The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23


| bound up. There they are, their brow
more radiant than ever before YOU saw
il, their lips waiting for the kiss Of
| heavenly greeting. their cheek roseate
| with the health OF eternal summer. their
hands reckoning you up the steep. the
| feet bounding with the mirth Of heaven.
| The pallOr of their last sickness gone out
| Of their face, nevermore TO be sick
| nevermore To cough. nevermore TO limp
] nevermore to be old, nevermore to weep.
They are watching from those nights
10 see if through Christ you can take
| that fort and whether you will rush in
| upon them-victors. They know that
| upon this battle depends whether you
will ever join their society. Up. Strike
| harder Charge more bravely. Remem-
| Der that every inch you gain puts you
so much farther on toward that heavenly
| reunion.
| Victory or Death.
II this morning while I speak you
could hear the cannonade of foreign
eneTny which was to despoil your city,
and if they really should succeed in car
! rying your families away from you, how
| long would we take before we resolved TO
go after them? Every weapon, whether
fresh from the armory or old and rusty
| in the garnet. would be brought out. and
we would urge on, and coming i'm front
of the foe We would look at them and
! would be, Victory or DEATH and when
the ammunition was gone we would take
| the captors on the point of the bayonet
| or under the breech of the gun.
If you would make such a struggle
for the getting back Of Vour earthly
| friends. will YOU not make as much
struggle for the gaining of the eternal
| companionship of your heavenly friends?
Oh. yes. we must join them! We must
| sit in their holy society. We must sing
with them the song. We must celebrate
| with them the triumph Let il never
| be told on earth or I'm heaven that Da-
| Vld and his men pushed out with drawer
hearts for the getting back Of their
| earthly friends for a few years on earth
than we to get our Departed
You say that all this implies that our
| departed Christian friends are alive
! Why, had you any idea they were dead?
! They have only moved If you should
go on the I'd Of May 10 a house where
| one of your friends lived and find him
gone, you would not think that he was
dead. You would inquire next door
| where he had moved to. Our departed
Christian friends have only taken an
other house. The secret is that they
are richer now than they once were and
| can AFFORD better residence. They
once drank out of earthenware; they
now drink from the Kings chalice.
| Joseph is yet alive" and Jacob will go
| up and see him. Living. are they?
! Why, if a man can live in this damp,
! dark dungeon Of earthly captivity. can
| he not live where he breathes the brac-
ing atmosphere of the mountains Of
heaven? Oh. yes. they are living!
Faint, Yet Pursuing.
Do you think that Paul is so near dead
now as he was when he was living IN the
Roman dungeon? Do you think that
Frederick Robertson of Brighton is as
near dead now as he was when, year
after year. he slept seated on the floor,
his head on the bottom Of chair. be-
| cause ne could find ease in no other posi-
| ton? Do You think that Robert Hall is
| as near dead now as when. on his couch,
| he tossed in Physical fortunes? No.
! Death gave them the few black drops
| that cured them. That is all death does
| TO Christian-cures him. 1 know that
what L have said implies that they are
| living. There is no question about that,
| The only question this morning is
whether you viii ever join them.
But / must not forget those two
| hundred men who tainted by the brook
| Besor. They could not take another step
| farther Their feet were sore; their
head ached: their entire nature was eX-
| hausted- Besides that, they were broken
| hearted because their homes were gone.
Ziklag in ashs And yet David when
he comes up to them, divides the spoils
among them. He says they shall have
| some of the treasures. / look over this
audience this morning, and 1 find at
least two hundred who have tainted by
| the brook BeSOr-the brook of tears.
You feel as if you could not take an
other step farther, as though you could
never look up again. But l am going
to initiate David and divide among you
| some glorious trophies. Here is a robe.
"All things work together for good to
those who love God" Wrap yourself in
that glorious promise. Here is for your
neck a string Of pearls. made out of crys-
talized tears, Weeping may endure FOR
night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Here is q cOrOnet, BE thou faithful
unto death. and l will give thee crown
of life" Oh. we fainting ones by the
brook Of Besor, dip your blistered feet
in the running stream Of Gods mercy.
Battle your brow a. the well Of saliva
| ton. SoOthe your wounds with the bal
sam that exudes from trees OF life.
God will not utterly cast you Off o
broken-hearted woman. fainting by the
brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe
is bruised He says: II can't get any
more music out Of this instrument. so /
will just break il, and ! will throw this
reed away. Then l will get another
reed, and l will play music on that"
But God says He will not cast you off be-
cause all the music has gone out of your
soul. The bruised reed he will not
| break" As far as / can tel the diagno-
sis of your disease. you want divine nurs-
ing, and IL is promised you, "As one
whom his mother comforteth, so will ]
! comfort you" God will see you all the
way through O troubled soul. and when
| you come down TO the Jordan of death
you will find IL to be as thin a brook
as Besor, for DIR. Robinson says that In
April Besor dries up and there is no
brook at all. And i'm your last moment
you will be as placid as the Kentucky
minister who went up TO God saying
I'm the dying hour: Write to my sister
Kate and tell her not to be worried and
frightened about the story Of the hOr-
rors around the deathbed Tell her there
Is not word of truth i'm it. for L am
there now, and Jesus is with me, and
find IL a very happy way, not because
am a good man, for 1 am mott am
but l have an Almighty Saviour. and
both Of His arms are around me-"
May God Almighty. through the blood
Of the everlasting covenant, bring us
into the companionshlp OF our loved ones
who have already. entered the heavenly
land and into the presence of Christ
David shall recover ALL land as his part
is that goeth down TO the battle so shall
his part be that tarrieth by the stuff"
Riding ON the Cowcntcher.
81 have ridden on about every con-
ceivable part Of train that Il Is possi-
BILE TO ride on said Arthur l.. James a
railroad man, to "A St. Louis Globe Demo-