Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-23

posing himself Cd tbs bench Of a courtroom,
said in his last monbAnt, Gentlemen ct SIS
jury, you will now consider your verdict
A dying play acton said: Drop the curtain.
Tue farce is played out" 1 would rather
have for my dying words those OF one greater
than Chesterfield or Dr. Adam or Lord Ten
terden: Il am now ready to be offered. and
the time Of my departure is at hand. l nave
fought a good fight, ! have finished my
course. l have kept the faith. henceforth
there Is laid up for me a crown OF righteous>
ness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge.
shall give me"
The sooner the. last hour comes the better
if we are fitted for entrance in the celestial
world. There is no clock in heaven, because
IT Is an everlasting day. yet they keep an
account OF the passing years, because they
are all the time hearing from our world.
The angels flying through heaven report
how many times the earth has turned on its
axis, ami IN that way the angels can keep a
diary and they say it is almost time now
tor father to come up, or for mother to come
Up. Some day they see a cohort leaving
heaven, and they saw, s'Whither bound:'
and the answer is, ITO bring up q soul from
earth" and the question is asked, What
SOUL" And a family circle IN heaven find
that it Is one Of their own number that Is to
he brought up, and they come out to watch,
as on the beach we now watch Tor q snip.
k-dl IS 10 pTi1E our lIlcl1QS Aou1- AAt@A q
while the cohort will heave in sight,. flying
nearer and nearer. until with a great clans
the gates hoist, and with an embrace. wild
with the ecstacy OF heayen, old friends
meet again. Away vAh your stiff, formal
heaven | want none 8 1t. Give me a
place Of infinite AID etePnS sociality. Nv
1eet tree from the ciods OF earth, l shall
bound the bills with gladness and breakforth
in a laugh of triumph. Aba. aha! We weep
now, but then we shall laugh. "Abraham's
bosom" means that heaven has open arms to
take us in. Now we fold our arms over our
heart, and tell the world to stand back, as
though our bosom was a two barred gate to
keep the world out. Heaven stands not
with folded arms, but with heart open. 1t
is "Abraham's bosom" l see a mother and
her child meeting at the foot of the throne.
alter some years absence. The child dief
twenty years ago but it Is a child yet.
think the little ones who die will remain
children through all eternity. 1t would ba
no heaven without the little darlings. | do
not want those that are in heaven to grow
up. We need their infant voices in the great
sone. And when we walk out in the fields
OF light, we want them to run ahead and
clap their hands AMI pick out the brightest
Of the fed flowers. Yes. here is a child and
It mother meeting. The child long in glory,
the mother just arrived. How changed
YOU are, my dariingr' says the mother
" es, says the child, this is such a happy
place, anu Jesus has taken such care of me,
and heaven is SO kind, l got right over the
lever with which died. The skies are so
tar, mother. The flowers are SO sweet,
mother. The temple is SO beautiful,
mother. Cone. take me up in your arms as
You used to- Oh, | do not know how we
shall stand the first day III heaven. Do you
not think we will break down in the song
from overdeiight? | once gave out in church
the hymn.
There is a land Of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front Of the
pulpit sang heartily the first verse and then
he sat down weeping. / said to him after
ward, Father Linton, What made you cry
over that hymu?2. Hel said, II could not
stand 1.-THE joys that are coming" Wher
heaven rises ior the doxo,ogy l cannot see
how we can rise withNit if all these waves OF
everlasting delight come upon the soul-bil-
low Of JOY after biilow OF. joy. Methinks
Jesus would be enough for the first day in
heaven, yet here He approaches with al
heaven at His back
But | must close this sermon. This is the
last January to some who are present. You
have entered the year, but you will not Close
it.. Within these twelve months your eyes
will smut for the last s'eep. Other hands
will plant the Christmas tree land give the
New Years congratulations. AS a procla
NATION of Joy to some and as a warning t
others, | leave in your ears these five words
of one syllable each, This year tnou shall
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