The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-08-18

! sTiritual trim and that from the root OF the
| hair to the tin of the toe you are scarless
and immaculate? What you need is look
;no-glass and here it is in the Bible Poor
an9a 9wretched and miserable and blind, and
naked from the crown OF the head to the
cole of fine foot full of wounds and putrefy-
! inc sores No health in US. And then take
the fact that Christ gathered up all the
notes against us and paid them and then
offered us the receipt.
And how much we need Him In our sor-
rowsl We are independent OF circumstances
if we have His grace. Why. He made
Paul sing in the dungeon, and under that
grace St JOHN from desolate Patmos heard
pathy with the morbidity abroad about our
demise. The Emperor of Constantlnople
arranged that on the day of his coronation
the stonemason should come and consult Nun
about his tombstone that after awhile he
would need. And there are men who are
mononaniacal on the subject of departure
from this life by death, and the more they
think of it the less they are prepared to go.
This is an unmanliness not worthy OF you,
not worthy of me.
the blast of the apocalyptc trumpets. At
fer all other candles have been snutfed out,
this is the light that gets brighter ana
brighter unto the perfect day; and after,
under the hard hoofs OF calamity, all the
pools Of worldly enjoyment have Deen
trampled into deep mire, at the loot OF the
eternal rock the Christian, from cups OF
! granite lily trimmed ana vine covered, puV'
| ont the thirst of his soul. :,
Again, [ remark that Christ is above all
in diving allevations. have not any SYM
Saladin. the greatest conqueror or ms
dav. while dying, ordered the tunic he had
on him to be carried after his death on
smear at the head of his army, ana theh inc
I soldier ever and anon, should stop and say:
! hat is lpft
! F,,neror and conQueror. Or all the STATES
! ba conquered of all the wealth he accumu-
| lated nothing did he retain but this
/ shroud." [ have no sympathy with such
behavior or such absurd demonstration vi
with much that we hear uttered IN regard
to departure from TINS me 70 the neAV. ineie
/ X a couuonsensical idea on this subJec1
! that Won and | need to consider-that there
are only two styles of departure.
Thousand feet underground, by ngnt OF
torch toiling in a miners shaft a ledge OF
rock NAV fall upon us and we may ule
| miners DEATH Far out to sea, falling IroH
the slippery ratlines and broken on the hal
yards, we may die a sailors death. On
mission of mercy in hospital, amid broken
bones and reeking leproses and raging
fever, we may die phianthropist's death.
On the field of battle, serving God and our
country, the gun carriage may roll over US
and we may die a patriots death. But
after all there are only two styles of de-
parture; the death OF the righteous and the
death of the wicked, and we all want to die
the former.
Cod grant that when that hour comes you
may be at home! You want the hand of
your kindred in your hand. You want your
children to surround you. You want the
light on your pillow from eyes that have
long reflected your love. You want the
room still You do not want any curious
Strap Watching
You want your kindred from afar to hear
your last prayer. [ think that is the wish
of all of us. But is that all? Can earthly
friends hold us when the pillows of death
come up to the girdle? Can human voice
charm open heavens 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 u9on us his internal archery? No.
no. no, no! Alas! poor soul, if 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, 81 will never leave thee, | will
never forsake thee" From that pillow of
stond ladder would soar heavenward,
angels coming and going; and across the
solitude and the barrenness would come the
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
dence we are speeding. When see the sun
set | say, Zone day less to live" When l
see the spring blossoms scattered | say, "An-
other season gone forever" When close
this Bible on Sabbath night | say, Another
Sabbath departed" When bury friend
Il say, Another earthly attraction gone for
ever" What nimble feet the years havei
The roebucks and the lightnings run not so
fast. From decade to decade, from sky to
sky they go at a bound.
There is place for us, whether marked
or not where you and will sleep the last
sleep, and the men are now living who will
with solemn tread carry us to our resting
place. Aye, it is known in heaven whether
our departure will be a coronation or a ban
shment. Brighter than a hanqueting hall
Through which the light feet OF tue dancers
20 up and down to the sound of trumpeters
will be the sepulchre through whose riffs
the holy light of heaven streameth. God
will watch you. He will send His angels to
guard your slumbering ground until at
Christ's behest they shall roll away the
stone.
So also Christ is above all in heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is the
chief theme of the celestial ascription, all
the thrones facing His throne, all the palms
waved before His face, all the crowns down
at His feet. Cherubim to cherubim, sera-
phln 10 Serapnlin, redeemed SplflC TO re-
deemed spirit shall recite the Saviour's
earthly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of heaven and in
all the radiant sweep the most glorious OBJ
ject will be Jesus Myriads gazing on the
scars of His suffering, i'll silence first
afterward breaking forth into reclamation.
The martyrs, all the purer for tho fame
through which they passed, will say, This
is Jesus, for whom we died" The apostles,
all the happier for the shpwreck and the
scourging through which they went, will say,
This is the Jesus whom we preached
at Corinth, and at Cappadocia, and at
Antioch, and at Jerusalem" Little children
clad in white will say, This is the Jesus
who took us in His arms and blessed us, and
when the storms of the world were too cold
and loud brought us into this beautiful
place" The multitudes of the bereft will
say, This is the Jesus who comforted us
when our hearts broke" Many VINO had
wandered clear off from God and plunged
! into vagabondism. but saved by grace, will
say: This is the Jesus who pardoned US. We
| We're guilty and He made us white us snow"
Mercy boundiess, grace unparalleled. And
then, after each one has recited his peculiar
deliverances and peculiar mercies, recited
them as by SOLO all the voices will come to-
gether in great chorus. which shall make
the arches echo and re-echo with the eternal
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