The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-14

ono "eeh w urlDg DOWN the strongest
phys!cal constitution. 1 do not want TO
dle This year. We have plans and pro.
Jects on foot u | want TO see COM
pleted; but God knows best, aud he
hos thousand bet + men than to do
work yet undOue. l nave q hope
It,, notwii hstanding all my SINS aud
wanderlnss, shall, through u infinite
mercy OF my Saviour, come out a. the
light place. l have nothing to brag of
by way Of Christian experience; but / 70
things L have learned-my utter help
lessness before God and the all abound
Ing grace Of the Lord Jesus. Ifthe text
means some Of you, my hearers, | do
not want you to be caught unprepared.
would like to have you, either through
money you have laid up or life insur-
ane," be able 10 leavethe world feeling
that your family need not become pau
pers. But if you have done your best
and you leave not one dollal SIS worth
OF estate, you may confidently trust The
Lord who hath promised to care for the
widow and the tatherless. | would like
to have your soul fitted out for eternity,
80 that if any morning or noon or even
ing or night OF these three hundred aud
siXty-fve days, death should look in
and ask, Are you ready?" you might,
with an outburst OF Christian triumph,
answer, AYE, aye! all ready"
The sooner the last hour comes the
better if we are fitted for entrance IN
the celestial would. There is no clock
IN heaven. because it is an everlasting
day; yet they keep an count OF the
passing ye rs, because they are all The
time hearlug form our world. Tie ANGELS
lying through heaven report how many
tunes the earth has turned on its axis,
aud IN that way the angels can keep a
diary; and they say it is almost time VOW
ior father to come up, or for mother to
come up. So ne day they see cohort
leaving heaven, aud they say, "Whither
bound?" and the answer is, "To bring
up soul from carth;" and the question
Is asked, ''What soul?" And a family
circle IN heaven find that it is one of
their own number that is TO be brought
up, and they come out to watch, as on
the beach we now watch for ship That
Is to bring our friends home. After a
while the cohort will heave in slight, fly-
Ing near and nearer, until with great
c!ang the gates hoist, and with an em-
b"ace, wild with the ecstacy Of heaven,
old friends meet again. Away with
your stiff formal heaven! l want
none of it. Give me a place of
iutiAite and eternal soclalitv. NV
f. free fiom the clods OF ear,h, /
Snail bound the hills with gladneSs and
oreak forth in laugh Of triumph. Aha,
ana, We weep now but then we ST all
Laugh. "Anraham's bosom" means
thaG heaven has open arms to take us
IN. Now we fold our arms over our
heart, and tell the world to stand back.
as lhougn our bosom was two barred
gate to keep the wor!l out. Heaven
stands not with folded arms, but win
heart open. 1t is "Abraham's BOSOM
L see mother and her child meeting
at the foot of the throne after some
years absence. The child died twenty
years ago but it is child yet.
think the little ones who die will re-
main children through all eternity. 1t
would be no heaven without the little
d'rlings. do not want those that are
In heaven to grow up. We need their
infant voices in the great song. And
Whe we walk out in the fields Of light,
we want them to run ahead and clap
their hands and pick out the brightest
OF the field flowers. Yes. here IS child
and its mother meeting. The child
long IN glory, the mother just arrived.
"tloW changed you are, my darllng!'
the mother. Yes" says the child,
his Is such happy place, and Jesus
mas taken such care Of me, ar d heaven
is so kind, l got right over the fever
with which died. The skies are so
fair. mother! The flowers are so swee:
mother! The temple is so beautiful,
mother! Come, take me up in your
arms as yod used to-" On, / do not
know how we shall stand the first day
in heaven. DO you not think we will
break down in the song from over de.
llghtp l once gave out in church the
hymn:
There is land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front of
the pulpit sang heartily the first verse
aud then he sat down Weeping. / said
to him afterwards, Father Linton,
what made you cry over that hymn ?'
He said, "1 could not stand 1.-THE JOYS
that are coming" When heaven Uses
for the doxology cannot see how we
can rise with it If all these waves of
everlasting delight come upor the
soul-billow Of joy after billow Of iov.
n ethlnks Jesus would be enough for
the first day in heaI IN. yet hero he ap-
p'oaches with all heaven at his back.
But must close this sermon. This
is The last January to some who are
nresent. You have entered the year,
Dho you will not close it. Within these
twelve me Ibis your eyes will shut for
the last slt .p. Other hands will plant
the Christmas tree and give the New
Years congratulations. AS procIa-
nation of JOY to some aud as warn-
ing to Others, leave in your ears these
live words of one syllable each, "Thls
year thou shalt die"
Foil IniO a NinetY-Foot Well
CADILLAC, Mich, Dec. 3l.-Gcorge
Stevenson, Jr., IL years Old, residing
Oh farm near Thorp, in this County,
tell into dry we'll Saturday :veuing.
The well wss ninety feet deep, and The
iall PROBABLY Caused death. The oil in
his lantern ex oloded and set fire to the
RI mains. The father, surprised at the
boys long absence, started lor the barn,
and made the horrible discovery from
the odor Of burning fl sh. The remains
could not be recovered until Sunday.
The head was burned b.IOnd recOoni.