The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

clapping of the cymbalS OF eternal trl-
/ umph And while in our sleep we were
! glad that all our sorrows were over,
and burdens done with, the throne OF
God grew whittier and whittier and whit
err. till we opened our eyes and saw
/ that it was only the sun of earthly
morning shining on our pillow. To
have a right heart, you need to be filled
with this expectancy. 1t would make
your privations and annoyances more
bearable
In the midst of the city of Paris
stands a statute Of the good, but
broken-hearted Josephine. l never
| imagined that marble could be smitten
into such tenderness. 1t seems not
lifeless If the spirit of Josephine be
ldisentabernacled, the soul of the en-
press has taken possession of this fig
ure. l am not yet satisfied that II is
stone. The puff of the dress on the
arm seems to need but the presence of
the finger 20 indent it. The figures at
the bottom of the. robe, the ruffie at
the neck, the fur lining on the dress,
the embroidery of the satin, the cluster
of lilv and leaf and rose in her hand,
the poise of her body as she seems
to come sailing out of the sky, her
face calm, humble and beautiful, but
vet sad-attest the genius of the sculp-
tor and the beauty of the heroine he
celebrates. Looking up through the
riffs of the coronet that circles her
brow. could see the sky beyond,
the great heavens where all woman's
wrongs shall be righted. and the story
of endurance and resignation shall be
told to all the ages The rose and the
lily in the hand of Josephine
will never drop their petals
Believe not the recent ISLANDERS
upon her memory. The children
of God, whether they suffer on earth
in palaces or in novels, shall come to
that glorious rest. Oh, Heaven! sweet
Heaven. at thy gate we set down all
our burdens and griefs. The place will
be full. Here there are vacant chairs
at the hearth and at the tables, but
there are no vacant chairs in Heaven.
The crowns all worn; the thrones all
mounted. Some talk OF Heaven as
though it were a very handsome
church, where a few favored spirits
would come in and sit down
on finely cushioned seats all by
themselves, and sings psalms to all
eternity No, no, Il saw a great null
titude that no man could number
standing before the throne. He that
talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city. and it was twelve
thousand furlOngs is fifteen
hundred miles-in circumference. All!
Heaven is not a little colony. at one
corner of Gods dominion, where a
mans entrance depends upon what
kind of clothes he has upon his back,
and how much money he has in his
purse, but vast empire God grant
that the light of that blessed world
may shine upon us in our last moment.
The first time crossed the Allan tic
the toughest time we had was at the
mouth of Liverpool har5or. We ar
rived at nightfall and were obliged to
lie there till the morning, waiting for
the rising tide. before we could get up
to the citv. How the vessel pitched
and writhed in the water! SO, some
times, the last illness of the Christian
: is a struggle. He is almost through
the voyage. The waves of temptation
toss his soul, but he waits for tht
morning. At last the light dawns and
the tides of Joy rise in his soul and he
sails up and casts anchor within the
, veil.
Is thv heart right? What question
5 can compare with this in Importance
1t is business question. Do you no
{ realize that you will soon have to 90
, out of that store. that you will soor
have to resign that partnership. tina
f soon among all the millions of dollars
+ worth of goods that are sold yol
, will not have the handling o
r a yard of cloth. or i pound of sugar
/ | What are the questions that stop thi:
side of the grave compared with the
I questions that reach beyond it? Are
r YOU making losses that are to be ever
: lasting? Are you making purchase
r for eternity? Are you jobbiug fortune
: when you might be wholesaling 70
= eternity? What question of the stor'
d is so broad at the base, and SO altitu
n dinous. and so overwhelming as thu
e question. rs thy heart rightT'
+ Or, is it a domestic question? Is
4 something about father. or mother, o
r companion, or son, or daughter, tina
o YOU think is comparable with thi
= question in Importance? Do you no
Il realize that by universal and inexor
I able law all these relations will b
e broken uD?
Your father will be gone. you
D mother will be gone, your cOmpanio
: will be gone, your child will be gone
n you will be gone. and then this super
V nal question will begin to harvest it
# chief gains. or deplore its worst losse:
a roll up into its mightiest magnitude, O
y sweep its vast circles. What differenc
p now does it make to Napoleon IL
= whether he triumphed or surrendere
n at Sedan? Whether he lived at tn
,r Tuileries or at Chislehurst? Whethe
he was emperor or exile? They lai
II him out in his coffin in the dress of
"a field marshal Did that give him an
- better chance for the next world tina
n if he had been laid out in pfai
~ shroud? And soon 10 US what will b
"a the difference, whether in this worl
n we rode or walked. were bowe
y to or maltreated, were applaude
q or Kissed at. were welcomed
~ or kicked out. while laying hol
lp of every moment of the gre;
m failure, and burning in all the splendC
a of grief, and overarching and undo
Al | going all time and all eternity, is Il
| plain, simple, practical, thrilling, a
pr onizing. overwhelming question: -
ID | thy heart right?' Have you with
T. you a repenting heart, an expectar