The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-03-15

hour, said to my father: 'Father,
wouldn't it be pleasant II we could oil
go together9" But we cannot all 60 to-
gether. We must 60 one by one, and
we must be grateful II We get there at
all. What Heaven 1t will be II we
have all our families there, to look
around and see oil the children are
present. You would rather have them
all there, and you go with bare brow
forever, than that one should be mis-
sing, TO complete the garlands OF heaven
for your coronal. The Lord God OF
Joshua give them q safe Jordanic pass
agel
Even children will go through dry
shod. Those Of us who were brought
up in the country remember, when the
summer was coming on in our boyhood
days,w we always longed for the day when
we were to go barefooted, and, after
teasing our mothers In regard to 1t for a
good while and they consented, we re-
member the delicious sensation OF the
cool grass when we put our uncovered
foot on It. And the time will come
when these shoes we wear now, lest we
be cut Of the sharp places of this world,
shall be taken off, and with un-
sandalled foot we will step into the bed
of the river, with feet untrammelled,
free from pain and fatigue, we will
gain that last journey; when, with one
foot in the bed of the river and the
other foot on the other bank, we
struggle upward. That will be Heaven.
0, prayfo all my dear people safe
Jordanic passage. That is what the
dying Christian husband felt when he
said, "TIow the candle fickers, Nelliel
Put it out; shall sleep well tonight,
and wake in the morning"
One word Of comfort on this subject
for all the bereaved. You see our de-
parted friends have not been submerged
have not been swamped In the waters;
they have only crossed over These
Israelites were just as thoroughly alive
on the western banks OF the Jordan as
they had been on the eastern banks OF
the Jordan; and our departed Christian
friends have only crossed over-not
sick, not dead, not exhausted, not ex-
tinguished, not blotted out, but with
healthier respiration, and stouter
pulses, and keener eyesight, and better
prospects; crossed overl their sins, their
physical and mental disquiet, all left
[, clear this side, an eternally-fowing,
impassable obstacle between them and
all human and satanic pursuit Crossed
overl o, shake hands Of congratula-
tion with all the bereaved In the con-
sideration that our departed Christian
friends are safe.
Why was there so much JOY in certain
circles in New York when people heard
from the friends who were on board
that belated steamer 1t was feared
that vessel had gone to the bottom oi
the sea; and when the friends on this
side heard that the steamer had arrived
safely in Liverpool, had We not the
right to congratulate the people in New
York that their friends had got safely
across? And Is 1t not right this morn
ing that congratulate you that you
departed friends are safe on the shor'
Of Heaven? Would you have them bacl
againP Would you have those old par
ents back againP You know how har'
it was sometimes for them TO get thei
breath in the stiAed atmosphere OF th'
summer; would you have them back II
this weather. Didn't they use thei
brain long enoughP Would you hav
your children back again? Would yo
have them take the risks Of temptation
which throng every human pathway
Would you have them cross the Jorda
three times? In addition to crossing
already, cross it again to greet you now
and then cross back afterward. Fo
certainly you would not want to kee
them forever out OF Heaven.
Pause and weep, not for the freed from pain,
But that the sigh Of love would bring them bac
again
l asked a question, and there seem
10 come back the answer in heavenl
echo. "whatl will you never be sic
a0ain?' "Never-sicl-ngain." "Wha
will YOU never be tired againP" "NevC
-tircd-again." "What! will You neve
veep again?" "Never-wcep-again.
"Whatl will you never die againf
'Never-dc again" o, yc army
the departed kindred, we hail you froi
bank TO Uank! Wait for us when th
Jordan Of death shall part us Com
down and meet us halfway betwee
the widowed banks OF earth and th
palm groves OF Heaven May our gret
high priest go ahead OF us and wit
bruised feet touch the water, and the
shall be fulfilled the words OF my tex
"Ali Israel went over on dry groun'
until all the people were gone clet
through Jordan"
III ask you what shall be tho gla
hymn OF this morning, think the
would be thousand'voices that wou
choose the same hymn-the hymn th'
illumines 80 many death chambers
the hymn that has been the partir
hymn In many an instance-the o
hymn;
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast wistful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
o, tho transporting rapturous scene
That rises on my sightr
Sweet helds arrayed in living green,
, And rivers Of delight
Progress OF Missions
That missions are making great hea
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nrocesa Of evangelism. In northe