Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-01
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ing and jumping toward the fire, glad to go
to Jesus and to die for Him.
Sir Charles Hare, in his last moment, had
suoh rapturous vision that he cried: up
ward, upward upwardw And so great was
the peace OF one of Christ's disciples that he
put his fingers upon the pulse in his wrist
| and counted it and observed it; and so great
was his placidity that after awhile he said:
stopped" and his life had ended here to
begin in heaven.
But grander than that was the testimony
Of the worn-out first missionary, when,in the
Mamartine dungeon, he cried: 81 am now
ready to be offered, and the time OF my de-
Tight have finished my course, have kent
the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me
crown OF righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge will give me IN that
day, and not to me only, but to all them that
love His appearing Do YOU rot see that
Christ is ABOVE all in dying alleviationsf
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
deDce We are speeding. When see the sun
set say, "0ne day less to live" When
see the spring blossoms scattering say,
Another season gone forever. When
Another Sabbath departed" When 1 bury
friend say. Another earthly attraction
gone forever"
Time Flies on Swift Wings.
What nimble feet the years have! The
roebucks and the lightnings run not so fast.
From decade to decade, from sky to sky,
they go at a bound. There is place for us,
whether marked or not, where you and 1
will sleep the last sleep, and the men are
now living who will, with solemn tread.
carry us to our resting place. Ay, it is
known in heaven whether our departure
will be coronation or q banishment.
Brighter than a banQueting hall through
and down to the sound of trumpeters win
be the sepulcher through whose rift the holy
light of heaven streameth. God will watch
you He will send His angels to guard your
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they shall roll awav the stone.
So also, Christ is above all in heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is the
chief theme of the celestial ascriptfon, all
the thrones facing His throne, all the palms
waved before His lace, all the crowns down
at His feet. Cherubim to cherubim, seraphim
spirit shall recite the Saviour's earthly sac
riflce.
stand on some high hill OF heaven. and in
all the radiant sweep the most glorious OBJ
scars of His suffering, in silence first after
ward break forth into acclamation. The
martyrs, all the purer for the flame through
which they passed, will say: "This is Jesus
for whom we died" The apostles, all the
happier for the shipwreck and the scourg-
ing through which they went, will say:
"This is the Jesus whom we preached at
Corinth. and at Cappadocia, and at Antioch,
and at Jerusalem"
What Children and the Multitude Say.
Little children clad in white will say:
"This is the Jesus who took us in his arms
and blessed us, and when the storms Of the
world were too cold and louc, brought us
into this beautiful place" The multitudes
of the bereft will say: 'This is the Jesus
who comforted us when our heart broke"
Many who had wandered clear Off from God
and plunged into vagabondism, but were
saved by grace, will say: "This is the Jesus
who pardoned us. We were lost on the
noun tains, and He brought us home. We
were guilty, and He made us white as snow"
Mercy boundless grace unparalleled. And
then, after each one has recited his peculiar
deliverances and peculiar mercies, recfted
them as by solo, all the voices will come to-
gether in a great chorus, which shall make
the arches echo and re-echo with the eternal
reverberation of gladness and peace and
triumph.
Edward l. was so anxious to go to the
Holy Land that when he was about to ex-
pire he bequeathed sl60, 600 to have his heart,
after his decease, taken to the Holy Land in
Asia Minor, and his request was complied
with. But there are hundreds to-day whose
hearts are already in the Holy Land of
are your hearts also. John Bunyan
caught a glimpse of that place. and
in his quaint way he said: "And heard in
my dream. and loi the bells OF the city rang
again for joy; aud as they opened the gates
to let in the men looked in alter them, and
10. the city shone like the sun, and there
were streets OF gold, and men walked on
them, harps in their hands to sing praises
with all; and after that they shut up the
gates which when 1 had seen wished my
self among them!"