The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-09-06


have no burial, if only Christ could say
leave thee, I will never forsake thee. ~
From that pillow of stone a ladder
3 would soar heavenward, angels coming
and going, and across the solitude and
: the barrenness would come the sweet
notes of heavenly minstrelsy.
Dying Words.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying
in door of a heather temple, said,
} "Glory to thee, O GodP' What did dy-
ing Wilberforce say to his wife? "Come
and sit beside me, and let us talk Ct
heaven. never knew what happiness
was until I found Christ. " What did
dying Hannah More say? "To go to
heaven, think what that is! To go to
Christ, who died that might livel Oh,
glorious gravel Oh what a 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 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? II
can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Before few
hours have passed I 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
leaplng and jumping toward the fire,
| glad to go to Jesus, and to die for him.
Sir Charles Hare, in his last moments,
had such rapturous vision that he cried,
Upward, upward, upwardW 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,
"Stoppedp' 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, I" I am now
ready to be offered, and the time of my
departure is at hand; I 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-
tons?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When see
the sunset, 1 say, lone day less to
live" When see the spring blossoms
scattered, I say, Another season gone
forever. When close the Bible on
Sabbath night, say, Another Sabbath
departed. - When I bury a friend, I /
say, Another earthly attraction gone
forever" What nimble feet the years
have! The roebucks and the lightnings
run not 50 fast. From decade to decade,
from sky to 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
to our resting place. Aye, it is known
in heaven whether our departure will be |
coronation or a Punishment. Brighter |
than banqueting hall through which |
the light feet of the dancers go 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 reclamation. 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
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 We're too cold and
loud brought us into this beautiful
place The multitude of the bereft
will say, ''This is the Jesus who COM
'orted us when our hearts broke" Many
who wandered clear off from God and
plunged into vagabondism, but We're
saved by grace, will say: "This is the
Jesus who pardoDed us. We were lost
IN the mountains, and he brought us
home. We were guilty, and he has made 2
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