The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-14
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY IA. 1893.


aged, and they became young. She
touched the poor, and they became rich.
Isaid, "Who is this beautiful being, wan
dering up and down the earthy" They
told me that her name was Death. What
a strange thrill of joy when the palsied
Christian begins to use his arm againl
When the blind Christian begins to see
again When the deaf Christian begins
to hear again! When the poor pilgrim
puts his feet ON such pavement and joins
in such company and has free seat in
such great temple!
Hungry men no more to hunger; thirsty
men no more to thirst; weeping men no
more to weep; dying men no more to
die. Gather up all sweet words, all ju-
bilant expressions, all rapturous excla-
nations. Bring them to me, and | will
pour them upon this stupendous theme
of the souls disenthrallment! Oh, the
joy of the spirit as it shall mount up to-
ward the throne of God shouting: Free!
Free! Your eye has gazed upon the gar.
niture Of earth and heaven, but the eye
hath not seen it, Your ear has caught
harmonios uncOUnted and indescribable--
caught them from harp's trill and birds
carol and waterfalls dash and oceans
doxology, but the ear hath not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get up
into the light? What hammer knocked
off their chainsg What loom wove their
robes of light? Who gave them wings?
All, eternity is not long enough to tell
it; seraphim have not capacity enough
to realize 1.-THE marvels of redeeming
love! Let the palms wave; let the
crowns glitter; let the anthems ascend;
let the trees of Lebanon clap their
hands-they cannot tell the half of it.
Archangel before the throne, thou
failest! Sing on, praise on, ye hosts of
the glorifed. And if with your scepters
you cannot reach it and with your songs
you cannot express it, then let ali the
myriads of the saved unite in the ex-
clamation, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesusl"
There will be password at the gate
of heaven. A great multitude come up
and knock at the gate. The gatekeeper
says, The password" They say: 1--WE
have no password. We We're great on
earth, and now we come up to be great
in heaven" A voice from within an
swers, 81 never knew YOU" Another
group come up to the gate of heaven and
knock. The gatekeeper says, "The pass
word" They say; 1--WE have no pass
word. We did great many noble
things on earth. We endowed colleges
and took care of the poor" A voice
from within says, II never knew YOU"
Another group come up to the gate of
heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says,
1.-THE password" They answer, 1--WE
were wanderers from God and deserved
to die, but we heard the voice of Jesus"
AYE, aye" said the gatekeeper, "thatis
the password! Lift up your heads, We
everlasting gates, and let these people
rome in" They go in and surround the
throne, jubilant forever.
All! do you wonder that the last hours
of the Christian on earth are illuminated
by thoughts of the coming glory? Light
in the evening. The medicines may be
bitter. The pain may be sharp. The
parting may be heartrending. Yet light
in the evening. As all the stars of night
sink their anchors of pearl in lake and
river and sea, so the waves of Jordan
shall be illuminated with the down flash
ing of the glory to come. The dying
soul looks up at the consultations. "The
Lord is my light and my salvation; whom
shall | fear?" THE Lamb which is in
the midst of the throne shall lead them
to living fountains of water, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes,"
Close the eyes of the departed one;
earth would seem tame to its enchanted
vision. Fold the hands; life's work is
ended. Veil the face; it has been trans
figured. Mr.. Toplady in his dying hour
said, Light" Coming nearer the expir
ing moment, he exclaimed, with illumi-
mated countenance, Light" In the last
instant of his breathing he lifted up his
hands and cried: Light! Lightp' Thank
God for light in the evening.