Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03


-areer Is ende.. and nothing opens beyond.
Where be will land stepping of from this life
: n mystery. or whether be will land at al,
CRIT may he annihilafion. He has no
srayer 70 Offer. and he does not know how 10
pray. No hnps Of meeting again In another
s.a,e OF et.eter.e, lie ie ,tso..sh With this
lie and Is 5a1rs II II ether. fhs ffht OF
she mansel and me ruby g nc *sssAd fn-
-~ansoning hlooi which they 50 nightly
:-pify. So far as giving soiace or iliumina-
Ion 10 a departing spirit. they are Q dead
allure. Midnight OF utter hopelessness
drops eli I'll TIC .tens,
Another RIM II rr-ttsi e.t.. hclision
AMI no ruhie~. She Fever mad a.c.e A<tSGh
- buy one of these exauisites. Sometimes
she stopped at a jewelers. show windo and
saw arrow OF them ~incarnadining the velvet.
She had keen taste 10 appreciate those gems.
ii. she never owned one OF them. She was
80; jealous OF unhappy because others had
suhies while shH Rad none, Bu, sh- had II
r.rner TREASURER AID that vas the 2face OF
20! that had s9mfoffed Re, alcrg the way
aid tereavenents aud lem tstiar. an pst-
-ecutions and sickness and privatioas aid
trials % all sorts. Now she is going out Of
i.fe.
The room is bright. not with pictures or
statues. not with upholstery. not with any OF
me gems II mountain or of sea. but there Is
, strange and vivid SloH If .he room. Not
the light OF the chandelier or sta- Of toon-
.ay sun. but something that outshines all Of
,h"T- II must he IN. presence OF super
naturajs. From her illuninei face l think
he must lear sweet voices. Yea. she does
-Iear sweet yolces-voices of departed kin
red. voice. apostolic and prophetic and
e~yansell.. but Al Of them overpowered by
the voice Of Christ, sayisig. Gene, tsbie.sed
OF Ny Father. inherit the Ringdch
From her illumined face, / think sue must
hear rapturous music. Yea. she does hear
rapturous music. now soft as SOLOS, now
thuuderous as orchestras now a SANITY
voice alone. now the hundred and fnfty and
four thousand in concert. From her illu-
mined face, | think she must breathe redo!-
ence. Yea. she does inkale aroma from of
tho gardens those flowers never wither and
rom the blossoms Of Orchards every tree OF
which bears twelve manner Of fruit. From
her illumIned face. l think she must see a
glorious siq1t. Yea. she sees the wall that
has juspef at the base and amethyst at the
top aud blood red rtibies between.A Goodby.
sweet soul! Why should you Longer stay?
Your work all dope, your burdens all carried.
your tears all wepti Forward into the
li.ht, Up into the joy. Out into the
-randeurs. Aud after you have saiuted
Christ and your kindted; search out him of
tUp ptidttS - ItlGtlClt tcittl tuu tCi httlt
that YOU have found 10 ne gloriously true
what thousands of years ago he asserted in
this mornings text. ''WlsdOm is better than
rabies.
In those FURNISHED palaces of our Goimay
we all meet. For l confess to you that my
chief desire for heaveil 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 old friends, God.
our best friend. and our earthly friends a.
ready Transported. Aye. to meet the millions
whom [ have never seen. but 10 whom l
have administered in the gospel week by
week by journalism on both sides Of the sea.
and throughout Christendom. and through
many lands yet semibarbari".
For the last twenty-three years every blast
IF injustice against me has multiplied my
readers all the world over. and the present
maiiSnancy printed and uttered becaue our
| church is in financial struggle after having
two great structures destroyed by fire and
we compelled to build three large churches
i say the present outrageous injustice in
some quarters will multiply my audience in
| all lands if l can keep in good humor and
not fight back.
A gentleman tapped me on the shoulder
summer before last on a street Of Edinburgh.
| Scotland. and said. Il live in the Shetland
Islands. North Scotland, and / read your ser
| mons every Sabbath to an audience of neigh
| bOrS. ana my DrOtner lives II CAp0 lOWn
| South Africa. and he reads them every Sab
bath to m audience Of his neighbors." Ane
l hear and now say to the forty millions O
the earth to whose eyes these words will
come, that one of my dearest a~nticipations
is to meet them in heaven. Alb, that will be
| better than rubies.
Coming up from different continents, from
different hemispheres. from opposite side:
of the earth, to greet each other in holy love
in the presence Of the glorious Christ VIII
made it possible for us to get there. Gu
sins all pardoned, our sorrows al
banished, never to weep, never t
part, never to die, tell yo'
that will be better than rubies. Others ma
have the crowns. and the thrones. and tn
scepters give us our old friends back again
Christ, ''the friend who sticketh closer tina
a brother" and all the kindred who have go
up from our bereft households. and all on
friends whom we have never yet seen. an
YOU may have all the rubies. for that will b
better than rubies.
Instead of the dying kiss when they locke
so pale and wan and sick. it would he th
kiss of welcome on lips jubilant with sons
while standing on floors paved with what IL
quisiteness. under ceilings hung with wha
glory. bounded by walls facing US with wha
splendor. amid giadness rolling over us Wit
what dO~Xology-far better. infinitely better
everlastingly better than rutleS