Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-08

grims. Tables spread with Il feast OF good
things, and walls adorned with apples Of
gold in pictures Of silver. l start out on
this Kings highway. and | find n harper,
and ! say. What is your name::' Tho
harper makes no response. but leaves me
to guess..as with lis eyes toward heaven
and his hand upon the trembling strings
this tune comes ripping 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"
/ go a little farther yu the same road
and meet Il trumpeter of heaven, and L
say. Haven't you got some music for q
tired piigrim:' And. wiping his lips and
taking 4 long breath, he puts his mouth 10
the trumpet and pours forth his strain,
They shall hunger no more. neither shall
they thirst any more. neither shall the
sunlight on them, nor any heat, Tor 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 4 little distance
farther on the same road, and / meet a
maiden Of Israel. She has no harp, but
she has cymbals. They look as if they
had ruStcd from sea spray. and | say to
the maiden or Israel: Have YOU no song
for a tired pilgrimE' And. like the clang
of ~victors' shields, the cymbals clap as
Miriam begins 10 discourse: Sins ye to
the Lord. for he hath %triumphed glori-
ouSly. The horse and the rider hath he
thrown into the sea- And then | see Il
white robbed group. They come bounding
toward me. and | say. WHO are they?
The %happiest. and the brightest. and the
faireSt in all hcayen-who are they And
the answer comes. ''These are they who
came out OF great tribulations and had
! their robes washed and made white in
the blood Of the Lamb
The Terminus.
I pursue this subject only one step far
Their. What is the terminus? | do not
care how fine a road you put me on.
want To know where it comes ont. My
text declares il. THE redeemed of tho
Lord come to Zion" You know what Zion
was. That was the kings palace. 1t was
Il mountain fastncss. II was i~npresn@ble.
And 50 heaven is the fastness OF the uni
verse. No howitzer has long enough
range to shell those towers. Let all the
batteries Of earth and hell blaze away.
They cannot break in those gates. Glib
raltar was taken. SevastopOl was taken.
Babylon fell. but these walls of heaven
shall never surrender either TO human or
satanic besicgemcnt. The Lord God Al
mighty is the defense 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 Sec
tons. Southey thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure of seeing
Chaucer and Shakespeare. Now, DR.. Dick
may have his mathematics for all eter-
nifty. and Southey his Shakespeare. Give
me Christ and my old friends-that is all
the heaven | want. Christ and his peo-
pie that ! knew On earth-that is heaven
enough for me. Oh, garden of light,
whose leaves never wither, and whose
fruits never fail! Oh, banquet of God,
whose sweetness never pals the taste
and whose guests are kings forever! Oh.
city Of light, whose walls are salvation,
and whose gates are praise! oh, palace
of rest, where God is the monarch and
everlasting ages the length of his reign.
oh, song louder than the surf beat OF
many waters, yet soft as the whisper of
chcrubim.
Oh. glorious heaven! When the last
wound is healed, when the last heartbreak
is ended, when the last tear of earthly
sorrow is wiped away, and when the re-
deemed 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 honored-that OF Jesus
only.