The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

dred. voices apostolic and prophetic and
evangelic, but all OF them overpowered by
of NV Father inherit the kingdom"
From her iilumined face, 1 think she must
hear rapturous music Yea, she does hear
raptucous music, now soft as solos, now
thGndsTous as orchestrss now aaint!y
voice alone, now the hundred and forty and
four thousand In concert. From her illu-
mined face, think she must breathe redol-
ence. Yea. she does inhale aroma from off
the gardens whose flowers never wither end
from the blossoms OF orchards, every tree OF
which bears twelve manner of fruit. From
her illumincd face, think she must sea a
glorious sight. - Yea, che sees tho wall that
has juspenbf the base and amethyst at the
top and blood red rubies between. Goodby,
sweet sU<i Why should you longer stay?
Your work all done, your burdens all carried,
light, Up into the Joy! Out into the
grandeurs And after you have saluted
Christ and your kindred, search out him of
the palaces Of Lebanon cedar and tell him
that you have found to be gloriously true
what thousands OF years ago he asserted in
this mornings text, Wisdom is better than
rubies."
In those burDished palaces of our God NAV
we all meet. For / confess to YOU that nv
chiet desire for heaven Is not the radiance
or, to take the suggestion of the text, not the
rubescence OF the scene. My one idea OF
heaven is the place to meet old friends. God. |.
our best friend, and our earthly friends al
ready transported. Aye, to meet the millions
whom have never seen, hSt 10 whom
have administered in the gospel week by
week by Journalism on both sides OF the sea,
and throughout Christendom. and through
many lands vet ssmiblrrar,".
For the last twentY-t hres years every blast
OF iniu Justice against me has multiplied my
readers all the world over. and the present
malignancy printed AMI uttered becaue our
al I'M rel tC in, npn .tul
we complG 30 build three large churches
i say tlH. ,%sSent outrageous injustice in
some qusN f~s will multiply my audience in
all lands tS can keep In good humor and
not fight back
gentleman tapped me on the shoulder
summer before last on street of Edinburgh.
Scotland, and said, II live In tho Shetland
Islands. North Scotland. and read your ser.
mons every Sabbath TO an audience of neigh
bors, and my brother lives in Cape Town
South Africa, and he reads them every Sab
bath TO an audience OF his neighbors" And
hear and now say to the forty millions oi
the earth to whose eyes these words will
come, that one OF my dearest unticipationa
is to meet them in heaven. All, that will be
better than ruhies.
Coming up from different continents. from,
different hemispheres, from opposite sides
OF the earth, 10 greet each other in holy love
In the presence OF tho glorious Christ who
made II possible for us to get there. Our
sins all pardoned. our eorrows al
banished, never to weep, never C
part, never to die! tell you
that will be better than rubies. Others may
have the crowns. and the thrones. and the
scepters give us our old friends back again
Christ. "the friend who sticketh closer thar
n brother" and all the kindred who have got
up from our bcreft households. and all our
friends whom we have never yet seen, and
you may have all the rubies. for that will h,
"better than rubics."
Instead OF th" dying kiss when they locke,
80 pale and wan and sick. II would be tn,
kiss of welcom" on lips jubiant with song
while standing ON floors paved with what cx
quisiteness, under ceilings hung with what
glory, bounded by walls facing us with what
splendor. amid gladness rolling over us witt
what doxology far better. infinitely better
cvcrlastingly b"tter than rubies