Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

pilgrim has come to the gate Of the Celestial
City. Above all, want to see Jesus after
the last saint has his throne and begun to
eng hallelujah!
glory Of the evening hour The laborers have
come from the field. The heavens are glow
ing with an INDISPENSABLE effulgence, as
though the sun In departing had forgotten to
shut the gate after it. All the beauty of cloud
and leaf swims in the lake. For star in the
sky. star In the water-heaven above and
heaven beneath. Not leaf rustling, or a
bee humming, or grasshopper chirping.
Silence in the meadows, silence among the
hills
Thus bright and beautiful shall bethe even
ing of the world. The heats of earthly con-
fict are cooled. The glory of heaven fills all
the scene with love and Joy and peace. At
eventime ii is light-light
Finally. my text shall find fulfillment at
the end OF the Christian life. You know
how short winters day is, and how little
work you can do. Now. my friends, life is q
short winters day. The sun rises at and
sets at & The birth angel and death angel
fly only a little way apart. Baptism and
burial are near together. With one hand
the mother rocks the cradle, and with the
other she touches the grave.
went into the house of one OF my
Pensioners on Thanksgiving day. The lit
tie child of the household was bright and
glad and with il bounded up and downthe
hail. Christmas day came. and the light Of
that household had persisted. We stood,
with black book, reading over the grave,
ashes to ashes. dust to dust.
But / hurl away this darkness. l cannot
have you weep. Thanks be unto God, who
giveth US the victory, at eyentime it shall DO
light l have seen many Christians die. 1
hever saw any OF them die in darkness.
What If the pillows OF death do rise above
our girdIe who does not love to battle? What
though other lights do go out in the blast,
What do we want Of them when all the gates
of glory swing open before US, and from a
myriad voices. a myriad harps. myriad
thrones, myriad palaces. there dash upon
us, s'Hosanna Hosanna y
Throw back the shutters and let the sun
come in. said dying Scoyille McCollum, one
Of my Sabbath-sehool boys You can see
Paul putting on robes and wings OF ascension
as he exslaims II have fought the good
fight. I have finished my course. have
kept the faith" Hugh McKail went to ons
side OF the scaffold of martyrion and cried !:
farewell sun, moon and stars. Farewell
all earthly delights y Then went to the other
side OF the scaffold and cried "Welcome,
God and Father Welcome, sweet Jesus
Christ, the Mediator Of the Covenant Well
come death Welcome glory "
A minister of Christ in Philadelphia. dying,
said in his last moments II move into the
light y They did not so down doubling and
fearing and shivering, but their battlecry
rang through all the caverns of the sepul
chre and was echoed back from all the
thrones ofheayen; 80 death where is thy
sting? o grave! where is thy victoryY'
Sing, my soul. of joys TO come.
Il saw beautiful being wandering up and
down the earth. She touched tbs aged, and
they became young She touched the poor,
and they became rich. said. who is this
beautiful being. wandering up and down the
earth?" They told me that her name was
Death What strange thrill Of Joy When
the palsied Christian begins to use his arm
again 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 fres 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 jubilant expressions.
all rapturous exclamations. Bring them to
me and I will pour them upon this stupend-
Gus theme of the souls disenthrallment Oh.
the 10Y Of the spirit as 1t shall mount up
toward ino .hrone of God shouting Free
Free! Your eye IDS gazed upon the garnt.
ture OF earth and heaven, out .he eve hath
not seen it. Your eye has caught harmonles
uncounted and ACKNOWLEDGMENT them
from harp's trill and birds carol and water
falls dash and oceans doxology, but the ear
hath not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get up into the
light? What hammer knocked of their
chains? What loom wove their robes OF
light? Who gave them wings? All, eternity
is not long enough to tell Ii seraphim have
not capacity enough to realize 1.-THE mar
of ,tr,r- of tha
let the crowns glitter; let the anthems as
eend, 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 gloriAed.
And If with your seepters you cannot reach
it and with your songs you cannot express
it. then let all the myriads of the saved unite
in the exclamation. t'Jesusi Jesus Jesusf
There will be a password at the gate OF
heaven. A great multitude come up and
knock at the gate. The gatekeeper says,
'.The password" They say ''We have no
password We were great on earth, and now
we come up to be great in heaven" A voice
from within answers, Il never knew you. "
Another group come up TO the gate of
heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says,
1.-THE password" They say "We have no
password. We did a great many noble things
on earth We endowed colleges and took
care of the poor. voice from within says.
Il never knew you.
Another group come up TO the gate OF
heaven and knock. The gatekesper says,
1.-THE password" They answer, eve were
wanderers from God and deserved to die
but we heard the voice Of Jesus aye,
aye, said the gatekeeper, THAT is tho pass
word Lift up your heads, ye everlasting
gates, and let these people come in. - They
so in aud surround the throne, jubiiant for
ever.
All do you wonder that the last hours OF
the Christian on earth are illuminated by
thoughts of the coming glory? Light ia the
evening. The medicines may be bitter The
pain may be sharp The parting may be
hearth ending, Yet light in the evening. AZ
all tine stars Of night sink their anchors Of
pearl in lake and river and sea, so the waves
OF Jordan shall be illuminated with tie down
flashing 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 lifes WORK Is ended. Veil
the face; it has been TRANSPORTED. Mr.
Toplady in his dying hour slid, f'Light. ="
Coming nearer the expiring moment, be en-
claimed, with illuminated countenance,
Light In the last instance of his breath
ing he liftsd up his hands and cried :
Light, Light 7" Thank God for light In
ths evening.