The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04

would soar Heavenward, angels coming
and going; and across the solitude and
the barrenness would come the sweet
notes of Heavenly minstrelsy.
GORDON Hall, far from home, dying
in door of heather temple, said:
GLORY to Thee, 0 God!" What did
dying Wilberforce say to his wife?
Come and sit beside me, and let us
talk of Heaven. never knew what
happiness was until | found Christ"
What did dying Hannah More say?
ITO go to Heaven, think what that is!
0, glorious grave! 0, what glorious
thing it is to die! o, the love of
Christ, the love of Christi What did
Mr.. Toplady, the great hymn maker,
say in his last hour? Who can meas
ure the depths of the third Heaven? o,
the sunshine that fills my soul! shall
soon be gone, for surely no one can
live in this world after such glories as
God has manifested to my SOUL
What did the dying Janeway say?
II can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep Before few
hours have passed | shall stand on
Mount Zion with the one hundred and
forty and four thousand, and with the
ascribe riches, and honor, and glory,
and majesty, and dominion unto God
and the Lamb" DR.. Taylor, con-
demned to burn at the stake, on his
way thither broke away from his
guardsmel and went bounding and
leaping and jumping toward the fire,
/ glad to go to Jesus and to die for Him.
| SIR Challcs Hare, in he last moments,
/ had such raptarovs vision t..at he
cried: Upward, upward upward"
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 observed it; ard SO great was his
placidity that after awhile he said
Stopped and his life had ended here
to begin in Heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony Of the wornout
first missionary, when, in the Manner
tine dungeon, he cried: Il am now
ready to be offered, and t.e time Of my
departure is at hand; l have fought
the good fight, l have finished my
course, have kept the faith; hence
forth there is laid up for me crown of
righteousness which the Lord, the
righteous judge, will give me in that
day, and not to me only, but to all
them that love his appearing" Do you
not see that Christ is chief in dying al
leviations? Toward the last hour OF
our earthly residence we are speed
ing. When | see the sunset, / say,
''0ne day less to live" When | see
the spring blossoms scattered, say,
Another season gone forever" When
/ close the Bible on Sabbath night,
say, Another Sabbath departed =
When bury friend, say, Another
earthly attraction gone forever.
What nimble feet the years have. The
roebucks and the lightnings run not Sc
fast. From decade to decade, from sky
to sky, they go at a bound. There is {
place for us, whether marked or not
where you and | will sleep the las
} sleep. and the men are now living who
will, with solemn tread, carry us to ouI
restingplace. Aye. it is known in Heav
en- whether our departure will be ;
coronation or banishnent. Brightel
than banqueting hall through whicl
the light feet of the dancers go up anc
down to the sound OF trumpetcrs vii
be the sepulcher through whose rift
the holy light OF Heaven streamcth
God will watch you. He will send Hi
angels to guard your slumbering dust
until, at Christ's behest, they shall rol
away the stone.
So also, Christ is Chief in Heaven
The Bible distinctly says that Chris
, is the chief theme of the celestia
ascription, all the thrones facing hi
throne, all the palms waved bcfor
! His face, all the crowns down at Hi
: feet. Cherubim to cherubim, seraphiI
to seraphim, redeemed spirit to rt
deemed spirit. shall rccite the Saviour
Z earthly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of Heavier
: and in all the radiant sweep the mos
; glorious object will be Jesus. Myriad
, gazing on the scars of His suffering
| in silence first, afterward Greakin
/ forth into acclamation. The martyrs
7 all the purer for the flame throug
which they passed, will say: "Thi
> is the Jesus, for whom we died?
: The apostles, all the happier for tn
| shipwreclS and the scourging throug
t which they went, will say: This
. the Jesus whom we preached at Coz
: inth and at Cappadocia, and at Ar
( tioch, and at Jerusalem" Little chi
. dren clad in white will say: This
' the Jesus who took us in His arm
q, and blessed us, and, when the storm
of the world were too cold and lout
g brought us into this beautiful place
Y The multitude of the bereft will say
This is the Jesus who comforted u
g when our heart broke" Many wh
4 wandered clear off from God an
r plunged into vagabondism, but wer
e saved by grace, will say: This is tn
0 Jesus who pardoned us. We wer
r lost on the mountains and He brough
= us home. We were guilty, and lie ha
1 made us white as snow" Mere
! boundless, grace unparalleled. An
then, after each one has recited III
s peculiar deliverances and peculiar mel
q cies, recited them as by solo, all tn
voices will come together into grea
! chorus, which will make the alrhc
echo and re-echo with the eternal re
4 verberation of triumph.
!. Edward l. was SO anxious to go t
s the Holy Land that when he was abou
n 4 o,-,,,,o 10 lon,,oa4bo1 Ctln mn :