Democratic messenger., 1893-06-03
backs of the $1,000 neighing and capari-
sOned war chargers

tnuu tne fsOru VINO Is on your side now and
forever. has at his disposal and under his
command all waters, all winds. all light
nings. nll time and all eternity. Come,
look ne in the face while utter the word
God commands me to speak to you, NO
weapon formed against you shall prosper"
Don't throw away yonr tambOurine You
Will want IL as sure as you sit there and |
stand here, and the tune you will vet play
ON it. whether standing On Beach Of Time
or Beach Of Eternity, will bc the tune that
Miriam played when she cried, 'Sing We TO
the Lord. for he hath triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea"
expect to have n good laugh with you in
heaven, for the Bible says in Luke, sixth
chapter. twcnty y-first verse. blessed are ye
that wecpnow, for We shall laugh /" We eshall
not spend all eternity psalm singing but
sometimes in review of the past. as Christ
says, we shall laugh. There is nothing
wrong in laughter. 1t all depends on what
You laugh at, and when you laugh, and
how you laugh. Nothing it seems will
more thoroughly kindle our heavenly hiIar-
tiles after we have got inside the pearly
gate than to see how in this world we got
scared ut things which ought not to have
frightened usat all. How often we work our
selves up into great stew about nothing.
The Red sea before may he deep. and the
Egyptian cavalry behind us may be well
mounted. but IL we trust the Lord we will
go through no more hurt by the water than
when in boyhood we rolled our garments to
the knee and barefoot crossed the meadow
brook on the old homestead. The odds may
seem to be all against you, but / guess it
will be all right with you if you have God
on your side and all the angelic, cheru5ic.
seraphic and archangelic kingdoms IF
God be for you. who can be against you:''
Lay hold of the Lord in prayer. and you
will 20 free, rs did Richard Cecil with
go of missionary money in his saddle
bags, and the highwaymen grabbed his
horse by the bride and told him to deliver.
and he prayed God for safety. and sudden
ly one of the robbers said: "Mr. Cecil.
once heard you preach. Boys. let the gen
tleman CO."
MIRIAM AND THE TIMDIEr.
But let me criticise Miriam little for
the instrument of music she employed in
the divine service on the sandy beach. Why
not take some other Instrument The harp
was sacred instrument. Why did she not
take thats The cymbal was n sacred in
strimcnt. Why did she not take that
The trumpet was sacred instrument.
Why did she not take that? Amid that
great host there must hive been musical
instruments more used in religious service.
No. She took that which she liked the best
and on which she could hest express her |
graduation over nations rescue, first |
through the retreat of the waves of the
Red sea, and then through the clapping Of
the hands Of their destruction. So with |
draw my criticism of Miriam Let every
one take her or his best mode of divine !
worship and celebration. My idea Of hcav-
on is that it is n place where we can do as
we please and have everything want.
or course we will do nothing wrong and
want nothing harmful.
How much Of the material and physical
will finally make up the heavenly world |
know not, but think Gabriel will have his |
trumpet. and David his harp and Handel |
his organ, and Thalberg his piano, and the |
great Norwegian performer his violin, and |
Miriam her tmbrel. and as | cannot make |
music on any of them think will move
around among all of them and listen But |
there are our friends of the Scotch Cove |
nantcr church, who do not like musical in
striments at all il divine worship and they |
need not have them.
! tell Duncan and Mcleod and Bruce |
they need never hear in heaven a single /
string thrum or u single organ roll We |
shall all do as we please in that radiant place
if through the parS!uning and sanctifyng |
grace of Christ ever get there. What :: |
day il will he when we stand on the beach |
Of heaven and look liacA on the Rel s.4l of |
this worlds sin and trouble and celebrate
the fact that we have got through, and got /
over, and got up. our sins and oar trm:IleS |
attempting 20 follow gone clear down un,.,r |
the waves. Oh. crimson floods. roll over
~ a.. Il
forever,
THE GREATEST OF ALL u BILEf.s.
What celebration il will Ec-uur r,.sur-
recied bodies standing on the beach. whose
pebbles are amethyst ami emerald and
agate and diamonds. What n shaking of
hands, What n talking over old times.
What II jubilee. What an opportunity Ia
visit. In this world we have 50 little time
for that. | am looking forward tn eternal
socialities. To he with God and never sin
against him. To be with Christ and for
ever feel his love. To walk together IN
robes of white with those with whom on
earth we walked together in black raincnt
of mourning. To gather NJ I've members
of our scattered families and embrace them
with no embarrassment though all heaven
he looking on.
a mine in Scotland cavcd in and caught
amid the rocks Il young man who in few
1lays was To have been united in holy i.ar
riage No one could get hcart ntcil lis
aflanced of the death of her beloved. hut
some one made her believe that h. had
changed his mind about the marriage and
willfully disappeared. Fifty years passed
on when one day the miners. drlvins in
the earth, suddenly came nn the body of
that young man. which had a'l those years
been kept from the air and l0ohc,! ju- -
il was the day of the calamity. s;~r....
manly, noble youth. he sat i..crc iluk::: -
on the day he died. But no one recu-, I'D
the silent form.
After awhile they called the oldest in
habi,ants to come and see if any one could
recognize him. \ woman. with hyat form
and her hair snowy white with years. came
last, and looking upon the silent form that
had been completely preserved gave
bitter cry and fell into long swuon. Ii
was the one to whom half century before
she was To have been welded. looking then
Just as when in the lays of their yaa;h
their affections had comminglcl. But the
emotion Of her soul was too great for NOR
tai endurance, and two days after those
who ~ years before were To have joined
hands in wedlock were at last married in
'hc tomb. and side by side they wait fer
the resurrection
Ny friends. we shall come at last urou
those of our loved ones who lon., a.so hated
in the journey of life 'iiscy will !,' ~ fi.f
and beautiful yea. fair and mo.y. htauii
ful than when we parted f:n:n !hem. Il
may bc old a.,. looking upon g. liiiooi cr
youth Oh. nay Lord. how we have rai<s,d
them, Separated Tor - wears or - wears "r
~ years. but together M the last. together
at the last, .Iust think of it, Will il ;:ni
he glorious, Miram's soH-: again unlrn
pirate, for death. riding na The pale horse.
with his four hocf- ON all ear hearts. s,,ai
have been forever dscamforied
see them now-the g.oriie.l-isse,;'
bled for n celebration mishtier and more
juhilant than thst on the banks Of the Red
sea, and from all lands AMI a.,cs, on beach
Of light above beach of light, ialicry above