The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-06
NUMBER 7.

With the morbidity a road ABOUT our uemisr.
The Emperor of Constantinople arranged
that on the day OF his coronation the stone
mason should come and consult him about
the tombstone that after awhile he wouti
need, And there are men who are mono
mauiacal on the subject OF departure from
this life by death. and the more they think
Of It the less they are prepared to go. This
Is an unmanliness not worthy OF you, moi
worthy of me.
Saladin. the great onauero nj bis day
while dying, ordered that the tunic he had
IN him be carried after his death on his
Jpear at the head Of his army, and that then
he soldier, ever and anon, should stop ana
nav: tsBehold all that IS left Of e. .dtn, the
Emperor and conqueror! OF all the states
,econuuered, Of all the wealth he accurnu-
ated, nothing did he retain out this
,hroud." Ihave no sympathy with such be-
,ayior. or such absurd demonstration, or
With much that we hear uttered in regard to
departure from this life to the next. There
"a commonsensical idea on this subject
hat YOU need to consider there are only
wo styles OF departure. A thousand feet
underground, by ligb+ Of torch, toiling
n a miners shaft, q ledge OF rock may fall
ipon ms. and we may die q miners death.
Far out at sea, falling from the slippery rat
ines and broken on tho halliards, We may
lie a sailors death. On mission OF mercy
n hospital, amid broken bones and reeking
sprosies and raging towers, we may lie a
,h~ilan.hropist's death. On the field OF
,attle, serving God and our country, slugs
hrough the heart, the gun carriage may
oil over us, and we may die a patriots
cath. But, after all, there are only two
tyles of departure-the cath 81 the righteous
nd the death of the Ticked-and we all
want to die the former
God grant that when that nour comes you
oav be ut home. You want the hand OF
our kindred IN your hi I'D. You want your
hiidren to surround you. You want the
light on your pillow rom eyes that nave
ong reflected your love. You want your
Dom still. You do not want any curious
Jrancers standing around watching you.
ION want your kindred rom altar to hear
rour last PRAYER, think that is the wish
If all Of us. But is that all? Can earthly
riends hold US up when the pillows OF death
ONE up to the girdle? Gan human voice
harm open heaven's gate? Can human
iand pilst US through the narrows OF death
INTO heavens harbor? Can any earth
:rrows OF death and in the
,our when satan shall practice upon us his
nfernal archery No. no. no, no! Alas,
,oor soul, IL that Is ALL Better die in the
wilderness far from tree shadow and from
ouniain. alone, ~vrltures clrcling through
he air waiting fur our body, unknown to
nen. and to have no burial, IL only Christ
,onld saw through the solitudes. II will
,eyer leave thee, I will never forsake thee.
from that pillow q toni a ladder would
oar ~heayenward, angels coming and going,
md across the solitude and the barrenness
would come the sweet notes OF heavenly
ninstrelsy.
Gordon Hall. far from home. dyingin dooi
# a heather temple, said: "Glory to Thee,
) Godr" What dtG DYING Wilberforce say to
lis wife? .sCome ans sit beside me. and let
is talk of heaven. Inever knew. what hap
,iness was until / foupa Christ" What did
wing Hannah More say2 ITO goto heaven,
hiinS what that is! To go to Christ, who
lied that I might liva. Oh. glorious grave!
)h. what a glorious thing it is to lie! Oh.
he love Of Chris, the love OF ChristP' What
lid Mr.. Toplady, tho great hymn maker, say
n his last hours2 "Yho can measure the
iepths Of the third heaven? oh, the sun
hine that fl3s my soul! / shall soon be
gone, for surely nc n can live in TINS
world after such glorts5 as doo mas mah'-
ested to my soul"
What did the dying Janeway sayf II can
S easily die as close my eyes or u my
| lead In sleep. Bsfore a few hours have
| passed I shall stand on Mount Zion with the
| ,ne hundred and forty and ~fourthousand and
| With the lust men made perfect, and we shall
scribe riches, and honor, and glory, ana
| majesty. and dominion unto God and the
Lamb" DIR. Taylor, condemned to burn at
| he stake. on his way thither broke away
rom the guardsmen, and went bounding
md leaping and jumping toward the nre,
| dad to go to Jesus, and TO die Tor HIM.
Jr Charles Hare. in his last moments,
| iad such rapturous vision that ne cried,
| 'Upward, upward, up!ward!' AND 50
| ,reat was the peace OF one OF Christ
| disciples that he put his finger upon the
| ,ulse in his wrist and counted 1t and OBJ
| leryed IL: and SO great was his placidity that
| ,fter awhile he said. "~Stopped!" aud his lie
rad ended here to begin in heaven. But
,rander than that was the testimony OF The
worn out first missionary, when, In the
| Hamertine dungeon, he cried, II am now
,aady TO be offered, and the time Of my de.
,arture Is at hand; 1 have fought the GOOD
ight. I have finished my course, ! have kept
he faith; henceforth there is aid up Tor mt
crown of righteousness which the Lord
he righteous Judge, will give 1ae in thai
lay, and not to me only, but 70 anthem tina,
owe His a~ppearing!' Do You not see tina
christ is chief in dying aileviationsf
stand on some high mill Of heaven
md in all the radiant SWEEP tire mos
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriad:
,azino on the scars OF His e1~ertnR, IL
| silence first, afterward breaAlng fortf
INTO reclamation. The martyrs, Al thu
>urer for the flame through which they
,assed. will say, .'This is the Jesus for whom
1 Ne Oltl, II hPSotAcog
he shipwreck and the scourginR through
which they went, will say, ''This is the Jesu
whom we preached at Corinth, All Cappa
iocia. and at Antioch, and at j 'tusalem.
Little children clad in white viii say, INT
8 the Jesus who took US in Ills arms an
| blessed us, and when the stof as oi the wori,
we're too cold and loud brought us into thi
,eautiful place" The multitude OF tn
,ereft will say, s'This Is the Jesus who com
orted us when our he arts broke Man,
vho wandered clear IN from God an
dunced into ~yagabonaism, but were save
" grace, will say: 't1his 10 the Jesus VIII
,ardoned us. We were lost on the noun
aims. and He brough. US home. We wer
suiity. and He has male US white as snow.
Nercv houndless. grace unparalleled. An
hen, after each one has recited his pecuiia
ieIiyerances and pecu lar .asrcies, reeite
hem as by solo, all the voices Will come 20
yether into q great chic tus, rnteh Will max
he arches echo and re-;cho with the eterna
everberation of triumph
Edward l was so aoxious 10 SO totn
Ioly Land that when he was about to expir
ia beoueathed $160, 900 10 have his hear
lfter his decease, taken 10 the Holy Land l
lsia Minor. and his res 1est was compile
With. But there are huaareds to-day q
learts are already in the Holy Land
Heaven. Where your treasures are, the'
IRE your hearts also. Quaint John Bunya
lis quaint way ne said, ''And / heard in m
irean, and, iol the bells OF the city ran
again for Joy, a ID as they opened the gait
% LET in the men [ looked in after them. HI
o! the city shone ike the sun, and there we
streets OF gold. snd men walked on ther
aarps In their hands, TO ring praises with a
and after tina they shut up the gates, whic
when l had seen, 1 wished myself amol
.hem!'
Photographs Taken From a Kite.
W. A. Eddy, o. Now Jersey, experiments
mccessi uily with dying kites In a high VII