Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-17

his sleeve and show you mis- arm tattooed
with the figure of o fayOrite ship-perhap'
the first one in which he ever sailed. you
have seen soldier roll up his sleeve aud
show YOU his arm t1ttooe1 with the figure
Of fortress which he was garrisOned or
the face OF great general under whom no
fought. You have seen many hand tat
toosd with the face OF a loved one before or
after marriage.
This tattooing is almost a. old as the world.
It is some colorsd liquid puneturel into the
flesh so indeliby that nothing can wash it
out. II NAV have been there Atty years. bat
when the man goes into his cofiin that pic
ture will 20 with him on hand or arm. Now.
God saws that he has tattooed US upon his
hands. There can be no other meaning in
the forty ninth chap ter OF Isaiah. where God
says. Behold, | have craven thee on the
palms Of my hands ~
Il WIS rs much as to say 81 cannot open
Ny hand to help. but think Of you. can
not spread abroad Ny hands to bless, but
think OF YOU Wherever 90 up and down
the heavens take these two pictures OF YOU
with Me- They are SO inwrought into Ny
being that | cannot lose them. As long IS
Ny hands last the memory Of you will last.
Not on the back Of My hands. as though TO
announce You TO others, but on the palms OF
Nv hands for Myself to look at AMI study
and love- Not on the palm Of one hand
alone. but on the palms OF both hands. for
while | am looking upon one hand and think
ing Of you. I must have the other hand free
80 protect YOU. FREQ to strike back your
enemy. free to lit il you fall. Palms OF Nv
hands indelibly tattooe1 And though
hold the winds in Ny first no cyclone shalt
uDrOOt the inscription OF your name and
your face and though [ hold the ocean in
the hollow Of My hand its billOyiny shall not
wash out the record OF Ny remembrance.
Behold, | have craven thee on the palms Of
Ny hands. '"
What joy, what honor can there be CON-
parable to that OF being remembered by the
mightiest and kindest and loveliest and ten
derest and most afTectionate being in the
universe? Think OF IT, 10 hold an everlasting
place in the heart OF God The heart OF Col
The most beautiful palace in the universe.
Let the archauyel build some palace ~
grand as that II he can. Let him crumble up
ali the stars OF ycsternight and tomorrow
night and put them together as mOsaics Tor
such a palace floor Let him take all the sun
rises and sunsets Of all the days and the
auroras OF all the nights AMI hang them as
upholstery at its windows.
Let him take all the rivers. and all the
lakes. and all the oceans, AMI toss them into
tho fountains OF this palace court. Let him
take all the gold otall the hills and hang II in
lis chandeliers. and all the pearls OF all the
se1s. and all the diamonds Ok all the fields,
ami with them arch the dO0rways OF that
nolace. AMI then invite into It all the glorieS
that Esther ever saw az a Persian banquet. Or
Daniel ever walked among In BlOylonlan
castles or Joseph ever witnessei IN Pharaohs
tbroneroom. aud then yourself enter this
castle OF archangelic construction and see
how moor A palace II is compared with the
greater palace that some Of you have already
founi In the heart OF loving and pardonins
Col and into witch all the music, AMI I'll
tine PRAYERS. an all the sermonic considera-
tions OF this day are tryiag TO introduce you
through tho blOOl OF the slain Lamb.
oh whore is oblivion now? From tie
dark and oversha lowing wOr that il seemed
when Z began. it has become something
which no man ~ W nan or emu VINO llFt'
.Io Lord need eye- fea~. Oblivion deiepts..
Oblivion dead. Oblivion sepulc1ereL BIT
| must not be - harl on that deyOurhg
monster. tor into its grave go all our sins
when the Lori for Christ's sake has forgiven
them. Just blow resurrection trump.
over them when once oblivion has sn1ppe
them down. Not ono of them rises. BOW
again Not "a stir amid all the parionet IN
iuuities oil "A lifetime. Blow again. Not on;
of them moves i'm the deep grave trenches.
But to this powerless resurrection trump'i
voice responds. half human. half divine
and il must be part man AM part God. say
ing. II heirs sins and their niquties will r.
member no more.
Thank God for this blessed oblivion 80
YOU soc did not invite you down into a eel
lar but up5n "A throne not into the grave
varI To which all materialism is destined
but into garden all abloom with everlasting
remembrance. The frown of my first tex
has become the kiss of the second text. Az
initiation has become coronation. The wiring
i'm. hauls of great agony have become the
clappin, hands Of great JOY The requiem
with witch we began has becom" the grand
march with which we closs The tear
sadness that rolled down our cheek mas
struck the lip on which sit, the laughter e..
etprua triumph.