The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-08
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old neople do talk it over by themseives-s
taken away forever. in life.
Or there was your compalllom +aken'
sharer of your joys ana sGriow vHerc the
III winds blow over a wide wilderness $50; ~
alton the sands of the desert vi he
ocross tho Dacc which once blooiheu nhc
the garden of God And Abraham ,''o" Gn'
for Sarah at the cave OF Ma a,,ddp.nly' right
ing along your path in ire. suuu'n'''
before you was an open grave; sow r.
PronIe looked down. and they sa" -
was only a few feet deep ana &c" dn
wide. but to you it was Il chasni III 80 wv
which went all your hopes ana 'ii 'o'
Bnt cheer up in the name of fl the l. LORI Ont
Jesus Christ. the Comforter. lie IS nol
going to folsake you. Did the ! 11oru IN !,
that child out of your arms! WY n,; cou1
going to shelter it better than you ou 'h.
He is going to array it III White !! ~;
and give it IL palm branch and nave IT az
ready to greet you at your COMING i ,ia
Blessed the broken heart that Jesus Hills
Blessed the mportunate cry that 100 n,.o
compassionates. Blessed the Wceplhs ~.
from which the soft hand OF Jesus "iP
away the tear. .ho
Some years ago I was sailing down inc
ST. John river, which is the Rhlne an"
the Hudson commingled i'll one scene y,
beauty and grandeur. and while was on
the deck OF the steamer II gentleman poiii
eG out to me the places of interest. and
he said. al! this is interval land, ana !,
is the richest land in all the provinces OF
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Wh1t" said o q" by you u,i mean b by land n"
is submerged for part of the year; spnhs
freshets come down, and all these piaiiiiH
are overlooked with the water, ana me
water leaves Il rich deposit. and when inc
waters gone the harvest springs up
and there is the grandcst harvest that was
ever reaped' And | instantly thought:
1T is not the heights of the church and II
is not the heights of this world that are
the scenes of the greatest prosperity, but
the soul over which the floods of sorrow
have gone, the soul over which the fresheis
of tribulation have torn their way. that
yields the greatest fruits of Righteousness.
and the largest harvest for time. and the
richest harvest for eternity Bless God
that your soul is interval land.
But these "reminiscences reach only to
this morning. There is one more point
of tremendous "Reminiscences, and that is
the last hour of life when we have to look
| over all our past existence. What a mo-
ment that will be, place Napol"ons dying
Renaissance on ST. Helena beside Mrs.
| Judson's diving "reminiscences in the har-
| Dor of st. Helena. the same island, twenty
years after. Napoleon's dying "reminiscences
was one of delirium-as he exclaimed:
Head Of the army Mrs. Judsons dying
| "reminiscences. as she came home from her
| missionary toll and her life of self-Sacrl-
fee for God, dying in the cabin of the
ship in the harbor of st. Helena. was.
Il always did love the Lord Jesus Christ
And then. the historian says. she fell into
sound sleep for an hour, and woke amid
! the songs of angels.
| place the dying "reminiscences of Angus
tus Caesar against the dying remiinscence
of the Apostle Paul. The dying reminis-
cence of Augustus Caesar was, addressing
his attendants: Have | played my part
well on the stage of life?" and they an
Swered in the affirmative. and he said:
why, then. don't you applaud me" The
| dying reminisc"nce of Paul the apostle,
was: 81 have fought a good fight; | have
finished my course: | have kept the faith;
! henceforth there is laid mp for me Il crown
of righteousness, which ttNa Lord, the right
eous Judge, will give me in that day, and
not to me only. but to all them that love
| His appearing" Augustus Caesar died
| amid pomp and great surroundings. Paul
uttered his dying Renaissance looking up
through the roof of a dungeon. God grant
that our dying pillow may be the closing
of useful life, and the opening of a
| glorious eternity.