The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-24
PENIS GROVE, N. j.. FRIDAY. JUNE "a. 1899

Hlltlus. Anu "uO uds UOJ any curiosity
about itf Paul, l suppose, had the most sat
isfactory view Of heaven, and he says, cit
doth not yet appear what we shall be.n 1t
is like looking through a broken telescope,
NOW we see through a glass darklv." Can
you tell me anything about that heavenly
placer You ask ne a thousand questions
about it that | cannot answer. / ask you a
thousand questions about it that you cannot
answer. And do you wonder that Paul was
so glad when martyrdom ave him a chance
to go over and make discoveries in that
blessed countrvg
| hope some day, by the grace of God, to
go over and see for myself. but not now.
No well man, no prosperei man. | think,
wants to go now. but the time VIII come,
/ think, when l shall go over. want to see
what they do there and want to see how
they do it. l do not want to be looking
through the gates ajar forever. l want
them to swing wide open, There are ten
thousand things | want explained-about
you, about myself, about the government Of
this world, about Got, about everything.
Columbus risked his life to find this con-
tinent, and shall we shu ider to go out on a
voyage of discovery which shall reveal a
vaster and more brilliant country John
Franklin risked his life to find a passage
between iceberss, and shall we dread to find
a passage to eternal summer? Men in
Switzerland travel up the heights of the
nav "a fAAh tAAs 6hhNNS 1850
rockets and ropes, INT getting half way up
stumble and fall down in a horrible mas
sacre. They Just wanted to say they had
been on the tops of those high peaks. And
shall we fear to go out for the ascent OF the
eternal hills which start a thousand miles
beyond where stop the highest peaks of the
Alps when in that ascent there Is no perlli
A man doomed to die stepped on the
scaiIold and said in joy, Now in ten min
utes l will know the great secret" one
minute after the vital functions ceased, the
little child that died last night knew more
.La- Jora+hsn Edwards ar ST. Panl hirusalf
t'eIora he diet: Friends, the exit from this
world, or death, If You please to call it. to
the Christian is glorious explanation.
IL is demonstration. II is illumination.
1t IS sunburst. 1t is the opening of all the
windows. 1t is shutting up the cstechism
OF doubt and the unrolling of all tho scrolls
OF positive ana accurate information. In.
stead of standing at the foot of the ladder
and looking up it is stan ling at the TOD of
the ladder and looking down. 1t is the last
mystery taken out of botany and geology
and astronomy and theology.
i remarS again, we ought to have the ioy
Of the te"t, because, leaving his world, we
move into the best society of the un verse.
Nou see a great crow / of people in some
street and yOu say "Who is plssinr thereg
What general, what prince is going up
ihere!' Well, ! see a great throng in
ave L say VINO IS Tue locus oil all
CnaJ admIraU'ont W 10 is the centre of that
glittering company 1t is Jesus. the cham
pion Of all the world, the fayorite of all
ages.
Do you know what is the first question the
SOU will ask when it comes through the
gate of heaven2 | think the fist question
will be, where is Jesus, the Saviour that
pardoned my sin, that carried my sorrows,
that fought my battles, that won my victor
iesg' Oh, Radiant Onel how l would like to
see Theel Thou of the mangeT, but without
its humiliatlous; Thou of the cross, but
without its pangs; Thou of the grave, but
without its darkness.
But when l meet my Lord Jesus Christ, of
what shall | first delight to hear Him speak?
Now | think what it is. l shall first want to
hear the tragedy OF His last hours, and then
Luke's account of the crucifixion and Marks
account of the crucifixIon, and Johns ac-
count of the crucifixion will be nothing,
while from the living lips of Christ the
story shall be told of the gloom that fell, and
the devils that arose, and the fact that upon
His endurance depended the rescue of a
race; and there was darkness in the sky, and
there was darkness in the soul, and the pain
became more sharp, and the burdens became
more heavy, until the mot began to swim
away from the dying vision OF Christ, and
the cursing of the mob came to His ear more
family, and His hands were fastened to the
horizontal piece of the cross, and His feet
were fasteue / to the perpendicular piece OF
the cross, and His head fell forward IN a swoon
as He uttered the last moan and cried, 1T is
finishedr' All heaven will stop to listen
until the story is done, and every harp will
be put down, and every lilo closed, and all
ewes fixed on the Divine Narrator until the
story is done. and then, at the tap of the
baton, the eternal orchestra will rouse up
finger on string of harp, and lips to the
mouth of trumpet, there shall roll forth the
o~ratorio of the Messiah, worthy Is the
Lamb that was slain TO receive blessing and
riches and honor and glory and power, world
without endn
What He endured, oh, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and heiH
When there was between Paul and that
magnificent Parsonage only the thinnesS or
the sharp edge of the sword of the execu-
TONER. do YOU wonder that he wanted to goY
OIL nv Lord Jesus, let one wave OF that
glory roll over uSl Harkl l hear the we'd
ding bells of heaven ringing now. Inc
marriage of the Lamb has come, and
the BRIDE hath made herself ready.
good by. l have no morbid
feeling about the future. But II anything
should happen that We never meet again ID
this world, let us meet where there are nc
partings. Our friendships have been dellsht,
ful on earth, but they will be more deilgnttui
in heaven. And now l commend you to Goo
and the word OF His grace, which is able &c
build us up and give an inheritance among
all Them that are sanctiied.