Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-02-16

dred. voices apostolic and prophetic and
eyangelic but all OF item overpowered by
the voice OF Christ. sayiIg. Come, yeblessei
OF Ny Father. Inherit TN kingdom
From her illumined fee. think she mus,
hear raptur0us music. Yes, she does hear
rapiarous music. now soft as solos, now
thunderous as orchestHs: now sanity
voice alone now the hundred and forty aud
four thousand I'm concert. From her illu-
mined face, think she must breathe redol-
ence. Yea. she does inlale aroma from on
the gardens whose fiowers never wither and
from the blossoms Of Orchards, every tree OF
which bears twelve manner OF fruit. From
her illumined face. | think she must see a
glorious sight. Yea. sic sees the wall that
has jasper at the base ind amethyst at the
top aud blood red rubie between. Goodhy
sweet soul Why should you longer stay
-FOUR work all done, yoIr burdens all carried
your tears all went Forward into the
light Up into the Joy ont into the
grandeurs And afte' YOU have saluted
Christ and your kindred, search out him OF
the palaces OF Lebanon cedar and tell him
that you have found 10 be gloriously true
what thousands Of years ago he asserted In
this mornings text, Wisdom Is better than
rabies.
IN those Furnished palaces of our God may
We all meet For confess TO you that my
ftlcl utSlIt lbE nthNtII - not tue
or, to take the suggestion OF the text, not the
rubescence OF the sceEe. My one idea OF
heaven is the place to meet old friends, God,
| our hest friend, and our earthly friends al
ready transported. Aye, 10 meet the millions
whom have never seen. but Ia whom
have administered in the gospel week by
week by journalism on 10th sides of the sea.
and throughout Christendom, and through
many lands vet semibarbaric.
For the last twenty-thtss years every blast
Of injustice against me has multiplied my
readers all the world over and the present
malignancy printed AMI uttered becaue our
church II IN financial struggle after having
two great structures destroyed by fire and
We compelled 10 build three large churches
- say the present outrageous injustice In
some quarters will multiply my audience IN
all lands II can keep In good humor and
not fight bacE.
A gentleman tapped mo on the shoulder
! summer before last on street OF Edinburgh
/ scotland. and said. Il live In the Shetland
| Islands, North scotland. and read your Ser
mons every Sabbath 10 an au iicnce OF neigh
/ bors. AMI my BROTHER lives IN Cape Town
! South Africa. and he reads them every Sab
/ bath 10 an audi"nce % his neiShhors" Ant
III hear and now sly to the forty millions o
/ the earth 10 whose eyes these words will
| come. that one Of my dearest anticipation
/ Is to meet them in heaven. All, that will he
! better than ruhies.
Coming up from different continents, iron
| different hemispheres. from opposite side
! Of tho earth To- greet each other In holy Low,
! in the presence OF the glorious Christ VIII
made II possible tor Us 20 get there. Gu
/ sius ali parioned. our sorrows al
/ haniShci. never Ia weep. never I,
part, never I" die tell yol
that WIN Ice better than rubes. Others ma
have the crowns ami the thrones, and III,
soepters give rs our old friends back again
! Christ the friend who stickcth closer thai
u brother, and all IN" kindred who have 20
/ up from our bera:t households, and all on
friends whom We have never yet seen, AM
you may have all the rubcs tor that will b
better than ruoi"s.
lnsteld OF the dying kiss when they locke
so pale anil wan AMI sick. ii would he tn
kiss Of welcome on lips mhilant with song
while standing on floors paved with what ~
quisiteneSN. under ceiling hung with VIM
glory. Llundr By walls facing Us with wha
spieEaor Hnid gladnes- rolling over us Will
what loNoIoZv Jar better Infinitely better
-yeriAstingiy better than rupies