The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-09-27

iip of the toe yuu are aenFleaH ana im'
maculatcY What you ueOd b. looking
glass, and bore % is u the Bible Pooi
and wfeiched mad miserable and blind and
naked from the crown of the head to the
solo 90 Che foot. full 90 wounds and puireiy-
ing aoraT 30 health ln ne Aud then take
the fact that Christ gathered up li The
notes against us and paid them ana then Of
fored ua the receiutl And how much we
need Him in our sorr1wli We are indepea=
dent OF circumstances NJ we hHFo TVS grace.
Why lie made Paul sing in the dungeon,
and under that grnce 50. John from desolnie
/ patmos heard tho hint 0i the apocalytic
/ trumpela. After nll other candles have
/ been anufed out. this is the light that gets
/ brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
! and after under The hard hOOis oi calamity
l all the pools Of worldly enjoyment have
/ been trampled into deep miro az the foot OF
/ the eternal rock the Christian, from cups Of
/ granite liIy-rimmed, puts out the thirst Oh
/ hia soul.
Again. 7 remark that Christ IS chief IN dy-
/ Ing nueyiations i have not any sympathy
/ with the morbidity abroad about our demise.
/ The Emperor Of Constauunople arranged
/ that on the day Of his coronation the stone
mason should come and consult him about
/ the tombstone that after awhile no would
\ need. And there are men who are mono
/ maniucal on the subject or departure rom
/ this life boy death. and the more they think
/ of It the less they are prepared 20 GO This
, Is an unmanllness not worthy OF YOU not
/ worthy OF me.
/ saiadln. the great eonqueror Of his day.
while dying ordered that the tunie he had
on him be carried after his death on HE
spear az the head OF HIS army, and that then
. the soldier, ever and anon. should stop and
| saw "Behold all that Is loft of Saladin. the
emperor and conqueror OF all the states
! heoonuuered, Of al the wealth he accumu-
lated, nothing did no retain but this
shroud." have no sympathy with such be-
havior, or such absurd demonstration, or
with much that we hear uttered In regard to
departure from this life 10 the next. There
/ Is a commonsensical idea on this subject
| that you need 10 consider-there are only
two stylos OF departure. A thousand feet
! underground, By light OF torch, tolling
IN a miners shaft, q ledge OF rock may iall
upon us, and we may die miners death.
Far out az sea, falling from the slippery rat
lines and broken on the halliards, we may
die a sailors death. On mission OF mercy
IN hospital, amid broken bones ana reeking
leprosies and raging feyers, we may die
philanthropist's death. On the field Of
battle, serving God aud our country, slugs
through the heart, the gun carriage may
roll over us and we may die a patriots
death. But. after all. there are only two
styles ofdeparture-thed death ofthe righteous
and the death of the wlckel-and we all
want to die the former
God grant that when that hour comes you
may be at home. You want the hand Of
your kindred In your hand. You want your
children 10 surround you. You want the
light on your pillow from eyes that have
long reflected your love. You want your
room still. You do not want any curious
strangers standing around watching you.
You want your kindred from affair TO hear
your last prayer. think that is the wish
Of all of us. But is that all? Can earthly
friends hold US up when the pillows Of death
come up to the glrdle? Can human voice
charm open heavens gate? Can human
hand pilot us through the narrows Of death
into heavens harbor2 Can any earth
ly friendship shield us from the
arrows OF death and in the
hour when satan shall practice upon us his
Internal archery No, no, no, mol Alas,
poor soul, If that is all! Better die in the
wilderness far from tree shadow and from
fountain, alone, vultures clrcling through
the air waiting for our body. unknown to
men, and to have no burial il only Christ
could say through the solitudes. 81 will
never leave thee. will never forsake thee. "
From that pillow or stone a ladder would
soar heavenward. angels coming and going,
and across the solitude and the barrenness
would come the sweet notes Of heavenly
minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall. far from home. dying in door
of a heather temple, said: "Glory to Thee,
0 Godp' What did dying Wilberforce say to
his wife? "Oome and sit beside me. and let
US talk Of heaven. Inever knew what hap
piness was until found Christ" What did
dying Hannah More say? "To goto heaven,
think what that is! To 90 to Christ, who
died that l might live Oh. glorious grave!
Oh, what glorious thing it is to die! Oh,
the love Of Christ, the love of Christi What
did Mr. Toplady, the great hymn maker, say
in his last hours? ''Who can measure the
depths of the third heaven? Oh, the sun
shine that fills my SOUL / shall soon be
gone, for surely no one can live in this
world after such glories as God has mani
tested to my souln
What did the dying Janeway say2 ~ can
as easily die as close my eyes or turn my
head in sleep. Before few hours have
passed / shall stand on Mount Zion with the
one hundredand forty and ourthousand and
with the just men made perfect, and we shall
ascrbe riches, and honor, and glory, and
majesty, and dominion unto God and the
Lamb" DR.. Taylor. condemned to burn al
the stake, on his way thither broke away
from the guardsmen, and went bounding
and leaping and jumping toward the fire,
glad to so to Jesus and TO die for Him.
Sir Charles Hare, in his last moments
, had such rapturous vision that he cried
, "Upward upward, upwardp' And SO
great was the peace OF one of Christi
disciples that he put his finger upon the
pulse in his wrist and counted it and OBJ
served it, and so great was his placidity 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
worn out first missionary, when, in the
Mamertine dungeon, he cried, II am nov
ready to be offered, and the time of my de
fight, have finished my course, 1 have kept
the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me-
a crown OF righteousness which the Lord
the righteous Judge, will give me in tina
day, and not to me only, but to anthem t&a
love His appearing!" Do you not see tina