Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-16

hearty grasp, where the muscles OF
the heart seem to clinoh tho fingers OF
one hand around the other hand. And
then see those Christian faces, how IL
lumined they are And see that old
man get up and with the same voice
that he sang 30 years ago in the old
country meeting house say, "Now,
Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy
salvation. There was man Of Keith
who was hurled into prison In time Of
persecution, and one day he got off his
shackles, and he came and stood by the
prison door, and when the jailer was
opening the door with one stroke he
struck down the man who had incar-
cerated him.
Passing along the streets Of London,
he wondered where his family was.
He did not dare to ask lest he excite
suspicion, but passing along a little
way from the prison he saw Keith
tankard, cup that belonged to the fam
lily from generation to generation. He
saw 1t in a window. His family, hop
ing that some day he would get clear,
came and lived as near as they could to
the prison house, and they set that
Keith tankard In the window, hoping
he would see 1t, and he came along and
saw 1t, and knocked at the door. and
went In, and the long absent family
were all together again. Oh, If you
would start for the kingdom Of God to-
day, think some of you would find
nearly all your friends and nearly all
your families around the holy tankard
Of the holy communion-fathers, moth
ers, brothers, sisters, around that sa-
cred tankard which commentaries the
love Of Jesus Christ our Lord Oh, it
will be q great communion day when
your whole family sits around the sa-
cred tankardl One on earth, one In
heaven.
JOY OF the Redeemed.
Once moro / remark that when the
prodigal gets back the inhabitants Of
heaven keep festival l am very certain
Of 1t. If you have never seen tele-
graphic chart, you have no idea how
many cities are connected together and
how many lands. Nearly all the neigh.
borhoods Of the earth seem reticulated,
and news flies from city to city and from
continent to continent But more rap.
idly go the tidings from earth to heav-
en-, and when a prodigal returns 1t is
announced before the throne Of God.
And if these souls today should enter
the kingdom there would be some one
In the heavenly kingdom to say, That's
my father" That's my mother,
THAT'S my son, l." That's my daugh-
ter, That's my friend, " That's the
one l used to pray for, )" That's the one
for whom wept so many tears, " and
one soul would say, "Hosanna" and
another soul would say, "Halleluiah"
Pleased with the news, the saints below
In songs their tongues employ.
Beyond the skies the tidings go,
And heaven Is filed with Joy.
Nor angels can their 10y contain,
But hndle with new fire.
The sinner lost is found, they sing,
And strike the sounding Tyre.
At the banquet Of Lucullus sat Cice-
70, the orator. At the Macedonian fes-
tival sat Philip, the conqueror. At the
Grecian banquet sat Socrates, the phi
losopher, but at our Fathers table sit
all the returned prodigals. more than
conquerors. The table is so wide its
leaves reach across seas and across
lands. It's guests are the redeemed Of
earth and the gloriied Of heaven. The
ring Of God forgiveness on every hand,
the robe Of q Saviour's righteousness
adroop from every shoulder. The wine
that CLOVIS in the cups is from the bowls
Of 10, 900 sacraments. Let all the re-
deemed Of earth and all the glorifed Of
heaven arise, and with cleaning chalice
drink to the return Of q thousand prod
igals. Sing, sing, singl Worthy is the
lamb that was slain to receive blessing
and riches and honor and glory and
power, world without end"