The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-15

how radiant they ares Look - shrm! Hov
radiant they srel
why, how unlike this place Is from whs
Ithought when left the world below. Min
istefs drew pictures of this land, but how
tame compared with the reality They told
me on earth that death vas sunset. No, no
II IL sunrise2 Glorious sunrise! I see the
light now purplins the hills. nnd tho clouds
flame with the coming day"
Then the gates OF heaven will be opened,
and the entranccd soul. with the acu,eness
ond power OF the celestial vision, will look
ten thousands OF miles down upon the ban.
nered procession-a river OF shimmerina
splendor-and will cry out. "who are they7''
And the angel OF God standing close by will
say, ''Dont you know who they are2" "No,"
says the entranced soul. II cannot guess who
they are" The angel will say; 'I will tell
you, then, who they ara. These are they
who came out OF great tribuiation. OF
thrashing. and had .neir robes washed and
made white In the blood Of the Lamb"
oh, that could administer some OF these
drops OF celestial anodyne to those nervous
and excited souls Ifyou would take enough
OF 1t, would cure all your pangs. The
thought that you aro going To- get through
with this after awhie-all this sorrow and
all this trouble. We shall have n great many
grand days In heaven. but I will tell you
which will be the grlndcst dny OF all the mil.
lion ages OF heaven. You say. care YOU sure
you can tell meS' Yes. cnn. 1t will bcthc
day we get there. Some say heaven IL grow.
Ing moro glorious. suppose II is but do
not core much about that. Heaven now IL
good enough for me
History hns no moro gratulatory sceno
than tho breaking In of tho English army
upon Lucknow, India A few weeks bcfora
massacre had occurred at Cawnpore, and
260 women and children had been put In "a
room. Then five professional butchers went
In and slew thcm. Then the bodies ot tho
slain were taken out md thrown into we'll
IA the English army came into Cawnpors
they went into the room. and oh. what "a
hOrrid scene Sword strokes ON the wall
near the door. showing that the poor things
had crouched when they died and they saw
also that the floor was ankle deep in blood.
Tho soldiers walked on their heels across IL
lest their shoes be- submerged Of the carnage
And on that floor " blood there were flow.
ing locks Of hair and fragments of dresses.
Out In Lucknow they had hcard Of the
massacre, and the women were waiting for
the same awful death. waiting amid anguish
untold, waiting In pain and starvation but
waiting hcroically. when ono day Huvclock
and Outram and Norman and Sir David
Baird and Peel, the heroes uf the English
army-hu2za for them broke in ON that
horrid scene. and while yet the guns were
sounding. and while cheers were Issuing
from the starving. dying people ON the one
blackenod soldiers on tho other right ther,
In front OF the kings palace there was such a
scene OF handshaking and embracing and
boisterous JOY ~ would utterly confound the
pen Of the poet aud the pencil ~ tn" painter.
And no wonder when these emariatrd
women. who hal suffered So hcroirally for
Chrlst's sake marched out from their inrar-
ccrations one wounded English soldier got
up in his fatigue aud wounds and leaned
against tho wall and threw his cap up und
shouted. Three cheers, my boys. for IN,
brave women ~
oh. that was an exciting -ccns' But d
gladder and more triumphant seen" will II
be when you com" up into heaven from the
conflicts and incarcerations of this world
streaming with the wounds of battle and wof
with hunger And while the hosts of God
are cheering their great hosanna you will
strike hands OF congratulation and ctcrna
deliyerance In the presence OF the throne. Or
that night there will be- bonares on every hill
OF heaven. and there will he illumination In
every palace. and there will bc candle ir
every window. All, no; forget. | forget
They will have no need OF the candle or oi
tho sun. for the Lord God giveth them light
and they shall reign forever and ever. Hail
hail. sons and daughters Of the Lord God
Almighty