Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-09-23

Still further, the roa spoken OF Is Pleas
ant road. God gives a bond OF indemnity
against all evil to every man that treads It.
| "All things work together for COOL TO thoss
who love God" No peapon formed against
them can prosper. That is the bond signed
sealed an delivered by the President OF the
| universe. What is the uss OF your frettiny.
! o child of God about fool behold the
fowls Of the air, for they SOW not neither
do they reap. nor gather into bands. vet your
heavenly Father feedeth them" And will BE
take care OF the sparrow. will He take care
OF the hawk, and let you die, What Ia tho
use Of your fretting about clothesf "Con-
slider the lilies of the fed. Shall He not
much more clothe YOU, o We OF little faith,-
oh, this Kings highway Trees OF life on
either side bending over until their branches
interlock and drop midway their fruit and
shade: Houses o. entertainment on either
side OF the road for poor pilgrims. Tables
spread with feast OF good things and walls
adorned with appes OF gold in pictures Of
silver start out on this Kings highway.
and find harper, AMI | say, What Is
your namer The harper makes no response.
but leaves me to guess, as with his ewes 10.
ward heaven and his hand upon the treu.
bling strings this tune com IS ripping out up-
nn the air: The Lord is mJ I!-s. I'd = ..
vation. Whom shaIII rearr IN, Iora is
the stl -ugth Of my life. OF Wa ON shall bs
afraidY'
| 60 a little farther on the same road ami
meet a trumpeter OF heaven and / say,
"Havent You got some music for q tired
pigrimf" AND. wiping his lio and taking
long breath. he puts his mouth to the trun-
pet and pours forth this strain: They snail
hunger no more, neither shall they thirst
any more, neither shall tbs sun light on
them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which Is
n tha thrNr ah l.. 80
living fountains Of water, and God shall
wipe away al tears from their eyes"
go little distance farther on the same
road, and l meet a maiden OF Israel She
has no harp, but she has cymbals. They
LOOK as If they had rustei from sea spray,
and say to the maiden of Israel, Have
you no song for tired pilgrimy' Aud like
the cang of victors' shiel Is the cymbaIs G. ap
as Miriam begins TO DISCOURSE "Sing We to
the Lord, for He hath triunphed gloriously:
the horse and the rider hath He thrown INTO
the sea-"
pursue this suJj,ct only one step
farther. What is thu terminusf | do not
cre how fine a road you may put me on,
want TO know where it comes out. Ny text
declares it, The redeemed Of the Lord come
to Zlon." You know what Zion was. That
was the Kings palace. 1t was q mountain
tastnesL IL was impregnaola Ami SO
heaven is the fas.ness OF the universe.
No howitzer has lons enough range To
shell those towers. Let all the batteries OF
earth and hell blaz away; they cannot break
in these gates. Gioralter was taken; Sebas-
topol was taken; Babylon fell; but those
walls OF heaven snail never surrender either
to humanity or satanic besiegement. The
Lord God Almighty is the de ense OF it.
Great capital of the universal Terminus Of
the Kings hghwayl
When my last wound is healed, when the
last heartoreak is ended, when tas last tear
OF earthly sorrow is wiped away, AMI when
the redeemed OF the Lord shall come to
Z'on, then let the harpers take down ther
harps, and all the trumpters take dowu their
trumpets and all across heaven there be
chorus OF morning starE chorus Of white
rooed victors. chorus OF martyrs from un-
der the throne, chorus Of ages, chorus OF
worlds, and there be but one song sung, and
but one name spoken, and but one throne
honored-that OF Jesus only.