The Penn's Grove record., 1895-08-30
NUMBER 6.

| strange city. YOU remember how your Mood
thrilled and how glad yon were to see biin.a
| What, th4u, will be our JOY, after we have
passed the seas Of death. TO meet In the
bright city Of the sun those from whom we
have long been separated! After we have
been away from our friends ten or fifteen
! yesrs, and we! come upon them, we sea how
differently they look. The hair mas turned,
and wrinkles have come in their faces, and
We say, "How you have ~changedr" But, oh,
when we stand before the throne, all cares
gone from the face, all marks OF sorrow dis,
appeared and Testing theioy Of that blessed
tand, m~rthinksswe w1h say 70 each other
With an exuItRtiou we cannot now inn
agine "How you have c~hangedl' In
this world we only meet to part II is
toodby. goodby. Farewells floating in the
air. We hear it ut the rail car window and
at the steamboat wharf. tGoedbyl Children
lisp it and old ago answers IT.. Sometimes
We say it in a light way, "doodbyip anf &
sometimes with anguish in which the soul
breaks down.. Goodby! All, that is the wort
hat ends the thanksgiving banquet; that is
the word that comes in to close the Chris
mas chant. Goodbyl Goodbyt
But not go in heaven. Welcomes in tho
afr, welcomes at the gates. welcomes at tins
house of many mansions-hut no goOdby.
That group is constantly being augmented.
They are going up from our circles OF earth
to join it-little voices to join the anthem,
little na0nS 10 thks HOlu VI u ia lHe EEsit
home circle, little fee to dance in the eternal
glee, little crowns to be cast down before the
feet OF Jesus. Our friends are in two groups
"a group this side of the river and a grouJ
on the other side of the river. Now therl
goes ono from this to that, and another from
this TO that, and soon we will all be gonc
pver. How many of your loved ones have
already entered upon that blessed place! II
[ should take paper and pencil. do you thin'i
[ could put them all down? Alb, my friend,
The waves of Jordan roar so h~oarsely We cav
not hear the joy on the other sid w!3'i
heir group is augmented. Ii is graves here
and collins and hearses here.
A little child's mother had died, and They
,omForted her. They said: "Your mother
has soneto heaven. Don't cry and the
next day they went to the graveyard, and
they laid the body OF the mother down into
ground, and the little girl came up to the
verge of the grave, and looking down at the
body Of her mother said, as this heaven2'
Oh. we have no idea what heaven Is. 1t is
the grave here. 1t is darkness here, butthere
Is merry making yonder. Methinks when a
soul arrives some angel takes it around to
show it the wonders of that blessed place.
The usher angel says to the newly arrived:
"I,,hese are the martyrs that persisted at
Piedmont; these were torn to pieces at the
inquisition; this is the throne OF the great
Jehovah; this is Jesus!' al am going 10 ss4
Jesus" said a dying negro boy. ST am GO
ing to see Jesus and the missionary said,
'You are sure you will see Him?' "0h,
yes. That's what | want to go to heaven
for" But said the missionary, 'supposl
that Jesus should go away from heaven.
what then2' 81 should follow him." sail
the dying negro boy. But if Jesus went
down to hell, what then?'' The dying boy
| bought for u moment, and then he said.
'Massa, where Jesus is there can be no hell"
Oh, to stand in His presence! That viii
a., Lan,nnT nh 60 ,nrt p1r hand in thAt
hand which was wounded for us on the crosl
TO go around amid all the groups of the
| redeemed and shake hands with prophets
aud apostles and martyrs and with our own
lear, beloved ones! That will be the great
reunion. We cannot imagine it now, our
Owed ones seem 80 far away. When we arc
IN trouble and lonesome, they don't seem to
.ome to us. We go on the banks OF the Jor-
Ian and call across to them, but they
lon't seem to hear. We say: "Is it well
| With the child2 Is it well with the loved
,nes?' and we listen to hear IL any
7oice comes back over the water. None!
Zone! Unbelief says, "They are dead and
,xtinct forever" but, blessed BIO God, we
AVE a Bible that tells us different. Weopon
I and find that they are neither dead nor
| xtinct; that they never were so much aliyo
- now; that they are only waiting Tor our
coming, and that we shall join them on the
,ther side of the river. oh, glorious re-
/ lDlDH. We tilHDlb IdSD 1t IuN' IsO Hallh
lot seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered
nto the heart of man the things which God
hath prepared for them that love Him."
| / remark again, we can in this world get
10 idea OF the song Of heaven. You n
hera is nothing more inspiriting than music.
IN the battle of Waterloo the Highlanders
we're giving way. and Wellington found out
hat the bands Of music had ceased playing.
he sent a quick dispatch, telling them 10
,lay with utmost spirit a battle marcia.
The music started. the Highlanders were
allied, and they dashed on till the day wa
won. We appreciate the power Of secular
music, but 40 we appreciate the power OF
ncred song2 There is nothing more inspir-
ing to me than a whole congregation lifted
up on the wave of holy melody. When we
ling some of those dear old psalms and
| .unes they rouse all the memories of the
past. Why, some OF them were CT lie songs
n our father's house. They are all spark
ing with the morning dew OF thousand
Christian Sabbaths.
They were sung by brothers aud sisters
zone now, by voices that were aged aud
| )roken in tho music. voices none tho less
rweet because they did tremble and break.
| When l hear these old songs sung It seems as
I all the old country meeting homes Joined
Il the chorus, and Scotch kirk aud sailors
Bethel and Western cabins, until the whole
continent lifts the doXology aud the scepters
If eternity beat time to the music. Away
hen with your starveling tunes that chill
he devotion OF the sanctuary and make the
people sit silent when Jesus Is coming to
hosanna.
But. my friends, II music on earth is 80
wCet, what will 1t be in heayen2 They all
NOW the tune there. Methinks the tune OF
heaven will be made up partly from tho
Iongs OF earth, the best parts of all our
hymns and tunes going to Md to the song OF
Moses and the Lamb. All the best singers Of
all the ages will join it-choirs of white
ROBBED children. ChOirs OF patriarehsl ChoirS
Of apostlesl Morning stars clapping their
eymbalsl Harpers with their harps! Great
anthems of God roll on, roll on! Other en-
pires joining the harmony till the thron"'
ire full of it and the Nations all saved.
Anthem shall touch anthem, chorus Join
chorus, and all ths sweet sounds OF earth
and heaven be poured into the eur OF Christ,
David of the harp will be there, Gabriel OF
The trumpet will be there, Germany re-
deemed will pour its deep bass voice into tho
Song. and Africa will d TO the music with
her matches voices.
1 wish We could anticipate that song. ]
Wish in the closing hymns Of the churches
lo-day we might catch IN echo that Slip
HON the gates, Who knows but that when
he heavenly door opens to-day to let some
llul through there may ONE forth tho
brain of the lubilant voices until we catch
II On, that as the song drops Town from
ieaven ii might meet half way a song CON.
as up from earth!
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tipperary, ireland, j. NJ. Ryan, the British
champion, broke the worlds record for thu
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