The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-16

ScctGIsE' IGey or tnelf ancestors near
!; Thomas Chalmers thunder and Robert Mo
! Oheyne pray. The breath OF God 80 often
swept through the heather Of the highlands
and the voice Of God has so often sonndes
through the TrossacEs, and they all knoi
how to sing Dundee, SO that they Will no.
lave often to be invited to sescept the God OF
!ohn Knox and Boutwell, Bsldge.
Then there ara among these foreigners 50
nany Of the English. They inherited the
tame language as we inherited-the English
IN which Shakespeare dramattzed, and I'LL.
ION chimed his cnntos. and Henry Melville
gospsltzed, and Oliver Cromwell prorogued
parliament, and Wellington commanded his
sager hosts. Among these foreigners are
The Swiss, aud they were rocked In 8 cradle
Under the shadow Of the Alps, that cathedral
of the Almighty IN which all the elements,
snow and hail and tempest and hurricane,
worship, Among these foreigners are vast
host Of Germans, AMI they feel centuries
sfterwar1 the power OF that unparalleled
spirit who shook the earth when he tro1 II,
and the heavens when he prayed-Martin
Lutheri From all Nations our foreign DoD-
niattons have coma. ard ::keSy are ilomss!cs.
far away from, the placA OF their childhood
and the graves OF their ancestors. and orr
glorious religion presented to them Alright
giil meet thsir needs and ALI their sonts and
findle their enthusiasm. They shall coma
rom amid the wheat sheaves Of Dakota, AMI
rom the orc beds Of Wyoming. and from
The silver Tnines OF Nevada. and from the
soldsn gniohes os Colorado AMI from the
banks of the Platte. and the OREGON. and the
Sacramento. nna the Caiunbia. "Thsy
lbali noune from the Vest"
But what will they do after they comes
Eere Is something gloriously conso!atory
that you have never noticed. "They shall
come from the Easf, and the West, and tbs
North. and the 5outb, and shall sit down"
0h, this Is TRAD world! The most Of peo-
pie are kept on the run all their lifetime.
Business keeps them on the run. Trouble
keeps them on the run. Rivalrles OF life
keep thsm on the run. They are running
from disaster. They are running for re-
ward. Ans those who run the fastest and
.un the longest seem best to succeed. But
ny text suggests a restiul posture for all
Gods children, for all those who for g life
lime have been on the run. "They shall sit
Down" Why run any logger! When man
gets heaven, what more can be get? "Ihey
Fhall sit down" Not alone, but picked COM
pantonship OF the universe; not em5ar-
eassed, though a seraph should sit down on
pne side Of you and an archangel on t.
pther.
: There Is that mother who, through all the
fears Of infancy and childhood, vas kept
running amid sick trundle beds, now to
shake up ths pillow for that faxen head,
and now to give drink to those parche1
lps and now to hush the frightened dresu
of little ore, and when there was one less
OF the chlldgen, because the great lover OF
children had lifted one out 0! the Group into
the easy breathing Of celestial atmosphere,
the mother putting all the more anxious
care on those VINO were Lett, 80 WeSry OF
erm and foot and back and head, so often
crying out II an so tired an 50 tired y
Her work done, she shall sit down, aud that
business man for thirty, forty. hfty years
has kept on tue run, not urged by selfish
nass. but zor the purpose OF achieving a
livelihood for the household. On the run
from store to store. or from factory to fac.
tory, meeting this loss and discovering that
insccuracy and suffering betrayal o. dtsap.
pointnent, nevernore to be cheated or per.
plexed or exasperated, he shall sit down,
not In great armchair OF heaven, for the
rockers OF such q chair would imply ores
need o. soothing, OF changing to easy pos
lure or ssni-inValiilsn, but stnrone, solid
as eternity and radiant as the morning afte7
night of storm. "They shall sit down"
: notice that the most Of the styles OF ton
require an erect attitude. = There are the
lhoussnis Of girls behind counters, many
such persons through the icnumanaty OF
employers compelled to stand, even when
because lack OF customers there Is no need
that they stand. Then there are all the car
penfers, and the stotenasons, and the
blaossmiths, anil the farmers, and the engi-
nesrs, and the ticket agents, and the con-
duc,ors. In most trades, In most occupa.
tions, they must stand. But ahead OF all
those who love and serve the Lord Is o rest
Ing ptaee, a complete relaxation OF fsttgued
muscle, something cushioned and upnols-
tered and embroidered, with the very esse
Of heaven. "They shall sit down" Best
from toll. rest from pain, rest from pstsecu-
ton, rast from uncertainty. Beautiful, JOY
Qua, Transporting, everlasting rest!
Oh, men and women OF the frozen North,
md the blooming Sclth, AMI from the
realms OF the rising or satting sun, through
Christ get your sins forgiven and start Tor
the place where you may at last sit down IN
blisstul recovery from the fatigues OF earth.
while there roll oyer you the raptures OF
heaven. Many Of you have lad SUBJ a rough
tussle in this world shat II your faculties
were not perfect In heaven you would some
time forget yourself and say; ut is time for
me- to start or that Journey" or ut must be
time for ms TO count out the drops OF that
medicine" or II wonder what new attack
theSe Is on N, through the newspapers" or
"Do you think will save anything Of those
crops from the grasshopper5, or the locusts,
OF the drcu shts?" or II wonder now much
Ihaye lost In thas last barsain?" or ~ must
hurry lest miss the train." No, no! Toe
last volume OF direful, earthly experiences
will be finished. Yea, the last chapter, the
last paragraph, the last sentence, the las'
WORT. Finisi
F.sisrIcs tle Great, notwithstanding the
mighty dominion over which he re!gnel,
WAS 50 depressed at times he could not speak
without crying, and carried small bottle OF
QaieS poison with which to end his misery
when be could stand 1t no longer. But I
give you this small vial OF gospel anodyne,
,ne drop Of which, not hurting either body
Or soul, Ought to soothe all unrest aud put
your pulses into an eternal calm. "rhey
shall come from the East, ,sni from :he West,
and from the North, and the South, AMI shall
Nt down."