Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-04
No. 80.

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| een it, car hath not heard it."
! remark further we can get no idea ou
| earth OF the reunions OF heaven. III vou
have ever been across the sea and met n
| TREND, or even an acquaintance in some
strange city, you remember how your blood
thrilled and how glad You were to see him.
What, then, will be our Joy, after we hay,
| passed the seas of death. to meet in the
bright city of the sun those from whom W.
have long been separated! After we have
been away from our friends ten or fifteen
years, and we come upon them we see how
Inherently they look. The hair has turned.
and wrinkles have come in their faces. and
We say, "How you have changedi' But. oh
when we stand before the throne. all cares
gone from the face, all marks of sorrow dis
appeared. and feeling the joy of that blessed
rnT. mrthinks we VIII say TO each other,
vita an eNultation we cannot now i'm
-inp How you have changedr' in
his world we only meet to part. II -
Soodbv. goodby. Farewells floating in tho
lir. We hear it at the rail ear window AMI
It the Steamboat wharf. Goodbyi Children
lisp it and old age answers it. Sometimes
W. saw it in a light way. "Goodby" and
ometimes with anguish in which the soul
nreaks down. Goodby, All. that is the wort
hat ends the thanksgiving banquet; that is
Iewori that comes in TO close the Christ
mas chant. Goodbyi Goodby,
But not so in heaven. Welcomes in the
air, welcomes at the gates. welcomes at the
house of many mansions-but no goodby.
That group is constantly being augmented.
They are going up from our circles of earth
10 join it--little voices to join the anthem.
little hands to take hold of it in the great
home circle, little fe, 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 group
on the other side of the river. Now there
goes one from this to.that, and another from
This to that, and soon We will all be gone
over. How many of your loved ones have
already entered upon that blessed place! il
should take paper and pencil. do you think
could put them all down? All. my friends,
the waves of Jordan roar so hoarsely we can
not hear the joy on the other side where
heir group is augmented. II is graves here
ind cotfils and hearSeS here.
A little child's mother had died. and they
.omforted her. They said: ''Your mother
has gone to heaven. Don't cry" and the
arXt day they went to the graveyard, anI
hey laid the body of the mother down into
ground. ani the little girl came up to tho
verge of the grave. and looking down ut tho
body of her mother said, as this heaven?'
Oh. We have no idea what heaven Is. 1t is
he grave here. 1t is darkness here, but there
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 perished at
Piedmont; these were torn to pieces at the
inauisition: this is the throne of the grea.
Jehovah; this is Jesus!" Il am going to see
Jesus" said a dying negro boy. 81 am GO
inc TO see Jesus" and the missionary said,
"Tou are sure YOU will see Him?' .Oh,
YES. That's what l want to go to heaven
for" '.But" said the missionary "suppos,
that Jesus should 90 awav from heaven
what thenf'' Il should follow him." sail
the diving negro boy. But if Jesus went
lnwn to he'll what then?' The diving boy
bourht for a moment and tnen he said
.Mnssa, where Jesus is there can be no hcIin'
Oh to stand in His presence, That will
)e heaven, Oh to put our hand in that
1and which was wounded for us on the cross
TO so around amid all the groups of thu
redeemed and shake hands with prophets
and apostIes and martyrs and with our own
lear beloved ones, That will be the great
,eunion. We cannot imagine it now. ou-
owed ones seem so far away. When we ara
N tronhle and lonesome. they don't seem to
,,me TO us. We 90 on the banks of the Jor-
Ian and call across to them. hut thew
I0n't seem to hear. We saw: as il well
With tine chjld2 Is il well with the loved
,nrs?" and we listen to hear if apv
7oice comes back over the water Nonei
Zone, Unbelief saws, "They are dead and
.xtinct forever" but. blessed be God, we
iave a Bible that tells US different We open
and find that they neither dead nor
,xtinct; that they never were so much alive
s now: that they are only waiting for our
ioming, and that we shall Join them on the
,ther side of the river. Oh, glorious re-
inion, we cannot grasp it nowi '.Eye hath
rot seem nor ear heard neither have entered
nto the heart of man the things which God
lat h prppare1 for them that love Him" "
remark again. We can In this world get
10 idea of the song of heaven. You know
here is nothing more inspiriting than music
N 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
)ay with utmost spirit a battle march.
The music started the Hi.hlanders wera
allied, and they dashed on till the day
won. We appreciate the power of secular
music. but do we appreciate the power of
ncred song? There is nothing more inspir-
nS to me than whole congregation lifte !
~ on the wave of holy melody. When we
,ing some of those dear old psalms and
Mnes they rouse all the memories of the
oast. Why, some OF them were cradle song.
n our fathers house. They are all spark
ing with the morning dew OF a thousand
Christian Sabbaths.
They were sung by brothers ~ sisters
gone now, by voices that wer. ed AMI
)roken in tho music. voices non" the less
Gweet because they did trembi" and break.
When hear these old songs sung 1t seems "a
all the old country meeting homes joine
n the chorus. and Scotch kirk and sailors
Bethel and Western cabins. until the whole
continent lifts the dOXology and the scepters
If eternity beat time to the music. AWAY
hen with your starveling tunes that chill
people sit silent when Jesus is coming to
losanna.
But. my friends, if music on earth is So
weet what will it be in heaven? They all
NOW the tune there. Methinks the tune OF
songs of EARTH the best parts of all our
hymns and tunes going to add to the song OF
al the anu aaes s' ;lI ;oin AZ i,coirs @ Of hit
.9oed ., cnlluren; Cnolrs OF patrlarcns! Cnolrs
svmbaIs. ~ Harners % with 't their TP' harps' Great
anthems of God roll on, roll! on, Other en-
pra fuii Of IL and tha Nations ali sayn1
Anthem shall toucn anthem, chorus ioin
chorus, and all the sweet sounds of earth
nn ma neaseh oe poaren req INTO m tne ear ol onrst