Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-17
4 J. II. MILLER & SONS.

nesses and privations and trials or al
sorts. Now she is going out of life.
The room is bright, not with pictures
or statues, not with upholstery, not with
any OF the gems of mountain or of sea,
but there is a Strange and vivid glow in
the room. Not the light Of chandelier
CT star or MONDAY sun, but something
that Cuisines all of them. 1t mast be
the presence Of supernaturals. From
her illumineI face | think she must hear
sweet voices. Yea, she does hear sweet
voices-voices of departed kindred,
voices apostolic and prophetic and evan
geic, but al of them overpowered by
tho voice Of Christ, saying, Come, we
blessed Of my Father, inherit the king
dom"
From her illumined face, think she
must hear rapturous music. Yea. she
does hear ra 1turous music, now soft as
solos, now thunderous as orchestras;
uow sanity voice alone, now the hun
dred and forty and four thousand in CON
cert. from her illumined face, | think
she must br athe redolence. Yea. she
Goes inhale aroma from off the gardens
whose flowers never wither and from the
blossOmsof orchards, every tree of which
bears II manner Of fruit. From her
illunined face, 1 think she must see a
glorious sight. Yes, she sees the wall that
has jasper as the base and amethyst at
the top and blood red rubies between.
Goodby, sweet souli Why should you
longer staya Your work all done, your
burdens all carried, your tears all wept!
Forward into tho light! Up into the
joy! Out into the gr&ndeurs! And
after You have saluted Christ and your
kindred, search out hin. 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.n
In those FURNISHED palaces of our God
may we all meet. For | confess to you
that my chief desire for heaven is not the
radiance, or, TO take the suggestion of the
text, not the rubeseence Of the scene.
My one idea of heaven is the place to
meet cid friends, God. our best friend,
and our earthly friends already trans
ported. Aye, to meet the millions whom
/ have never seen brt ia ,v1on, have
administered in the gospel week by week
through journalism on both sides of the
sea, and throughout Christendom. and
through many lands yet semibarbaric.
A MIGHTY AT-prrycr
For the last twenty-three years every
blast Of Injustice against me- has ,nrlt;-
piled INV readers MI the world over and
the present laalignancv nrintad and nj
tered because orr church is in financial
STRUGGLE after bayina two ,,rsat s+,,,c.
lures DESTROYED nv fire ana we cow
palled to buiId three larra cbrrchas-J
saw the present ouhareons Injustice in
some quarters will lnultinly nv audience
in all lands if | can keen in good brmor
and not f;ght back
A gentleman tanned me ON theehonlder
Summer before last on n street of Fdin-
buryh. Scotland. and said. Il live in the
Shetland islands. North Scotland and
read vour sermons every Sabbath TO an
audience of nei.hbors. and INV brother
lives in Cane Town. South Africa and
he reads them every Sabba+h to an anal.
ence Of his uejghb3rs" And he,r and
now saw to the forty millions Of tbe eorfb
TO whose eyes these words will come thar
one of nv dearest antici,aijons ia to
meet them in heaven. An. that will no
better than ruhies.
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