The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-06-30

- oAfio uiuuSSOH INTO The lace OF his exc
#cutloners, and hear him say: II am
now w ready sdy TO be offered, and the time
oimy departures at hand I" Then they
hit him out OF the dungeon, and
they start with him to the place of
execution. They say, Hurry along,
old man, or you will feel the weight OF
our spear. Hurry along .'How far
ls it, says Paul, 1--WE have to trayel?,,
Three miles" Three miles is a
/ good way for an old man to travel
alter ne has been whipped and crippl-
ca with maltreatment. But they
soon get TO the place of execution
/ Acqun Salvia--and he is fastened to
] the pillar OF martyrdom. It does
not take any strength to tie him fast.
lie makes no resistance. O Paul! whv.
not now strike for you life? You have
a great many friends here. With that
Wlthered hand just launch the thun-
der-bolt of the people upon those in
famous soldiers. No! Paul was not
gong to Interfere with his own coro-
nation. He was too glad to 20. l
see him looking up in the face Of his
executloner, and rs the grim official
draws the sword Paul calmly says II
am now ready to be offered, and the
time OF my departure is at hand"
But ! put my hand over my eyes.
want not to see that last struggle.
One sharp, keen stroke and Paul goes
to the banquet, and Paul does dine
with the king.
what q transition it was! From
the malaria OF Rome to the finest eli
mate IN all the universe-the zone of
eternal beauty and health. His ashes
We're put in the 'catacombs of Rome.
but in one moment the air of heaven
bathed from his soul the last ache.
hrom,shlpwre2k, from dungeon, from
the biting pain Of the elm wood rods,
fromthe sharp pain of the headsman,
hegoes into
THE MOST BRILLIANT AssENIBLAGE OF
n. II HEAVEN,
q king among kings, multitudes of the
salnthood rushing out and stretching
forth hands OF welcome; for do really
think that as on the right hand of
God IS Christ, so on the right hand of
Christ IS Paul, the second great in
Now, why cannot all the old people
have the same holy glee as that aged
man had? Charles l., when he was
combing his head, found a gray
hair, he sent it to the queen as a
great joke; but old age is really
no joke at all. For the last 40 wears
you have been dreading that which
ought to have been an exhilaration.
You say you most fear the struggle at
the moment the soul and body part.
But millions have endured that mo-
ment and may not we as we'll? They
got through with it and so can we.
Besides this, all medical men agree in
saying that there is probably no strug-
gle at the last moment-noJ so much
pain as the prick OF q pin, the seeming
signs OF distress being altogether in
voluntary. But you say, at is the
uncertainty Of the future" Now,
child OF God: do not play the intidel.
After God has filled the Bible till it
can hold no more with stories of the
good things ahead, better not talk OF
uncert ainties. -. <
But you say, Il cannot bear to
think OF parting from friends here"
II you are old, you have more friends
in heaven than here. just take the
census. Take some large sheet OF pa
per and begin to record the names of
those who have enigr:ited to the
other shore;
THE COMPANIONS OF YOUR scHooLDAYs,
your early business associates, the
friends OF midlife, and those who
more recently weht away. Can it be
that they have been gone so long you
do not care any more about them,
and YOU do not want their society?
o, no. There have been days when
you have felt that you could not en-
! dure another moment away from their
blessed conlpanionship. They have
gone, You say you do not like to
bring them back to this world OF
trouble, even if you had the power.
1t would not do to trust you. God
would not give you resurrection pow
err. III
Besides that, it is more healthy
there for you than here, aged man;
better climate there than these hot
summers and cold winters and late
springs; better hearing; better yesiaht;
more tonic in the air; more perfume
| in the bloom; more sweetness in the
! song. as. stss.s,
/ ! remark, again, all those ought to
feel this Joy OF the text who have a
holy curiosity toknow WHAT'S beyond
this earthly terminus. l hope some
day, by the grace of God, to 60 oyer
and see for myself; but not now. No
we'll man, no prospered man, think,
wants to 60 now. But the time will
come. I think when I shall go
over. want to see what they,
do there, and / want to see
how they do it. I do not want
to be looking through the gates aiar
forever. want them to swing wide
open. There are 10000 things Iwant
xplained-abouty you. about myself,
about the government of this world,
about God, about everything. We
start in a plain path OF what I'VE
know, and in q minute come up against
a high wall OF what we do not know.
l wonder how it looks over there.
Somebody tells me it is like a paved
city, 4
s# PAVED WITH GOLD,
and another man tells me it is like q
foundation, and it is like q tree, and
it is like a triumphal professions; and
+hn W. T ALL III \