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that lullaby In the closing words 01my.
text: David, after he had served his own
generation by the will OF God, fell on sleep.'
What lovely sleep 1t wasl Unflial Absa-
lom did not trouble 1t. Ambitious Adoniiah
did not worry 1t. Prosecuting Saul did NOT
harrow 1t. Exile did not fill IL with night
mare. Since q red-headed boy, amid his
fathers f1ocks at night, he had not had
such a good sleep. At AtseYenty years OF age
he lay down to It. he had had many g
troubled sleep, as In his caverns OF Adult.
lam. or in the palace at the time his enemies
were attempting iis capture. But this Was
a peaceful sleep, calm sleep, q restfuI.
sleep, glorious sleep. After he had
served his generation by the VIII OF God he
fell on Sleep ss35. z Il
"Oh, what good thing is sleep after
hard days work. It takes all the aching
out OF the head, and all the weariness out
Of the limbs, and all the smarttng out OF the;
eyes. From It we rise In the morning, 8u9f
It Is new world. Aud II we, like DAVID
serve our generation, we will at Hes close
have most desirable and refreshing sleep.
In 1t will vanish our last fatigue OF body,
our last worriment OF mind, onr last sorrow
OF soul. To the Christians body that was
hot with raging fevers, so that the attend.
ants must by sheer force keep on the blank.
cts, It will be the cooisleep.a To those Who
ara thin-blooded and shiyering With agnes,
It will be the warm sleep: TO those who,
because OF physical disorders, were terrified
with night visions, 1t will be to the dream
less sleep. To nurses and doctors and 5
mothers who were wakened almost every
hour Of the night by those to whom they
mini ,tered, or over whom they watched, y
will be the undisturbed sleep. TO those
who could not get to bed Till late at nigh, 8
and must rise early in the morning, and be-s
fore getting rested, 1t Will be the long
sleep. 5S = ~ 81
Away with all yonr gloomy talk about
departing from this worldi II we have 4
served our generation It will not be put
ting out into the breakers; 1t Will not be-
the fight with the King OF Tefrors; II viii
be going to sleep. A friend, writing me 4
from Illinois, says that Rev. Dr.. WtnIate,
President Of Wake Forest College, North
Carolina, after most useful life, found
that In his last moments the seemed to bet
personally talking with Christ as friend
with friend, saying: t0h, how delightful
1t Isl knew you would be with me- when
the time came, and knew 1t would be i
sweet, but I did not know Il woul be sas 4
sweet as It is.' The fact WAS, heS had
served his generation In the gospel nin-
istry, and by the will OF God he fell asleep.i
When in Africa, Majwara. the servantsg
lOOK6Q luIO Gu6 Ceut OIL 0bfIu ~Llti185tNlStf
and found him on his knees, he stepped
back, not Wishing to disturb him In prayer,
and some time sitter went. In and found
him in the same posture, and stepped back q
again; but after awhile, went ~ and
touched him, and, lol the great traveller
had finished his last journey, and he had Z
died in the grandest and mightfestsp postur6s
q man ever takes-on his knees. BE hadS
served his generation by unrolling the
scroll OF q continent, and by the Will Of
God fell on sleep. In the museum OF 9
Greenwich, England, there is q fragment
of a book that Was found on the sarcttc
regions, amid the relies ofStr John Frank
lin, who had perished amid the SNOW and Z
ice, and the leaf Of that piece OF a book
was turned down at the words: When
thou passest through the waters Z VIII be-
with thee.' Having served his generation
in the cause Of science and discovery, bys
the will OF God he fell on sleep. :,l.. sSss
"Why will you keep us all 80 nervous
talking about thai, which is only g dormi-
tory and plllowed slumber, eanopted spys
angels wings? Sleep. Transpo
sleepl And what a glorious awakening15
You and I have sometimes bsen tho5onghiy
bewlldered after long and ,fattguinEs !
Journey; we have stopped at Is friends 4
house for the night, and after hours ot
complete inconsistencies we have opened 1
our ewes, the hieh-risen sun full An our
faces, and before we could fully collect our
faculties, have said: Where am 4; whose
house Is this, and whose are, these gsr-a:
dens2' And, then, It has flashed upon rs
in glad reality. -
':And I should not wonder III after We
have served our generation, and, by the
will OF God, have fallen on sleep, the deep
sleep, the restful sleepy should awaken
G.st "A fAvs a
while say: Where am n What palace IT,
this? Why, this looks like heayenta It tsss
It Is. Why, there Is a building grander than
all the castles of earth heayed Into amoun-
tain OF splendor-that must be the patace !.
OF Jesus. And look there; at those walls
lined with foliage more beautiful than any.
thing I ever saw before, and see those who
are walking down those aisles of yerdure.j y
From what I have heard OF them those Two
walking arm In arm must be Mosss anns
Joshua, him OF Mount Sinai and he OF the;
halting sun over Gibeon. And those fWoS
walking arm in arm must be John and
Paul, the one 80 gentle; and the other 80
mighty. "A Il . N !.
"sBut 7 must not look any longer at
those gardens Of beauty, but examine tins
building in which I have just Awakened
look out of the window this way ana
that, and up and down, and fnd Is So
mansion Of immense size IN which 4 am i
stopping. All its windows Of agate and
its colonnades OF porphyry and alabsst6.
Why, wonder II this Is not the House of q
many Mansions" OF which used to readf
It Is; 1t Is. There must be many OF my
kindred and friends In this very mansion.
Hark! Whose are those voices2 Whose are !
those bounding feet? Iopen the door ana
see, and loI they are coming through al y
the corridors and up and down all the
stairs, our long. absent kindred. Why, 4
there Is father, there is mother, there 1reSf
the children. All we'll again. All young :;
again. All of US together again. And aSNe \
embrace each other with the cry, Never
more to part; never more to part, fne
arches, the alcoves, the Railways, echo and
re-echo the words, "Neyer more to parfi
never more to partp' Then our giorthed
friends say: "Come out with US and SEQ
heaven" And, some Of them bounding I
ahead Of US and some of them skipping be.
side US, we start down the ivory stairway.
And we meet, coming up, one OF the Kings
of ancient Israel, somewhat small OF y
stature, but having countenance radiant
with thousand victories. And as all are y
making obeisance to this great one OF
heayen. cry out, ''Who Is her" and the
answer comes: "This is the greatest OF slt
the Kings; 1t Is David, who, after he had
served his generation by the will OIL Goo, Z
fell on sleep. NJ
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