The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-17

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Yet one thing secures us, whatever bet1de,
The Scriptures assure us the Lord Will PROVIDE
Still further, the road spoken OF IS a
pleasant road. God gives BON OF IN
demnity against all evil to every man
that treads it. Gail things work To-
rether for good to those who love God.
No weapon formed against them can
prosper That is the bond, signed,
sealed and delivered by the President OF
the universe. What is the use OF your
fretting. O, child of God, about fooo?
ssBehold the fowls of the air; for they
SOW not neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your Heavenly
Father feedeth them" And will lie
take care of the sparrow, will he take
care of the hawk and let you die? What
is the use of your fretting about
clothes? Consider the lilies of the field.
Shall He not much more clothe you,
We of little faith?" What is the use OF
worrying for fear something will hap
pen to your home? ''He blessed the
habitation of the just" What is the use
of fretting lest you will be overcome OF
tempta tions? ''God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above
that We are able; but will with the
temptation also make way to escape,
that We may be able to bear it.
O, this Kings highway! Trees OF
life on either side, bending over until
their branches interlock and drop mid
way their fruit and shade. Houses OF
entertainment on either side the road
for the poor pilgrims. Tables spread
with a feast of good things, the walls
adorned with apples of gold in pictures
of silver. I start out on this Kings high
way, and 1 find harper, and L say
'sWhat is your name?" This harper
makes no response, but leaves me tc
guess, as, with his eyes toward Heaven
and his hand upon the trembling
strings, this tune comes ripping
on the air: "The Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom
shall fear? The Lord is the strength
of nv life; of whom shall l be
afraid?" 1 go little further on the
same road and meet trumpeter o.
Heaven, and I say: Haven't you goi
some music for tired Pilgrim. 4AAqq
wiping his lip and taking long breath.
he puts his mouth to the trumpet and
pours forth this strain: ''They shall
hunger no more, neither shall they
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat. for the
Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living foun.
tains of water, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes" go
a little distance further on the same
road and meet maiden of Israel
She has no harp but she has cymbals
They look as though they had rusted
from sea spray: and say to the maiden
of Israel: s.Have you no song for tired
pilgrim?" And like the clang OF vic
tors shields the cymbals clap as Miriam
begins to discourse: ''Sing We to the
Lord. for He hath triumphed gloriously;
the horse and the rider hath He thrown
into the sea- And then l see white
robed group. They come bounding
toward me and say: "Who are they?
The happiest and the brightest, and the
fairest in all Heaven-who are they"'
And the answer comes: '4These are
they who came out of great tribula'
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made white with the blood OF the
Lamb"
pursue this subject only one step
further. What is the terminus? do
not care how fine road you may put
me on, want to know where it comes
out My text declares it: THE re-
deemed of the Lord come to Zion" YOU
know what Zion was. That was the
Kings palace. 1t was mountain fast
ness. 1t was impregnable. And SO
Heaven is the fastness of the universe.
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Letall the batteries
of earth and hell blaze away; they can,
not break in these gates. Gibraltar was
taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell: but those walls of Heaven shall
never surrender either to human or Sa-
tanic besiegement. The Lord God Al
| mighty is the defense of it. Great CAPT
| tai of the universe! Terminus OF the
| Kings highway! se... s..1
Doctor Dick said that, among other
| things, he thought in Heaven we should
study chemistry, and geometry, and
comic sections. Southey thought that
| in Heaven he would have the pleasure
of seeing Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Now, Doctor Dick may have his math
ematics for all eternity, and Southey his
Shakespeare. Give me Christ and my old
| friends-that is all the Heaven l want,
| that is heaven enough for me. O garden
| of light, whose leaves never wither, and
whose fruits never fail! O, banquet OF
| God, whose sweetness never pals the
taste, and whose guests are kings for
ever! O city of light, whose walls are
| salvation, and whose gates are praise!
| o palace of rest, where God is the mon
arch and everlasting ages the length
of His reign! % song, louder than the
surf-beat OF many waters, yet soft as
the whisper of cherubim!
When my last wound is healed, when
| the last heart break is ended, when the
last tear of earthly, sorrow is wiped
away, and when the redeemed OF the
Lord shall come to Zion, then let al
the harpers take down their harps, and
all the trumpeters take down their