The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1892-06-28


ceased the little child that died Last
night knew more than Jonathan Ed
wards, or st. Paul himself. before ne
died. Friends, the exit from this world,
OF death, tx you please TO call it, to the
Christian Is glorious explanations. It
Is demonstration. 1t is illumination.
~ Is slnburst. 1t is the opening of ali
the v 'adows. IL is shutting up the
~catechism OF doubt and the ~unrolling
OF all the scrolls Of positive and accur-
ate information. Instead of standing
at the foot of the ladder and looking
up, 1t Ia standing at the top of the lad.
der and looking down. IL is the last
mystery taken out of botany and geolo-
gy and astronomy and theology.
Oh, will it not be grand to have all
questions answered? The perpetually
recurring interrogation point changed
Q the mark of exclamation. All rid.
dies solved. Who will fear to 60 out
on that discovery when all the cues
tions are to be decided which we have
been discussing all our lives? Who
shall not clap his hands I'm the anticipa-
ton OF that blessed country, IL IL be- no
better than through holy curiosity cry
ing. "mbe time of my departure is at
1 remark again we ought to have the
JOY Of the text, because, leaving this
world, we move into the best society of
d universe. You see a great crowd
OF people In some street, and YOU cav
who Is passing therep What general.
what prince is going up therer" Well,
l see u great thrOng in heaven. 1 say:
"Who Is the focus of all that admira-
tionp Who Is the center of that gilt.
tering company?" 1t is Jesus, the
champion of all worlds, the favorite of
Do YOU know what is the first uues-
ton the soul will ask when It comes
through the gate Of heaven? I think
the first question will be, "Where is
Jesus, the Saviour that pardoned INV
sin; that carried my sorrows: that
fought my battles; that won my yict,s-
RESP" o radiant onel how I would
like to see thee! thou OF the ranger.
but without its humiliations; thou of
the cross. but without It's pangs; thou
of the grave. but without its darkness.
The Bible intimates that we wilItalk
with jesus In heaven just as a brother
talks with a brother. Now what will
you ask him first? I do not know. i
can think what 1 would ask Paul frat
II L saw him In heaven. I think /
would like to hear him describe the
storm that came upon the ship when
there were two hundred and seventy
i've souls on the vessel, Paul being the
only man On board cool enough to DIES.
cribe the storm. There Is a facination
about a ship and the sea that I neyer
shall get over, and l think 1 would like
to hear him talk about that first.
But when l meet my Lord Jesus
Christ, of what shall 1 first delight to
near him speakp Now 1 think what it
is. shall first want to hear the trap.
| edy of his last hours, and then Luke7s
account of the c%ruci6xion, and Marks
account of the crucifixiOn, and Johns
account of the crucifxion will be moth.
Ing, while from the living lips OF Christ
the story shall be told of the gloom that
fell, aud 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 / ).
came more sharp, and the burdens be-
came more heavy, until the mob began
to swim away from the dying vision of
Christ, and the cursing of the mob
hands were fastened to tho horizontal
piece of the cross, and his feet were fast
ened to the perpendicular piece of the
cross, and his head fell forward in a
swoon al ne uttered the last moan and
cried, at Is %finished!' All heaven will
stop to listen until the story is done,
and every harp will be put down, and
every lip closed, and all eyes fixed upon
the divine narrator until the story is
doLESSSand then, at the tap Of the baton,
the eGsfnal orchestra will rouse up; fin
ger on sting of harp. and lips to the
mouth OF trumpet, there shall roll forth
the oratorio of the Messiah, worthy
10 ttfhsnhtf6aiaabS- that %ss. s!sssat =" '~o"Hiua
blessing aAd riches und hoG6i 49,.
and power, world without end!"
What he endured oh, who can tell,
10 q v our souls from death and hell!
When there was between Paul and
that magnificent Parsonage only the
thinness of the sharp edge of the sword
of the executioner, DO you wonder that
he wanted to go? 0 my Lord Jesus.
let n wave of that glory roll over us!
Hank! I hear the wedding bells of heav-
Ell ring now. The marriage of the
Lamb has come, and the bride hath
made herself ready. And now for a
little while goodbye! / have NJ nor
bid feelings about the future. But If
anything should happen that we never
meet again in this world, let us meet
where there are no partings. Our
friendships have been delightful on
earth, but they will be more delightful
in heaven. And nov / commend you
to God and the word of his grace. which
Is able to build US up and give us an in.
heritance among all them that are
sanctitied.