Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-02-17

that tour yet during one Esusich pauS4 IN
the eternal anthem. l say these In'"S' 10
the comfort OF those people who are ADJ, al
in their cpportunities-tnoSe people "
whom life In q huruoruD. who toll ana WORK,
and toll and worS and aspire after Know
edge but have no time to get Il ana say
III had the opportunities Wnlco oIner peo,
pie have, how [ would ill my mind ana souI
with grand thoughts" be nos oiscoura
NV friends You are going 70 the university
vet Death will only matrlculate you into
the royal college of the universe
What a sublime thing 1t was that Dr.
ThornweiI, OF South Carolina, uttered In MS
last dying momentsl As ne looEed up rs
said. lit opens; it expands; it exoandS
Or as Mr.. Toolady. the author of Rock OF
Ages" i'll his last moment, or during MS last
hours looked up and said, as thou sn ne sa"
something supernatural. ''Llgnt! anu Cnen
as he came on nearer the dying moment
his couutenance more luminous. ne cried,
Light and at the very moment or MS de-
parture lifted botn han is, something suoer-
natural in his countenance as ne crlej,
''Lightp Only another name Tor sunshine.
Besides that we shall have sll the pleasures
of association. We will 60 right up In the
front OF God without any fright. All our
sins gone, there will be nothing TO be trlgnt-
ened about. There our old Christian friends
will troop around us. Just as now one or
your sick friends goes away TO Florida, the
and you do not see him for long while, ana
after while you meet him, and the hollows
under the eyes are all filled, and the appetite
has come back, and the crutch has beer
thrown away, and he is so changed you hard.
~ know him. You say. "Why, never saw
you look so we'll" He says: Il couldn't
help but be well. [ have been sailing these
rivers and climbing these mountains, and
that's how [ got this elasticity. never was
so WELL"
Oh, my friends, your depar ted loved ones
are only away for their health IN better
be SO changed you will hardly know them
they will be so very much changed. and
after awhile, when you are assured that
they are your friends, your departed friends,
you will say: "Why, where is that cough?
Where is that paralysis? Where is that
pneumonia? Where is that consumption?"
And he will say: ''Oh am entirely we'll!
There are no sick ones in this country. l
have been ranging these hills, and hence
this elasticity. have been here now twenty
years and not one sick one nave l seea-ve
are all we'll in this climate"
And then [ stand at the gate Of the celes-
tial city to see the procession come out, and
[ see a long procession OF little children
with their arms full OF flowers, and then l
sec procession of kings and priests moving
in celestial pageantTy-a long procession,
group. and l say: How strange it is!
Where is your Greenwood? where is your
Laurel Hill? where is your Westminster
Abbey" And they shall cry, "There are
no graves here"
And then listen for the tolling of the old
belfries of heaven, the old belfries of
eternity. listen to hear them toll for the
dead, but they toll not for the dead. They
only strike up a sllvery chime, tower to
tower, east gate to west gate, as they ring
out, ''They shall hunger nc more, neither
Ill %hO 1irh&
on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall lead them
to living fountains Of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
On. ungIove your hand and give it to me
in congratulation on that scene! [ feel as if
] would shout. l will shout halleluiah!
Dear Lord. forgive me that l ever COM
planned about anything. If all this is be-
lore us, VINO cares for anything but God and
heaven and eternal brotherhood? Take the
Grape off the doorbell. Your loved ones are
only away for their health in a land am
brosial. Come Lowell Mason; come Isaac
Watts, and give us your best hymn about
Joy celestial.
What is the use of postponing our heaven
any longer? Let it begin now, and whose
ever hath harp let her thrum it, and who
soever hath trumpet let him blow it, and
whosoever hath an organ let him give US a
full diapason. They crowd down the air,
spirits blessed, moving in cavalcade of trl-
umph. Their chariot wheels Whlrl In the
Sabbath sunlight. They come. Halt, ar
mics of Godi Halt until we are ready to
join the battalion of pleasures that never
die.
Oh, my friends, it would take sermon as
long as eternity to tell the joys that are
coming to us, 1 just set open the sunshiny
door. Come in, all ye disciples Of the
world who have found the world a mockery.
Come in. all We disciples of the dance, ami
see the bounding feet of this heavenly glad
ness. Come in, ye disciples of worldly
amusement and see the stage where kings
are the actors, and burning worlds the foot
lights, and thrones the spectacular.
Arise. We dead in sin, for this is the morn
ing of resurrection. The joys of heaven
submerge our soul. L pull out the trumpet
stop. In thy presence there is a fuiIness OF
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures
torevermore.
Blessed are the saints beloved of God;
Washed are their robes In Jesus's blood;
Brighter than angels. 10. they shine,
Their glories splendid and sublime.
My soul anticipates the day,
Would stretch her wing and soar away
To aid the song, the palm TO bear,
And bow the chief of sinners there.
Oh, the sunshine the glorious sunshine,
the everlasting sunshlnel