The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-01
Over the city went the cry,
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by!

Let the world go. 1t has abused you
enough, and cheated you enough, and SLAM
dered you enough, and damaged you enough.
Even those from whom you expected better
things turned out your assailants, as when
Napoleon in his last will and testament left
5000 francs to the man who shot at Yelling
ton in the streets of Paris. Oh, it is a mean
world! Take the glorious Lord for your
companionship. l like what the good man
said to the one who had everything but re-
ligion. The afilueut man boosted Of what he
owned and OF his spTendors OF surroundings,
putting into insignihcance, as he thought,
the Christians possessions. ''Ah, said the
Christian, MAN, l have something you have
not" what is that" said the wording.
The answer was, "Peace!" And you may all
have it-peace with God, peace with the
past, peace with the future peace that all
the assaults of the world and all the bonn
bardments satanic cannot interfere with.
A Scotch shepherd was dying and had the
pastor called in. The dying shepherd said to
his wife, "Mary, please go into the next
room, for l want to see the minister alone. "
When the two were alone the dying shepherd
said, ~ have known the Bible all my life,
hut am going, and / am Altered to dee, l"
Then the pastor quoted the psalm: 1.-THE
Lord Is my Shepherd. / shall not want"
"Yes, mon," said the shepherd, 81 was ia
miliar with that before you we're born, but l
am a-goin', and am Altered to dee" Then
said the pastor, "You know that the psalm
says, Though / walk through the valley Of
the shadow of death, 1 will fear no evil.
EYES," said the dying shepherd, II knew
that before you were born, but 1t does not
help me-" Then said the pastor, Don't you
know that sometimes when you we're driving
the sheep down through the valleys and
ravines there would be shadows all about
| vot, xuhtIo fhara xuaa rlaOfU Of aunchinp on
the hills above? You are in the shadows now,
but it Is sunshine higher up" Then said the
dying shepherd: "Ah!-that is good.
never saw it that way before. All is well.
! Though 1 pass through the valley Of the
shadow of death, Thou art with me.
Shadows here, but sunshine above" So the
dying shepherd got peace. Living and dy-
ing, may we have the same peace!
Opportunity Under the arch of that splen-
did word let this multitude of my hearers
pass into the pardon and hope and triumph
Of the gospel. Go by companies of hundred
each. Go by regiments of q thousand each,
the aged leaning on the staff, the middle
aged throwing off their burdens as they pass
and the young to have their present Joys
augmented by more glorious satisfactions
Forward into the kingdom As soon as you
pass the dividing line there will be shouting
all up and down the heavens. Tho crowned
1ululOILdln WlAA 1OOh uOWA ditl NAOCLs 0Sou'
of the many scars will rejoice at the result
of His earthly sacrifices. Departed saints
will be gladdened that their prayers ar
answered. An order will be given for thu
spreading of a banquet at which YOU
will be the honored guest. From the i'm
perial gardens the wreaths will be twist
ed for your brow, and from the hall 0
eternal music the harpers will bring thei
harps and the trumpeters their trumpets, ant
MI up and down the amethystine stairways 0
the castles and In all the rooms Of the hous
Of many mansions it will be talked over will
holy glee that this day, while one plain mai
stood on the platform of this vast building
giving the gospel call, an asemblage made III
from all parts of the earth and piled up Il
these galleries chose Christ as their portion
and started for heaven Rs their everlastin,
home Ring all the bells of heaven at tn
tidings! Strike all the cymbals at the JOY
Wave all the palm branches at the triumph
Victory! Victory!
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