The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-13

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a. country, slugs through the heart, Il
u gun cartridge may roll over us. nm
70 we may die patriots death. Bl
,e after all, there are only two styles {
" department. death Of the righteou
r and the death of the wicked-nnd W
II all want to die the former.
IS God grant that when that hon
l. comes you may be at home. You wan
d the hand Of your kindred in you
0 hand. You want your children to sur
s round you. You want the light o,
/, | your pillow from eyes that have lonI
1 reflected your love. You want you
; room still. You do not want any curl
, GUS strangers standing around watch
ing you. You want your kindred from
afar to hear your last prayer think
that is the wish of all of us. But is
that all? Can earthly friends hold MS
up when the pillows of death como
up to the girdle? Can human voice
charm open Heavens gate? Can
human hand pilot US through
the narrows of death into
Heavens harbor? Can any earthly
friendship shield us from the arrows
of death and in the hour when Satan
shall practice upon us his Internal
archery? No, no, no, no! Alas! poor
soul, If that is all. Better die in the
wilderness, far from tree shadow and
from fountain. alone, vultnres circling
through the air waiting for our body,
unknown to men, and to have no
burial, if only Christ could say through
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.
Toward the last hour of our earthly |
residence we are speeding. When I |
see the sunset, say: Zone day less to
live" When see the spring blossoms
scattered | say: Another season gone
forever" When l close the Bible on
So bbath night, l say: Another Sab
bath departed" When bury friend
say: Another earthly attrac ton
gone forever" What nimble feet the
years have! The roebucks and the
ightnings run not so fast. From de-
'ade to decade. from sky to sky, they 20
It bound. There is place for us,
marked or not. where YOU
md will sleep the last sleep, and the
men are now living who will, with !
GLENN tread, carry us to our resting
lace. Aye, it is known in Heaven
whether our departure will 4 be cor {
nation or Punishment. Brighter ,
han a banqueting hall through which ,
ne light feet of the dancers 90 up and
own to the sound of trumpeters will '
the sepulchere through which riffs
le holy light Of Heaven streameth. 4
cd will watch you. He will send His s
ngels to guard your slumbering dust,
It'll, at Christ's behest, they shall b
III away the stone b
30, also, Christ chief in Heaven d
ne Bible distinctly says that Christ 81
the chief theme of the celestial
all the thrones facing His "
rome, all the palms waved before His "
&c, all the crowns down at His feet. CT
ernbim to cherubim, sera phim to
rapllim, redeemed spirit 20 redeemed I'll
lrlt. shall recite the Saviour's earth. m
sacrifice.
stand on some high hill of Heaven. 81,
IN all the radiant sweep TIE most sa
'rious object will be Jesus Myriads ~
zlng on the scars of His suffering, In =;
ence first. afterward breaking forth
o reclamation. The martys, all the
rer for the flame through which
y passed, will say: This is the a.
us for whom we died" The apos.
), all the happier for the shipwreck :
scourging through which they gu
Mt, will say: This is the an
US whom we preached at Corinth. ne
at Cappadocia, and at Antioch. ROY
at Jerusalem. Little children wi
in white will say: This is the mi
us who took us in His arms and ho'
'sed us, and when the storms OF shi
world were too cold and loud. mn
nght us into this beautiful place. = ful
multitude of the bereft will saw got
lis is the Jesus who comforsed us
N our heart broke" Mapv
wandered Gear Off from
and plunged into yapa- :
dlsm, but were saved nv :
'e. will say: This is the Jesus
pardoned us. Wewere lost on the
ntains, and He brought us home.
were guilty, and He has made N,
te as snow" Mercy boundless.
e unparalleled. And then, after !,
one has recited his peculiar deliv.
ICES and peculiar mercies, recited y
as by solo, all the voices win G
together into a great chorus. y
n will make the arches echo and
mo with the eternal reverbratios
iumph.
ward l. was so anxions To oo 20 TO