Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-05-01

fr.elI-. that SHADOW Was on everything 10
thrsl- lifetime. shadow Of cru-s on the
E-ihiHh-m swadiling clothes. shadow OF
cross on the road over which the three fugi-
fiyHs n-,i into EsyTt. shadow ~ cro-s on
I Lake Guiile- a. Christ walked ~ mosaic
1raT of opal and emerald and crystal
SHADOW I'd rr1-- on the road 90 kmmal-.
shadow uf o. rr1ss on the brook hviron. anu
au the temple. and on the side ~ OiN"i'
shadow 20 er1-s ON sunrise ana suu-cl.
I Constantine, marching with his army, saw
I iu-l once cross /; tho sky, but Christ "a"
I tha rru-- all the time.
ON q rough Journey We cheer ourselves
with the fact that Il will end 10 warm ho-li-
tality. bat Chris; knew that His rough pam
T wouli end AZ a defOliagei tree without oho
Z lrAt aud with only two branches, bearing
I fruit ~ -ueh bitterness as no human lips MAJ
Z ever ia ted. Oh, what Hn exile-stariing VA
ava infancy without any cradle and ending IN
I a--as-i uati0n' Thirst without any wafer
. Day without any sunlight The doom on q
I desperate for more than angelic eIceIehge;
I For what that eNpatriatiOn and thar eAi,yI
/ Worldly good sometimes como from Wofliiy
evil The accidental glance 81 sharp 1!ade
/ from n razor grinders wheel put out tue aye
/ OF Gumbetta and excited sympathies when
I gained him an education and started MIN on
! q career that made his name more mal"-uc
among Frcnchmen than any other name IN
! the last twenty years.
/ Hawthorne. turned out Of the ofice OF col
/ lertor at Salem, went home I'm despair. MS
/ wife touched him on the shoulder aud saldt
/ "Now i. IA. time 10 write your book, ana
! his famous "Scarlet Letter was the brill
| liant consequence. Worldly good sometimes
/ comes from worldly evil. Then be not I'M
| believing when / tell you that from the
/ greatest crime OF all eternity and OF tho
| whole universe, the murder Of the Son o.
/ God. there shall come results which shan
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J eternity 10 come. Christ, an exile from
/ heaven opening the way for the deportation
| toward heaven aud % heaven Of all those
/ who will accept the prefer. Atonement,
| ship large enough 10 take all the passengers
/ that will come aboardt.
| For this royal exile bespeak the love and
service Of all the exles here present, and in
one sense or the other that includes ell Of
Us The gates al this continent have been so
| widely opened that there are here many vol
untary cNles from other lands. Some OF
YOU are ScOtchmen. | SEQ II in your high
I cheek bones and in the color that illumines
/ your face when mention the land OF your
nativity Bonny scotland. Deaf old kirk?
Some OF your ancestors sleeping in Grey
iriar- churchydrd, or hy the deep lochs filed
! out OF the pitchers uI heaven, or under the
heather, sometimes so deep Of color it makes
one think Of the blood % the Covenanters
who signed their names for Christ, dipping
tueir pens into the veins OF their own arms
opened for that purpose. How every
fiber of your nature thrills as | mention
the names OF Robert Bruce and the Camp
bells aud Cochrune bespeak for this royal
exile Of my text the love and service OF all
Scotch eXiles. Some Of you are Englishmen.
Your ancestry served the Lord. Have ! not
read Of the suicring- Of the Haymarket and
have not seen In Ok furd the very spot where
Ridley and Latimer mounted the red char
: ioty Some Of your ancestors heard George
Whiteneld thunder, or heard Charles Wes-
ley sin, or heard John Bunyan tell his dream
OF the celestial city, aud the cathedrals un-
der the shadow OF which some Of you were
! horn had in their graudest organ roll the
3 name Of the Messiah
bespeak Tor the royal exile Of my sermon
Z the love and the service Of all English ex-
ilcs. Ge' some OF you came from the island
Of distress over which hunger, on athrone OF
! human skeletons, sat queen. All efforts at
| ameioration halted by massacre. Process
sion Of famines, procession Of martyrdoms
! marching from northern Channel to Cape
% Clear aud from the Irish Sea across to the
: Atlantic. An island not bounded as geogra-
pliers tell Us, but, ns every philanthropist
! knows bounded on tn" north aud the south
] aud the east and the west by woe which no
= human politics can alleviate and only Al
I mighty God can as-uagc Land Of Gold
smiths rhythm, aud Sheriaan's wit. and
. / OConnell ) elOqueuce, aud Edmund Burke 5
l craftsmanship, aud O'Brieu's sacrifice.
T. Another PatmOs with its apocalypse OF
e blood. Yet You cannot think Of il to-day
j without having your eyes blinded with emo
&, ton, for there your ancestors sleep in graves,
= some OF which they entered for lack OF
: bread. For this royal exile OF my sermon
" bespeak the love and the service OF all Irish
Il the land OF Luther, and some OF you arc
I from Italy, the land OF Garlbaldi, and some
y OF You are from France. the land OF John
: Calvin. one OF the three mighties OF the
{ glorious reformation. Some OF you are de.
=. scendants Of the Puritans, and they were
Il eNiles, and some OF You descendants OF the
!, HuguenOts, and they were eXiles, and some
, Of you are descendants OF the Holland refu-
y gees and they we're exiles.
!, Some Of you were born on the banks ofthe
II HG2oo or the Savannah, and you are now lly.
:, ing In this latitude. Some OF you on the
\ banks OF the Kennebec, or at tho foot OF the
: Green Mountains, and you are here now.
"a Some OF you on the praires OF the West, OF
:. the tablelands, and you are here now. On
:. how many OF MS far away from home, All
;, OF us exiles. This is not our home. Heaven
n Is our home. Oh, l am SO glad
n when the royal exile went back He
" left the gate ajar or left It wide
> open. "dotng homer That ia the dying
- exclamation Of the majority OF Christians
- ! have seen many Christians die. | think
u nine out Of ten Of them In the last moment
" say, "Going home" Going home out o.
!, Punishment and sin and sorrow and sad
u ness. Going home to join in the hilarities o
u our parents and our dear children who have
u already departed. Going home to Christ
- Going home to God. Going home TO stay
- Where are your loved ones that died II
" CHRISTI You pity them. All. they ought K
" pity you! You are an exile far from home
J. They are home. Oh, what time 1t will b,
" for You when the gatekeeper OF heaven shall
y sly: Take oil that rough sandal, the Jour
IL ncy's ended. Put down that saber, the bat
- ties won. Put off that iron coat OF mai
- and put on the robe OF conqueror." At tina
- gate OF triumph | leave you to-day, onl,
D. reading three tender cantos translated from
> the Italian. II you ever heard anything
- sweeter, ! never did. although | canno
y. adopt all its theology;
N Twas whispered one morning in heaven
Is How the little child angel May,
In the shade OF the great white portal
lie Sat Borrowing night and day;
es How she said to the stately warden,
RS He OF the key and bar;
ly "Oh angel, sweet angel pray you
a. Set the beautiful gates alar,
10 Only little pray you,
it Set the beautiful gates ajar
IN II can hear my mother weeping,
M She Is lonely; she cannot see
et ghmmer of light in the darkness
ne When the gate shut after me.
)u Oh, turn me the key, sweet angel.
Nc The splendor will shine so far"
&c But the warden answered. az dare not
vel Set the beautiful gates ajar"
Il Spoke low and answered, II dare not
nc Set the beautiful gates aiar."
vi Then up rose Mary, the blessed.
Nv Sweet Mary, the mother OF Christ,
Ut Her hand on the hand Of the angel