Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-18
earthly music might in one anthem speak

rainbow spun out Of everlasting sunshine?
What were all earthly music to Him when
the hundred and forty and four thousand on
one side and cherubim and seraphlm and
arehangels stand on the other side, ana all the
snace between Is filled with the doxologes
of eternal iubilee-the hosanna OF re-
deemed earth, the halleluiah OF untallen
angels. song after song rising about the
throne of God and of the Lamb? In that
pure. high place, let Him hear us. Stop,
harps Of heaven. that our poor cry may be
heard. O nv Lord Jesus, it will not hurt
Thee for one hour to step out from the
shining throng. They will make 1t all IN
when Thou goest back again. Come hither
o blessed One, that we may kiss my fest
Our hearts. too long Withheld, we now sur
render into Thy keeping. Wnen Inou
goest back, tell it to all the immortals tnat
| the lost are found. and letthe Father $ MOUSE
ring with the music and the dance.
| They have some old wine in heaven, not
used except in rare festivities In this world
those who are accustomed to use wine on
great occasions bring out the beverage and
| saw: s'1his wine is thirty years old, or
"fortv wears Old" But the wine of heaven
| Is more than eighteen centuries old. 1t was
prepared mt the time wnen Christ trod tho
| winepress alone. When such grevlous sim
ners as we come back. methinks the cham
| berlain OF heaven cries out to the servants:
"This is unusua. Joy! Bring up from the
vaults of heaven that oil wine. Fill all tho
tankards. Let all the white robed guests
drink to the immortal health of those new
| born sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty" "There is joy in heaven among
the angels Of God over one sinner that re-
penteth," and God grant that that ons may
be you!
Again, to have a right heart it must be a
forgiving heart. An old writer says, "ro
return good for evil is Godlike; good for
good is manlike; evil for good devillike. ="
Which of these natures have WEI Christ will
have nothing to do with us as long as we
keep any old grudge. We have all been
cheated and lied about. There are people
| who dislike us 50 much that il we should
come down to poverty and disgrace they
would say "Good for himl Didn't tell
you SOP" They do not UNDERSTAND us. Un-
sanctifel human nature says: "Wait till you
get good crack at him. and when at last
YOU find him in tight place give it to him.
Flay him alive. No quarter. Leave not
rag OF reputation. Jump on him with both
feet Pay him in his own coin-sarcasm for
sarcasm, scorn for scorn abuse for abuse.
But my friends, that is not the right kind OF
heart. No man ever did 50 mean thing
toward us as we have done toward Col. And
five cannot forgive others how can we ex-
pect God to forgive us? Thousands OF men
have been kept out OF heaven by en- unfor'
giving heart.
Here issomeone who says II will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and lot; will forgive that man who
overreached me in a bargain; l will forgive
that man who sold me shoddy overcoat;
forgive them-all but one. That man I cam
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
my hands off him. If my going to heaven
depends on my forglving him. then | will
stay out" Wrong feeling. II a man lie to
me once am not called to trust him again.
II a man betray me once l am not callei to
put confidence in him again. But l would
have no rest if I could not offer sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting
welfare of all men, whatever WEAKNESSES
and outrage they have inflicted upon me- 1t
you want to get your heart right, strike
match and burn up all your old grudges, and
blow the ashes away. "If you forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will your
Heavenly Father forgive you your tres
passes"
An old Christian black woman was going
along the streets of New York with basket
of apples that she had for sale. A rough
sailor ran against her and upset the basket,
and stood back expecting to hear her scold
frightfulIy, but she stopped down and picked
UP the apples and said: "God forgive you,
my son, as do" The sailor SAW the mean
ness of what he had done, aud felt IN his
pocket for his money, and insisted that sha
should take it all. Though she was black
he called her mother, aud said: "Forglve
me, mother, 1 will never do anything. so
mean again" Alb! there is a power in for
giving spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way OF conquering men like that
of bestowlng upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept 1t or not.
Again, a right heart is an expectant heart. 1t
is poor business TO be building castles in the
air. Enjoy what you have now. Don'ts spoil
your comfortin the small house because you
expect larger one. Don't fret about your
income when it is So or "a per day because
you expect to have after awhile $40 per day,
or $40. 900 year because you expect it to be
1000 year. But about heavenly things,
the more we think the better. Those castles
are not in the air. but on the hills, and we
have deed of them in our possession.
like to see a man all full of heaven. He
talks heaven. He sings heaven. He prays
heaven. He dreams heaven. Some OF us in
our sleep have had the good place open to
us. We saw the pinnacles in the shy. We
heard the click of the hoofs OF the white
horses on which ylctors rode, and the clap.
ping of the cymbals of eternal triumph. AMI
sorrows were over aud burdens done with,
the throne of God grew whittier and whittier
and whittier. till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun of earthly morning
shining on our pillow. To have right heart
YOU need to be filled with this expectancy.
1t would make your privatioDs and annoy
ances more bearable.
In the midst of the city OF Paris stands a
statue OF the good but broken hearted jose
mime. I never 'magne1 that marble could
be smitten into such tenderness. II seams
not ifeless. If the spirit OF Josephine be
disentabernacle1 !, the soul Of the empress has
taken possession OF this figure. l an not
vet satisfied that it Is stone. The puff OF the
press on the arm seems to need but tho
pressure Of the finger to indent 1t. Inc
figures at the bottom OF the robes, the rufhe
Mt the neck. the fur lining on the dress. the
embroidery of the satin. the cluster OF lily
and leaf and rose in her hand. the poise
her body as she seems to come sailing out OF
the sky, her face calm, humble. beautiful,
but vet sad-attest the genius of the sculp-
tor and the beauty Of the heroine he cele-
brates. Looking up through the riffs Of
the coronet that encircles her brow, L
could see the sky beyond. the great heavens
whpra all woman's wrongs shall be righted.
and the story OF endurance and resignation
shall be told to all the ages. The rose and
the lily in the hand nj Josephine will never
drop their petals. Believe not the recent
ISLANDERS upon her memory. The children o.
God, whether they suffer on earth in palaces
or in novels, shall come to that glorious res.
heaven, sweet heaven. At thy gate we SCI
down all our burdens and griefs! The plaza
will be full. Here there are vacant chairs ut
the hearth and at the table, but there are NJ
o1,ofY IN Hhn