Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-02-14

oh%t ~ God he il as safe as though he had
been Il. 900 years In heaven. he may SIP;
he NAV slide: he may stumble; but he can
NOT he DESTROYED. Kept by the power OF God
through faith unto complete salvatton. Ever
lastinelv safe The seYerest trial 10 whlcm
Won can subject Christian man IS 10 Klll
him. and that is glory. In other WORDS the
worst thing that can happen chi,9 o. uou
Is heaven. The body is only the olu silppelS
that he throws aside Just before putting on
no eandoIs Of light. His soul, you cannot
hnrt II. No fires can consume it. NO hoous
can crown il. No devils can capture III
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on 20 .1
Fixed AS the ground where David STOOD,
Or where the ark abode
His soul is safe. His reputation is safe.
Everything is safe. "But," you say, sup
nose his Store burns up2'' Why, then, 1t
will be only a change OF investments from
| earthly to heavenly securities Dulj yDu
saw .ssuppose his name goes down unuer
| the hoof of scorn and contempt Inc name
will be so much brighter In glory; "Supposo
| bis physical health failsl" God wlii pour
into him The foods Of everlasting hea,sn, anu
| 1t will not make any difference. Eattnly
subtraction is heavenly addition. me lears
lake rags and tatters and put them through
the paper mill and they come out D'auiuui
| white sheets OF paper so often the rags o!
| earthly restitution, under the cyllnoers VI
| Heath. come out white scroll upon Wnicn
shalI be written eternal emancipation. There
WIS one passage OF Scripture, the force Oh
which l never understood until one DAY az
Chamounix, with Mont Blanc on one side
and Montauyert on the other, / opened my
| & A. Tn0nnfQInQ are
around about Jerusalem SO the Lord is
around about them that fear Him." Inc
| rrroundings wero an omnipotent cSm-
! mentary.
| Though troubles assall and dangers alright;
Yhou9h friends should all fail and foes all
unite, ,u,.
Yet one thing secures us. whatever betide,
me Scrinture assures US the Lord will pro-
vide.
Still further. the road spoken OF Is pleas
ant road. God gives a bond OF indemnify
AGAINST all evil to every man that treadS II.
nAllthinos work together for good o those
who love God" No weapon formed against
them can prosper. That's the bond; sgneo,
scaled and delivered by the President OF tne
| whole universe. What is the use OF your
iretting, oh, child OF God; about foodf bt-
| mold the fowls OF the air; for they SOW NOT;
! neither do they reap; nor gather into barns3l
vet YOUR Heavenly Father feedeth them;
And will He take care of the sparrow, Will he
| take care of the raven, will He take care Oh
! the hawk and let you die? What is the Use
| If vour fretting about cothes2 "Consider
| me lilies of the field. Shall He not mucn
I more clothe you, oh, We OF It'll 1aithE
What Is the use OF worrying for fear some
thing will happen to your homer ne
blesseth the habitaion OF the just What ID
| tooE 1rrtll
come of temptations2 "God Is faithful. VINO
will not suffer you to be tempted above that
We are able. bat will with the temptation
also make way to escape. that We may be
ehle to bear it," Oh, this Kings highway!
Trees OF life on either side bending over un-
IN their branches interlock and drop MID
wav their fruit and shade. Houses OF enter
lainment on either side the road for poor pli..
grims, Tables spread with feast Eof goodi
things and walls adorned with apples OF goio
In pictures of silver. / start out on TINS
Kings highway. and ] find a harper and
saw. "Whnt is your manner" Th harper
makes no response, but leaves me to guess as
with his ewes toward heaven and his hand
upon the trembling strings this tune comes
rinnling on the air: 1.-THE Lord is my llgh'
and nv salvation: Whom shall fearf Inc
I,ordis the strength of my life. or whom
shall be afraidY'
Tpo little farther on the same road anc
meet a trumpeter OF heaven, ana L say
"Haven't you got some music Tor tree
pilgrim?" And wiping his lip and taxing
long breath he puts his mouth TO the trunpe
and pours forth this strain "They snal
bunGcr no more. neither shall they thirs
any more. neither shall the sun light OF
them. nor any heat. for the Lamb which l
in the midst of the throne shall lead them Z
living fountains of water, and COD shaI
wine away all tears from their eyes" go
litfle distance farther on the same road. AM
meet maiden of Israel. She has no harp
bnt she has cymbals They look as II the.
had rustei from sea spray, and say to IN
maiden OF Israel, "Have you no song lor
tired pilgrim?" And like the clang OIL VIC
tors shields the cymbals clap as Miriam De
Gins 70 DISCOURSE: "SinS we to the Lori, TO
He hath triumpheted gloriously. Tho hors
and the rider hath He thrown into the sea-
And then / see white robed group. me
come bounding toward me, and say, "Wh
are thew The happiest and the DrlgntOs
ami the fairest In all heaven-who ar
} thew Ard the answer comes, "Ihese az
they who came out of great trioulatlons an
} had their robes washed AMI MADE WHITE
!, the blood of the Lamb"
I pursue this subject ony one step lurtne
, What is the terminus? l do not care no
fne a roac'you put me on; l want to kno
where If comes out. My text declares, IN
radeemed of the Lord come to Zion" 70
know what Zion was. That was the King
, nolace. 1t was o mountain fastness. 1t WI
{mnreonab,e. And 50 heaven is the fastne
? ~ the universe. No howitzer has lor
, encnch range to shell those towers. Let q
the batteries of earth and he'll blaze ava
: thew cannot break in those gates. GIoralti
vac taken: Sebastopol was taken; Babylc
lie IF hnQUPn
! enrrender either to human or satanic 3
. siaoament. The Lord God Almighty IS T.
} defense of il. Great capital OF the unlVers
Y Terminus OF the Kings highway!
/. DIR. Dick said that among other thins
t he thought in heaven we would study cne'
: istry and geometry and CONC sectiol
[ Southey thought that in heaven he won
have the pleasure OF seeing Chaucer a
n Shakespeare. Now, DIR. DICK may nave
!, mathematics for all eternlty anu o2utuoy !
S Shakespeare Give me Christ and my
s friendsrthat is all the heaven L wa
:. Christ and His people that 1 knew on ealtE
o Thar is heaven enough for me- On, gard
!, or light whose leaves never wither. a
Il whose fruits never fail! Oh, banquet OF d
IS ,vhoee sweetness never pals the taste a
It whose Guests are kings forever! Oh, city
3 Uohf whose walls are salvation and wn
= gates are praise! Oh, palace OF rest, wn
}. God Is tho monarch and everlasting ages
n length of His reign! Oh. song louder II
Is the surf beat of many waters, yet soft as
70 whisper of cherubim!
l. OH glorious heaven! When the last woI
L is healed, when the last heartbreak Is en-
le when the last tear of earthly sorrow IS WI
y away, and wheE the redeemed OF tne L. L.
}" ehulI come to Zion, then let all the harI
g. take down their harps, and all the trumpe
is fake down their trumpets. and all acl
heaven Iet there be Chorus oimornihg ST.