Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-07
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thing viii happen TO your homo? "He
blesseth the habitation of the inst. "
What is the use Of your fretting lest you
will be overcome Of temptations? "God
is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but will
with the temptation also make way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it. "
Oh, this kings highway Trees Of life
on either side bending over until their
branches interlock and drop midway
their fruit and shade. Houses Of enter
tainment on either side the road for poor
pilgrims Tables spread with feast Of
good things and walls adorned with ap-
pies Of gold in pictures Of silver. start
out on this kings highway, and l find
harper, and l say, What is your
name?" The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess as with his eyes
toward heaven and his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip
plng on the air "The Lord is my light
and my salvation. Whom shall l fear?
The Lord is the strength Of my life. OF
whom shall | be afraid?"
l go little farther on the same road
and meet a trumpeter Of heaven, and |
say, Haven't you got some music for
a tired Pilgrim" And wiping his lip
and taking a long breath he puts his
mouth to the trumpet and nours forth
this strain: They shall hunger no
more, neither shall they thirst any
more, neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat, for the lamb which
is in the midst Of the throne shall lead
them to living fountains Of water, and
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes" go little distance farther on
the same road, and l meet a maiden Of
Israel. She has no harp, but she has
cymbals. They look as if they had rust
ed from sea spray, and l say to the
for a tired pilgrim:" And like the clang
Of victors' shields the cymbals clap as
Miriam begins to discourse: "Sing ye
to the Lord, for he hath triumphed
gloriously. The horse and the rider hath
he thrown into the sea. " And then l see
a white robed group. They come bound
ing toward me, and l say, "Who are
they; The happiest and the brightest,
and the fairest in all heayen-who are
tbey?" And the answer comes, These
are they who came out Of great tribula-
tions and had their robes washed and
made white in the blood Of the Lamb.
The Impregnable Terminus.
pursue this subject only one step
further. What is the terminus? do not
care how fine a road you put me on;
want to know where it comes out. My
text declares, "The redeemed Of the
Lord come to Zion" You know what
Zion was. That was the kings palace.
It was a mountain fastness. it was im-
pregnable. And so heaven is the fastness
Of the universe. No howitzer has long
enough range to she'll those towers.
Let all the batteries Of earth and hell
blaze away; they cannot break in those
gates. Gibraltar was taken; Sebastopol
was taken; Babylon fell, but these
walls Of heaven shall never surrender
either to human or satanic besiegement.
The Lord God Almighty is the defepse
.of it. Great capital Of the universe!
Terminus Of the kings highway!
DR.. Dick said that, among other
things, he thought in heaven we would
study chemistry and geometry and comic
sections. Southey thought that IN heay-
en- he would have the pleasure Of seeing
Chaucer and Shakespeare. Now, DIR.
Dick may have his mathematics for all
eternity and Southey his Shakespeare.
Give me Christ and my old friends
that is all the heaven l want Christ
and his people that knew on earth
that is heaven enough for me. Oh, gar
den Of light, whose leaves never wither,
and whose fruits never fail! Oh, ban
quet Of God, whose sweetness never
pals the taste and whose guests are
kings for ever Oh, city Of light, whose
walls are salvation and whose gates are
praise Oh, palace Of rest, where God Is
the monarch aud everlasting ages the
length Of his reign Oh, song louder
than the surf beat Of many waters, yet
soft as the whisper Of cherublm
Oh, glorious heaven! When the last
wound is healed, when the last heart
break is ended, when the last tear OF
earthly sorrow is wiped away, and when
the redeemed Of the Lord shall come to
Zion, then let all the harpers take down
their harps, and all the trumpeters take
down their trumpets, and all across
heaven let there be chorus Of morning
stars, chorus Of white robed victors,
chorus Of martyrs from under the throne,
chorus Of ages, chorus Of worlds, and
there is but one song sung, and but one
name spoken and but one throne honor
ed-that of Jesus only.