The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-12

10 go TO Christ, who died that mlght
live! Oh, glorious grave! Oh, what a
glorious thing it is to die! oh, the love 4
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 heay-
en-? oh, the sunshine thatfills my soul!
] shall soon be gone for surely no one
can live in this world after such
glcrics as God has manifested to my
soul"
What did the dying Janeway say?
Il can as easily die as close nv ewes
or turn my head in sleep. Before a
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
leaping, 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, up
ward" 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 placidity that after I
awhile he said: "Stoppedr' and his
life had ended here to begin in heay-
en-. But grander than that was the
testimony Of the wornout first mis-
sionary, when, in the Mamertine dun
geon, he cried: II am now ready to
be offered, and the time Of my de-
parture is at hand; have fought the
good fight, I 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 il that day, and
not to me only, but to them that ave d.
his appearing" Do you not see that
Christ is chief in dying alterations!
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When [
see the sunset I say. Zone day less to
live" When I see the spring bios
SONS scattered say. Another season
gone forever When I close the BIZ
Die on Sabbath night. say Another
Sabbath departed" When I bury a
friend l say, another earthly attrac-
ton gone forever" What nimble feet
y
lightnings run not so fast From de-
cade to decade, from sky to sky. they
go at bound. There is place for us.
whether marked or not, where you
and I 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 coro-
nation or a banishment Brighter
than banqueting hall through which
the light feet Of the dancers go I'D and
down to the sound of trumpeters will
be the sepulchre through which riffs
, the holy light Of heaven streameth.
God will watch you. He will send his
angels to guard your slumbering dust, 3.
until, at Christ's behest, they shall
roll away the stone
SO, also. Christ is chief in heaven.
! The Bible distinctly says that Christ
is the chief theme Of the celestial as
cription, 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, redeemed spirit to redeem
ed spirit shall recite the Sayior'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 sears of his suffering,
! in silence first, afterward breaking
; forth into reclamation. The martyrs, :
; all the purer for the fame through
which they passed, will say. This is
: the Jesus for whom we died" The
Apostles, all the happier for the ship
| wreck and the ScOurging through
which they went, will say. "This is the
Jesus whom we preached at Cornith
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
were too cold and loud, brought US
into this beautiful place" The null =
titude of the bereft will say, This is
the Jesus who comforted us when our
heart broke" Many who wandered
clear Off from God and plunged into
| vagabOndiSm, but were saved by
grace. will say: 'This is the Jesus who
pardoned us. We were lost on the
mountains, and he brought us home
We were guilty, and he has made us
| white as snow" Mercy boundless,
grace unparalleled. And then. after
each one has recited his peculiar deliv-
FRANCES and peculiar mercies. recited
them as by solo. all the voices will
come together into a great chorus.
which will make the arches echo and
re-echo with the eternal reverba ton of
triumph.
Edward l.. was so anxious to go to
the Holy Land that when he was
about to expire he bequeathed 100000
to have his heart, after his decease.
taken to the Holy Land, in Asia Min
or, and his request was complied with.
But there are hundreds to-day whose
hearts are already in the holy land Of
heaven. Where your treasures are,
there are your hearts Also Quaint
John Bunyan caught a glimpse of that
place, and in his quaint way he said:
"And I heard in my dream, and 10!
the bells of the city rang again for
joy; and as they opened the gates to
let in the men looked in after them, =
and, 10! the city shone like the sun,
and there We're streets of gold, and
men walked on them harps in their
hands, to ring praises withal: and af-
ter that they shut I'D the gates which