Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-01-25


alone, but picked companionship Of the
universe; not embarrassed, though a Sc
raph should sit down ora one side of you
and an archangel ON the other.
There is that mother who, through all
the years of infancy and childhood, was
kept running amid sick trundle beds,
now to shake up the pillow for that
fiaxen head, and now to give drink to
those parched lips, and now to hush the
frightened dream Of little one, and
when there was ono less of the children,
because the great lover Of children had
lifted one out of the Group into the easy
breathing of celestial atmosphere, the
mother putting all the more anxious care
on those who were left, so weary Of arm
and foot and back and head, SO often
crying out: II am so tiredl ] am SO
tiredp Her work done, she shall sit
down, and that business man for 30, 30,
so years has kept on the run, not urged
by selfishness, but for the purpose OF
achieving livelihood for the household.
On the run from store to store, or from
factory to factory, meeting this loss and
discovering that inaoouracy and suffer
ing betrayal or disappointment, never
more to be cheated or perplexed or exas-
perated, he shall sit down. not in great
armchair Of heaven, for the rockers Of
such chair would imply ones need Of
soothing, of changing to easy posture or
semi-invalidism, but throne, solid as
eternity and radiant as the morning aft
er night Of storm "They shall sit
down"
The Heavenly Rest.
notice that the most Of the styles OF
toll require an erect attitude. There are
the Thousands of girls behind counters,
many such persons through the inhu-
mainly Of employers compelled to stand,
even when because of lack of custom
ers there is no need that they stand.
Then there are all the carpenters, and
the stonemasons, and the blacksmiths,
and the farmers, and the engineers, and
the ticket agents, and the conductors
In most trades, in most occupations,
they must stand But ahead of all those
who love and serve the Lord is resting
place, a complete relaxation Of fatigued
muscle, something cushioned and up
holstered and embroidered, with the
very ease of heaven. '"They shall SIT
down" Rest from toll, rest from pain,
rest from persecution, rest from uncer-
tainty. Beautiful, joyous, transporting,
everlasting restl
Oh, men and women Of the frozen
north, and the blooming south, and from
the realms of the rising or setting sun,
through Christ get your sins forgiven
and start for the place where you may
at last sit down in blissful recovery
from the fatigues of earth, while there
roll over you the raptures of heaven.
Many of you have had such rough tus-
sic in this world that if your faculties
were not perfect in heaven you would
some time forget yourself and say, at is
time for me to start on that journey, "
or ut must be time for me to count out
the drops of that medicine, or Il won
der what new attack there is on me
through the newspapers" or "Do you
think l will save anything Of those crops
from the grasshoppers, or the locusts, or
the droughts?" or wonder how much
have lost in that last bargain?" or Il
must hurry lest l miss the train" No,
mol The last volume of direful, earthly
experiences will be finished. Yea, the
last chapter, the last paragraph, the last
sentence, the last word. Finisl
Frederick the Great, Notwithstanding
the mighty dominion over which he
reigned, was so depressed at times ne
could not speak without crying, and
carried a small bottle Of quick poison
with which to end his misery when he
could stand it no longer. But give you
this small vial of gospel anodyne, one
drop of which, not hurting either body
or soul, ought to soothe all unrest and
put your pulses into an eternal calm.
"They shall come from the east, and
from the west, and from the north, and
the south, and shall sit down. "