Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-08-12

and wretched and miserable and blind, and
naked from the crown OF the head to the
sole OF the foot full of wounds and putrefy-
ing sores. No health in us. And then take
the fact that Christ gathered up all the
notes against us and paid them AMI then
offered us the receipt
An how much we need Him in our sor-
rows! We arc Independent o circumstances
II we have His grace. Why. He made
Paul sing in the dungeon, and under that
grace st. John from desollte Patmos heard
the blast OF the anoclIypLIc trumpets. AT.
ter all other can lies have been snutfeI out
this Is tue light that gets brighter AMI
brighter unto the perfect day; and efter.
under the hard boots OF calamity, all the
pools of worldly enjoyment have been
trampled into deep mlre at the foot of the
eternal rock the Christian, from cups of
granite, lily trimmed AMI vine covered, puts
out the thirst of his soul
Again, | remark that Christ Is above all
in dying alleviations. have not any svm-
pathy with the morbiiity aoroai about our
demise Tha Enp'r0r of Constqntinopls
arranged chat on tue day OF his coronation
tho stone mason should come an consult him
about his Tombstone that after awhile he
would need. Aud there are men who are
monOmanacal on the subject OF departure
from this life by DEATH AMI the more they
think OF it the less they are prepared to go.
not worthy OF me.
Saladin, the greatest condueror OF his
day while dying, ordered the tunic he had
on him to be carried after his death on a
spear at the heal OF his army and taen the
soldier, ever ani anon, should stop an say:
"Behold, all that IS left OF Saladin, the
Emperor and conquerOr OF all the States
he conquered OF all tue wel tn he accumu-
lated, nothing dill he retain but this
shroui." | have no sympathy with such
behavior or such absurd demonstration or
with much that we hear uttered in regard
TO departure from this life TO the next. mere
Is a COmmonsensical idea on this subject
that YOU AMI nesl TO cOnsder-that there
are only two styles OF departure.
A thousand feet un lergrOuui, by light OF
torch tolllng in a miners shaft a ledge OF
rock may fall upon US AMI We may die a
MINER death Far out u sea falling from
the slippery ratlnes and broken on the hal,
yards we may die n sailors death. Or
mission OF mercy in hospital, amid broker
bones and reeaing leprosies and raging
fever, we may die phlanthropists death
On the field OF battle. serving Col ami our
country, the gun carriage may roll over us
ami we may die patriots death. But,
alter all, there are only two styles OF de-
parturc; the death OF the righteous and the
death Of the wicked, and we all want To die
the former.
God grant that when that hour comes you
may be at homel You want the hand of
your kindred in your hand. You want your
children 10 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
strangers standing arouni watching you.
You want your kinired from afer to hear
your last prayer. | think that is the wish
OF all OF us But is that alp Can earthly
friends hold Us when the pillows OF death
come up TO the girile' Can human voice
charm open heavens gatc, Can human
hands pilot US through the narrows Of death
INTO heavens hlrOor' Can an earthly
friendship shlelt us from tho arrows OF
death AMI in the hour when satan shall
practice upon us his intern Il archery? No
30, no. no! Alasl poor soul, II that is all
Better die IN the wilderness, far from tree
shadow and from fountain, alone vultures
>ircllng through the AR waiting for our
oJiy, unknown to men, and to have no
burial, If only Christ could say through the
'olttudes, 81 will never leave thee, | will
never forsake thee" From that pillow OF
ytone a ladder would soar heavenward,
angels coming AMI going; and across ths
solitude ami tho barrennesS would come tho
sweet notes OF heavenly m,nstrelsy.
Toward the last hour OF our earthly resi-
Hence we are speehO; When see the sun
set | say, zone day less to live" When |
see the spring blossoms scattered | say, IAN.
other season gone forever" When / close
this Bible on Sabbath night say, Another
Sabbath departed" When | bury a friend
say, Another earthly attraction gone for.
ever" What nim1le feet the years have
The roebucss and the lightning run not so
last From deca 10 TO decade, from sky to
Sky they go at bound.
There is place for u.s. whether marked
or not where you AMI | will sleep the last
IN Iyin h,
with solemn tread carry us to our resting
place. Aye, is known in heaven whether
our departure will be a coronation or a Dan
snment. Brighter than 4 banIueting hall
| through which the light feet OF tne dancers
60 up and down to the sound OF trumpeters
will be the sepuchre through whose riffs
| the holy light of heaven streameth. God
will watch you. He will send His angels TO
| guard your slumberiug ground until at
| Uhrlsts 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-
phim to seraphim, redeemed spirit 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, In silence first
| afterward breaking forth into acclamation.
The martyrs all tho purer for the fame
| through which they passed. will say, This
| is Jesus for whom we died. ;" The apostles,
all the happier for the shlpwrecK ana the
scourging through which they went, will say,
| This Is the Jesus wnom we preached
at Corlnth, and at Cappadocia, and at
Art and NJ ~ ,ht
cad 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 mutitudes of the berett will
say, This is the Jesus who comforted US
when our hearts broke" Many wlo hal
wandered clear OH from God and plunged
into vagabondism, but saved by grace, will
say: This is the Jesus who pardoned us. We
were guilty and lie made us white as snow"
Mercy bouuulesS, grace unparalleled. Aud
then, alter each one has recitel his peculiar
| delivcrances and peculiar mercles, reclte1
then as by SOLO all the voices will come to-
! gether in great chorus. which shall make
tho arches echo aud re-echo with the eternal
reverOeration Of gadness and pence and tri-
| umDl.
| Edward | was 80 anxious to go to the
Holy Land that when he was about to ex-
pire he bpqueathed $1,000 to have his
heart, after his decelsc taken to the Holy
Land in Asia Minor, and his request was
complied with. But there are hundreds to-
day whose hearts are already in the holy
land of heaven. Where your treasures are
there are your hearts also. John Bunyan,
OF whom spoke at the opening Of the dis
course, caught glimpse of that place, and
in his quaint way he said: "And heard in
my dream and 10! the bells of the city rang
again for JOY; and as they opened the gates
to let in the men looked in after them, aud
lol the city shone like tue sun, and there
were streets of gold, and men walked or
them, harps in their hands to sing praises
with all, and after that they shut up tn,