The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-08-03


for our body, unknown to men, and to
have no burial, II only Christ could say
through the solitudes, ri will never
leave thee, l will never forsale thee. "
From that pillow OF stone a ladaay
would soar heavenward, angels coming
and going; and across the solitude and
the barrenness would come the sweet
notes of heavenly minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, diving in
the door of heather temple, said:
"Glory to thee, o God" What did dying
Wilberforce say to his wife? "Come
and sit beside me, and let us talk OF
Heaven. never knew what happi-
ness was until / found Christ" What
did dying Hannah Moore sayP 10
60 to Heaven, think what that sl
To go to Christ, who died that / might
livel o, glorious gravel O, what a
glorious thing 1t is to die! 0, the love
OF Christ, the love Of Christr What did
Mr. Toplady, the great hymn-maker,
say in his last hour? "Who can measure
the depth of the third HeavenP 0, the
sunshine that fills my SOUL shall
soon be gone, for surely no one can live
in this world after such glories as God
has manifested to my soul"
What did the dying Faneway sayP
Il can as easily die as close my
eyes or turn my head in sleep. Before
q few hours have passed l shall stand
on Mt Zion with the one hundred and
forty and four thousand, and with the
just men made perfect, and we shall
ascribe riches and honor and glory and
majesty and dominion unto God and
the Lamb" DR.. Taylor, condemned to
burn at the stake, on his way
thither, broke away from the guards.
men, and went bounding and leaping
and jumping toward the fire, glad TO go
to Jesus and to die for Him. Sir Charles
Hare, in his last moments, had such rap
turous vision that he cried: Upward,
upward, upward" And so great was the
peace of one of Christ's disciples that he
put his fingers upon the pulse Of his
wrist and counted II and observed it;
and so great was his placidity that after
a while he said, stopped" and his life
had ended here to begin in Heaven.
But grander than that was the testi-
mony OF the worn-out first missionary,
when, in the Mamar tine dungeon, he
cried: II am now ready to be offered,
and the time of my departure is at hand;
| have fought the good fight, / have fin.
ished my course, have kept 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 10 me only, but to oil
them that love His appearing!" Do you
not see that Christ Is above all in dying
alleviations?
Toward the last hour OF our earthly
residence we are speeding. When see
the sunset say, Zone day less to i've"
When soc the spring blossoms scat
tered, | say, Another season gone for.
ever" When close this Bible on Sab
bath night say, Another Sabbath de-
parted" When I bury friend, I say,
Another earthly attraction gone for
ever What nimble feet the years
havel The roebucks and the lightnings
run not so fast From decade 10 decade.
from sky TO sky, they go at bound.
There Is place for US whether
marked or not where you and
will sleep the last sleep, and the men
are now living who will, with solemn
tread, carry us 10 our resting place.
Ay, 1t Is known In Heaven whether oar
departure will be a coronation or a
banishment Brighter than ban
quoting hall through which the light
feet OF the dancers go up and down TO
the sound Of trumpeters will be the
sepulcher through whose riffs the holy
light OF Heaven streameth. God will
watch you. lie will send his angels TO
guard your slumbering ground, until,
at Christs behest, they shall roll away
the stone.
So also, Christ is above all in heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ Is
the chief theme OF the celestial ascrip-
tion, all the thrones facing his throne,
all the palms waved before his face, all
the crowns down at his feet. Cherubim
to cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, re-
deemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall
recite the Saviour's earthly sacrifice
Stand on some high hill of Heaven,
and in all the radiant sweep the most
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriads
gazing on the scars Of his suffering, in
silence first, afterward breaking 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 shlpwreck and
the scourging through which they
went, will say: This is the Jesus
whom we preached at Corinth, and
at Cappadooia, and at Antioch, and at
Jerusalem" Little children clad in
white will say: This is the Jesus who
took us in His arms and blessed ua and
when the storms of the world were too
cold and loud, 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 mountains, 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 deliveranoes and peculiar mer-
,ies, recited them as by solo, all the
voices will como together in a great
chorus, which shall make the arches
echo and re-echo with the eternal rever-
beration Of gladness and peace and
triumph.