The weekly intelligencer., 1895-09-07

ness, which The IIord, the Tgnteous
Judge, will give me In that day. and
not to me only, but to all men that
love His appearing" Do you see that
Christ is chief in dying alleviations2
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When l see
the sunset. say: ''One day less to live"
When see the spring blossoms scat
foreverr' When I close the Bible on
Sabbath night, 1 say: Another Sab
bath departed Whom bury friend.
! say: Another earthly attraction gone
forever" What nimble feet the years
have. The roebucks and the lightnings
run not SO fast. From decade to decade,
from sky to sky, they go at bound.
There is q place for us, whether marked
or not, where you ami 1 will sleep
the last sleep, and the men are now
living who will, with solemn tread,
carry us to our last resting place. Aye,
1t is known In Heaven whether our de-
parture will be q coronation or ban
ishment. Brighter than a banqueting
hall through which the light feet of
the dancers 90 up and down to the
sound of trumpeters will be the
sepulcher through whose riffs the holy
light of Heaven streameth. God will
watch you. He will send His angels to
guard your Numbering dust, at Christ's
behest, they shall roll away the stone.
So, also. Christ Is chief in Heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ il
the chief theme Of the celestial ascrip-
tion. 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 redeemed
spirit, shall recite the Saviour's earth.
ly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of Heaven,
aud in all the radiant sweep the most
glorious object viii, be Jesus Myriads
gazing on the scars Of His suffering, In
silence first. sfterward breaking forth
into acclamation. Tho 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 shipwreck and the
scourging through which they went,
will say: This II the Jesus whom we
preached at Corinth, and at Cappadocia,
and At Antioch, and at Jerusalem"
Little children, clad in white, will say:
This II 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 multitude Of the bereft
will say: "This h the Jesus who oom
forted us VIXEN our heart broke" Many
xvho x.,s sndarad olaav - H.ov,, "a -
plunged into vagabondism, but were
saved by grace, will say: This Is the
Jesus who psrdoned us. We were lost
on the mountains, and He brought Ne
home. We were guilty and He has
made rs white as snow" Mercy,
boundless, grace unparalleled. And
then, after each one has recitsd his ps.
culiar deliverances and peculiar msr.
cieA recited them as by solo. all the
voices will come together into . great
chorus, which will make the arches
echo and re-echo with the eternal re-
verberation of triumph.
Edward !. was SO anxious to 20 TO
the Holy Land that when he Vas about
to expire he bcqueathed eleO. 600 to
have his heart, after his decease, taken
to the Holy Land In Asia Minor. aud
his request was complied with. But
there are hundreds to-day whose hearts
are already in the holy land of Hssv-
en-. Where your treasures are, there
are your hearts also Quaint John Bun
yam caught a glimpse of that place.
and In his quaint way he said: And
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 loi the
city shone like the sun, and there were
streets OF gold, and mep walked on
them, harps 10 their hands, to ring
praises withal; and after that they shut
up the gates, which when I had seen ]
Wishsd myself among themp'