The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-11

SaDDaLn nlSlt Say, AuoLlltf OdU
bath departed. When I bury friend
| | saw, Another earthly attraction
gone forever. What nimble feet the
years have. The reobucks and the
liehtnings run not fast. From de-
cade to decade, from sky to sky, they
90 at bound. There is place for us,
whether market Or not, where you
and | sleep the last sleep, and the
men are now living who will, with
solemn tread, carry US to our risting
place. Aye, it is known IN heaven
whethe our departure will bea coro-
nation or banishment. Brighter than
banlueting hall through which the
light feet Of the dancers 60 up and
down to the sound of trumpeters will
be the supulcher through whose riffs
the holy light of heaven streameth.
God will watch you. He will send
his angles to guard your slumbering
dust, until, at Christ's behest, they
shall roll away the stone.
So also chief in heaven. The Bible
distinctly says that Christ is the chief
theme Of the celestial ascription, all
the thrones facing his throne, all the
palms waved before his face, all the
crowns down at his feet. Cherubim
to cherubim, to sera phim, remeemed
spirit, shall recite the Saviour's earth
y sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of heaven,
and in all the radiant sweep the most
glorious object will be jesus. Myriads
gazing on the scars of his suffering, in
silence first, afterward breaking forth
into acclamation. The martyrs, all the
purer for the flame through which
they passed. which they passed, will
say, This is the Jesus for whom we
died" The APOSTLES, all the happier
for the shipwreck and the scourging
through which the scourging through
which they went, will say, This is
the Jesus whom we preached at Cor
NTH, and at Cappadocia. and at An
tioch, and at Jerusalem" Little chril-
dren clad in white will say, This is
the Jesus who took us in his arms and
blessed US, and, when the storms of
the world were too cold and loud,
brought US into this beautiful place. y
The multitude Of the bereft will say,
This is the Jesus who comfort us
when our hearts broke" Many who
wantered clear off from God and
plungec into vagabondism. but were
saved by grace, will say: This is the
Jesus were lost on the mountains and
he brought US home. gnilty, and he
brought US home. We were guilty,
and he has made us white as snow" "
Mercy boundless, grace unparalleled.
And then, after each one has recited
his peculiar deliverances and perculiar
mercies, recited them as by solo, all
the voices will come together into
great chous, which will make the
arches echo and re-echo with the
eternal reverberation of triumph.
Edward 1 was so anxious to 60 to
the Holy Land that when he was
about to expire he bequeathed $780,
900 the have his heart, after his dece-
ase, taken to the Holy Land in Asia
Minor. and his request was complied
with. But there are hundreds today
whose hearts are already in the Holy
Land of heaven. Where your treasures
are, there are your hearts also. Qua,
mt John Bunyan caught giimse OF
that place, and in his quaint way he
said, and I heard in my dream, and,
10, the bells ofthe city rang again for
joy, and as they opened the gates to
lett the men l looked in after them,
and. 10! the city shone like the sun
and there were streets of gold, and
men walked on them, harps in their
hands, to ring praises withal: and af-
ter that they Shut up the gates, which
when l had seen I wished myself am
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