The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-12

birth angel and death angel fly only
little way apart, Baptism and burial
are near together With one hand the
mother rocks the cradle, and with the
other she touches the grave.
l went into the house of one of my
parishioners on Thanksgiving day. The
little child of the household was bright
and glad, and with it / bounded up
and down the hall. Christmas day
came, and the light of that household
had perished. We stood with black
book, reading over the grave, "Ashes
to ashes, dust to dust"
But I hurl away this darkness !
cannot have you weep Thanks be
unto God, who giveth us the victory,
at eventime it shall be light! have
seen many Christians die. l never saw
any of them die in darkness. What If
the pillows of death do rise above our
girdle, who does not love to battle?
What though other lights do go out in
the blast, what do we want Of them
when all the gates of glory swing open
before us, and from myriad voices, a
myriad harps, myriad thrones,
myriad palaces, there dash upon us,
"Hosannah! Hosannah!"
"Throw back the shutters and let the
sun come in," said dying Scoville
M'Collum, one Of my Sabbath-school
boys. You can see Paul putting on
robes, and wings of ascension as he ex-
claims: II have fought the good fight,
have finished my course; have kept
the faith" Hugh M'Kail went to one
side of the scaffold of martyrdom and
cried: "Ferewell, sun, moon and stars!
farewell, all earthly delights! Then
went to the other side of the scaffold
and cried: 'Welcome, God and Fatherl
! Welcome, sweet Jesus Christ, the Medi-
ator of the covenant! Welcome, death!
Welcome, glory!'' A minister of Christ
in Philadelphia, dying, said in his last
moments: II move into the lightP'
/ They did not go down doubting and
fearing, and shivering, but their battle
cry rang through all the caverns Of the
sepulcher, and was echoed back from
all the thrones of Heaven: 80, deathl
where is thy sting? o, grave, where is
thy victory?" Sing, my soul, of joys to
come.
I saw a beautiful being wandering
up and down the earth. She touched
the aged, and they became young. She
touched the poor, and they became
rich. said, ''Who is this beautiful
being, wandering up and down the
earth?" They told me that her name
was Death. What a strange thrill OF
joy when the palsied Christian begins
to use his arm again! When the blind
Christian begins to see again! When
the deaf Christian begins to hear again!
When the poor pilgrim puts his feet on
such pavement, and joins in such CON-
pany, and has free seat in such a
great temple! Hungry men no more
to hunger; thirsty men no more to
thirst; weeping men no more TO weep;
dying men no more to die. Gather up
all sweet words, all jubilant expires.
sions, all rapturous EXPLANATIONS
bring them to me, and / will pour
them upon this stupendous theme
of the souls disenthralment. Oh! the
joy of the spirit as IL shall
mount up toward the throne of God
shouting, Free! Free! Your eye has
gazed upon the garniture of earth and
Heaven; but the eye hath not seen It,
Your ear has caught harmonies un
counted and indescribable-caught
them from harp's trill, and birds
carol, and waterfalls dash. and oceans
doxology; but the ear has not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get up into
the light? What hammer knocked of
their chains! What loom wove their
robes of light? Who gave them Wings
All! eternity is not long enough to tell
1t; seraphim have not capacity enough
to realize 1.-THE marvels OF redeeming
love! Let the palm wave; let the
crowns glitter; let the anthems ascend
let the trees of Lebanon clap their
their hands-they cannot tell half OF
it. Archangel before the throne, thou
failest! Sing on, praise on, ye hosts OF
the glorifed, and, if with your scepters
you cannot reach it, then let all the
myriads of the saved unite in the ex.
clamation, Jesus! Jesus! Jesus"
There will be password at the gate
Of heaven. great multitude come up
and knock at the gate. The gatelseepeI
says, "The password" They say, 1--WE
have no password. We were great on
earth and now we come up TO be great
in heaven" A voice from within an.
swers, II meyer knew you" Another
group come up to the gate of heaven
and knock, The gatekeeper says, "The
password" They say, "We have nc
password. We did great many noble
things on earth. We endowed colleges
and took care OF the poor" A voice
from within says, " 1 never knew you"
Another group come up to the gate OF
heaven and knock, The gatelSeeper
says, "The password" They answer,
"We were wanderers from God, and
deserved to die but we heard the voice
of Jesus" Gay ay ~ says the gate
keeper, that is the password Lift
up your heads, ye everlasting gates, and
let these people come iu." They go in
and surround the throne, jubilant for
ever
Ali do you wonder that the last
hours of the Christian on earth are
illuminated by thoughts of the coming
glory2 Light in the evening. The
medicines may be bitter. The pain
may be sharp. The parting may be
heartrending. Yet, light in the even
ing. AS all the stars of night sink
their anchors of pearl in lake, and
| river and sea- so the waves of Jordan