The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-09-14

burial, II only Christ could say throu I'll
the solitudes: II will never leave thee,
will never forsake thee" From that
pillow of stone ladder would soar
Heavenward, angels coming and go
ing; and across the solitude and the
barrenness would come the sweet notes
of heavenly minstrelsy.
What did the dying Janeway sayf
~ can as easily die as close my eyes
or turn my head in sleep. Before Q
few hours have passed ! shall stand on
Mount Zion with the one hundred and
forty and four thousand. and with the
just men made perfect, and we shall
ascribe riches, and honor. and glory,
and majesty, and dominion unto God
and the Lamb" DIR. Taylor, con-
demned to burn at the state. on his
way thither broke away from the
guardsmen. and went bounding.
and leaping. and jumping toward
the fire, glad to go to Jesus,
aud to die for Him. Sir Charles Hare,
in his last moments. had such raptur.
Gus vision that he cried: upward,
upward, upward!' And SO great was
the peace of one of Christs disciples,
that he put his finger upon the pulse
in his wrist and counted IL and OBJ
served ii; and so great was his placid
ity that after awhile he said:
stopped" and his life had ended here
to begin in Heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony of the wornout
first missionary, when. in the Mamertine
dungeon, he cried: II am now ready to
be offered. and the time Of my deuar-
ture is at hand; have fought the good
fight, have finished my course. have
kept the faith; henceforth there is la id
up for me n crown o: righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will give me in that day, and not TO me
only. but to them that love His appear
ing" Do you not see that Christ is
Chief in dying alterations?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When
see the sunset, say: Zone day less TO
live" When see the spring blossoms
scattered | say: Another season gone
forever" When close the Bible on
Sabbath night, say: Another Sab
bath departed" When bury friend
/ say: "Another earthly attraction
gone forever" What nimble feet the
years have! The roebuciis and tho
ightnings run not so fast From de-
cade TO decade. from sky 10 sky, they go
at bound. There is place for US,
whether marked or not. where you
and ! will sleep the last sleep, and the
men are now living who Will, with
solemn tread. carry US 10 our resting
place. Aye, it is known in Heaven
whether our departure will ne cor
onation or a Punishment Brighter
than, bauqueting hall through which
the light feet of the dancers go up and
down 10 the sound OF tru,npeters will
be the sepulchere through which riffs
the holy light Of Heaven streamesh.
God will watch you. He viii send His
angels TO guard your slumbering DIST,
until, at Christ's behesi, they shall
roll away the stone.
So, also, Christ Q chief in Hearen
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 al His feet
Cherubim Ia cherubim. sera phim TO
serapliim, redeemed spirit TO redeemed
spirit, shall recite the Saviour's earth
" 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 reclamation. The martys, all the
purer for the fame through which
they passed, will say: This is the
Jesus for whom we died" The apos-
ties, all the happier for the shipwreck
and scourging through which they
went, will say: This is the
Jesus whom we preached at Corinth,
and at Cappadocia, and at Antioch,
and at Jerusalem. Little children
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"
The multitude Of the bereft will say:
This is the Jesus who comforted us
when our heart broke" Many
who wandered clear off from
God and plunged into vaga.
bondisn, but were saved by
grace. will say: This is the Jesus
who pardoned us. We were lost on the
mountains, 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 deliv-
FRANCES and peculiar mercies, recited
them as by solo, all the voices will
come together into great chorus,
which will make the arches echo and
re-echo with the eternal reverbration
of triumph.
Edward l. was so anxious to go to
the Holy Land that when he was about
to expire he bequeathed one hundred
and sixty thousand dollars to have his
heart, after his decease, taken to the
Holy Land, in Asia Minor, and his re-
quest was complied with. But there
are hundreds to-day whose hearts
are already in the holy land Of
Heaven. Where your treasures are,
there are your hearts also. Quaint
John Bunyan caught glimpse Of
that place. and in his quaint way
he said: And heard in my d. team,
and, 10! the bells of the city rang
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