Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-13

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|! Ugh, I SOC breaking over the for Of the AIre
| rh- morning. All India shall come ID God
| Her Idols shall be cast down. Her lugge.-
| aau.s shali be broken. Her temples OF in
| aui,y shall be demolished. Wha. IS that
| tcns I see breaking over the top OF the Him
| alayas? The morning. The enpurpied
| lou IS shall gid the path OF the conquering
| lay. The Hosten;o, will come out Of his mud
bowel TO lock at the DAVIS the Chinanan
will come up or the granite cliffs. the NoS-
we-ian will get up On the rocks. and all the
oea~ti OF heaven will be crowded with Gales
| .iai in1abitans. come ont 70 see the sun rtsA
,y-r the oeean Of the worlds agony. They
,sail come from the east, and from the west.
RON the nor1h, and from the south. and sit
.o~n in the kingdom Of God. These swell
.r-i unier tropical suns. inese shisefeu
inier Irelandic temperature. These plucked
n" vineyards Id Italy. These packed the
ea,soxes in China. These were aborigiues
| Sting up their dusky faces III the lava- And
n- win! shall waft II. AM every mountain
i .1a't become a TRANSPORTATION, AMI the s"a
stil fa"co ne the walking place OF him VINO
70 the wave cliffs Of stormy Iiber.as, an
~ song % iov shall rise toward h"tr"u. ~
he great SKY vii. become 4 sodniin. ooar1
Witch shall strike ba OK the shout OF salvation
% the earth until it rebounds again 10 the
throne OF the Almighty, and the sa9ra'uS.
star OF Christian hope will become the full
sunburs, Of millenni2l glory.
Again. Christ heralds the dawn o heaven
upon every Christians dying pillow. sup
pose YOU have noticed that the character
.tics of people in their healthy days are
yer. ~. - - In Hr aaractrr.-t.cs III tn"-r
dvinfiays. The lying wortis OF ambitious
NauoAon were, Head OF the army. Tn
dv.us wor ia OF poetic Lord Byron were. II
mt- sleep now. The dying wor., ~
AT" rionate Lord Nelson We're. MS ~.
ht=.r.' The dying 80 r,ls q. Vo..aire Mt.
"a. a. saw one whom ne supposed l" ne
.--l- III the room. Crush that wreiea.
But /, rave noticed that the dying yorts n
Christians aiwa:s mean peace. t"nrral'E
IL. ra.n is ali gone, and thee J., great
oa.-1de through -tie room. As cne u
tines, ttothcr, told ne OF his mother III inc
last mon,en.. "She iooEcn up AMI .atl
pointing TO some supernatural teinc ana
se-m",i 20 be in the room, l-ooa AZ in*-
bri.n, 'orm. Why, they have come - ~
nov.
Ile lattice is turned SO that .ne light il
very pleasant. |: is peace all aroUrt. N5s
ask yourself: ''Why, can. this be a dyin-
room? II is so different from anythjnr [
ever expected" And YOU walk the foo-.
an YOU look out o. the window. AMI Won
come back and look at your watch. an you
look at the face OF the patient again. AMI
there is no change. eXcep. that the fac. j.
becoming more raiiant. more illuminat"t.
The wave Of death seems coping no hl-.rnr
and higher. until il has ton ,hei she ant!e,
then it comes on up until it touches tA-
knee. and then it comes on up unttl
it reaches the girdle, and then it coN.s
on up until it reaches the In.
and the soul is about to be hoatei awavinto
glory. and you roll back the patients sleeve.
and YOU put your finger on the pulse. and it
is getting weaker and weaker. and the pulse
stops. and you hardly know whether the lie
has gone or not. Indeed, Won cannot til
wnen she goes away. she goes away so CALM
~. Perhaps it is 4 O'Clock in the morning.
and YOU have the bed wheeled around to
the window. AMI the dying one looks ont
into the night sky. and she secs somethin.
that attracts her attention, and YOU won!nr
what it is.
Why. it is a star. It Is 4 star that ont of
its silver rim is pouring a supernatural light
into that dying experience. And YOU say,
""hat Is 1t that you are looking it?' >he
says, 1T is a star You say. ':Wlat star IS
it that seems so wellto please youI' "Oh."
she says. "tha: ls the morning tar-Jesus :"
l would like to have my death bed under
that ~evangelistic start would like TO have
my eye on that star. 80 I could be assured OF
the morning. Then the dash of the surf Of
the sea of death would only be the bi1owinc
up of the promise, "When thou passest
throughthe waters. I will be with thee. and
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee"
All other lights will fail the light that falls
from the scroll of fame, the light that flashes
from the gem in the beautiful apparel, the
light that flames from the burning lamps of
a banquet-but this light burns on and burns
on. Paul kept his eye on that morning star.
until he could say -. II am now ready to b.
offered. and the time of my departure is at
hand. l have fought the good fight. i have
finished my course. l have kept the faith. y
Edward Payson kept his eye on that star
until he could say. 1.-The breezes of heaven
fan me-" DR.. Goodwin kept his eye on that
evangelistic star until he could say. Il an,
swallowed up in God" John Tenant KEEP,
his eye on that evangelistic star until he
could gay. "Welcome, sweet Lord Jesus
welcome, eternity No other star ever
pointed a mariner into so safe a harbor. No
other star ever sunk its silvered anchor into
the waters. No other star ever pierced such
accumulated cloud, or beckoned with such q
holy luster.
With lanterns and torches and a guide. VIZ
went down in the Mammoth cave of Ken
lucky. You may walk fourteen miles and see
no sunlight. 1t is a stnpendous place. Some
places the roof of the cave a hundred fee.
high. The g%rottoes filled with weird echoes,
cascades falling from invisible height to in.
visible depth. Stalagmites rising up from
the floor Of the cave-stalactites descending
from the roof OF the cave. joining each
other. and making pillars Of the Almighty's
sculpturing. There are rosettes Of amethyst
in halls of gypsum. As the guide carries his
lantern ahead of you. the shadows have an
, appearance supernatural and spectral. The
. darkness is fearful. Two people. gettina
: lost from their guide only for a few hours,
years ago. were demented. and for years sat
IN their insanity. You feel like holding
your breath rs yc.j walk 4 ross the bridges
that seem L" span t1a hOttomless
abyss. The guo4t arrows hi- calcium ligh'
down into the caTtrns. ami the light roll:
ana losses from rock TO rock and from dept
to lepth making a. every plunge a new rev.
e.atlon of the awiut power. that could hay,
made sn"h a place As that
A sense OF suffoca;ior comes ucoa vow =
You think that you are $50 feet In Il etralra
lin" from the sunlit surface # tn. Garth ~
guide after awhile takes Won into wn1t
called the Star Chanber." AMI then 5
SAYS TO YOU. sit her. an! then h. IT,
IN. lantern and goes Gown under tn. pa
ami II gets darker Al | darker. uniltt.nt a.
Is 80 'htrk that the han IN in"'1 tom to
eT. i uno aservabl-. And ts@n. ~ KIN .#fr-
on" Q. :he lanterns AMI placing It "a a -
ott1" roes. Their. is q reflection aase ~ n.
dom o'tH"cevA. aasi theye are stars cot.
1uc "lt IN constitutions brilliant nigh
n"tFrn--a and You 'nvoturtarily exrIaIn
"E"a1..slt, tear-tful Then he takes n.
lantern down in other depths Of the cavern