The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-08-05

talllng from the slippery ratllnes ana
broken on the halyards, we may die a
sailors death. On mission of mercy in
hospital, amid broken bones and reeking
leprosies and raging fevers, we may die
a philanthropists death. On the field
of battle, serving God and our country,
the gun carriage may roll over us and
we may die patriots death. But, after
all, there are only two styles of depar-
ture; the death of the righteous and the
Heath of the wicked, and we all want to
lie the former.
God 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 strangers standing
around watching you. 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
NOlC6 OpCn AIC0N-
ems 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 upon us his Internal archery?
No, no, no, moi Alas! poor soul, if that
is all. Better die in the wilderness, far
fyo,1, oh
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, II will
never leave thee, will never forsake
thee" From that pillow of stone lad
der would soar heavenward, angels COM
ing and going; and across the solitude
and the barrenness would come the
sweet notes of heavenly minstrelsy.
DEATH SWEET TO THE CHRISTIAN.
Gordan Hall, far from home, dying in
the door of a heather temple, said,
"Glory to thee, o Godr What did dy-
ing Wherefore say to his wife? "Come
and sit beside me and let us talk of
heaven. l never knew what happiness
was until found Christ" What did dy-
ing Hannah More say? ITO go to heav-
en-; think what that is! To go to Christ,
who died that might live Oh, glori-
GUS gravel Oh, what glorious thing it
is to die! Oh, the love of Christ, the
love of Christi What did Mr. Toplady,
the great hymn maker, say in his last
hour? "Who can measure the depth of |
L zs..I l. L. Il
fills my soul! shall soon be gone, for
surely no one can live in this world after
such glories as God has manifested to
my SOUL"
What did the dying Faneway say? |
81 can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before few
hours have passed shall stand on Mount |
Zion with the one hundred and forty and
four thousand, and with the just men
made perfect, and we shall ascribe |
riches and honor and glory andtasajesty
and dominion unto God and the Lamb"
DR.. Taylor, condemned to burn at the
stake, ON his way thither broke away
from the guardsmen and went bounding
and leaping and jumping toward the
fire, glad to go to Jesus and to die for
him. Sir Charles Hare, in his last mo-
ment, had such rapturous vision that he
cried, Upward, upward, upwardr'
And so great was the peace of one of
Christ's disciples that he put his fingers
upon the pulse in his wrist and counted
it and observed it, and so great was his
that after awhile he said,
stopped" and his life had ended here
to begin in heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony of the worn out
first missionary when in the Mamar-
tine dungeon he cried 81 am now ready
TO be offered, and the time of my depar-
ture is at hand. have fought the good
fight, l have finished my course, have
kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid
up for me crown of righteousness
which the Lord, the righteous judge,
will give me in that day, and not to me
only, but to all them that love his APP
pearing" Do you not see that Christ is
above all in dying alleviations?
WE ARE FASTENING TO THE GRAVE.
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When l see
5he sunset say, lone day less to live"
When l see the spring blossoms scat
;ered | say, Another season gone for
ever." When close this Bible on Sab
bath night say, Another Sabbath de-
parted" When l bury friend l say,
Another earthly attraction gone for !
,ver." What nimble feet the years havel '
The roebucks and the lightnings run not
70 fast From decade to decade, from l
ky to sky they go at a bound.
There is a place for US, whether s
marked or not, where you and | will
ileep the last sleep, and the men are
low living who will with solemn tread {
AIRY us to our resting place. Aye, it's /
Known in heaven whether our departure {
will be coronation or a Punishment.
Brighter than banqueting hall through
which the light feet of the dancers go
Up and down to the sound of trumpeters
will be the sepulcher through whose
fits the holy light of heaven streameth. {
rod will watch you. He will send his
Ingels to guard your slumbering ground
Until at Christ's behest they shall roll I
way the stone.
So also Christ is above all in heaven. 6
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is /
he chief theme of the celestial ascrip-
ion all the thrones facing his throne | =