The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
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mcndous issues and dcstin,cs are involved |
| In your faithfulnoss. For reward we haNs
| Have the swirling ,empests Of life poured
the deep waters of tragedy around your
homesg Have YOU sorrows too ucep ,or
words and too tender TO be touched? re
| iemher the dead In Christ shall rise
Have you lost fortnnc9 Remember once
! WAS young and now am old. yet have
| his seed begging bread. Have you lost
healthr Remember that though this bcay
worms destroy, yet in my flesh shan
Are you nearing the grave? when life's
! shadows are meeting eternity's day; whsh
we advance into the winter OF ne pcS ,,m,
ct: whcu the twilight OF earthly existence
is shlnipr around us; when the world
solemn cveuina IS at hand and the hour
OF fate lH nigh; when we watch upon ,s, ,me
INK to the sound of It's waters. become
deaf to all else, rcmember the promise
IL win come again ana receive you.
| The love of God spans the ocean hctwsrn
earth and heaven and upon this br'use
the spirits of just men made perfect are
Know you, YOU shall all live forever!
Death cal, no, Kill YOU. Other crafts may
70 down into the wh!rlpools or Of, be . sh,X,
us will weather all storms and drop no
anchor and a thousand years from now
win shake out signals on the h,sh sen
w
heart refuses to open shall that cnn ny
life? No. sol brethren of the league. w
old Methodist mother expects great WORKS ,r,,s
from you, 1t was from the bosom OF ms
church that YOU saw your loved ones On
tor tho eternal city, not built with harus,
nor hoary with the frosts Of years. wh. So
people no census has numbered through
, whose streets rushes no tide 81 nm '.s y,
nor nodding hearse creehs Slowly ON. Min Whom
rricfs. without graves without ssns or
Sorrows, withou, births or buria,s' With.
out marriages or mourning whicm s.oi ~.
In having Jesus for its King anReis 'p Of
It's guards and saints for its Tluhens !.
| Is, from this church your loved ones WI
when they wrapped the mantle OF m
mortality about them and put aside with
vale hands Tho azure curtains that are
drawn around this cradle %, of w, World "a.
: | Their raised spirits walking III glory arc
now your suardnn angels.
.,rac6 pcari that left the broken string
!; Is set in heavens crown ar, an9Vr r,o,,
= The circle widens in the SKY,
These are our treasures that remain =, ,
. Ru, those are stars that be9m on n's t'.
T. DO not disappoint this old Mctiouls
. mother llcw TO the line. 10 your Wno'
e. duty and YOU Will dwell in me serrn, p' ne
/ OF the Most Nigh ana aoi1r u,,u' T., t ,n
Il earthly honor comparable to staining "l
!, the walls of Zion and announcing INV
IS message of God to man. -
r. / had rather stand on Norway's froze'
IS shore and pluck her iopmost pine AN
e write upon the high and FURNISHED heaven
the message OF love carried by inc h''
~ worth League than scale, rs did iia"ni""'
-, the Alps into GLORIOUS though faN's'''" o."
ID pundercd Italy.
~ had rather he 81. Paul, Win Vei''"
=, Gus viper on my arm bearing win A''
be and enthusiasm the message OF sfaN'
n, mercy and peace than to be NaPoieo
~ Bonaparte, with an envcnoinea aisreso'
rd of human rights, from whose hanos srou
~ N.ptuncs floods could not we'sh the gum
- status. but rather they wotld WASH "
'"l mutitutiinous seas nearDadinc, ana 'nt
the green one red. f
", Trust in Cod Bear forward the messns
~, of mercy! Lift high the torch OF hoe''
ul and love. and you snail not wilmer as
M grass. nor fail as tile sparrow. You, wh
NJ like the stormy petrol, have lived In tenn
We est Will die in port. ..
he Ivhen the grent hour Of unnlasking sha
ny come YOU will hssir tho chorus ot ahse
he saving t.frhe year oil my redeemra
r,me." And the saved through your mn
is lstry Wiz say: HOW pe'u.ilu' NJ, ni' r,n
ic; mountains are the feet of them INA. pt ~
nd lad ,idinas" And all the company OF y,
or. wiu say: ''ioly Holy. the Lord COD on.
he nipoten, rcgneth. Heaven ana uir gu,,'' '
wa. When the redeemed shall catch sisht
VA that glorious city of the New ',Iu, ,i' !,
a. more dazzling bright 'i"p u ~, 1i,,,
al ond angels shall shout. Lii, up yol
,oi heads. Oh We gates and be ye iLite1 u
,os We everlasting doors eiH t. ~ q,
seraphitn shall answer, Who IS IN
Is King OF Glory" And the ans"et sna
IA come Inc Lord, strong ana tni th - ,. vi
'n5 Lord. mighty in battle Then the nie eI
md angel will shout Lift up your h'aus', , -,
cw We eates ana be We lifted up, yc eNerlas
ltiI Ing doors md the King OF Glory sha
in, 'o Mnd the heavens shall whisPer' Who
IN this King of Glory" And all me mum.
ike ami answer. '.rhe Lord OF Hosts, lie
Ky ia" King Of Glory" Then they WHO ma
~ ~ burst the clements of the tomb the az
or, m Christ who have arisen and b'come u
IL ms, fruits of them that slept. SHAH ~
ra Who shnH ascend into the M oil u
he Lord aud who shall stand III ils n9 9
in uInreY'' ma Jehovah snail answer,
has ihnt hath clean hands md a pare heni
n 3 who has not lifted up his soul into YAM
of nor sworn dcccitfully ne shall receive Il
all niossing from the Lord and rignteoushe
are from the God of his salvation .,
and When the land lcssens from our ,. visi
and thc floods ar" lii,eh up hrouln
AXE aud tho earth loses sight OF W., anu
n talte our last leave OF It's inhabitants a.
ihe of our further voyage there Gun pc
uch witness but the lnfnlt" anu hl'Iiini, -
'ise hope of obtaining rest from orr lhpo
Vno and the Christians home IN glory, Is !
: y, interest We may obtain in the mercies
a., nnr Lord. Jesus Christ.
VIII I.c faithful! How do you suppose
ON unf,ithiuI man who hns sold out
cry trust sill feel when his naked soul stan
,.as before Cod?
80 live that whom thy summons comes
the join .o.
ical 1ho innumherahlc caravan thnt inoV's
it'll 70 that mysterious realm where "hch sh
ccp take
is His chamber in the silent halls Of death
ven ,lhou 20 not, like the quarry slave
hat night
the Scourgcd to his dungeon, but sustain
zen. and Soothcd
al BY an unfaltering trust, approach l
oral grave.
couch
quo Abou, him. and lies down to please
itch dreams
lnai TAMALES.
Texas S,ookman.
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