The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-10-26

from fountain, alone, vh1tures circliug
through the air waiting for our body.
unknown to men, and to have no
burial, if only Christ could say through
| the soiitudesi Il will never leave thee,
will never forsalse thee" From that
! pillow of stone ladder would soar
IIeavenward. angels coming and go
ing; and across the solitude and the
barrenness would come the sweet notes
of heavenly minstrelsy.
What did the dying Janeway say?
~ can as easily die rs close my eyes
or turn my head in sleep. Before a
few hours have passed 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" DIR. Taylor. con-
demned to burn at the state. 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 raptur-
Gus vision that he cried: Upward,
upward, upwardl' 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 OBJ
served it; and SO great was his placid
ity that after awhile he said:
"Stoppedi" and his life had ended here
to begin in Heaven. But grender than
that was the testimony of the wornout
first missionary, when. in the Mamertine
dungeon, he cried; Il am now ready to
be offered, and the time of my depar-
ture is at hand; have fought the good
fight. ! have finished my course. have
kept the faith; henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will give me In that day, and not to me
only, but to them that love disappear
ingr' Do you not see that Christ Is
Chief in dying alleviations?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When l
see the sunset, say: Zone day less to
live" When see the spring blossoms
scattered ] say: Another season gone
forever" When I close the Bible on
Sabbath night, say: Another Sab
bath departed" When bury friend
l say: Another earthly attraction
gone forever" What nimble feet the
years have! The roebucks and the
lightnings run not SO fast. From de-
cade to decade, from sky to sky, they go
at bound. There is a place for us,
l lot ,a1 rrrfsa
and 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 a COR
onation or banishment. Brighter
than banqueting hall through which
, the light feet of the dancers go up aud
down to the sound of trumpeters will
he the sepulchere through which riffs
. the holy light of Heaven streameth.
God will watch you. He will send His
angels to guard your slumbering dust.
until, at Christ's behest, they shall
roll away the stone.
So, also, Christ . chief in Heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ
, is the chief theme of the celestial
ascription, all the thrones facing His
throne, all the palms waved before His
, face, all the crowns down at His feet
Cherubim to cherubim, raphim tc
! seraphim, redeemed spirit to redeemed
spirit. shall recite the Saviour's earth.
| ly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill Of Heaven,
and in all the radiant sweep the mos.
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriads
J gazing on the scars of His suffering, in
silence first, afterward breaking forth
into reclamation. The martys, all the
purer for the flame through which
they passed, will say: This is the
Jesus for whom we died" The apos
ties, ali the happier for the shipwrech
and scourging through which they
went, will say: This Is the
I Jesus whom we preached at Corinth
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 multitude of the bereft will say:
, This is the Jesus who comforted us
> when our heart broke" Many
| who wandered clear on from
. God and plunged into vaga.
, bondism, 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 vi
white as snow" Mercy boundless
grace unparalleled. And then, after
each one has recited his peculiar deliv.
, erances 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 reverbratior
: of triumph.
Edward /. was so anxious to go to
, the Holy Land that when he was about
r to expire he bequeathcd one hundred
; and sixty thousand dollars to have hi
| heart, after his decease, taken to the
Holy Land, in Asia Minor, and his re
( quest was complied with. But there
S are hundreds to-day whose heart.
E are already in the holy land O
Heaven. Where your treasures are
r there are your hearts also. Quaint
t John Bunyan caught q glimpse O.
r that place. and in his quaint way
: he said: And / heard in my dream
!, and. 10! the bells of the citv ranc