Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-29

Still further, the road spoken of is pleas
ant road. God gives a bond of indemnity
against all evil to every man that treads IT,
''Ail things work together 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 bands yet your
heavenly Father feedeth themn And will He
take care OF the sparrow, will He take care
of the hawk, and let you die? What is the
use of your fretting about clothesp "Con-
slider the lilies of the field. Shall He not
much more clothe you, o We of little faithf"
Oh, this Kings highway Trees of life ON
either side bending over until their branches
interlock and drop midway their fruit and
shade. Houses Of entertainment on either
side OF the road for poor pilgrims. Tables
spread with feast OF good things and walls
adorned with apples Of gold in pictures of
silver. start out on this Kings highway,
and find harper, and / say, "What IS
your name" The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess as with his eyes to.
ward heaven and his hand upon the trem-
bling strings this tune comes ripping out up
on the air: 1.-THE Lord is my light and my sal
walton. Whom shall | fear? The Lord is
the strength of my life. OF whom shall be
afraidY'
go little farther on the same road and
meet a trumpeter of heaven, and I say,
Haven't you got some music for tired
pigrimf" And wiping his lip and taking
long breath, he puts his mouth to the trum-
pet and pours forth this strain: "rhey 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
ItrytYN. IA ~ fa,, .,.I Id hall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
| go a little distance farther on the same
road, and meet maiden of Israel. She
has no harp, but she has cymbals. They
look as if they had rusted from sea spray,
and say to the maiden OF Israel, Have
you no song for tired Pilgrim Aud like
the cang OF victors' shields the cymbas cap
as Miriam begins to discourse, "Sing We to
the Lord, Tor lie hath triuinphed gloriously;
the horse and the rider hath He thrown into
the sea-"
1 pursue this subject only one step
farther. What is thu terminus? l do not
care how fine road you may put me on,
want to know where it comes out, My text
declares it, THE redeemed of the Lord come
to Zion." You know what Zion was That
was the Kings palace. 1t was a mountain
fastness 1t was impregnable. And SO
heaven is the fastness of the universe.
NO howltZer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Let all the batteries of
earth and hell blaze away; they cannot break
in these gates. Gibralter was taken; Sebas-
topol was taken; Babylon tell; hut those
walls OF heaven snail never surren Ter either
to humanity or satanic besegemant. The
Lord God Almighty Is the ne ense of it.
Great capital OF ! II univ~La terminus OF
the Kings highway
When my last wound is hal !. when the
last heartbreak is ended, VIII, { &. last tear
of earthly sorrow is wiped away, and when
the redeemed Of the Lord shall come to
Zion, then let the harpers take down their
harps, and all the trumpters take down their
trumpets. and all across heaven there be
chorus OF morning stars, chorus of white
robed victors, chorus OF martyrs from un-
DER tae throne, CHORUS of age, chorus OF
worlds, aud there be but on soA suag, and
but one name spoken, and but one throne
honored-that of Jesus only.