Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-04-01

an awful thing to make shipwrecks on the
-oGk Of fuin-nasts falling. hurricanes
Tying. death coming s~roaniugs IN the
water, meanings in the sirit tbuuder IL
he SKY, while God. with the finger 2. lfs's,
Mug. Er.t5 ell over the sky, Il will tre2d
he'd IN W wrath. eniI viii tranple them
n Ny fury
The C1r.s:ian comes down TO TINS raslns
torrent, and he knows ha must pass ous- aUNi
rs he comes tovari the time his breath gels
shorter. AMI b. last breath leaves him as be
sep. into the stream. and no sooner does ne
touch the stream than it is parted, and ne
.os> '~rr7.y,t dr. sfo'' VILE Al the waters
wave their ~ullusS. crying; 20 deatn' "ne.e
thy sting . grave. wnc-5 i ivy victory
I'D shall wipe away all tears from -e~1F
yes, and taere sha!i ne no mora weeping.
ana there ball be NJ more iea.h
II tn a.i,er aak. youIlt them Iowa On
ms sils If t3}3 tatki t'es will be on the
othe- bank to help y>u dp sitl, csipsrnat-
ara! .rer-ta TIE otae- morli1. at ny
ta1.1 Al mr. FAM : p-sseut. | thought -
Myself nov pleaz4nt 1t ~oufi BE- il l eou'3
put all in d 0oa. ari then 70 n With thci'
nd - could pull across the river 10 tie
-e<t viii ar be there altogether. No
'nliiv p=ttiuE. rd Sleoa'y obsequ'es; II
Nouhta rlke five minutes - 90 iTcI: "anh
% bank. an ! then in that better world 10 oa
-AtA ~ AsGiF Wa SCAAA-
He wear now, lest va be cut % the share
ACES u this worl}, shall be taken of, and
It'll un,an!lei foot we will step into the
d of tbs river, with feet untraHnuelei
sree rom pain AMI ~fa,igue. we Will gain
uat l-st ~;1,rncT. ~i,er, with one foot IN
ne he ! Of the river AM tbs ether foot on
the other bank, We struggle upward Vhae
VII lie heaven. Oh. | pray for all my dear
coli a safe Jorianlc passage: That Is
Hh7t thu lying Christian huSpani felt when
.e said: Hos tn camille fiicke-s. Nellie,
ut it out. shall sep we'll tonight and
wake in the morning
to..ther forever. WoIfdn't 1t be pleasant
ar vo'i 10 taie all your family into that
blessed country Ii YOU coatd all go together!
remember my mCtuer III her dying hour
aid to my father. "Father, wouldn't it be
pleasant il we could all go together" Bat
sc cannot AL 90 together. We must go oEc
by one. AMI W. must be grateful If We get
tnera at al. VIVA Il heaven it will be Il
We lava al oar families there to look
round m 5 9 all the children are present!
You would rather have them all tn ere, and
YOU 20 with bare brow forever. than that
one should be misslngito conlplete the ger
Janis OF heavens Ter yqur'coronaI. The Lord
Col Of Joshua gave fpeyn a safe Jordanic
passage.
Even children will 70 through dry shod.
Taose OF Us who verb brought up in the
country rsIuetnyer, when the sum mer was
romiug On in oar boyhoo1 days, we always
.olrel iCr the day when We were to 80
aar,i0ctei, and after teasing our mothers
! y regard Il 1t for a good while. and they
consented, We remember the delicious sensa
ton Of the coo! Grass wne1 we put our I'm
! covered loot on 1t.
One w0rl OF confOrt on this subject for
III the b.re.vel. You see, our departed
.rieuI nave not been Submerged, have not
ueon sSampel il the waters. They have
only crossed over. These lsraelites were
lust as thoroughly alive on the western
banks Of tlc Jordan rs they hal been on the
EASTERN UtlAa .. "a pr ga, IA. out "e'
parte1 CHRISTIAN lrlen1s have only crossed
over-not sick, not dead, not ex, rauste1, not
extin-uisho!, not biot-al out, but with
.~ealtfier respiration, AMI stoutar pulses, aul
>eener e, esight, All better prospects,
,rossel over, III sr sins, their physical and
mental II quiet, all left c.eac this side, an
eterna!iy flowing, impossible OBSTACLE be-
tween then and al human AMI satanic pur-
suit. Crossed over! Ga, | shake hands Of
congratulate II with all the bereaved in the
consideration that our daDartet Christian
friends are safe,
Why was cher, 50 much JOY in certain
circles III New York when people heard
from the friends who were OH board tina,
belatei stcamer? II was feared that vessel
had gone to the bottom OF the sea, and when
the friends on this side heard that the
SblIlN AA 1 - 49, 40 49,
we not a right to congratulate the people in
New York that their friends had got safely
across? And is it not right this morning
that | congratulate you that your departed
friends are safe on the shore Of heaven?
ouIl you have them back again? Woult
you have those Old parents back again? You
know how hari 1T was sometimes for them tC
let their breath in the stiaed atm osohere OF
the summer. WOui you have them back in
This weather? DIDN'T they use their brair
long enough? Would you nave your chill
dren back again? Wouti You have them
take the ris..s Of temptation which throng
every human PATHWAY? Would you hay.
them cross the jordan three times? In az
dition to crossing it alrea ~, cross it again
to greet YOU now an thencrOSS back after
ware? For certrtniy YOU would not want t
keep them forever out Of heaven.
Pause and weep, not for the freed from pam.
But that the slsl OF love would Dring them bac
again.
Task question, ana there seems to come
back the answer i'll heavenly echo: What,
will you never b SICK again." Never
sick-again."-"What, will you never b
tired agairs' "Nevsr trei-- again.
What. wilI YOU never weep again Never
-~Weep-ognHn.' AL, VIII YOU nevr
die AGAIN. "Neyer-Iie-again."
Oh, ye army Of departed klnirei, We hail
YOU from ban< 10 nanN, Wait for Us when
the Jordan OF death snail pa-s for us. Come
DOWN ana meet u half way between tbs
Wll.owei banks OF earth and the palm grove
Of heaven. May our great High Priest g
aheal OF u, ana with bruised feet touch tn
water, ana Ilen snail be fulfilled toe word
Of my text, "-All Israel went over or dry
ground uutli al. inc people We're gone cleal
through Jordan
If | asa YOU what shall be the -lal hymn
az this morning, I think there would
BE- a thousand voices that would choo>e the
same hvnnn-the hymn that lllunlines 81
many death chaInberS-the hymn that has
been the partih@ hymn III many an lustancs
the old hymn:
or Jordan-s stormy banks stand
And cast q wlSttu! eve 1
TO Canaan's fair aud happy and, }
Where my possessions ae-
On. the Transporting. raptlrous Scc1o