Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-28

star of peace, the star OF the Redeemcr"
Peace for al trouble Balm for all
wounds. Life for all dead Now Jesus
the great heart healer, comes into our
home. Peace-peace that passeth all I'M
dcrstanding We look up through our
tears. We are comforted. It is the morn
ing star of the Rcdeemcr. "Who broke off
that flowerf" said one servant in the gar
den to another. "Who broke off that flow
er?' and the other servant said, THE mas
Yer" Nothing more was said, for il the
master had not II right to break of flower
to wear over his heart or to set in the vase
in the mansion, who has right to touch
the fower9
And when Christ comes down into our
garden TO gather lilies shall we fight him
back? Shall we talk as though he had M
right to come? If any one in all the universe
has a right to that which is beautiful in our
PONIES, then our master has aud he will
take it, and he will wear it over his heart
or he will set it 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 soul! | put the
balm on your wounded heart tonight. The
morning star--the morning star of the Re
deemer.
CELEsTIAL LIGHT
Again, Christ heralds the dawn Of mil
lcnnial glory. 1t is night in China, night
in India, night il siberia, night for the vast
majority of the worlds population. But it.
seems to me there are some intimatiuns OF
the morning. All Spain is 70 be brought
under the influence of the gospel What *
that light see breaking over the top OF
the Pyrences' The morning. Yea, all tia
~ shall receive be gospel. She shall have
her schools, and her colleges, and her
churches Her vast population shall sur
render themselves to Christ
What is that light ! see breaking over the
top of the Alps The morning Nj India
shall come 10 God. Her idols shall be cast
down. Her JugGernauts shall be broken.
Her temples Of ini4uity shall be demol-
ished. What il that light l see breaking
over the sop OF the Himalayas2 The mora
ing The empurpled clouds shall gid the
path Of the conquering day The Hottentot
will come out of his mud hovel to look mt
the dawn: the Chnaman will come MP on
the granite cliffs; the Norwegian will get
mp 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
south, and sit down i'll the Kingdom OF
God. These sweltered under tropical subs
These shivered under Icelandic tempcl4-
ture THESE plucked the vineyards in Italy.
These packed the tea boxes in China These
were abort ,ines lifting up their dUsiy faces
in The dawn. And the wind shall watt IT,
and every mountain shall become traus-
fmraticn, and the sea will become the
walking place of him who trod the wave
cliffs OF stormy riberias, and 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 il rebounds again to the
throne OF the Almighty, and ;he morning
star of Christian hope will become the full
sunburst of millennial glory
Again, Christ heralds The dawn of heaven
upon every Christians dying pillow. |
suppose you have noticed that the charac-
tersticS 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-
1ectionate Lord Nelson We're, kiss me,
Hardy" The dying words Of ' Oltare were,
Il, he saw one whom he supposed to be-
Jesus IN the room, CTush that wretch.
but nave noticed that the dying words Of
CHRISTIANS always mean peace Generally
the pam Is all gone ana there Is great qW-
tIuue through the room As one o. these
prom loia me OF ms molhrl III the last
moment: She looked up and SAID, point
ing 10 some supernatural peihg that seemed
TO be IN the room, Look at that bright
lorna. Nly, they nave come Tor me now.
Inc lattice Is turned so that the Light is
very pleasant IL Is peace All around. You
ask yourself w ny can TINS he a dying
room; II Is 50 ulnereht from anything
ever expected ana you walk the floor,
ana you look OUT OF the Wlhdo", and you
come bacN ana look at your watch, ana you
loon at the lace OF the patient again, and
there Is no change, except that the face l.
becoming more RADIANT, more illuminated.
The wave OF death seems coming NJ high
er ana higher until 1t has touched tbs
ankle; thch 1t comes on up until II touche-
the Knee. and then 1t comes on up until il
reaches the glrdle and then il comes on ul
until 1t reaches the hip and the soul Is about
l.N l.. t. s 81.