The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-17
Conc lot us Join our friends above.
who have obtained the prize
Aud on the eagle wings Of love
u 10 Joy celestial rise.
Let Ill the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants Of our King
In Heaven and earth, arc one.

1 Let nll the saints terrestrial sing
/ With those to glory gonc
For all the servants OF our King
In Heaven and earth, arc one.
Still further, when Christ takes
soul into His love He puts upon it
marriage-ring Now, that is not |
within of mine. Hosea 2:19) ~ will be
troth thee unto Me forever; yea, viii
betroth thee unto Ne in righteousness
and in Judgment, and in loving kind
ness, and in mercies.' At the wed
ding altar the bridegroom puts rinG
upon the hand of the bride, thus sig
nifying love and faithfulness. Trou
BILE may come upon the household, and
the carpets may 60, the pictures may
GO, the piano may go, everything else
may go-the last thing that goes is
that marriage ring; for it is consid'
cred sacred. In the burial hour It
is withdrawn from the hand and
kept in casket, and sometimes
the box is opened on an anniversary
day, and as you look at that ring you
see under it's arch a long procession OF
precious memories. Within the golden
circle of that ring there is room for a
thousand sweet recollections to re-
volve. and you think Of the great con-
trast between the hour when, at the
close of the Wedding March" under
the flashing lights and amid the aroma
of orange blossoms, you set that ring
on the round finger of the plump hand,
and that hour when, at the close of
the exhaustive watching. when you
knew that the soul had fled, you took
from the hand, which gave back no re-
sponsive clasp, from that emaciated
finger, the ring that she had worn SO
long and worn SO well.
On some anniversary day you take
up that ring, and you repolish it until
all the old luster comes back, and you
can see in it The fash of eyes that long
ago ceased to weep. Oh, it is not an
thing when I tell you that
when Christ receives a soul into His
keeping He puts on it marriage ring.
He endows you from that moment
with all His wealth. You are one
Christ and the soul--one in sympathy,
Dne in affection, one in hope.
There is no power on earth or hell to
effect enforcement after Christ and
,he soul are united. Other kings have
,urned out their companions when
hey got weary of them, and sent them
drift from the palace gate. Ahas-
lerus banished Vashti; Napoleon for
ook Josephine; but Christ is the hus-
,and that is true forever. Having
owed you once, He loves you
o the end. Did they not try
0 divorce Margaret, the Scotch
.irl, from Jesus? They said: ''You
must give up your religion" She said:
I can't give you my religion" And SO
hey took her down to the beach of the
ca, and they drove stake at low-wa-
err mark, and they fastened her to it,
Expecting that as the tide came up her
aith would fail. The tide began to
Use, and came up higher and hiAner,
nd to the girdle, and to the lip, and III
he last moment, just as the wave was |
7ashing her soul into glory, she shout
d the praises of Jesus.
Oh, no, you can not separate soul
rom Christ! 1t is an everlasting mar
iage. Battle and storm and darkness |
an not do it. It is too much exulta-
ion for man, who is but dust and |
shes like myself, to cry out this mo-
.ent: II am persuaded that neither
eight, nor depth, nor principalities,
or powers, nor things present, nor
,ings to come, nor any other creature
lall separate me from the love of God
hich is in Christ Jesus my Lord?"
lory be to God that when Christ and |
lie soul are married they are bound
y a chain-a golden chain-if 1 might
" so-a chain with one link. and that
ne link the golden ring of Gods ever
Lsting love.
I go step further, and tell you that
hen Christ receives soul into His
we He puts on him the ring of festiv-
y. You know that it has been the
lstom in all ages to bestow rings on
Try happy occasions. There is nothing
ore appropriate for birthday gift
ian ring. You delight to bestow
lch gift upon your children at such
time. 1t means joy, hilarity, festiv-
y. Well, when this old man of the
KIT wanted to tell how glad he was
lat his boy had got back, he exc
'essed it in this way. Actually, be-
re he ordered sandals to be put on
S bare feet; before he ordered the
tied calf to be killed to appease the
,y's hunger, he commanded: ''Put .
ng on his hand"
Oh, it is merry time when Christ
I'd the soul are united! Joy of for
venessl What splendid thing it is
feel that all is right between God
nd myself. What glorious thing 1t
to have God just take up all the sins
my life and put them in one bundle.
I'd then fling them into the depths of
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