Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-12

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On. And he strikes NJ With . rod. has
ws hold Ga And he ssnds over ~ ths
iron whs<i u ruasfxsone. bat We hold a.
There are nsrn who keep their gap ON
shis void until the lass uosnens who
ssxvss to nac Sks eondif,pn and ooaducS
Of the poor Indian Ia the boat In ths Nj
sgsrx rapids coming On toward tho fail
Seeing that he could not escape. . mo
ment on two before he got ~ the verge
Of the plunge hs lifted = wine hottie
ansi drank IL % and then tossed the bot
tie into shs AIR. - there are uisp who
ciutch the werii. and they 20 down
tiuough the rspsds IL temptstson aud
Elm. AMI they hold on 90 tho very last
rnoin~ns OF hfe. drinking 10 their eternal
dsmnation a. they ~ over and 20 down.
Oh. let goi Let 40. The beet fortunes
xre In heaven Their. are NO sbscuuding
cashiers froua that bank. NO failing IN
promi~s to pay. SGT your affections ca
things above. not On thing On the earth.
LIST 10, DEFEND upon il that God win
kesp upon you the stan. OF the rod. OF
tho iron wheel until you DO let 60
Tux srAyr AND the ROD.
Another thing my taxi teaches ~ h
that Christfaa sorrow h going b have
surc scrusinus. My text sAys. 'nrcsd
corn IL bruispd because he win noe be
ever thrAshing IT. blessed b God for
that Pound away. q fail Turn On.
q wheci! Your work viii soon be done.
He will not be ever thrAshing t." Now
the Christian has almost AS much use IN
tho organ for the stop trcmulant ~ hs
has for tho trumpet. But after awhile
he viii put the last dirIe into the porto
Ito forever. So much Of iis ~ b wheat
viii 10 separated from NO much - u
chaff. and there viii DO no moro ned of
pounding.
They never cry In heaven because
they have nothing to cry about There
are no tears Of bereavement. for you
shall have your friends all round about
you. There are no tears OF poverty be-
cause each one sits Ut the kings table
and has his own chariot Of salvation
and free access TO tho wardrobe where
princes get their array. No tears Of
sickness, for there are no pneumonias on
the air, and no lnalarial exhalatious from
the rolling river OF life. and no crutch
for the lame limb, and no sphnt for the
broken arm, but the pulses throbbing
with the health Of the eternal God In .
climate like our June before tho bios
SONS TALL. or cur gorgeous October be-
fore the leaves scatter.
In that land the souls will talk over
the different modes of thrashing. Oh,
the story Of the staff that struck the
fifches. and the rod that beat the cum
min. and the iron wheel that went over
the corn! Daniel will describe the lions,
and Jonah leviathans, and Paul ths elm
wood whips with which he was scourged,
and Eve viii tell how aromatic Eden
was the day abe left 1t, and John Rogers
will tell Of the smart Of the fame. and
Elijah Of the fiery team that wheeled
him up the sky sleeps, and Christ Of the
numbness and paroxyxm and hemor.
rhages Of tho awful crucifxion. There
they are before the throne Of God. On
one elevation all those who were struck
of the staff. On a higher elevation all
thoss who were struck Of the rod. On
highest elevation, and amid the highest
attitudes Of heaven, all those who were
under the wheel He will not ever be
thrashing it.
Oh. my hearers, Ia there not enough
salve in this text to make plaster large
enough to heal all your wounds? When
q child is hurt. the mother Is very apt to
say to il. Now. it will sooA feel better"
And that is what God says when he un-
bosoms all the trouble in the hush Of this
great promise. weeping may endure
for a night, but JOY cometh in the morn
ing" You may leave your pocket hand
kerchief sopping wet with tears ON your
death pillow. but you will 20 up ALSO
lutely sorrowless. They will wear black;
you will wear white. Expresses for
Them; palms for you.
You will say: rs it possible that lam
here? Is this heavenl Am 90 pure now
! will never do anything wrongi Am /
80 well that ! will never again be sickl
Are these companionships 30 firm that
they will never again be brokens Is that
Mary? l. that Johnl Is that my loved
one put away into darkness? Can 1t DO
that these are the faces Of those who lay
20 wan and emacisted in the back room
on that awful night dying? Oh, how ra-
diant they arel Look at them! How ra-
diant they are.
why. how unlike this place is from
what / thought when left the world
belowi Ministers drew pictures Of this
land. but how tame compared with the
REALITY They told me on earth that
death was sunset. No, no! II is sunrise,
Glorious sunrise. see the light now
pnrpling the hills. and the clouds fame
with the coming day"
Then the gates OF heaven viii Do
opened. and the entranced soul. with tho
scuteness and power II the celestial VI
sion. will look ten thousands Of miles
down upon the hammered procession--a
river of shimmering -plcndor-and will
cry ont. Who are they And the an
gel Of God standing close by will say.
Don't you know who they arr No."
says the entyanced soul. Il cannot guess
who Tiny are" The angel Will say, II
VIII toll you, then. who they are. These
are they who came out Of grrat tribuls-
ton. or thrashing. and had their roles
washed and msda whitc In the blood of
the Lamb
pfsofs on CELESTIAL ASopySE-
Oh. that | could administer some of
these drups 81 celestial anodync Ia those
nervous and excite,i souls II You would
take enough II IL, II would cure aif your
panxs. The thought that you are going
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