Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-10

sun rises at 8 and sets at 4. The 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.
| went into the house of one of my
practitioners on Thanksgiving day. The
little child of the household was bright
End 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 hurl away this darkness. can
not have you weep. Thanks be unto
God, who giveth us the victory, at even
time it shall be light! | have seen many
Christians die. 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 glo-
~ swing open before us, and from d
myriad voices, q myriad harps, a myriad
thrones, a myriad palaces, there dash
upon us. "Hosannai Hosanna!''
Throw back the shutters and let the
sun come III, said dying Scoville McCoI-
lum, one Of my Sabbath school boys
You can see Paul putting on robes and
wings of ascension as he exclaims: Il
have fought the good fight. | have fin
ished my course. have kept the faith"
Hugh McKail went to one side of the
scaffold of rnartyrdom and cried: Fare
well sun, moon and stars! Farewell all
earthly delightsr Then went to the
other side of the scaffold and cried:
"Welcome, God and Father! Welcome
sweet Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the
covenant! Welcome deathi Welcome
glory"
A minister of Christ in Philadelphia,
dying, said in his last moments, II
move into the hght!' They did not go
down doubling and fearing and SILVER
ing, but their battlecry rang through
all the caverns of the sepulcher and was
echoed back from all the thrones of
heaven: 80 death. where is thy sting?
O gravel where is thy victory" Sing.
my soul, of joys to come.
| 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, wan
dering up and down the earth?" They
told me that her name was Death What
Il 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 company and has II free seat in
such n 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 iu-
bilant expressions all rapturous excla-
nations. Bring them to me, and l will
pour them upon this stupendous theme
of the souls observation-disclosures Oh tle
Joy of the spirit us it shall mountain to-
ward the throne of God shouting: Free!
Free! Your eye has gazed upon the gar
niture of earth and heaven, but the c.-e
hath not seen it. Your ear has caught
harmonies uncounted and indescribabl
caught them from harp's trill and birds
carol and waterfalls dash and oceans
doxology, but the ear hath not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get rD
into the light? What hammer knocked
off their chains: What loom wove t! L
robes of light? Vino gave them win ):
All, eternity is not long enough to .1il
it; ser&phin. have not capacity enough
to realize it the nllrveis of redeeming
love! Let the palms wave: let
rrowlls glitter; let the anthems ascer4:
let the trees of Lebanon clap ii
hands they cannot tell the half of IT.
.Archangel before the throne, thou
fullest! Sing on, praise on, we hosts Of
the glorifed. And if with your scepters
you cannot reach it and with your songs
you cannot express it, then let all tie
myriads of the saved unite in the ex-
rlanation, Jesus! Jesus! jesus
There will be n password at the gate
Df heaven. A great multitude come up
md knock ut the gate. The gatekeeper
lays, THE password" They say: I'VE
lave no password. We were great on
rlrth and now we come up to be great
IN heaven" A voice from within an
lwers 4 never knew you. Another
lroup come up to the gate of heaven and
knock The gatekeeper says, THE pass
word" They say: I'VE have no pass
word We did a great many noble
things on earth. We endowed colleges
End took care of the poor. A voice
from within says, Il never knew you"
Another group come up to the gate OF
heaven and knock. The gatekeeper SAYS,
1.-THE password They answer, 1--WE
were wanderers from God and deserved
10 die but we heard the voice of Jesus
AYE, aye" said the gatekeeper. that is
The password! Lift up your heads, We
Everlasting gates, and let these people
rome in They go i'll and surround the
throne, jubilant forever.
All! do you wonder that the last hours
If the Christian on earth are Illuminated