Milford chronicle., 1893-12-29

Auht IT, anu ne VIII wear IL over his near
or he will set it in the vase Of the palac
eternal. "The Lord gave, and the Lor
hath taken away; blessed be the name C
the Lord Peace, troubled sOull | put tn
balm on 3 wounded heart tonight. III
morning stan morning star Of the re
deemer.
A CELESTIAL LIGHT.
Again, Christ heralds the dawn of mil
lennial glory. It is night in China, nigh
in India, night in Siberia, night for the vas
1 majority Of the worlds population. But i
seems to me there are some intimations o
4 the morning. All Spain is to be brough
under the influence of the gospel What i
that light l see breaking over the top 0
| the PyreneesY The morning Yea, all TIA
/ ly shall receive the gospel. She shall hav,
her schools, and her colleges and he
churches. Her vast population shall sur
render themselves 70 Christ
What is that light ! see breaking over tn,
top of the Alpsi The morning. All Indi,
shall come to God. Her idols shall be cast
down. Her Juggernauts shall be broken
Her temples Of iniquity shall be demol
ished What is that light / see breaking
over the top Of the HimalayasY The morn
ing. The empurpled clouds shall gild tn,
path of the conquering day. The Hottentoi
will come out Of his mud hovel TO look at
the dawn; the Chinaman will come up on
the granite cliffs; the Norwegian viii get
up on the rocks, and all the beach Of heaven
will be crowded with celestial inhabitants
come out to 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 tempera-
ture. These plucked the vineyards in Italy.
These packed the tea boxes in China. These
were 65origines lifting up their dusky faces
in the dawn. And the wind shall watt it.,
and every mountain shall become a trans
figuration, and the sea will become the
walking place of him who trod the wave
cliffs of stormy Tiberias, ard the song of
joy shall rise toward heaven, and the great
sky will become sounding board which
shall strike back the shout of salvation to
the earth until it rebounds again to the
throne of the Almighty, and the morning
star Of Christian hope will become the full
sunburst of millenuial glory.
Again, Christ heralds the dawn Of heaven
upon every Christians dying pillow. l
suppose You have noticed that the charac-
teristics of people in their healthy days are
very apt to be their characteristics in their
dying days. The dying words of ambitious
Napoleon were, ''Head of the army" The
dying words of poetic Lord Byron were, II
must sleep now" The dying words of af-
fectionate Lord Nelson were, kiss me-
Hardy" The dying words of Voltaire were,
as he saw one whom he supposed 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 qui-
etude through the ROOM As one of these
brothers told me Of his mother in the last
moment: ''She looked up and said, point
ing 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. 1t is peace all around. You
ask yourself; "Why, can this be a dying
room? 1t is so different from anything
ever expected" And you walk the floor
and you look out of the window, and you
come back and look at your watch, ana you
look at the face of the patient again, and
there is no change, except that the face is
becoming more radiant, more illuminated.
The wave of death seems cOmingup high
er and higher until it has touched the
ankle; then it comes on up until it touches
the knee, and then it comes on up until It
reaches the girdle. and then it comes on up
until it reaches the lip and the soul is about
to be fioated away into glory, and you roll
back the patients sleeve, and You put your
finger on the pulse, and it is getting weak
ar and weaker, and the pulse stops, and
you hardly know whether the life has gone
0ut or not. Indeed you cannot tell when
she goes away, she goes away so calmly
Perhaps it is o'clock in the morning, and
7Ou have the bed wheeled around to the
and the Gying one looks out into |
.he night sky, and she sees something that |
attracts her attention, and you wonder |
what it is.
AN EYE on THE STAR.
Why, it is star It is star that out Of |
is silver rim is pouring a supernatural |
light into that dying experience. And you
ay, "What is it that you are looking atfn /
She says, ut is a star" You say, "What |
tar is it that seems so well to please youi" |
'Oh," " she says, "that is the morning star
-JesusW I would like to have my death
led under that evangelistic star-I would
ike to have my eye on that star, so could
,e assured of the morning. Then the dash
# the surf of the sea of death would only
,e the billowing up of the promise, when
hou passest throu h the water, / will be
With thee, and the rivers, they shall not I
verflow theen All other lights will fail
the light that falls from the scroll Of
anne, the light that flashes from the gem
II .the beautiful apparel, the light that
lanes from the burning lamps of ban
this light burns on and burns on.
Paul kept his eye on that morning star
ntil he could say: II am now ready TO be
ffered, and the time Of my departure is at
and. l have fought the good fight. have
nished my course. l have kept the faith" F"
,dward Payson kept his eye on that star
ntil he could say, The breezes Of heaven
IN me-" Dr. Goodwin kept his eye on that /
vangelistic star until he could say, II am
wallowed up in God" John Tenant kept
is eve on that evangelistic star until he
Ould say, welcome, sweet Lord Jesus
'elcome eternity" No other star ever
ointed a mariner into so safe a harbor.
10 other star ever sunk its silvered anchor
ito the waters. No other star ever pierced
lch accumulated cloud or beckoned with
lch a holy luster. NJ
With lanterns j9nd torches and a guide
z MHAD NuWn w lAAE AAaAAAAlDlu Ne4NG VI /
entucky You may walk II miles and see
0 sunlight. 1t is a stupendous place
ONE places the roof of the cave is 100 feet
igh. The grottoes filed with weird echoes;
.scades falling from invisible height to in
sible depth. Stalagmites rising up from
he floor Of the cave; stalactites descend
g from the roof of the cave, joining each
her and making pillars Of the Almighty's |
There are rosettes of amethyst
halls of gypsum. As the guide carries
is lantern ahead Of you the shadows have !
a appearance supernatural and spectral. !
he darkness is fearful. - s
Two people, getting lost from their guide
lly for few hours years ago, were de ]
ented and for years sat in their insanity. {
on feel like holding your breath as you \
ak across the bridges that seem to span {
le bottomless abyss. The guide throws
IS calcium light down into the caverns,
I'd the light rolls and tosses from rock to I
'ck and from depth to depth, making at
'ery plunge a new revelation of the awful }
,wer that could have made such a place
that. a sense Of suffocation comes upon
~ Won fhfr,Ir that ron oya osQ foot in / II