Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1895-09-10

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Saladin. the great .conqueror of his day,
while diving. ordered that the TUNE ne MAJ
on him be carried after his death on NE
spear at the head OF his army, anu tnaL tnoH
the soldier. ever aud anon. should stop anu
saw: HBehold all that Is left of Salad1Da Lhs
emperor and conqueror. OF az fhe slases
he CONQUERED, of all the wealth he accumu-
lated, nothing did he retain put tnlS
shrond." / have no sympathy Win sucn pe-
hayior, or such absurd aemonstra.l OIL, ~
with much that we hear uttered IN regard 10
departure from this life to the next. Ihere
is f-9comnfonsensicaI idea on this sublect
that You need to censideFr-there. are nnly
two STYLES of departure. a thousan 1, nset
underground, by light of torch, totIlng
in miners shaft, q ledge of rock may 1alt
upon us, an we may die miner deatl'
Far out at sea. falling from the slippery rat
lines and broken on the halliHrds, we may
die sailors death. On mission OF mercy
in hospital, amid broken bones ana reeklng
leprosies and raging feyers, we may ole q
phiIan+bropist's death. On the field OF
battle, serving God aud our country. slug3
through the heart, the gun carriage may
roll over us, and~We may die patriot >
death. But. after all, theS3 are only Two
,styIns of departurg@Ihed death ofthe righteous
and the death of the Wicke i-and we All
want TO die the former.
God grant that when that hour comes You
NAV be at home. You want the mana oL
your kindred in your hand. You want your
children to surround you. You want the
light on your pillow from eyes thar nave
long reflected your love. You want your
room still. You do not want any curious
strangers standing around watching YOU
You want your kindred from altar to near
your last prayer, think that is the Wish
of all of u.s. But is that NJ e
friends hold us up when the pillows OF death
como up to the girdle2 Can human voice
charm open heavens gate? Can human
hand pilot us through the narroWs OF death
into heavens harbor? Can any earth
arrows Of death and in the
hour when satan shall practice upon us his
internal archery No. no, no, no! Alas,
poor soul, if that is ALL Better die in the
wilderness far from trea shadow and from
fountain, alone, vultures circling through
the air waiting for pur body. unknown to
men aud to have no burial, if only Christ
could say through the Solltudes. II VIII
never leave thee. will never forsake thee"
From that pillow o. stone ladder would
soar heavenward. angels coming and going,
and across the solitude and the barrenness
Wou1i come the sweet notes OF heavenly
minstrelsy.
Gordon Hall. far trombone. dying in door
ia heather temple, said: s'Giory to Thee,
O Godu' What did dying Wilberforce say to
his wife? ''Come and sit beside me. and let
US talk OF heaven. Inevar knew what hap
piness was until found Christ" What did
dying Hannah More say? ITO TO heaven,
think what that isl To go to Christ. who
died that might liv.: %. glorious grave!
Oh. what a glorious thing it is to die! Oh,
the love of Christ, the love of Christi What
did Mr. Topiady, the great hymn maker, say
| in his last hours? ''Who can measure the
depths of the thir1 heaven? Oh, the sun
shine that fl s my soul! shall soon be
gone. for surely no one eau live in this
world after such glories as God has mani
| tested to my SOUL!
What did the dying Janeway say? 81 can
as easily die as close my eyes or turn my
| head in sleep. Before few hours have
Dassei shall stand on Mount Zion with the
one hundred aud 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 DR.. Taylor. condemned to burn at
the stake, OIL his way thither broke away
| from the guards men, and went bounding
aud eaping and jumping toward the fire,
/ glad to go to Jesus, and TO die for Him.
Sir Charles Hare, in his last moments,
| had such ,rapturous vision that he cried,
"Upward, upward, upward! Ande 50
| great was the peace OF one OF Christ 3
| disciples that he put his finger upon the
pulse in his wrist and counted it and OBJ
/ served If: and so great was his placidity hat
| after awhile he said. "Stoppedf aud his lie
mad ended here to begin in heaven. But
9a Saae out "a rs sha1 gS Wen IN t
| Mamertine dungeon, he 1crieds Il am new
l.ready to be offered, and the time OF my de-
parture is at hand; I have fought the good
fight / have finished my course. nave Kept
the faith; HencsTorth there is laid up 1or me
4 crown of righteousness which the Lord,
tbs righteous Judge, will give me IN that
day and not to me only, but to anthem that
love HIS appearing" Do you not see thai
Christ is chief in dying alleylations?
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
l n i,Nre NnT {
sunset, say, lone day less to live" Wher
see the spring blossoms scattered, say
'tAnother season gone forever. When
close the Bible on Sabbath night, say
"Another Sabbath departed" When bur.
friend, say, Another earthly a sa QUO,
have! The roebucks and the lightninGs rur
not SO fast From decade to decade. iron
| sky to sky, they go at a bound. Their
| is a place for US, whether marked o
not, where you and l will sleep tn
last sleep, and the lEen are now Inv
ing who will, with solemn tread, carry u
to our resting place. Aye, it is known II
heaven whether our departure will be cor
onation or Punishment. Brighter than
banqueting hall through which the light fet
of this dancers go mp and down to the sount
of trumpeters will be the sepuleher through
whose riffs tha holy light of heaven. stream
eth. God will watch YOU. He will send HI
| angels to guard your slumberLng dust until
at Christ's behest, they shall roll away III
stone.
So also, Christ is chief of heaven. Tn
Bible distinctly says that Christ is the chic
| theme of the celestial assumption, all tn
thrones facing His throne, all the palm
Il waved before His face, all the crowns dow
at His feet. Cherubim TO cherubim, seraphlr
to seraphim, redeemed spirit to redeeme
spirit shall recite the Saviour's earthi
sacrifice.
Stand or some high hill OF heaven
and in ali the radiant sweep the mos
glorious object will be Jesus Myriad
gazing on the scars of His suffering,
silence first, aiterWard breaking fort
into acclamation. The martyrs, all tn
purer for the flame through which the
passed, will say, ttThis is the Jesus for whoT
we died. The apostles, all the happier 10
tho shipwreck and the scourging throug
which they went, will say, g This is the Jesu
whom we preached at Corintb, and Cappa
docia, and at Antioch, and at Jerusalem
Little children cla;i in white viii say, hi
{ is the Jesus who took us in His arms an
blessed us, aud Wbfsn the staraS OF tue Worl
were too cold anil loud brought US into TIL
| beautiful place. - The multitude OF tn
bereft will say, This is the Jesus who com
1 forted US when our hearts broke. Man
who wandered clear off from God an
plunged into vagabondisn, but were save
by grace, will say: "Thls is the Jesus Nh
pardoned us. We were lost on the noun
tains, and He brought US home. We wer
guilty. and He has made us white as snow.
Mercy boundless, grace unparalleled. An
then, after each one has recited his peculia
deIiYerauces and peculiar mercies, recite
them as by solo, ali the voices will come to
gether into a great chorus, which will max
the arches echo and re-aeho with the eterna
reverberation of triumph.
Edward was so anxious to go to th
HOLY Land that when he was about to expif
he bequeathed $3.50, 900 to have his haarI
Il 40 u.olxy T.oT1
Asiir Minor, and his request was compile
with. But thereare hundreds to-day who's