The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-10-18

d: the great heavens whore oil womah'
e. wrongs shall be righted, and the stor
he Of endurance and resignation shall D
ne told to all ages. The rose and the III.
lie in the hand Of Josephine will never
II drop their petals. Believe not the re
s. cent ISLANDERS upon her memory. Th'
10 children Of God, whether thel
)" suffer on earth In palaces o.
IS novels, shall come to that glori
d GUS rest. Oh, Heaven, sweet Heaven
., at thy gate we set down all oul
% burdens and griefs The place will be
X full. Here there are vacant chairs al
the hearth and at the table, but there
= are no vacant chairs in Heaven. The
!. crowns all worn; tho thrones all
4 mounted. Some talk OF Heaven as
r though 1t were a very handsome
!, church, where q few favored spirits
would come in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats all by themselves,
and sing psalms to all eternity. No,
no. Il saw a great multitude that
no man could number standing
before the throne. He that talked
with me had golden reed to measure
the city. and 1t was twelve thousand
furlongs"-that is, fifteen hundred
miles-'.in circumference" Ali Heav-
en- Is not little colony at one corner
OF Gods dominion where mans en-
trance depends upon what kind OF
clothes he has on his back, and how
much money he has in his purse but
vast empire. God grant that the light
OF that blessed world may shine upon
us in our last moment.
The first time crossed the Atlantic
the toughest time we had was at the
mouth of liverpool harbor. We ar
rived at nightfall and were obliged to
lie there till the morning, waiting for
the rising Of the tide, before we could
go up to the city. How the vessel
pitched and writhed in the waterl So,
sometimes, the last illness of the Chris
tlan is struggle He is almost
through the voyage. The waves of |
temptation toss his soul, but he waits |
for the morning. At last the light
dawns. and the tides of Joy rise in his
soul, and he sails up and casts anchor
within its veil.
Is thy heart right? What question
can compare with this in Importance?
IL Is a business question. Do you not
realize that you will soon have to go
out OF that store, that you will soon
have to resign that partnership. that
soon among all the millions of dollars
worth OF goods that are sold you will
not have the handling of a yard Of cloth,
or pound OF sugar, or pennyworth Of
anything; that soon, If confagration
should start at Central park and sweep
everything to the Battery, it would {
not disturb you; that soon, If every !
cashier should abscond, and every in I
'urance company should fail, 1t {
would not affect you? What 5
ire the questions that stop this I
Tide OF the grave compared with 6
he questions that reach beyond 7
t? Are you making losses that are to
'e everlasting? Are you making pur- :
'hases for eternity? Are you jobbing
or time when you might be wholesal- 3
ng for eternity? What question Of
he store is so broad at the base. and !,
o altitudinous. and SO overwhelming v
S the question: as thy heart right?" a
Or is it domestic question? Is it n
about father, or mother. or .
or son, 'or daughter, that O
ou think is comparable with this I,
uestion in Importance? Do you not q
ealize that by universal and inexora. -
lie law all these relations will be :,
roken up? Your father will be gone. =,
our mother will be gone, your a
ompanion will be gone, your 3,
hid will be gone, you will h
gone, and then this supernal al
uestion will begin to harvest its "
llet gains, or deplore its worst losses, l.,
oil up into its mightiest magnitude, h,
sweep its vast circles What diff =,
'rence now does it make to Napoleon a,
II. whether he triumphed or sur o.
'ndered at Sedan? whether he lived -
the Tuileries or at Chislehurst. ~
neither he was emperor or exilep
hey laid him out in his coffin in the
'ess OF a field marshal Did that
We him any better chance for :,
10 next world than if he had u
ZEN laid out in a plain shroud3 And
on to US what will be the difference. m
neither in this world we rode or
alked, were bowed to or maltreated, wi
ere appiauded or Kissed at, were well
med in or kicked out. while laying
I'D OF every moment of the is
eat future, and burning in all of
e splendor or grief, and over GU
ching and undergoing all time Pl
d all eternity, is the plain, simple.
atical' thrilling, agonizing, over
lelming question:: SIS thy heart
mt" Have you within you a re. sai
ntlng heart, an expectant hearth If ole
T. must write upon your soul what :