Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-13

or fyipe loom. No jar. No whisper. Great
citv of siIencel OF all its million m1iuon
hands not one of them Is lifted. OF All us
million million eyes not one OF tnem
eparkIes. OF all its million million hearts
:7ot one pulsates. The living are In sDia'i
minority. ,-oot
II. in the movement Of time, some Rreas
question between the living anc the usSu
should be put; and God called up an .nS
dead and the living to decide II, as We n..J
our hands. and from all the resting places .,
the dead they lifted their hands, the deau
would outvote us. Why, the multitude OF
the diving and dead are as these autumn IH
leaves drifting under our feet to-day. mo
march on toward eternity, not by companies
of 100, or regiments OF 1000, or brlgauSs VI
10000. but 1,60O0O0,0O0 abreastl Marching
On, Marching on! ,ho
Again. as with variety Of appearance lps
leaves depart, so do we. You nave noiioo "t
that some trees at the first touch OF the iross
loss all their beauty. They stand Witnereu
and uncomely and ragged waiting Ior t .no
northeast storm to drive them INTO nne
mire. The sun shining at MONDAY Rliuss
them with no beauty. Ragged leaves D Tsa.,
leaves. No one stands to study them: Iney
are gathered in no vase. They are hung on
no wall, So death smites many. There Is
no beauty In their departure. one
sharp frost OF sickpess or one past
off the cold waters and they are gone;
No tinge OF hope. No prophecy Oh
heaven. Their spring was all abloon win
bright prospects. Their summer thlcK
foliaged with opportunities. But octoper
came, and their glory went out. Frosted! IA
early autumn the frosts coma, but 90 NOT
seem to damage vegetation. They are 'Ignt
frosts. But some morning you look OUT OF
the window and say, "There wa placN
But. thank God, that Is not the way PEG,
pie always die. Tell me on what oay OF an
The wear the leaves Of the woodblne are ss
bright as they are today 30 CHRISTIAN
character is never 80 attractive as In the dy-
ing hour. Such go into the grave, not rs
dog. with fwown aDi harsh voice, driven III
to a kennel, but they pass away calmly,
brightly, sweetly, grandly. AS the ieatl AS
the leafl
Lastly. az the leaves fade aud fall onl ITO
rise. 40 do we. All this golden shower oil me
woods Is making the ground richer, az IN
the Juice and sap and life OF the tree lne
leaves will come up again. Next MAY the
south wind will blow the resurr. ;tion
trumpet; and they will rise. 80 we lail III
the dust only to rise again. "Fhe hour .
eoming when all who are in their graves
shall hear Els vo.ce and come FORTH"
world be a horrible consideration to tninx
that our bodies were always to lie ID the
ground. However beautiful the flowers you
nlant there. we do not want to make our
Everlasting residence In such place.
nave with these eyes seen so many OF
tla [ tories Of the natural world ana tne
radiant faces OF my friends, that 90 NOT
want TO think that when / close them IN
death | shall never open them again. IL Is
sad enough to have hand or 1901 ampu,
tated. In hospital, after soldier nau MAJ
his hand taken off he said, "Goodpy, GEAR
old hand, you had done me great dsal Oh
good service" and burst into tears. 1t Is
more awful thing to think OF having tno
whole body amputated from the soul lor-
ever. / must have 10Y body again, to see
with. TO hear with, to walk with. With THIS
hand must clasp the hand OF my loved ones
when I have passed clean over jordan ana
with IL wave the triumphs OF my King. Ana,
rve shall rise again We shall rise againl AS
the leaf! AS the leaf!
Crossing the Atlantic the ship may FOUND.
or and our bodies be eaten by the sharks, OUT
God tameth leviathan, and we shall come
again. In awful explosion OF factory ooier
our bodies may be shattered into hunurou
fragments in the air, but COO watcaes tn ',
disaster, and we shall come again. ne VII,
drag the deep, and ransack the tomp' auo
uDturn the Wllu0TucSSt ohN
tain but He will find US and fetch US OUT ana
M to Judgment and to victory.
We shall come up with perfect eye, with
perfect hand, with perfect foot and with per-
feet body. All our weaknesses left behind.
We fall, but we rise; we die. but we i've
again! We moulder away. but we come 70
higher unfoldingl AS the leaf! AS the ieal!
frost last night" and you know that ron
that day everything will wither, 50 men ie
seem to get along without religion anu Ine
annoyances and vexations OF lie tnat nIp
them slightly here and nip them there; but
after awhile death comes. 1t is DlacK 'ros'
and all is ended. 49, Hath
Oh. what whitening and scattering death
makes among those not prepared to meet lt
They leave everything pleasant behlal tns,n
their house, their families, their irlenas,
their books, their pictures, and step out o.
the sunshine into the shadow Ihey gun
the presence Of bird and bloom and wave %
90 nnbeckoned and unwecomed. me Dowel
in which they stood and sang ana wpvt
chaDlets and male themselves merry ma
gone down under an awful equlnoctica: nc
bell can toll one-half the dolefulness OF theii
condition. Frosted