The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-12


the door of a heather temple said
"Glory to Thee, o Godt'' What die
dying Wilberforce say to his wife1
'Come and sit beside me and let us
talk of Heaven. / never knew what
happiness was until 1 found Christ
What did dying Hannah Moore say
ITO go to Heaven, think what that isl
To go to Christ, who died that 1 might
livei Oh, glorious gravel Oh, what
glorious thing it is to diei Oh, the love
of Christ, the love of Christi What did
Mr.. Toplady, the great hymn-maker,
say in his last hour? "Who can meas
ure the depth of the third Heaven? Oh,
the sunshine that fills my soul! shall
soon be gone, for surely no one can
live in this world after such gl0ries az
God has manifested to my soul"
What did the dying Faneway sayi
81 can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before few
hours have passed / shall stand on
Mount 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" DIR. Taylor, con-
demned to burn at the stake, on the
way thither, broke away from the
guardsmen, and went bounding and leap
ing and jumping toward the fire, glad
to go to Jesus and to die for Him. Sir
Charles Hare, in last moment, had such
rapturous vision that he cried: up
ward, upward, upwardw And SO great
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ciples that he put his fingers upon the
pulse in his wrist and counted it and
observed it; and so great was his pla-
cidity that after awhile he said:
stopped, "and his life had ended here to
begin in Heaven. But grander than that
was the testimony of the worn-out first
missionary, when, IN the Mamartine
dungeon, he cried: II am now ready to
be offered, and the time of my depar'
ture is at hand; have fought the good
fight. I have finished my course, I
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 to me
only, but to all them that love His ap-
pearing!'' Do you not see that Christ is
above all in dying allevihtions?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When see
the sunset L say: Zone day less to live"
When see the spring blossoms scat
tered say: Another season gone for
ever" When / close this Bible on Sab
bath night l say: "Another Sabbath de
parted" When bury a friend Isay,
another earthly attraction gone for
ever" What nimble feet the years
havel The roebucks and the light
nings run not SO fast From decade to
decade, from sky to sky, they go at
bound. There is place for u.s. whether
marked or not, where you and I
will sleep the last sleep, and the men
are now living who will, with solemn
tread, carry us to our resting place.
Ay, it is known in Heaven whether our
departure will be a coronation or a
Punishment. Brighter than banquet
ing 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. He will send His angels to
guard your slum bering ground, until,
at Christ's 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 aScrlp-
ton, 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-
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recite the Saviour's earthly sacri-
fee.
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 at first, afterward breaking
forth into acclamation. The martyrs,
all the purer for flame through
which they passed, will say: This
is Jesus for whom we died"
The apostles, all the happier for
the shipwreck and the scourging
through which they went, will say:
This is the Jesus whom we preached
at Corinth and at Cappadocia and at
Antioch and at Jerusalem" Little
children clad in white will say: This
and blessed us, 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 de-
liverances and peculiar mercies, recited
them as by solo, all the voices will CONS
together in great chorus, which shall
make the arches echo and re-echo with
the eternal reverberation of gladnesS
and peace and triumph.
Edward l. was so anxious TO go to tho
Holy Land that when he was about to
expire he bequeathed one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars to have his heart
after his decease taken to the Holy
Land in Asia Minor, and his request
was complied with. But there are hun
dreds to-day whose&hearts are already
in the Holy Land of Heaven. Where
your treasures are there are your
hearts also. John Bunyan, of whom =
spoke at the beginning of the discourse,
caught glimpse of that place, and in
his quaint way he said: ''And / heard in
my dream, and 10! the bells of the city
rang again for joy; and as they opened
| the UataS f0 LET in the mon I looked