The Penn's Grove record., 1893-07-14

1 come. RlOTY 10 uOu CuHlutEllk truth.
II shall be light. Wars sword
| changing back in the scabbori
| j~ptemperancs buried under 10000 broken
| deeanters the worlds impurity turning its
brow h~eavenward for the beneliction,
I'Blessed are the pure in heart . the last
| yestige OF selhshness submerged in heaven
| descending charities all China worshiplng
| DIR. Abeers Saviour all India believing in
| Henry Martyrs Bible aboriginal supersti-
/ tion acknowledging David Brainerd's piety
hn,onn bondage delivered through Thomas
CIarkson's Christianity vagrancy coming
hack from It's pollution al the call OF Elizabeth
| Fry's Redeemer, the mountains coming
down : the valleys going up "holiness' in-
scribed on horse's bell and silkworm's threal
| ana brown thrasher's wing AMI shells tings
| and manufacturer shuttle an chemist 5
| laboratory and kings sceptar ani Nations
| Magma Charta. Not a hospital, Tor there ara
| no wounds /; not an asylum, for there are no
\ orphans :. not a prison, for there aru no
| criminals not an almshouse, ior there are
! no paupers not o tear, for there are no sor-
| rows? The long dirge OF earth's lamCntation
| has ended In the triumphal march OF re-
| deemed empires, the forest harpinc it on
| yjne-strung branches, the water chanting it
/ among the gorges, the thunders druuminS
it among the hills, the ocean giving it forth
with its organs, trade winds touching the
l KEYS ana cuIOtlyuOn . IOOt Ou but ptbtl.
want to see John Howard whenth" last
prisoner Is reformed. I want tosee Florence
| Nightingale when the last sabre woun liis
| stopped hurting. I want to see Villa n
Par han the last Indian has been civil
iZet. want to sac John Huss WIN the last
| asne OF persecution has been extinguished,
| want to SEQ john Bunyan after the last
pilgrim has come to the gate Of the Celestial
City. Above all, l want to $50 Jesus after
| the last saint has his throne anl begun 10
sirg hallelujah!
You have watched the calmness AMI the
| rtory of the evening hour. The labOrurs have
| come from the field. The heavens are glow
ing with an INDISPENSABLE eGrulgcnce, as
though the sun in departing had forgotten to
| saut the gate after it. All the beauty Of cloul
| an leaf swims in the lake. For a star in the
SKY, n star in the ~water-heavpn above an |
| heaven beneath. Not a leaf rustling, or "A
| bee humming, or a grasshopper chirpinr.
| Silence in the meadows, silenca among ths
| hills.
THUS bright AMI beautiful shall bethe even
| Ing Of the world. The heats OF earthly con-
| hict are cooled. The glory OF heaven Ills al
the scene with love and JOY and peace. At
eventime it is lisht-.ightl
Finally. my text shall flni ~fulGilnent at
the emf .. the Christian s life. You know
how short a winters day Is, an how IittIa
work you can DO. Now. my friends, life is :
short winters day. The sun rises ut s an
sets at 4. The birth anSel and death angel
fly only q little way apart. Baptism and
burial are near together. With one hand
the mother rocks the cradle, mi WITH the
other she touches the grave.
l went into the house of one Of my
par!shioners on Thankscivin: day. The lit
tie child of the household WIS bright and
glad, and with II l bounded up and downthe
hall. Christmas day came, and the light Of
that household had persisted. We stoo |,
with black book, reading over the grave,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust"
But l hurl away this darkness. I cannot
have you weep. Thanks be unto Col. VINO
giveth us the victory, at eventime it shall be
light l have seen many Christians die. |
never saw any OF them die in darkness.
What II the pillows of death do rise above
our Sirdle, who does not love to bathe2 What
though other lights do go out in the blast.
what do we want of them when all the CAT, :
OF glory swing open before us, and from Il
myriad voices, a myriai harps, a myriai
thrones, a myriad palaces, there dash ugol
us. "Hosannai Hosanna!"
Throw back the shutters an | let the SIN
come in" said dying Scoville McCo'un n. on
OF my Sabbath-school boys. You can s..
Paul putting on robes and wings of ascension
as he exclaims 81 have fought the cool
fight. l have finished my course. l have
kept the faith" Hugh MsKail went to on
side OF the scaTo!l OF m~artyrion AMI r".t.:
Farewell sun, noon an | star FIreWtll
all earthly delights I" Then went to the other
side of the s'affold and cried "Welrome,
God and Father! Welcome, sweet Jesus
Christ, tho Mediator OF the covenant We'll
come DEATH Welcome glory
A minister ofChrist In Philadelphia, dying,
said in his last moments; 81 move into the
light" They did not go down doubling and
Tearing and shivering, but their b~attlecry
rang through all the eaverns OF the sepul
chre and was echoed back from all the
thrones ofheaven 80 death where is thy
sting? o grave! where is thy victory?'
Sing, my soul, of Joys 20 come.
l saw q beautiful being wandering up and
down the earth. She touched the aged. AMI
they became young. She touched the poor,
and they became rich. I said, "Who = th6s
beautiful being, wanderin !; up an down tl'
earthg' They told me that her nLne WIS
Death. What a strange thrill of joy when
the palsled Christian begins to use his ar
again When the blind Christian he tin5 to
see again! When the deaf Christian begin
to hear again! When the Door pilgrim pats
MS leet on such pavement and joins in Sn:l
company and has a free seat in such Il great
temple!
hungry men no more to hun ger thirsty
men no moreto thirst weeping men no mora
to weep dying men no more to die. Gather
up all sweet words, all jubilant expressions,
all rapturous EXPLANATIONS. Bring them to
me, and l will pour them upon this stun ~ =
Gus theme of the souls dissnthrallment o.,
the Joy OF the spirit as 1t shall noun up
toward the throne OF God shouting Fres!
free! Your eye has gazed upon the Sarnl-
ture OF earth n heaven, but the eye hath
not ssan IT. Your eye has caught hRrmOnleS
uncounted and indescrIbable-caught then
from harp's trill and biri's carol AMI water
iaiIs dash and oceans doxology, but tine ear
hath not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get up into the
nghtf what hammer Knocked OF tnetr
chains? What loom woye their robes o.
iShtf Who gave them wings? All, eternity
Is not long enough to tell II serapAtn have
not capacity enough to realize 1.-THE mar.
ve's OF redeeming Lowell Let the palms wave,
let the crowns glitter let the anthems as
cend, let the trees OF Lebanon clap Their
hhnds-they cannot tell the half of it.
Archangel before the throne, thou failest
nlhg on. praise on, ye hosts of the gloriied
ANA II with your scepter5 you cannot reao-
IL ana with your songs you cannot express
IT, then let all the myriads of the saved unite
In the exclamation, "Jesusl jesus Jesus
Ihere VIII be a password at the gate o.
heaven. A great multitude come up ana
knock at the gate. TIT gatekeeper says,
AbV paSShoHu. 1ney say VIC nav ~
password. We were great on earth, and now
we come up to begreat in heaven" A voice
from within answers, 81 never knew YOU
Another group come up to the gate OF
heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says
"The password" They say "We have no
password. We did a great m&ny noble things
on earth. We endowed colleges and tooS
care OF the poor" Avoice from within says,
VI never knew you."
Another group come up to the gate oil
heaven and knock. The gateke5per says,
''The password" They answer, ave were
wanderers from Col and deserved to die,
but we heard the voice OF Jesus" "Aye,
aye said the gatekeeper, "that is the pass
word! Lift up your heals, We everlasting
gates, and let these people come in" They
go In surround the throne, iubilant for
ever,
All do you wonder that the last hours oil
the Christian on earth are illuminated by
thoughts OF the coming glory2 Light in the
evening. The medicines may be bitter. Inc
pain may be sharp. The parting may be
hsartrsnding. Yet light in the evening. AZ
all the stars Of night sink their anchors o.
pearl In lake mt river and sea, SO the waves
Of Jordan shall be illuminated with the down
nashing of the glory to come. The dying
SOUL looks up at the considerations, I'm