Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-15

more clothe you, o ye of littlc faithP"
What is the use Of worrying for fear some
thing will happen TO your home2 "IIe
blesseth the habitation of the just" What
is che use of fretting lest you will be over
come of temptationsp God is faithful,
who will not suffer you TO be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make II way to escape,
that yG may be able to bear it,"
Oh, this Kings highway Trees Of life on
either side, bending over until their branch
es interlock any drop midway their fruit
and shade. Houses of entertainment on
either side the road for poor pilgrims.
Tables spread with II feast of good things,
and walls adorned with apples Of gold III
pictures of silver. l start out on this
Kings highway, and / find a harper, and
| say, "What is your name?" The harper
makes no response, but leaves me to guess,
rs, with his eyes toward heaven and hiss
hand upon the trembling strings, this tune
comes ripping in the air: 1.-THE Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom shall |
fear? The Lord is the strength of my life,
of whom shall be afraidp
go little farther on the same road and
meet trumpetcr of heaven, and | say;
Haven't you got some music for tired
pilgrim?' And wipng his lip and taking
long breath, he puts his mouth to the
trumpet and pours forth this strain, "Thcy
shall hunger no more, neither shall they
thirst any more, neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall lead
them to living fountains of water, and
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes"
go little distance further on the Same
road and ] meet maiden of Israel. She
has no harp, but she has cymbals. They
look as if they had rusted from sea spray,
and | say to the maiden of Israel, "lIayc
you no song for tired pilgrim" And
like the clauy Of vctors' shields tho Gym
balls clap as Miriam begins to discourse,
Sing We to the Lord, for he has triumphed
gloriously; the horse and the rider hath he
thrown irto the sea" And then | see IL
white robod group. They come bounding
toward me- and | say, "Who are they?
The happicst, ana the brightest, and the
frirest in all heaven-who are thcyW And
the answer comes, "Thesa are they who
came out Of great tribulations, and had
their robes washed and made white with
the blood of the Lamb
THE TERMINUS.
pursue this subject only one step far
Their What is the terminus? | do not
care how fine a road you may put me on, !
want to know where it comes out. My
text declares it, The redeemed Of the
Lord come to Zion" You know what Zion
WAS? That was the kings palace 1t WAS
mountain fastness. 1t was impreguable.
And SO heaven is the fastness of the uni
verse. No howitzer has long enough range
TO shell those towers. Let all the bat
tcries Of earth and he'll blaze away; they
cannot break in those gates. Gibraltar
was taken; Scbastopol was taken; Babylon
fell; but those walls of heaven shall never
surrender either to human or satanic be
siegement. The Lord God Almighty is
the defense Of It, Great capital Of the
universe! Terminus of the Kings high
way!
Dir. Dick said that, among other things,
he thought i'll heaven we should study
chemistry and geometry and comic sec
tons. Southey thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure of seeing
Chauccr and Shakespeare. Now, Dr.
Dick may have his mathematics for all
eternity, and Southcy his Shakespeare
Give me Christ and my old fricnds-that
is all the heaven l want, that is heaven
enough for me o garden of light,
whose leaves never Wither, and whose
fruits never fall O banquet of God
whose sweetness never pals the taste, and
whose guests are kings forever. . city
OF llght, whose walls are salvation, and
whose gates are praise. . palace of rest,
where God is the monarch and evcrlast-
lng ages he length of his reign, Q song
louder than the surf beat ol many waters,
yet soft as the whisper Of cherubm!
When my last wound is healed. when