Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-09-06

Toplady, the great hymn maker, say
in his last hour? "Who can measure
the depths of the third heaven? Oh, the
/ sunshine that fills my soul shall soon
be gone, for surely no one can live in
this world after such glories as God has
manifested to my soul "
What did the dying Janeway say? Il
can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before few
hours have passed l 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. DR.. Taylor, con-
demned to burn at the stake, on his
way thither broke away from the
guardsmen, and went bounding and
leaping and jumping toward the fire,
glad to 90 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 Christ's
disciples that he put his finger upon the
pulse in his wrist and counted it and
observed it; 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 worn out
first missionary, when, in the Manner
tine dungeon, he cried, =" l am now
ready to be offered, and the time Of my
departure is at hand; l have fought the
good fight, / have finished my course,
have kept the faith henceforth there
is laid up for me crown Of righteous
ness which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will give me in that day, and
not to me only, but to all them that
love his appearing Do you not see
that Christ is chief in dying allevia-
tions?
Toward the last hour Of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When see
the sunset, I say, lone day less to
live" When / see the spring blossoms
scattered, 1 say, Another season gone
forever" 4" When l close the Bible on
Sabbath night, say, Another Sabbath
departed" When bury friend,
say, Another earthly attraction gone
forever" 4" What nimble feet the years
havel The roebucks and the lightnings
run not SO fast. From decade to decade,
from sky to sky, they 60 at a bound.
There is a 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
to our resting place. Aye, it is known
in heaven whether our departure will be
a coronation or Punishment. Brighter
than banqueting hall through which
the light feet Of the dancers 90 up and
down to the sound Of trumpeters will be
the sepulcher through whose riffs the
holy light Of heaven streameth. God
will watch you. He will send his
angels to guard your slumbering dust,
until, at Christ's behest, they shall roll
away the stone.
Christ In Heaven.
So. also, Christ is chief Of heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ Is
the chief theme Of the celestial ascrip-
ton, all the thrones facing his throne,
all the palms waved before his face, all
the crowns down at his feet. Cherubim
to cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, re-
deemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall
recite the Saviour's earthly 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, will say, "This is the Jesus for
whom we died" The apostles, all the
happier for the shipwreck and the
scourging through which they went,
will say, "This is the Jesus whom we
preached at Corinth, and at Cappadocla,
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 COM
forted us when our hearts broke. " Many
who wandered clear off from God and
plunged into vagabondism, 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
Ms white as snow" Mercy boundless,
grace unparalleled. And then, after
each one has recited his peculiar deliv-
erances and peculiar mercies, recited
them as by solo, all the voices VIII
come together into great chorus, when
will make the arches echo and re-echo
with the eternal reyerberation OF tri-
umph.
Edward I was so anxious to go to the
Holy Land that when he was about 10
expire he bequeathed $l6O, 600 to nave
his heart. after his decease, taken 10
the Holy Land in Asia Minor, and his
request was complied with. But there
are hundreds today whose hearts are al
ready in the Holy Land Of heaven.
Where your treasures are, there are your
hearts also. Quaint John Bunyan
caught glimpse Of that place ana III
his quaint way he said; "And heard in
NV d,aam. and. lol the bells Of the city
, rang again for JOY, and as they opened
the gates to let in the men looked
in after them, and, lol the city shont
like the sun, and there were streets Of
gold, and men walked on them, harp'
, in their hands, TO ring praises with all
and after that they shut up the gates
! which, when had seen, wished my
; self among themP'
. The staryeling's Diversion.
D1-,s,, daclara I'm glad / me