The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-26

had been suffering for ak weeks under n
a low intermittent fever,n or to anoth,,.
we will say: "You for 10 wears were
limping with the rheumatism, and Won
were full Of complaints when we saw Won
last. L congratulate you on this eternal
recovery.
We shall laugh. Yes, we shall con
gratulate all those who have come out
OF great financial embarrassments in
this world because they have become
milllonalres III heaven. Ye shall laugh,
IL shall be laugh of reassociation. It
ls just as natural for us TO laugh when
we meot friend wo have not seen for
lo years as anything is possible TO be
natural. When we meet our friouds
from whom we have been parted 10 or
~ or 80 years, Will il not be with infinite
c0nSratulatiOn? Our perception quick.
ened, our knowledge improved, we will
know each other at flash. We will
have TO talk over all that has happened
since we haVe been separated, The one
that has beon 10 years in heaven telling
US all that has happened in the 10 years
OF his heavenly residence, and we telling
him III return all that has happened dur
ing the 10 years of his absence from
earth. 70 shall laugh.
l think George Whiteield and John
Wesley will have laugh of contempt
| tor their earthly collisions, and Toplady
and Charles Wesley will have laugh of
contempt for thoir earthly misunder-
standings, aud tho two farmers, who
were IN the lawsuit all their days, will
nave laugh OF contempt over their
earthly disturbance about line fence.
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Christ says 30. Ye shall laugh. Yes.
it will be a laugh of Triumph. Oh! what
a pleasant thing 1t will be to stand on
the wall of heaven, and look down at
satan and hurl at him def lance, and SEQ
him Gagged aud chained, and we forever
free from his clutches. Aha! Yes, it vii
be laugh Of royal greeting.
You know how the Frenchmon cheered
when Napoleon camo back from Elba.
You know how the Eoghsh cheered
when Wellington came back from
Waterloo. You know how Americans
cheered when Kossuth arrived from Hun.
gary. You remember how Rome cheered
when Pompev come back victor over
900 cities. Every cheer was laugh.
But, oh, the mightie" greeting, the glad.
der greeting, Dhen the snow white cav.
airy troop Of heaven shall 60 through |
the streets, and, according to The book |
ofRsvelation, Christ, in the red coat, tho |
crimson coat, on white horse, and all |
the armies of heaven following on white |
horses! On, when we see and hear that |
cavalcade, we shall cheer, we shall |
laugh. Does not your heart beat quick.
lY at the thought OF great jubilee upon |
which we are soon TO enter?
l pray God that when we get through, |
with this world and are going out of it we |
may have some such vision as the dying |
Christian had when he saw written ali |
over The clouds in the eky the letter |
"W," aud they asked, standing, by |
his side, what he thought that letter |
"W" meant. Goa" he said, THAT
stands for we lcome." And so NAV it
be when we quit this world. "W' on
on the gate, wv" on the door of the
mansion, "W" on the throne. Wei
come! Welcome! Welcome! 1 have
preached this sermon with five prayerful
wishes that you might see what mean
thing is the laugh of skeptcism, what a
bright thing is the laugh of spiritual ex-
ultatlon, what q hollow thing is the laugh
Of sinful merriment, what an awful thing
Is tho laugh Of condemnation, what a |
radiant, rublcund thing is the laugh of
eternal triumph. Avoid the i'll. Choose |
the right. Be comforted. "Blessod are
ye that weep now-ye shnll laugh. ye
shall laugh"