Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-09-17

why, then, IL VIII only De cnange OF
investments from earthly to heavenly
securities But" yon say, suppose
his name goes down under the hoof OF
scorn and contempt?" The name will
be so much brighter in glory. Sup
pose his physical health fails?' God
will pour into him the floods Of ever
lasting health, audit will not make any
difference. Earthly subtraction is hcav-
emily addition. The tears of errth IRE
the crystals Of Heaven. AS they take
rags and tatters aud put them through
the paper mill, so, often, the rags OF
earthly restitution, under the cylinders
Of death, come out white scroll upon
which shall be written eternal emanci-
patton.
Still further: The road spoken of is
n pleasant road. God gives bond OF
indemnity against all evil to every man
that treads it. ''All things work to-
gether for good to those who love God"
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That is the bond, signed,
sealed and delivered by the president
of the universe. What is the use OF
your fretting, o, you child of God,
about food? Behold the fowls of the
air; for they SOW not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them" And
will He take care of the sparrow. will
He take care of the hawk and lea you
die? What is the use of your fret ting
about clothes? Consider the lilies Of
the field. Shall lie not much more
clothe you, . We of little faith?' What
is the use of worrying for fear some
thing will happen to your home, HE
blesseth the habitation of the just"
What is the use of frctting lest yoa
will be overcome of temptations? God
is faithful, who will not suffer you 90
be tempted above that we are able; but
will with the temptation also make a
way to escape, that We may be able to
escape, that we may be able to bear it.
o, this Kings highway! Trees of life
on either side, bending over until their
branches irterlock and drop midway
their fruit and shade. Houses of enter
tainment on either side the road for
poor pilgrims. Tables spread with a
feast of good things, and walls adorned
with apples of gold in pictures of silver
start out ON this Kings highway and
l find a harper, and l say: what is
your nance" The harper makes no
response, but leaves me to guess, rs,
with his eyes toward Heaven and his
hand upon the trembling strings, this
tune comes ripping on 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
afraid?" l go little further on the
same road and meet u trumpcter OF
Heaven and l say: Haven't you got
some music for a tired Pilgrim And
wiping 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" ! goa little
distance further on the same road, and
/ meet u maiden of Israel. She has no
harp, but she has cymbals. They look
rs if they had rusted from sea spray;
and / say to the maiden of Israel:
Have you no song for pilgrim?" And
like the clang of victor's shields the
cymbals clap rs Miriam begins to dis
course: Sing We to the Lord, for He
hath triumphed gloriously; the horse
and the rider hath He thrown into the
sea-" And then / see a white robed
group. They come bounding toward
me, and say: "Who are they? The
happiest, and the brightest, and the
fairest in all Heaven-who are they?"
And the answer comes: ''These are
they who came out of great tribula-
lions, and had their robes washed and
made with the blood of the Lamb"
/ pursue this subject only one step
further. What is the terminus? I do
not care how fine road you put me on,
want to know how it comes out My
text declares it: 1.-The redeemed of the
Lord comes to Zion" You know what
Zion was. That was the Kings palace.
It was a mountain fastness 1t was inn
pregnable And so Heaven is the fast
ness of the universe. No howitzer has
long enough range to shell those
towers. Let all the batteries If earth
and hell blaze away; they cannot break
those gates. Gibralter was taken; Sc
bastopol was taden; Babylon fell; but
those walls of Heaven shall never sur
render 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
highway
When my last wound is healed, when
the last heart break is ended. when the
last tear of earthly sorrow is wiped
away, and when the redeemed of the
Lord shall come to Zion, then let all the