The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-06


alive again, and the lost is found
Hallelujah! never expected to see THU
lost one come back" The Bible say
nations are to be burn in day. Wher
China comes to God will it not know
DIR. Abeel? When India comes will II
not know DR.. John Scudder? When the
Indians come to God will they not know
David Brainerd?
see a soul entering Heaven At last,
with covered face at the idea that j,
has done so little for Christ, and feel
ing borne down with unworthiness,
and it says to itself: II have no right 10
be here A voice from throne say 5:
''Oh, you forgot that Sunday-school
class you invited to Christ. / was one
/ of them And another voice says,
You forget that poor old man u
whom you gave loaf of bread. and
told of the Heavenly bread ! was
that man And another says: You
| forget that sick one 10 whom you gave
medicine for the body aud the soul. /
was that one" And then Christ, from
a throne overlapping all the rest, will
say: ''lnasmuch as ye did i; TO one OF
the least o. these, you did il TO Ne.
And then the seraphs will take their
harps from the siderof the throne, and
cry: What song shall il be?f And
Christ, bending over the harpers, shall
say: ut shall be the Harvest Honer"
Oh. have you never sat by such a
death bed? In that hour you hear the
departing soul cry: "Hark. look" You
hearkenei and you looked. A little
child piniug away because OF the leath
OF its mother, gettiug weaker and
weaker every day, was taken int the
room where hung the picture OF ner
mother. She seemed TO en- JOY look ny
at 1t, and then she was taken away.
and after awhile died. and the last
moment the wan and wasted little one
lifted her hands. while her face lighted
up with the glory II the next world.
and erred out: Mother Do you tel
m She did not see her mother? she
did. 30 IA uy first settlement. al Belle
vile 4 plain nan said - me: what
do YOU tLiuk / heard last night? |
was in the room where one OF nv
neig Il bors was dying. lie was good
q
OF God singing before the throne l
haven't much poetry abou; me, bu; |
listened ahd | heard them. too" said
i: Il have no doubt Of it." Why. we
are 70 Be taken up 10 Heaven a, last
by miuistering spirits Who are they
10 be? Souls that went up from
Madras, or Antioch. or Jerusalem? On,
no. our glorded kindred are going TO
troop around US
Heaven is not a stately, formal place.
as sometimes hear it descr bed. very
frigiG.ty OF >p!endor, whose people
stand on cold tormalities and go around
with heavy crowns OF gold on their
heads. No, that j. not my idea Of
Heaven. Ny idea OF Heaven is more
like this: You are seated in the even
ing-tide by the fireplace; your whole
family there, or nearly all o.
them there. While you are seated
taking and enjoying the evening
hour. there IS knock at the
door and the door opens, and taere
comes IN a brother that has been ioay
d b>cnt He has been absent. for wears
you have no: seen him, and no sooner
do you make up your mind that il Is
certainly he than you leapu up. and tie
question Is w..o sha.l give him the tirst
emurace. THAT'S ;ay idea OF Heaveu-a
g.eat home cjrc,o where they are wai,.
Ing .orus. Ga. vii. YOU not know your
II tler's voice there? She who ALWAYS
ca!ieI YOU tr your first name long
after others hgd given YOU the formal
'Mis;er?" You we're lever anything
but James, or John, or George. or
Thomas, or Mary. or Florence. TO
her. VIII you no; know your
cA..d's voice? She OF the bright
eye and the ruddy cheek. aud the
quiet step, who came in from risy
and aung herself into your lap,
very shower Of mirth and beauty?
" ny, the picture is craven on Won.
soul II can not wear out. II that
little one should stand on the other
side of some heavenly h.ll and call to
you. you would hear her voice above
the burst of Heaven great orchestral
Know il. You could not help but
know it.
Heaven. sweet Heaven. You do
NOT spt- Heaven as you used to spell .
il. H-e-a-v-e-n, Heaven. Eut now when 4
You "ant TO spell that word you place
side b. side tae faces OF the loved ones
who are gone, and in that irradiation
OF light and love. and beauty and ioy.
you spell il out 4, never before. in
songs and halleluj4hs. On, We, whose
hearts are down under he sod of the
cemetery. cheer up a; the thought Of
this reunion. Ga, how much you will
have 10 tell them when once you meet
them.
Oh, how different it IS on earth from
the way 1t is ia Heaven when a Chris.
Ian dies. We say: Close his eyes,
In Heaven they say: Give him a
palm. On earth We say: Let him
down in the ground" In Heaven
they say: Hoist him on a
throne" Ga earth il is: Fare.
well. farewell" In Heaven il il,
Welcome, welcome. And so | seq
Christian soul coming down TO IL.
river of death, and he steps into tina
river, and the water comes up to the
ankle. He says: Lord Jesus. is thi.
teath?" No. says Christ. this /,
not dea,a." And he wades still,
dePuer down int, (. ha - -. -, :,