Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-01

4 is the uncertainty of the future" Now
child OF God, do not play the intidel. After
| God has filed the Bible till it can hold no
more with stories OF the good things ahead,
better not talk about uncertainties.
| remark again, all those ought to feel
this JOY of the text who have a holy curios-
ity TO know what is beyond this earthly ter
minus. And who has not any curiosity
about iti Paul, l suppose, had the most sat
isfactory view OF heaven, and he says at
doth not yet appelr what We shall be-" IL
is like looking through a broken telescope.
snow we see through a glass darby" Can
you tell me anything about thst heavenly
placer You ask me thousand questions
about 1t that | cannot answer. | ask you q
thousand questions about it that you cannot
answer. And do you wonder that Paul was
30 glad when martyrdom gave him a chance
to go over and make discoveries In that
blessed country
hope some day, by tho grace OF God, to
60 over and see for myself, but not now.
No well man, no prospered man. l think,
wants to go now. buO the time will come
think, when | shall 90 over. want to sse
what they do there aud | want to see how
they do it. l do not want to be looking
through the gatas ajar forever. / want
them 10 swing wide open. There are ten
thousand things | want explained-about
you, about myself, about the government of
Columbus riskei his life to find this con-
tinent and shall We snudder to go OUT on a
voyage OF discovery which shall reveal a
vaster and more brilliant countryf John
Franklin risked his life to find q passage
between icebergs, and shall we dread TO find
a passage to eternal summer Men in
Switzerland travel up the heights OF the
Matterhorn with alpenstock and guides and
rockets and ropes, and getting half wav 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 ia no periif
A man doomed to die stepped ON the
scaffold 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
than Jonathan Edwards or St Paul himself
before he died Friends, the exit from this
world. or death, II you please to call IL Il
the Christian is glorious explanation.
1t is demonstration. 1t Is illumination
1t is sunburst. 1t is the opsning of all the
windows 1t is shutting up tina catschsm
of doubt and the uuro!ing OF all the scrolls
OF positive aud accurate information. In
stead OF Standing at the foot OF the ladder
and looking up 1t is stan ling at the top of
tue ehudeT auu loohluS uoWh. II Is bne lase
mystery taken out OF botany and geology
and astronomy and theology.
Iremar6 again, We ou yht to have the Joy
OF the text because, leaving this world, we
move into the best society OF the universe.
You see a great crowi OF people In some
street and you say: "Who is passing therei
What general what prince is going up
thereT Well, | sea great throng In
heaven. | say: "Who Is the focus Of all
bat al
ghtterinS company 1t is Jesu& tie cham
pion of all ths world, the favorite OF all
ages.
Do you know what is the first question the
soul will ask when it comes through tho
gate Of haaven2 [ 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
ies| Oh, Radiant Onel how / would like to
see Thee! Thou of the mauger, but without
its humlliatlons; Thou OF the crois, but
without its paugs; Thou of tne grave, but
without its darkness.
But when meet my Lord Jesus Christ of
what shall first delight TO hear Him speak!
Now think what it is. shall first want to
hear the tragedy of His last hours and then
Luke's account of the crucitixion and Marks
account of the crucifixion, and Johns ac-
count of the crucifxion will be nothing,
while from this living lips OF Christ the
story shall be told of the gloom that fell, aud
the devils that arose AMI the fact that upon
His endurance depended the rescue OF
race; and there was darkness in the sky and
there was darkness in the SOUL and tho pain
became more sharp, and the burdens became
more heavy, until the mob began to swim
away from the dying vision OF Christ aud
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 fastene to the perpendicular piece of
the cross, and His head fell for ward in swoon
as He uttered the last moan aud cried, 1T Is
tinishedf' 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 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
oratorio of the Messiah, "Worthy Is the
Lamb that was slain to receive blessing and
riches and honor and glory and power, world
without endw
hat lie endured. oh, who can tell.
To save our souls from death and helll
When there was between Paul and that
magnificent Parsonage only the thinness OF
the sharp edge of the sword OF the execu-
tioner, do you wonder that he wanted to gof
Ohl my Lord asus, let one wave OF that
glory roll over uJ Harkl hear the well
ding bells OF heaven ringing now. The
marriage of the Lamb has come, aud
the bride hath made herself ready.
And now for little while
good by. have no morbid
feeling about the future. But If anything
should happen that we never meet agaii in
this world, let us meet where there are no
partings Our friendships have been delight
iul on earth, but they will be more delightful
in heaven. And now commend you to God
and the word of His grace, which Is able to
build us up and give an inheritance among
all them that are sanctifed.
DONEsTIC disturbance which