Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-13

Swiss, when they are far away from their
native couutry ut the sound OF their na-
tfonal afr get 80 hcmcssck that eaey tall In
90 melancholy. and sometimes they die
under the Inconsistencies. But. oh. the
homeSickness ofChristi Poverty homc<ick
Tor celestial riches Persecution homesfck
Tor ho>anns. WEAKNESS homesick for rest.
Homesick for sngslic and archapgelic CON-
pansis panic Homesick to 80 out OF the
Grafton, and all that honesickness suffered
10 Get rs home.
A. our best estate we are only pilgrims
and strangers here. Heaven IL our home"
Death viii never knock at the door Of that
no, single grave. How glad parents are
in holiday times 20 gather their children
home again But have noticed that ssers
- almost always son or n daughter alb
sent-ahsent from home. perhaps absent
from the country. perhaps absent from the
world. Oh. how glad our Heavenly Father
will be when He gets all His children home
with Hin In heaven And how delightful
Il VIII be for brothers aud sisters 20 meet
aiter long separation Once they parted
~ the door OF the tomb; now they meet 81
the door % Immortality.
Gates Of pearl. capStone- OF amethyst.
thrones OF dominion. do not stir my soul So
much as the thought OF home. once there
le; earthly sorrows howl like storms and
roll like seas. Home. Let thrones rot and
empires wither. Home. Let the world die
in earthquake struggle, and be buried
amid Procession o. planets and dirge Of
irresistible sweep. Home. No sorrow, no
crying. no tears. no death. But home.
sweet home. home. beautiful home. ever
lasting home. home with each other. home
with God
one night living on my lounge. whom very
tired, my children al around about me ia
fuu romQ. and hiiarity. and lauShter-on
the lounge. half awake aud half asleep I
dreamed this dream ] was in a far cOun-
Try. II was not Persia. although more than
oriental luxuriance crowned the cities. IL
was not the tropics. although m ore than
tropical fruitfulnes- filled the gardens. IL
was not Italy. although more than Italian
softncss nued the air. And wandered
around looking f1r thorns and nettics but
found that none 30 them grew there and
/ saw The sun r.ec and / watched 10 see Il
set. but x sank ror. An i saw the people
In holiday attire and I said. when viii
they pct OF this aud put on vorkmen's
garb, aod again ielve in the mine or swell
Ter az the forge Bat they never Put OF
the holiday attire
AID I WANDERED in the suburbs o. the
city 20 ind the place where the dead sleep.
and 1 looked al along the line OF the beau
tiful hills. the place where the dead might
most blissiuilv sleep. aud I saw towers aud
castles. but not q maus1ierm or a monu-
ment or white slab could I see. And /
went 10 the chspei % the great town. and
! said; Where 10 the poor worship. and
where are the hard benches on which they
sit And the answer was made me. 1--WE
have no poor In this country And then
l wandered out 20 End the novels o. the
destitute, and found mansions OF amber
And ivory and goldi but net a tear could 1
zee. not q sigh could I hear. ant was be-
Eildered. and I sat down under : he
branches % q great tree. and said. Where
Ar II And whence comes all this scenef'
And then out from among the leaves and
uQ the nowery paths. and across the bright
streams there came beautiful group.
thronSing all about me, and a. I saw them
come i thought knew their step: and as
they shouted I thought knew their voices;
bnt then they were SO gloriouSly azrSyed
In apparel such as had never before Wit
messed that bowed a. stranger 70 stranger.
Bat when aEain they ciapped their hands
and shoutei Welcome. welcome" the
mystery all vanished and I found that time
had gone and eternity had come. and wo
were all together again ia our new home in
heaven. And looked around. and said:
Are We all heref" aud the voices OF many
generations responded, All here" And
while tear q cladness were raining down
our cheek and the branches Of the Lebanon
cedars were ciapping their hands. and the
towers o. the great city were Ginning their
welcome. We all together le-an 20 leap
and shout and sing Home. home, home,
hOuc."