Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-03-23

remember my mother, in her dy:re
hour, said TO my father: Father.
wouldn't il be pleasant If we could sf
90 together?" But we cannot all 50 &C.
gether. We must go n by one, and
we must be grateful II we get there at
all. What a Heaven it viii be II we
have all our families there, TO look
around and see all the children are
present. You would rather have them
ali there, and You 60 with bare brow
forever, than hat one should be mis-
sing. to complete the g%ariands OF heaven
for your coronaL The Lord God OF
Joshua give them a safe Jordanic pass
agel
Even children viii 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, we always longed for the day when
we were to 90 b~arefooted, and, after
teasing our mothers in regard TO it for a
good while and they consented, we re-
member the delicious sensation of h
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
cfr,rrla ,,v-a-1 49, ,.fl1 he uaawou
o, ] pray for all my dear people a safe
Jordanic passage. That is what the
dying Christian husband felt when he
said. "How the candle fickers. Nellie
Put il out: ! shall sleep we'll 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 beer on the eastern banks of
the Jordan: and our departed Christian
friends nave 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 over. their'sins. their
physical and mental disquiet all left
clear this side, an eternally-howing,
impossible obstacle between them and
all human and satanic pursuit Crossed
overl O. ! shake hands Of congratula.
ton with all the bereaved in the con-
sideration that our departed Christian
friends are safe
Why was there 50 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 Of
the sea; and when the friends on this
side heard that the steamer had arrived
in Liverpool. had we not the
right to congratulate the people in New
York that their friends had got safely
And is it not right this morn.
ing that congratulate you that your
departed friends are safe on the shore
Of Heaven? Would you have them back
again? Would you have those old par.
snts back again? You know how hard
L was sometimes for them TO get their
breath in the stified atmosphere of tho
would you nave them back in
his weather? Didn't they use their
long enough? Would you have
four children back again? Would you
rave them take the risks of temptation
which throng every human pathway?
Would you rave them cross the Jordan
hree times? In addition to crossing it
cross it again to greet you now,
nd then cross back afterward. For
ertainly you would not want to keep
hem forever out OF Heaven.
'ause and weep, not for the freed from pain.
tut that the sigh OF love would bring them back
again
/ asked a question, and there seems
o come back the answer in heavenly
cho. What! will you never be sick
gain?" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS What.
gill you never be tired again?" Never
-tired-again." what, will you never
,eep AGAIN." 'Never-weep-again.
What! will you never die againf'
Never-die-agailL" o, We army Of
he departed kindred, we hail you from
ank to bank! Wait for us when the
ordan of death shall part US. Come
and meet us halfway between
ne widowed banks of earth and the
aim groves of Heaven. May great
Ugh priest go ahead of US, and with
ruised feet touch the water. and then
lall be fulfilled the words of my text
Ali Israel went over on dry ground,
ntil all the people were gone clear
Jordan"
I'll ask you what shall be the glad
of this morning, thinR there =
ould be a thousand voices that would a
loose the same hymn-the hymn that
so many death chambers
e hymn that has been the parting
INN in many an instance-the old
mn:
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.