Milford chronicle., 1895-08-23
MILFORD DEL, FRIDAY, AUGUST % 1895.

the row of scars along the Ine OF tho mar,
will keep all heaven thinking Oh, that
great weeper Is just the one to silence all
earthly trouble, wipo out all the stains OF
earthly grief Gentlo Why his step is
softer than the step Of the dew It will
not be a tyrant bidding you TO hush M
your crying 1t will be a Father who VIII
take you ON his left arm, his face beaming
into yours, while with tho soft tips of the
fingers Of the right hand he shall wipe
away all tears from your eyes.
Friends, if we could get any apprecia-
/ tion Of what God has in reserve for us it
! would make us so homesick we would DO
/ unfit for our everyday work. Professor
1 Leonard, formerly Of Iowa university, put
/ in my hands a mctcOric stone, stone
/ thrown OFF from some other world to this
/ How suggestive it was tumel And 1 have
to tell you the best approximations we have
Of heaven are only aorulites flung of from
that world which rolls on, bearing the
multitudes Of the redeemed We analyzo
these aorolitos and find them crystalliza-
lions Of tears. No wonder, lung off from
heaven "God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes.
Funeral ON Earth and Jubilee In Heaven.
Have you any appreciation Of the good
y
in heaveng How different it is when they
get news there of a Christians death from
what it is herel It is the difference be-
tween emharkation and coming into port.
Everything depends upon which side Of the
river you stand when you hear Of a Chris
tians death. If you stand on this side OF
the river, you mourn th.t they GO If you
stand on the other side of the river, you
rejoice that they come Oh, the difference
between a funeral Oh earth and jubilee
in heaven-hetween requiem here and tri-
umph thure-parting here and reunion
there Together Have you thought of
It? They arc together Not one Of your
departed friends in one land and another
in another land but together in different
rooms Of the same hoUse-the house Of
many mansions. Togothcrl
never mere appreciated that thought
than whom we laid away in her last slum-
Der my sister Sarah. Standing there in
the village cemetery, looked around and
said, "There is father there is mother
there is grandfather, there is grandmother
there are whole circles OF kindred " and
thought to myself Together in the grave
together in glory" am so impressed |
with the thought that l do not think It is |
any fanaticisin when some one is going |
from THIS world TO the next II you make I
them the bearer of dispatches to your I
friends who are gone saying, "Give my 1
love to my parents, give my love to my /
children, give my love Ia my old comrades |
who are in glory, and toll them I am try /
ing to fight tho good fight of faith and I /
will join them after awhile" 1 believe 1
the message viii be delivered and l be-
lieve it will increase tho gladness Of those
who are before the throne. Together are
they, all their tears gone.
My friends, take this good cheer home
with you. These tears Of bereavement that
course your check, and Of persecution, and
Of trial, are not always to be there. The
hand of God will wipe them all
away. What is the use, on the way to such
D commandments is the use Of fret
ting about anything? Oh, what an exhil-
lration it ought to be in Christian work
See you the piunacles against the sky? 1t
Is the city of our God, and we are approach
Ing it, Oh, let US be busy in the days that
remain for usl
put this balsam on the wounds Of your
heart Rejoice at the thought Of what
7our departed friends have got rid of and
hat you have a prospect Of so soon max
ng your own escape. Bear cheerfully the
ministry of tears and ezult at tho thought
hat soon it is TO be ended.
There we shall march up the heavenly street
And ground our arms at Jesus feet