The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-28

to suffer, we shall pull OH CnlS noul nluS anu
be robed in white l see soul going right
I'D from all this scene of sin and = 'uole IN
to glory. l seem to hear him say.
journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale of tears
To heavenly Joy and reedom,
From earthly care aud fears.
When Christ my Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again,
His kingdom to Inherit
Goodnight I'LL then.
Ihear nv Saviour calling:
The iovful hour has come;
The angel guards are ready
To guide me to our home.
When Christ our Lord shan gather
Ali His redeemed again
His kingdom to inherit
ght till then.
Nv subject advances and tells you of the
symbols they carry. If my text had repre-
sented the good in heaven as carrying
cypress branches, that would have meant
sorrow. If my text had represented the
good il heaven as carrying nlghtshade, thae
would have meant sin. But 1t is a pain
branch they carry, and that is victory.
When the people came home from war IN
olden times the conqueror rode at the head
of his troops and there were trlumphai
arches. and people would come out with
branches of the palm tree and wave them
all along the host. What significant type
this of the greeting and OF the Joy OF the
redeemed in heavenl On earth they were
condemned, and were put out of polite cir
,les. They had infamous hands strike them
on both cheeks Internal spite. spat In their
faces Their back ached with sorrow.
Their brow ree9ed with unalleviated toll.
How weary they werel Sometimes they
broke the heart of the midnight in the midst
of all their anguish, crying out, 70 God"
But bark now to the shout of the delivered
captives, as they lift their arms from the
shackles and they cry out. "Freel FREQ"
They look back upon all the trials through
which they have passed, the battles they
have fought. the burdens they carried. the
Misrepresentation they suffered, and be-
cause they are delivered from all these they
stand before God waving their palms. They
come to the feet OF Christ, and they look
up into His face and they remember His
sorrows, and they remember His pain, and
they remember His groans aud they say.
why, l was saved by that Christ He
pardoned my sins, He soothe1 my sorrows,"
and standing there they shall be exultant,
waving their palms
That hand once held the implement of toll
or welded the swori of war. but now it
plucks down branches IRON the tree of life
as they stand before the throne waving their
palms Once he was a pilgrim on earth;
he crunchei the hard crusts-he walked the
weary way, but it Is al gone now; the sin
gone, the WEAKNESS gone, the sickness gone,
the sorrow gone. As Christ stands up be
fore the great array of the saved and re
counts His victories 1t will be like the rocking
and tossing of forest i'll a tempest, as all
the redeemed rise up, host beyond host. rank
beyond rans, waving their palms.
Ny subject makes another advancement,
and speaks of the song they SIM
Dr. DICK, IN a very learned work, says
that among other things in heaven he thinks
they Will give great deal of time to the
study of arithmetic and the higher branches
OF mathematics. | do not believe it, 1t
would upset my idea of heaven ii | thought
SO; never liked mathematics and | would
rather take the representation of my text,
which describes the occupauian of heaven as
being joyful psalmody. They cried with
loud voice, saying Salvation unto our
God" In this world we have secular songs,
nursery songs, boatmen's songs, harvest
songs sentimental songs; but in heaven we
will have taste for only one song, and that
will be- the song of salvation from an eterna.
death to eternal heaven through the
blood of the Lamb that was slain
In this world we have plaintive songs
songs tremulous with sorrow, songs dirgeful
for the dead; but in heaven there will be no
signing OF winds, no wailing of anguish nc
weeping symphony. The tamest song will
be balleluiah-the dullest tune a triumpha'
march. Joy among the cherubiml Joy
among the seraphim Joy among the ran.
somed Joy forever
On earth the music in churches is often
poor, because there is no interest in it or be
cause there is no harmony. Some would not
sing, some could not sing, some sang too
high, some sang too low, some sang by fits
and starts, but in the great au
dience OF the redeemed on high
all voices will be sccordaut, ano
the man who on earth could not tell plan
tation melody from the Dead March liz.
Saup will lift an anthem that the Mendels-
sohns and Beethovens and the Schumanns Of
earth never imagined, and you may stand
through all eternity and listen and there will
not be one discord in the great anthem that
forever rolls up against the great heart Of
God. 1t will not be a solo, it will not be a
duet, it will not be quintet but an innum
cradle host before the throne. crying, Sal
walton unto our God and unto the Lamb"
They crowd all the temples, they bend over
the battements, they fill all the heights and
depths and lengths and breadths of heaven
with their hosannas.
When people were taken into the Temple
of Diana it was such a brilliant room that
they were always put on their guard. Some
people had lost their sight by just looking
on the briliancy Of that room, and so the
janitor when he brought stranger to the
door and let him in would always charge
him. Take heed of your eyes"
Oil when think of the song that goes up
around the throne of God, so jubilant, many
voiced, multitudinous, | feel like saying
(. Take heed of your ears" 1t is so lou a
song. 1t is so blessed an anthem. Iney
sing rock song, saying. "Who is He that
sheltered us i'll the wilderness. and Swallowed
us in weary iaud% And the chorus comes
in, Christ the shadow OF a rock in a weary
land"
They sing star song saying, "Who is He
that guided us through the thick night, and
when all other lights went out arose in the
sky the morning star, pouring light on the
souls darkness" And the chorus will come
in, Christ, the morning star, shining on the
souls darkness" They will sing a flower
song, saying, who is He that frightened
all our way, and breathed sweetness uson
our soul. and bloomed through frost and
tempest" And the chorus will come in,
Christ, the lily OF the valley, blooming
through frost and tempest" They sing a
water song, saying, 'Who is He that
cleaned to us from the frowning crag, and
lightened the darkest ravine of trouble, and
brought cooling to the temples and refresh
ment TO the lip, and was fountain in the
midst OF the Wilderness and then the
chorus will coma in ts(hriet tho fountain II,