Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-12

Still further, this road to heaven is a safs
road. Sometimes the traveller in those An.
efent highways would think himself per.
!ectiy secure, not knowing there was lion
oy the way burving his head deep between
his paws, and then when the right moment
was gone and there was a mauled carcass by
the roadside. But, says my text, 'No lion
lhall be there" wish could make you
!eel your entire security. / tell you plainly
mat one minute after q man has become q
shild OF God he is as safe as though he had
been 10 900 years in heaven: He may slipl
| be may slide; he NAV stumble; but he can.
| iot be destroyed. Kept by the power OF God
through faith unto complete salvation. Ever.
astingiy safe. The Rayera6t trial 70 which
Hou can subject q Christian man is to xii;
him. and that is glory. In other words, the
Forst thing that can happen a child Of God
= heaven. Tho body is only the old slippers
hat he throws aside inst before putting on
he sandals Of light. His soul, You cannot
hurt 1t. No fires can consume it. No floods
An crown II. No devils can capture it.
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
fixed as the ground where David stood,
Or where the ark abode.
His soul Is safe. His reputation Is safA
Everything is safe. "But," you say, ..sup-
,ose his store burns up2' Why. then, it
vtIl be only . change of Investments from
arthly to heavenly securities. "But," you
hy. suppose bis name goes down under
he hoof OF scorn and contempt2' The name
sill be 80 much brighter In glory. "Suppose
lis physical health fails2" God will pour
nto him the foods Of everlasting health. and
will not make any difference. Earthly
attraction Is heavenly addition. The tears
earth are the crystals Of heaven. As they
AXE rags and tatters and put them through
he paper mill and they come out beautiful
rhite sheets OF paper. so often the rags OF
arthly destitution, under the cylinders of
!eath, come out a white scroll upon which
pail be written eternal emancipation. There
sss one passage Of Scripture, the force OF
vhich 1 never understood until one day Mt
'hamounix, with Mont Blanc on one side
nd Montanvert on the other, 1 opened my
bible and read, ''A5 the mountains are
round about Jerusalem so the Lord IL
round about them that fear Him." The
urroundings were an omnipotent com.
aentary.
Still further, the road spoken of is n pleas
mt road. God gives a bond of indemnity
Rainst all evil to every man that treads 1t.
All things work together for good to those
vho love God" No weapon formed against
hem can prosper. That Is the bond. signed,
called and delivered by the President OF ths
mole universe. What is the use of your
retting. oh. child of God, about food? ''Be-
,old the fowls OF the air. for they sow not,
either do they reap, nor gather into barnsl
ct your Heavenly Father feedeth them.'1
md will He take care Of the sparrow, viii Hei
AXE care OF the raven, will he take care off
he hawk and let you die9 What is the Use,
& your fretting about clothes2 "Considerl
he lilies of the field. Shall He not muchi
nore clothe you, oh, ye OF little faith?ri
What Is the use OF worrying for fear somel
hing will happen to your homer He
lesseth the habitation of the just" What ii
he use Of your fretting lest you will be Over-
ONE of temptations? "God Is faithful, who
dll not suffer you to be tempted above that
% are able, but will with the temptationi
lso make way to escape, that We may be
BILE to bear it," Oh, this Kings highway!
Trees OF life on either side bending over un-
u their branches interlock and drop mid
ray their fruit and shade. Houses of enter
ainment on either side the road for poor pill
rims. Tables spread with a feast .of good
hings and walls adorned with apples of gold
? pictures Of silver. I start out on this
ung's highway. and find harper and
ay, "What Is your namef" Th harper
aakes no response, but leaves me to guess as
nth his eyes toward heaven and his hand
lpon the trembling strings this tune comes
ippling on the air: "The Lord is nv light
nd my salvation. Whom shall fear2 The
.ord Is the strength OF my life. or whom
hall be afraid2''
~ q Htti0 IhttHcr Oh tno same rOal anC-
oeet trumpeter OF heaven, and 1 say,
Haven't you got some music for tired
hlgrim?" And wiping his lip and taking a
ong breath he puts his mouth to the trumpet
nd pours forth this strain: "They shall
unger no more, neither shall they thirst
ny more, neither shall the sun light on
hem, nor any heat. for the Lamb which is
the midst Of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains Of water, and God shall
vpe away all tears from their eyes" goa
title distance farther on the same road. and
meet q maiden of Israel. She has no harp,
tad rusted from sea spray, and l say to the
naiden Of Israel, "Have you no song for q
lred pilerim2" And like the clang of VIC
ors' shields the cymbals clap as Miriam be-
nns to discourse: .'Sing ye to the Lord, for
10 hath triumpheted gloriously. The horse
Ind then see white robed group. They
'ome bounding toward me, and 1 say. "Who
Ire they? The happiest and the brightest,
md the fairest In all heaven-who are
hey2' And the answer comes, 'These are
hey who came out of great tribulations and
lad their robes washed and made white in
he blood of the Lamb"
Ipursue this subject only one step further
What Is the terminus? I do not care how
Inc q road you put me on; / want to know
vhere IT comes out. My text declares, "The
edeemed Of the Lord come to Zion." You
NOW what Zion was. That was th, Kings
,alace. 1t was mountain fastne-s 1t was
And so heaven is the ,stness
II the universe. No howiizer Las lona
'nough range to shell those tow rs. Let all
he batteries of earth and hell blaze away,
hey cannot break in those gates. Gibraltar
vas taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
ell, but these walls Of heaven shall never
-A.. -Ashe' % human Or satanic be-
neremenr: Tnsnor1 God Almighty Is tn.
onHfk NJ - . 4
Terminus Of the Kings highway!
DR.. Dick said that, among other thing
40 thought In heaven We would study chem.
stry and geometry and comic sections
3outhsy thought that In heaven he wou!,
have the pleasure Of seeing Chaucer ant
shakespeare. Now, DR.. Dick may have hi
for all eternity and Southey his
shakespeare. Give me Christ and my ok
is all the heaven l want
Christ and His people that knew on earth
hat Is heaven enough for me. Oh, garieI
u light, whose leaves never wither. an,
whose fruits never faili Oh, banquet OF God
whose sweetness never pals the taste ant
whose guests are kings foreverl Oh, city
light, whose walls are salvation and who's
rates are praisel Oh, palace OF rest. wher
Tod Is the monarch and everlasting ages tn,
ength OF His reign! On. song louder thai
he surf beat OF many waters, yet soft as TIN
whisper of cherubim!
Ou, ktOTlOuS HehNtu! Nnen the last WOub,
. healed, when the last hrartbrpak is an ed
when the last tear of earthly sorrcy il wipet
lway, and wheE the redeemed of the Lori
hall come to Zion, then let all the harper
AXE down their harps, and all the trumpeter
AXE down their trurnpets, and all acros
heaven let there be chorus of morning 81 lrs
chorus of white rObed victors, chorus ofrhar
yrs from under the throne, chorus of ages
chorus OF worlds, and there il but one son
Jung, and but one name spoken, and bg
one throne honore i-that 81 Jesus only
No man who has once heartily and
vnolly laughed can be altogether and
depraved.
There are some things which even
he young people do not know.
A man who studieth revenge keeps
lis own wound green, which otherwise
would heal and do we'll.
Love labor, for, If thou dost not
want it for food, thou mavst for
phys,c.
It is harder work hollIno back when