The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-27


said, THE master" Nothing more was
said. for II the master had not right
To break off n flower to wear over his
heart or 10 set i'm the vase I'm the man.
sion, who has a right 10 touch the
flower?
And when Christ comes down into our
garden TO gather lilies shall we fight
Him back? Shall we talk as though He
had no right 10 come? If any one in all
the universe has a right 10 that which is
beautiful I'm our homes, then our Master
has, and He will take It, and He will
wear il over His heart or lie will set IL
in the vase OF the palace eternal. THE
Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away; blessed be the name Of the Lord"
Peace. troubled souli i put the balm on
your wounded heart tonight. The morn
ing star-the morning star Of the Re-
deemer.
A Celestial Light.
Again. Christ heralds the dawn Of mil
lennial glory. II is night in China. night
in India, night in Siberia, night for the
vast majority Of the worlds population.
But il seems to me there are some init
nations Of the morning. All Spain is to
be brought under the influence of the
gospel. What is that light 1 see break
ing over tho top of the Pyrenees? The
morning. Yea. all Italy shall receive the
gospel She shall have her schools, and
her colleges, and her churches. Her vast
population shall surrender themselves to
Christ.
What is that light 7 sec breaking over
the top OF the Alps? The morning. All
India shall come TO God. Her idols shall
be cast down. Her Juggernauts shall be
broken. Her temples OF iniquity shall be
demolished. What is that light / see
breaking over the top of the Himalayas2
The morning. The empurpled clouds
shall gid the path of the conquering
day. The Hottentot will come out of his
mud howell TO look at the dawn; the
Chinaman will come up on the granite
cliffs; the Norwegian will get up on the
rocks, and all the beach of heaven viii
be crowded with celestial inhabitants
come out 10 see the sun rise over the
ocean Of the worlds agony
They shall come from the east and
from the west, from the north and from
the south. and sit down in the kingdom
OF God These sweltered under tropical
suns. These shivered under Icelandic
temperature. These plucked the vine
yards in Italy. These pasked the tea
boxes in China. These We're aborigines
lifting up their dusky faces i'm the dawn
And the wind shall watt it, and every
mountain shall become a TRANSPORTATION
and the sea will become the walking
place OF him who trod the wave cliffs
Of stormy Liberals, and the song of JOY
shall rise toward heaven, and the great
sky VIII become a sounding board which
shall strike back the shout Of salvation
10 the earth until fl rebounds again
TO the throne Of the Almighty, and the
morning star Of Christian hope will be-
come the full sunburst of millennial
glory.
Again. Christ heralds the dawn Of
heaven win
pillow ] suppose you have noticed that
the characteristics Of people Ia their
healthy days are very apt TO be their
characteristics i'm their dying days. The
dying words OF ambitious Napoleon
were. Head OF the army" The dying
words Of poetic Lord Byron We're Il
must sleep now" The dying words of
affectionate Lord Nelson were. Kiss
me. Hardy" The dying words of Vol
taire We're, as he saw one whom be sup
posed To be Jesus in the room, Crush
that wretch" But / have noticed that
the dying words of Christians always
mean peace. Generally the pain is all
gone, and there is great quietude
through the room. As one of these
brothers told me Of his mother i'm the
last moment: She looked up and said.
pointing TO some supernatural being
that seemed TO be In the room, Look
at that bright form. Why. they have
come for me now"
The lattice is turned so that the light
is very pleasant IL is peace all around
You ask yourself. Why can this be
a dying room? II is SO different from
anything I ever expected" And you
walk the floor, and YOU look out Of the
window, and you come back and look
al your watch. and you look at the face
Of the patient again. and there is no
change. except that the face is becoming
more radiant, more Illuminated.
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higher and higher until it has touched
the ankle; then il comes on up until IL
touches the knee. and then il comes on
up until IL reaches the girdle. and then
IL comes on up until il reaches the lip
and the soul IS about TO be hOated away
into glory. and YOU roll back the pa
tents sleeve, and YOU put your finger
on the pulse, and il is getting weaker
and weaker, and the pulse stops. and
you hardly know whether the life has
gone out or not. Indeed YOU cannot tell
when she goes away, she goes away SO
calmly. Perhaps it is o'clock IN the
morning, and you have the bed wheeled
around TO the window, and the dying
one looks out into the night sky. and
she sees something that attracts her at
tention, and you wonder what it is.
An Eye on the Star.
Why, it is star. It is "a star that
out Of it's silver rim is pouring a super
natural light into that dying experience.
And you say, What is il that you are
looking at?" She says, 1T is a star"
You say. What star is it that seems
so well 10 please you?" "Oh" she says,
that is the morning star-Jesusr'
would like to have my deathbed under
that eVangehstic start would like 10
have my eye on that star. so l could be
assured OF the morning. Then the dash
of the surf Of the sea of death would
only be the billowing mp Of the promise.
when thou passest through the water.
/ will be with thee, and the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee" All other lights
Will fail-the light that falls from the
scroll OF fame, the light that flashes
from the gem in the beautiful apparel,
the light that flames from the burning
lamps OF a banquet-but this light burns
on and burns on.
Paul kept his eyes on that morning
star until he could say: II am now
ready to be offered, and the time of
my departure is at hand. / have fought
the good fight. l have finished my
course. I have kept the faith" Edward
Payson kept his eye on that star until
he could say, THE breezes Of heaven
fan me" DIR. Goodwin kept his eye on
that evangelistic star until he could
say, 81 am swallowed up in God" John
Tenant kept his eye on that evangeI-
istic star until he could say: ''Wel-
come, sweet Lord Jesus-weIcome eter-
nifty" No other star ever pointed a
mariner into so safe a harbor. No other
star ever sank it's silvered anchor into
the waters. No other star ever pierced
such accumulated cloud or beckoned
with such a holy luster.
With lanterns and torches and a guide