Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-08-04

rock Ine nrlStiin, from cups Oh gran
lite. lily-rimmed and uncovered, puts
ont the thirst of his soul.
Again. | remark, that Christ is above
all in dying allcviations have not
any sympathy with the morbidity
abroad about our demise The en-
pcror of Constantinoplc arranged that
on the day of his coronation the stone
mason should come and consult him
about his tombstone that after while
he would need. And there are men who
are monomaniacal on the subject of de-
parture from this life by death. and the
more they think of it the less they are
prepared to 90. This is an unmanlincSs
not worthy of you. not worthy of me.
Saladin. the greatest conqueror of his
day, while dying, ordered the tunic he
had on him TO be- carried after his
death on spear Mt the head of his
army. and then the soldier. ever and
that is left of Saladin. the emperor and
conqucror. ofall the wealth he accumu-
lated, nothing did he. retain but his
shroud." have no sympathy with such
behavior or such absurd demonstration
or with much that we hear uttered in
regard to departure from this life to
the next. There is n eommon-sensical
idea on this subject that you and need
not consider-that there are only styles
of departure.
A thousand feet underground, by
light of torch toiling in miners shaft,
a ledge Of rock may fall upon us. and
we may die miners death. Far ont at
sea, falling from the slippery ratlines
and broken on halyards, we may die a
sailors death On mission of mercy in
hospital. amid broken bones and reck-
ing lcprosics and raging fevers, we
may die a philanthropist's death. On
the field of battle, serving God and our
country, slugs through the heart, the
gun carriage may roll over us, and we
may die a patriots death.
But, after all, there are only two
styles of departures, the death of the
righteous and the death of the wicked,
and we all want to die the former.
God grant that when that hour CONES
you may he at home! You want the
hand of your kindred in your hand.
You want your children to surround
you. You want the light on your pill
low from eyes that have reflected your
love. You want the room still You
do not want any curious strangers
standing around watching you. You
want your kindred from afar to hear
your last prayer. ! think that is
the wish of all of us. But is that all?
Can earthly friends hold us when
the pillows OF death come up to the
girtlle? Can human voice charm open
Heavens gate? Can human hands pilot
us through the narrows of death into
Heavens harbCr? Can an earthly friend
ship shield us from the arrows of death
and in the hour when Satan shall
practice upon us his internal archery?
No. no, no, no. Alas. poor soul, if that is
all. Better die in the wilderness, far from
tree shadow and from fountain. alone,
vultures circling through the air watt
ing for our body, unknown to men and
to have no burial, if only Christ could
say through the sOlitudfs, Il will never
leave thee, will never forsake thee. "
From that pillar Of stone ladder
would soar Heavenwartl. angels coming
and going, and across the solitude and
the barrenness would come the sweet
notes of Heavenly minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying in
the door of heather temple, said:
GLORY to Thee, Cod" What did dying
Wherefore say to his wife? Come
and sit beside me and let us talk of
Heaven. never knew what happiness
was until I found Christ" What did
dying Hannah More say? 80 go to
Heaven, think what that is, To go to
Christ, who died that might live. Oh
glorious grave! Oh, what n glorious
thing it is to die! Oh, the love of Christ.
the love of Christi" What did Mr.. Top
lady, the great hymn maker, say in his
last hour? ''Who can measure 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 glorics as God
has manifested to my SOUL
What did the dying Faneway say? Il
can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before a few
hours have passed shall stand on
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-
dcmned to burn at the stake. ON his
way thither, broke away from the
guardsmen and went bounding and
leaping and jumping toward the fire,
glad to go To Jesus and die for Him.
Sir Charles Hare, in last moment, had
such rapturous 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 his pulsc in his wrist
and counted il and observed
it: and so great was His
placidity that after while he said:
stopped" and his life had ended here
to begin in Heaven. But grander than
first missionary, when. in the Maratinc
dungeon, he cried: Il am now ready to
be offered, and the time of my de-
parturc is at hand: ] have fought the
good fight. ] have finished my course
have kept the faith: henccforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteous
ness. which the Lord. the Righteous
Judge. will, give me in that day. and
not to me only. but to all them that
love his appearing" Do you not see
that Christ i above all in dying allevia-
tions?
Toward the last hour Of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When ] see
the sunset ! say. One day less to live"
When see the spring blossoms
scattered, say. Another sea-
son gone forever" When close
this Bible on sabbath night
say, Another Sabbath departed"
When bury friend. say, Another
earthly attraction gone forever" What
L mile feet the years have. The roe
bucks and the lightnings run not so
fast. From decade to decade. from sky
To- sky. they go at bound. There is a
place for us, whether marked or not,
where ycu and ] will sleep the last
sleep, and the men are now living who
will, with solemn tread, carry us to our
resting place. Aye, il is known in
Heaven whether our departure will be
a coronation or n Punishment brighter
that banqueting hall through which
the light feet of the dancers go up and
down To the sound of trumpctcrs will
he the scruicher through whose riffs
the holy light of Heaven s'rramcth.
God will watch you. He vii! send His
angels TO guard your slninhcring
ground, until, ut Christ's sHir.t, the,
shall roll away the stone.
So, ulso, Christ Is above oil IL Heaven.