The Yale expositor., 1896-02-07


side and Montanvert on the other. l
opened my Bible and read: las the
mountains are around about Jerusalem,
SO the Lord Is around about them that
fear him." The surroundings were an
omnipotent commentary.
Though troubles assail. and dangers
~, alright;
Though sagl =, friends should all fail, and
iet ,, one thing secures us, whatever be-
The nr Scripture assures us the Lord will
Still further: the road spoken of is
pleasant road. God gives a bond of
indemnity against all evil to every man
that treads 1t. "All things work to-
gether for good to those who love Cod"
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That Is the bond, signed,
sealed, and delivered by the President
OF the whole universe. What is the
use OF your fretting, o child of God,
about food? Behold the fowls Of the
air: for they SOW not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them" And
will he take care of the sparrow, will
he take care of the raven. will be take
care OF the hawk, and let you die? What
istheuse ofyour fretting about clothes?
consider the lilies of the field. Shall
ne not much more clothe you, o We
of little faith?" What is the use wor-
rying for fear something will happen
to your home? "He blesseth the habi-
tation OF the just" What is the use of
your fretting lest you will be overcome
OF temptations? God is faithful, who
VIII not suffer you to be tempted above
that We are able; but will with the
temptation also make way to escape,
that you 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 entertainment
on either side the road for poor pill
grims. Tables spread with a feast OF
good things. and walls adorned with
apples OF gold in pictures of silver. J.
start out on the Kings highway, and
find harper, and say, what is your
name?" The harper makes no re-
spouse, but leaves me to guess, as with
his 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 I fear? The Lord is the strength
Of my life. OF whom shall be afraid?"
l go little farther on the sans road
and meet a trumpeter of heaven. and
/ say, Haven't you got some music
for tired Pilgrim" And wiping his
lip and taking long breath, he puts
his mouth to the trumpet and pours
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 far
Their 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 rusted from sea-spray; and I say
to the maiden of Israel: Have you no
song for tired Pilgrim" And like
the clang of victors' shields the Gym
balls clap as Miriam begins to discourse:
Sing we to the Lord, for he hath tri-
umphed gloriously; the horse and the
rider hath he thrown into the sea-"
And then l see a white-robed group.
They come bounding toward me, and I
say, who are they? The happiest,
and the brightest, and the fairest in all
heaven-who are they?" And the an
swer comes: These are they who came
out of great tribulations, and had their
robes washed and made white in the
blood of the Lamb"
| purs;sG this subject only one step
further. What is the terminus? / do
not care how fine road you put me on,
l want to know where it comes out.
My text declares it: 1.-THE redeemed of
the Lord come to Zion" You know
what Zion was. That's was the Kings
palace. 1t was a mountain fastness.
1t was impregnable. And so heaven is
the fastness of the universe. No how
itzer has long enough range to shell
those towers. Let all the batteries Of
earth and hell blaze away; they can
not break in those gates. Gibraltar
WAS tdheIl, oeDuStOpOl WIS ldhen, BABY
Ion fell; but these walls of heaven shall
never surrender either to human or Sa-
tanic besiegement. The Lord God AL
mighty is tho defense of it. Great cap
ital 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 heaven we would have the pleas
ure of seeing Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Now, DR.. Dick may have his mathemat-
les for all eternity, and Southey his
Shakespeare. Give me Christ and nv
old friends-that is all the heaven I
want. Christ and his people that
knew on earth-that is heaven enough
for me. o, garden of light. whose
leaves never wither, and whose fruit
never fail! o, banquet of God whose
sweetness never pals the taste and
whose guests are kings forever. o,
city Of light, whose walls are saliva