Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-08-05

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soldier ever and anon, should stop and say:
| "Behold all that is left OF Saladin, the
Emperor and conqueror. OF all the States
he conquered, of all the wealth he accumu-
lated, nothing did he retain but this
shroud" ] have no sympathy with such
behavior or such absurd demonstration or
with much that We hear uttered in regard
to departure from this liteto the next There
is a commonsensical idea on this subject
that you and | need to consider-that there
are only two styles OF departure.
A thousand feet underground, by light of
torch, toiIing in miners shaft ledge Of
rock may fall upon us and we may die a
miners death. Far out to sea, falling from
the slippery ratlines aud broken on the hal.
yards, we may die a sailors death On
mission of mercy in hospital, amid broken
bones and reeSing leproSies and raging
fever, we may die a philantbrooists 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 de-
! parture; the death of the righteous and the
death of the wicked, and we all want to die
the former.
Col 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 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 yant any curious
strangers standing around watching you.
| You want your kindred from afar l. 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 Nd TO the girdle? Can human voice
| charm open heavens gate? Can hui
hands pilot US through the Darrows Of death
| into heavens harbor2 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, no. Alasl poor soul, If that is all.
Better die in the wilderness, far from tree
shadow and from fountain, alone, vutureS
circling through the air waiting for our
body. unknown 10 men, and to have no
burial, if only Christ could say through thu
solitudes, II will never leave thee, VIII
never forsake thee" From that pillow OF
stone ladder would soar heavenward,
angels coming and going; aud across thu
solitude aud the barrenneSS would come the
sweet notes of heavenly minStrelsy.
Toward the last hour OF our earthly resi-
dence we are speeding. When see tbs SUI
set say. Zone day less to live" When l
see the spring blossoms scattered | say, AN
other season gone forever" When | close
this Bible on Sabbath night l say, Another
Sabbath departed When | bury frieni
say. Another earthly attraction gone for
ever" What nimble feet the years have
Tho roebucks and the lightnngs run not so
fast From decade to decade, from sky to
sky they go at bound.
There is place for US whether markell
or not, where you and will sleep the last
sleep, and the men are now living who will
with solemn tread carry us 10 our resting
place Aye it's known In heaven whether
our departure will be a coronation or a ban
d. -, hoIl
through which the light feet of tue dancers
90 up and down to the sound of trunpeters
will be the sepuchre through whose riffs
the holy light of heaven streamsth. God
will watch you. He will send His angels tc
guard your sumberng ground until at
Christ's behest they shall roll away the
stone.
So also Christ is ABOVE all in heaveo.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ Is the
chief theme of the celestial ascrlption, all
the thrones facing His throne all the palms
waved before His face all the crowns down
ct His feet Cherubim 10 clerubim, sera-
phim to seraphim, redeemed spirit TO re
deemed spirit shall recite the Saviour's
earthly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill OF heaven aud in
all the radiant sweep the most glorious OBJ
iect will be Jesus Myriads gazing on the
scars of His suffering, in silence first,
/
The martyrs, all the purer for the flame
through which they passed, will say, This
is Jesus. for whom we died" The apostles,
all the happier for the shipwreck and the
scourging through which they went, Will say,
This is the Jesus whom We preached
at COrinth, and al Cappadocia, AMI at
Antioch. and at Jerusalem" Little children
clad 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 cod
and loud brought us into this beautiful
place" The multitudes of thu berett will
saw. This is the Jesus who comforted US
when our hearts broke" Many w.o had
WANDERED clear off I IN Col and plunged
into vagabondism. bu5 saved by grace, Will
say: This is the Jesus who pardOned us We
were guilty and lie made us white as snow"
Mercy bouniess, grace unparalleled. Au1
/ then. after each one has rectel his peculiar
deliverances and peculiar merces recitet
them as by solo, all the voices will come to-
getber in a great chorus. which shall make
the arches echo and re-ecbo with the eternal
reverOeratiOn of gladneSs and peace and trl-
ump1.
Edward | was 50 anxious to 60 to toe
Holy Land that when he was about to ex-
pire he bedueathed Sl60, 900 to have his
heart after his decease, taken TO the Holy
Land in Asia Minor and his requssS was
complied with. But there are HUNDREDS To-
day whose hearts are already IN the molly
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 mis- quaint way he said; and | heard in
my dream, and 10 the bells Of the city rang
again for Joy; aud as they opened the gates
to let in the men looked in after them, aud
10! the city shone like the sun, AMI there
were streets of gold, and men walked on
with all and after that they shut up tho
gates, which when had seen wishe my
! self among themm