Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-07-09
Bes,des this ALI medical men agree in saw

Besides this all medical men agree in say
ing that there is probably no struggle at the
last moment-noI so much pain as the prick
Of a pin. the seeming signs Of distress being
altogether involuntary. But you say. 1T
is the uncertainty Of the future" Now, |
child Of God, do not play the inh1el. After
God has filed the Bible till it can hold no
more with stories OF the good things ahead,
better not talk about uncertainties. |
l remark again, all those ought to feel
this Joy Of the text who have a holy cairiae-
ICY 70 know what Is beyond this earthly ter
minus. And who has not any curiosity
about it: Paul, | suppose, had the most sat
i~sfactory view Of heaven. and be says, 1T
doth not yet appear what We shall De-" 1t
is like looking through a broken telescope.
Now we see through a glass darkly." Can
you tell me anything about that heavenly
place. You ask ME a thousand questions
about it that l cannot answer. l ask youa
thousand questions about it that you cannot
answer. And do you wonder that Paul was
80 glad when martyrdom gave him a chance
to 20 over and make discoveries i'll that
blessed country?
hope some day, by the grace of God. to
| No we'll man. no prosDerei man. | think.
wants 10 60 now. out the Time Will come,
Think, when l shalt go over. 1~.---
what they do there and want to see how
they do 1t. / do not want to be- looking
through the gates ajar forever l want
them to swing wide open. There are ten
thousand things | want explained-about
| you, about myself, about the government OF
this world, about God, about everything.
Columbus riske1 his life to find this con-
unenI, ana snaIi we snuluer 70 60 OUT on a
voyage of discovery which shall reveal a
vaster and more brilliant country? John
Franklin risked his life to find a passage
between icebergs, and shall we dread to find
a passage to eternal summer Men i'll
Switzerland travel up the heights Of the
Matterhorn with alpenstock and guides aud
rockets and ropes, and getting half way up
stumble and fall down i'll a horrible mas
sacre. They just wanted to say they had
been on the tops OF those high peaks. And
shall we fear to go out for the ascent of the
eternal hills which start a thousand miles
beyond where stop the highest peaks of the
Alps when in that ascent there Is no perlis
A man doomed to die stepped on the
scaffold and said in joy. Now i'll ten min-
utes l will know the great secret" One
minute after the vital functions ceased, the
little child that died last night knew more
than Jonathan Edwards or st. Paul himself
before he died. Friends, the exit from this
world. or death, II you please to cali it, te
the Christian Is glorious explanation
1t is demonstration. 1t is illumination.
1t is sunburst. 1t is the opening of all the
windows. 1t is shutting up the catechism
Of doubt aud the unrolling of all the scrolls
of positive and accurate Information. In-
stead Of standing at the foot Of the ladder
and looking up it is staining at the top OF
the ladder and looking down. 1t is the last
mystery taken out Of botany and geology
and astronomy and theology.
remark again, We ought to have the iov
OF the text, because, leaving this world, we
move into the best society Of the universe.
You see a great crowd of people in some
street and you say: who is passing there9
What general, what prince is going up
there?' We'll, l see a great throng in
heaven. l say "Who is tbs focus Of ali
that ol-;:o.s lVt>. - 49,.
glittering company 1t is Jesus the cham
pion Of all tbs world, the favprite OF all
ages.
Do you know what is the first question the
soul will ask when it comes through the
gate Of heaven? l think the first question
will be, Where is Jesus, the Saviour that
pardoned my sin, that carried my SORROWS,
that fought my battles, that won my victor
ies:' Oh, Radiant One! how l would like to
see Thee! Thou of the manger. but without
its humiliations; Thou OF the cross, but
without its pangs; Thou OF the grave, but
without its darkness.
But when l meet my Lord JesusChrist OF
what shall l first delight to hear Him speak!
Now l think what it is. I shall fist want ia
hear the tragedy Of His last hours, and then
Lukes account of the crucifixion and Mark
account of the cruciixion, and Johns &C.
count Of the cruciixion will be nothing,
while from the living lips Of Christ the
story shall be told of the gloom that fell, and
the devils that arose, and the fact that upon
His endurance depended the rescue of Il
race; and there was darkness in the sky, and
there was darkness i'll the soul. and the pain
became more sharp, and the burdens became
more heavy, until the mob began to swim
away from the dying vision of Christ, ano
the cursing of the mob came to His ear more
family, and His hands were fastened to th-
horizontal piece of the cross, and His fee,
were fastenet to the perpendicular piece OF
the cross, and His head fell forward III a swoon
AZ He uttered the last moan am erred at l.
finished" All heaven will stop to lister
:, until the story Is done, and every harp will
be put down, and every lip closed, and al
eyes fixed Oh the Divine Narrator until the
story is done, and then, at the tap Of tn,
a baton, the eternal orchestra will rouse w
a finger on string of harp, and lips to tn
= mouth of trumpet, there shall roll forth the
: o~ratorio Of the Messiah. Worthy is tn
Lamb that was slain to receive blessing anC
riches and honor and glory and power, worI,
without end"
. What He endured, oh, who can tell.
To save our souls from death and hell,
When there was between Paul and tina
magnificent Parsonage only the thinness Q
u the sharp edge Of the sword Of the execu
q toner. do YOU wonder that he wanted to 90
Oh, my LORD Jesus, let one wave of tina
4 glory'roll over us. Hank, | hear the swed
It ding bells OF heaven ringing now. TIL
20 marriage Of the Lamb has GOMEZ AM
= the bride hath made herself ready
N And now for d little Will
t. good by. l have no morbi
feeling about the future. But If 4anythin
i should happen that we never meet again i
e this world, let us meet where there are II
d partings. Our friendships have been delight
1s iulo ON earth. but they will be more delightfr
II in heaven. And now l commend you to &c
2. and the word Of His grace. which is able t
lie build us up and give an Inheritance anon
IL all them that are sanctitied.
q
~ Columbus'S Idea Of the World
;, Columbus believed the solid part {