Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-11-05

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. generation By the will Of God, fell on sleep.
What a lovely sleep IL vas Cnhllal Absa-
/ l0m did not trouble IL. Ambitious Ad0nijah
did not worry IL. Prosecuting Saul did not
| harrow IT, Exile did not an IL with night
mare. Since red-headed boy, amid his
fathers focks at night, he had not had
I such a good sleep. At seventy years Of age
/ he lay down TO H. He had had many a
/ troubled sleep. A. in his cayerns Of Adult
lam, or In the palace at the time his enemies
were attempting his capture. But this was
/ a peaceful sleep, a calm sleep, a restful
sleep, glorious sleep. After he had
served his generation by the will Of God, no
/ fell on Sleep
/ ooh, what a good thing Is sleep after n
I hard days work! IL takes all the aching
/ out Of the head. and all the WEAKNESS out
I Of the limbs. and all the smarting out Of the
I eyes. From II we rise In the morning, aud
/ IL j. a new world. And II We, like David.
serve our generation, We will at lies close
have most desirable and refreshing sleep.
In It will vanish our last fatigue Of body,
our last wOrriment Of mind, ourlast sorrow
tsoul To the Christians body that was
hot with raging feyers, so that the attend
ants must by sheer force keep on the blank
cts, ii will be the coolsleep. To those who
are thin-blooded and shiyering with agues,
IL will be the warm sleep. TO those who,
because Of physical disorders were terrified
with night visions. il will be to the dream
less sleep. To nurses and doctors and
mothers who were Weakened almost every
hour OF the night by those to whom they
miuistered, or over whom they watched, IL
will be the undisturbed sleep. To those
who could not get to bed till late at night,
and must rise early in the morning, and be-
fore getting rested, 1t will be the long
sleep.
Away with all your gloomy talk about
departing from this world II we have
served our generation It will not be- put
ting out into the breakers II will not be
the fight with the King Of rerrors; it will
be- going to sleep. friend, writing me
from Illinois, SAYS that Rev. Dr. Wngate,
President Of Wake Forest College, North
Carolina. after a most useful life, found
/ his last day on earth his happiest day, and
I that in his last moments he seemed to be
personally talking with Christ. Us friend
with friend, saying: oh, how delightful
/ 1t is! | knew you would be with me when
the time came, and | knew it would be
sweet, but l did not know it woula be rs
sweet as it is The fact was, he Ia
served his generation in the gospel min
istry, and by the will Of God he fell asleep.
When in Africa. Majwara, the servant,
looked into the tent Of David Livingstone,
and found him on his knees, he stepped
back not wishing to disturb him in prayer,
and some time after went in and found
him In the same posture, and stepped back
again; but after awhile, went in and
touched him, and 10! the great traveller
had finished his last journey and he had
died in the grandest and mightiest posture
a man ever takes--on his knees. He had
served his generation by unrollinG the
scroll OF continent, and by the will OF
God fell on sleep. In the museum OF
Greenwich, England, there is fragment
of book that was found on the arctic
regions, amid the relics Of Sir John Frank
lin, who had persisted amid the snow and
lee, and the leaf OF that piece OF q book
was turned down at the words: When
thou passest through the waters | will be
with thee Having served his generation
in the cause OF science and discovery, 10y
the will of God he fell on sleep.
why will you keep us all so nervous
talking about that which is only n dormi-
tory and a pillowed slumber, canopied by
angels Wings Sleep. Transporting
sleepl And what n glorious awakening?
You and have sometimes been thoroughly
bewildered after a long and fatGung
journey; we have stopped at a friends
house for the night, and after hours OF
complete Inconsistencies we have opened
our eyes, the high-rsen sun full In our
faces, and before we could fully collect our
faculties, have said: Where am |; whose
house is this, and whose are these gar
dens?' And, then, it has flashed upon rs
in glad reality.
And l should not wonder IT, after we
| have served our generation, and, by the
will of God, have fallen on sleep, the deep
| sleep, the restful sleep, we should awaken
| in blissfu bewilderment. and for little
while say: Where am T. What palace is
this? Why, this looks like heayenl 1t is;
it is. Why, there is building erander than
all the castles Of earth heayed into amour
tain Of splendor that must be the palace
| OF Jesus. And look there; at those walls
| lined with foliage more beautiful than any
! thing | ever saw before, and see those who
| are walking down those aiSles of vcrdure
! From what have heard Of them those two
[ walking arm In arm must be Mos 's and
| Joshua. him OF Mount Sinai and he of the
| hating sun over Gideon. And those two
/ walking arm in arm must be John and
| Paul, the one so gentle and the other 50
mighty.
| But I must not look any longer Mt
| those gardens of beauty, but examine this
| building In which | have just awakened.
| | look out of the window this way and
/ that, and up and down, and find 1t is a
! mansion of immense size in which | am
stopping. All its windows OF agate and
its colonnades Of porphyry and alabaster.
| Why, wonder il this is not the House Of
] many huH5lOHN ~ Nll'H uSth " lttlt
| 1t is; 1t Is. There must be many OF my
kindred and friends in this very mansion.
Hank! Whose are those voices! Whose are
those bounding feet? open the door and
see, and 10! they are coming through all
the corridors and up and down all the
stairs, our long absent kindred Why,
there is father, there Is mother, there are
the children. All well again. All young
again. All of us together again. And as We
embrace each other with the cry, Never
more to part; never more to part" the
arches, the alcoyes, the Railways echo and
re-echo the words, Never more to part;
never more to part' Then our glorihed
friends say: Come out with us and see
heaven" And, some Of them bounding
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
stature, but having a countenance radiant
with thousand victories. And rs all are
making obeisance to this great one of
heaven, l cry out, "Who is he2" and the
answer comes: "This is the greatest OF all
the Kings; 1t is David, who, after he had
served his generation by the will Of God,