.-
i ching will hapnen 70 yonr homer "he
blesseth The ba5itation Of the just What
/ 4 the use Of fretting lest you Will be over
/ eome az temrtaiionss sod is faithful,
who will not suffer you 10 be tempted
above that We are able; but will with the
/ temptation also make way TO escape
/ that ye may be able to bear it.
Oh, this Kings highway Trees Of life on
either side. bending over until their branch
/ es interlock any drop midway 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 goll H.
pictures of silver. start out on this
| Kings highway, and ! lind harper, and
! / say. what is your manner" The harper
makes no response, but leaves me to guess
as. with his eyes toward heaven and has
hand upon the trembling strings, this tune
comes ripping in the air; sThe Lord is my
light and my salvation Whom shall
| fear The Lord is the strength Of my llie'
/ of whom shall be afraidy"
| 20 a little fartheron the same road ana
meet trumpeter OF heaven, and say;
Haven't you got some music for tired
pilgrins" And wiping his lip and taking
A long breath, he puts his mouth 10 the
trumpet and pours forth this strain, Ihey
shall hunger no more, neither shall they
thirst any more, neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb when
is In the l:ii,lst Of the throne snail lead
them to living fountains OF water, and
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes"
90 little distance further on the same
road and meet maiden OF Israel. She
has no harp, but she has cymbals. They
! look as IL they had rusted from sea spray.
aud say to the maiden Of Israel, "HhVe
you no song for tired Pilgrim And
| like the clang Of victors' shields the Gym
balls clap AS Miriam begins To discourse,
Sing We to the Lord, for he has triumphed
gloriously; the horse and the rider hath he
thrown irto the sea" And then | see =
white ROBBED group. They come bounding
toward me, and say, WHO are theyg
The happiest, and the brightest, and the
! fairest la all heaven-who are theyy' And
F, 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.
pursue this subject only one step far
! Their. What is the terminusf | do not
care how fine road you may put me on,
, want to know where it comes out. Ny
text declares it, -rhe redeemed Of the
| ord come 70 Zion You know what Zion
wass That was the kings palace. 1t was
| a mountain fastness IL was impregnable.
And so heaven is the fastness of the uni
verse. No hOwitzer has long enough range
TO she'll those towers. Let all the bat
teriCs Of earth and hell blaze away; they
cannot break in those gates. Gibraltar
was taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell but those walls OF heaven shall never
surrender either 20 human or satanic be.
siegement The Lord God Almighty is
the defense Of II. Great capital Of the
universel Terminus Of the Kings high
way
DR.. Dick said that, among other th!ngs,
he thought in heaven we should study
chemistry and geometry and comic sec
tions. Southey thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure of seeing
CHANGER and Shakespeare Now, DIR.
Dick may have his mathematics for all
eternity and Southey his Shakespeare.
Give me Christ and my old friends-that
Is all the leaven ] want. that is heaven
enough for me. o garden of light,
whose leaves never wither, and whose
fruits never fall o banquet of Cod
whose sweetness never pals the taste, and
whose guests are kings foreyerl o city
Of light, whose walls are salvation. and
whose gates are praisel o palace OF rest,
where God is the monarch and everlast-
ing ages the length OF his reignl o song
louder than the surf beat OF many waters
yet soft as the whisper Of cherubiml
When my last wound is healed, when
the last heart break is ended, when the last
tear OF earthly sorrow is wiped away, and
when the redeemed Of the Lord shall come
to Zion, then let all the harpers take down
their harps, and all the trumpeters take
down their trumpets, and all across heaven
there be chorus Of morning stars, chorus
Of white ROBBED 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