Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-01

:. q NAV never hear It. But In this day Of
merciful visitation Yield your heart to Christ.
that you may spend all your life on earth
unde. His smile and L escape cal % forever the tnun-
The other laughter mentioned In the
Bible, the only ono shall speak OF, fs
heavens laughter, or the expression OF
eternal triumph. Christ said to His dis
ciples. "Blessed are ye that weep now, for
ye shall laugh: That =. makes ,d me ne, know !. ~
IN heaven singing long meter psalms. The
sormalistic and stiff notions OF heaven that
home people have would make me mis- dable.
I am glad TO know that the heaven OF the
Bible is not only place OF holy worship,
you, "wiIl the ringing laugh go around the
Circles Of the saved2" say yes-purs
daughter, cheering laughter, holy laughter.
1t Will be laugh OF congratulation. When
we meet a friend who has suddenly
como to a fortune, or who has got over
hauds, do we not laugh with htm2 And
when we get to heaven and see our friends
there some OF them having come up out OF
great trisulation. why, we will say to ono OF
then, 'SThs last time saw you you had been
tent fevsr." or to another We will say' "You
for ten years we're limping with the rheu-
matisn, and you were full OF complaints
whsn wo saw you last. l congratulate you
on this sterpal rscovory. We Ahail laugh.
Yes, We shall congratulate all those who have
como out Of great nnandai embe<rsasmants
10 this world hssauss ttsy have bseoms MILL
Sonaires In heaven. Ye shall laugh. It
hhall b laugh ef rsaasoodation. II b tost
40 natuEal for us to laugh when W inset .
friend We have not soon for ten years - any.
thing L. possible to Be natural.
ruen Va meet our friends from whom we
have been parted ten or twenty or thirty
years, will II not be with infinite congratulate
iion2 Our perception Quickened, our
knowledge improved, We will know each
other at flash. We will have to talk over
al that has happened since We have been
heaven telling us all that has happened In
The ten years Of his heavenly residence, and
we telling him in return all that has hap
pened during the ten years Of his absence
from earth. Ye shall laugh. think George
White1eld and John Wesley will have q
laugh Of contempt for their earthly colli-
sions, and Toplsdy and Charles Wesley will
have a laugh OF contempt for their earthly
nsunderstandings, and the two farmers
who were in q lawsuit all thei: days will
haye a laugh OF contempt over their earthly
disturbance shout line fence. Exemption
from all annoyance. Immersion in all glad
ness. Ye shall laugh. Christ says 50. Ye
shall laugh. Yes, it will be a laugh OF tri-
umph. Oh, what u pleasant thing II will be
10 stani on the wall OF heaven and LOOK
down at satan and huri at him defiance and
See him ca sed and chained and We forever
free from is clutches! Ahal Yes, 1t will
be a laugh Of royal greeting.
You know how the Frenchmen oheered
when Napoleon ca'ns back from Eiba you
know how the English cheerei when Well
lington came back from Waterloo you know
how Americans cheered waen Kossuth
rived from Hungary, you remember how
Rome oheered when pompey csms back vie
toefous ovec 900 cities Every cheer was O
laugh. Bot, oh, the might1er greeting, the
gladder RreesnE. when the spov white Aov-
any srooP Of hsavsn saali go through the
streets, and. according to tho Book OF Rove
lation, Christ In the red coat. the crimson
soae, on . white hoEse, and all the armies OF
when We and hear that cavaicade VT
shall cheer, we shall laugh Does not your
heart beat quickly at the thought OF the
great jubilee upon which We are soon to en-
teri I pray God that when we get through
with this world and are going out Of It We
dying Christian had when he saw
written all over the clouds in the sky tho
letter "W." and they asked him. standing BY
his side, what he thought that letter Nv"
meant. "Oh," he said. "that stands for well
cone" And 80 may II be when We quit this
world. ~W" ON the gate, "W" on the door
Of tho msasion. "W" on the throne. Well
sone! Welcome! Welcome! have
preached this sermon with fve prayerful
vishes-ehot you might see what a mean
thing Is tho laugh OF skepticisn, what a
bright this is tbs laugh OF spiritual exulta-
foa, wait hollow thing Is the lauSh OF SIM
ful ln-rrini-nt. wnGt an awful thing Is the
lausa Ct condemnation. what a II. liant, rubi-
eund htn, is the laugh OF eternal triumph.
Avoid the ni efroose the right. Bs COM
forte !. ''Blessel arc ye that weep now-ye
shall lRugh ye shall laugh"