The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

we watched the flight OF the first. " it'll
wondering eyes we all watch the com
ing of the last The name of that adj
vancing year we cannot call. It may
be in the 90s of this century, it may be
in the los or 2Os or Cos of the next cen
tury, but it is coming at full gallop.
With what mood will we meet it !? In
jccosity, as did Thomas Hood. in his
last momen. saying: Il am dying out OF
charity to the undertaken, who wishes
to turn a lively Hood Or in fear. as
did Thomas Paine, saying in his last
moment, .'Oh, how I dread this mys-
terious leap into the dark Or in
boastfulness, as did Vespasian. saying
| in his last moment. All! Methinks /
am becoming a god. Or in friVolity,
as did Demonax, the infidel philoso-
! pher, saying in his last moment, You
may so home; the show is over. Or
conscious-stricken as, did Charles IN,
of France, saying in his last moment:
Nurse! Nurse! What murder! What
bloodH' Or shall we meet it in glad
ness Of Christian hope, like that of
Julius Charles Hare, who said in his
1 last moment, Upwards! UDwards!'
i Or like that Of Richard Baxter, in his
last moment saying, almost well.
/ Or like that of Martin Of. Tours, saying
4 in his last moment, Il go to Abra hams
i BOSOM Or like that of polished Addi-
son, who said in his last moment, s'See
with what ease a Christian can die
Or like that of George Whitefeld, who
1 felt that he had said all he could Of
Christ, declaring in his last moment.
Il shall die silent" Or like that Of
| last moment, ssDo YOU not hear the
/ voices? And the children's are the loud
/ est Or like that of Dragonnatt, say.
ing in his last moment ''Stand aside!
see father and mother coming to kiss
me-" Or as did the dying girl Who,
having a few evenings before sat on q
bench in London mission, was seen to
have tears Of contrition rolling down
A her cheek, and who, departing from the
room, had put in her hand by a Chris
tian woman a Bible. with the passage
marked. "The blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sin.
Though having promised to be at the
next meeting, she did not come The
Christian woman who gave her the BIZ
BILE was visiting the hospital, and the
nurse said to her, Il wish you had been
! here little while ago. We had a
young woman who had been run over
by a wagon. Poor thing! She was
fearfully crushed, and died almost at
once She had 4 Bible in her hand
with your name in it. and she said
when she was brought in, THANK God!
! I found Christ as my Savior last night
| The blood CT Jesus Christ his son
2 cleanseth us from all sin On. my
( friends, if all right for the next world
? the years cannot gallop past too rap
: idly If it Were possible for the cen
\ | L1 4o11 Of 11n II
v and the years the speed of the days
| and the DAVIS the speed of the hours
i they could do us no harm. The shorter
S our life, the longer our heaven Tht
= sooner we get out of the perils OF thl:
/ life, if our work be done. the better
: No man is safe till he is dead. Better
G men than we have been wrecked, ant
e at all ages Lord and Lady Maple
Il were on horseback on 4 road in India
e Lord Napier suddenly said to Lady Ma
l. pier. r#:sRide on and fetch assistance
y and do not ask me Why" She sped o.
S and was soon out of sight. The fac
s was a tigers eyes glared on them froI
u the thicllet, and he did not dare te]
l. her, lest, affrighted, she fall in the dan
=, GER and perhaps lose her life. From al
II sides. on this road of life, there AZ
e perils glaring on us. from tigers 0
- temptation, and tigers of accident, an
y tigers of death, and the sooner we &c
- l.. cut of the perils Of this life the better
a Let 1897 take the place OF 1896, lS9
y the place Of 1897, and our souls wi
4. be landed where there shall be mott
"a =, ing to hurt or destroy in all Gods mol
II mount" No lion shall be there, no
e any ravenous beast shall go up thereon
:. if shall not be found there, but the II
&c deemed shall walk there. And the rar
, somed of the Lord shall return. an
= come to Zion with songs and eyerlas1
- mig JOY upon their heads; they sha
u obtain Joy and gladness, and sorro'
II and signing shall flee away.
H. Oh! will it not be grand when, frol
J. the windows and doors of the 'Hous
IS of Many Mansions we look out an
N see passing along the golden Doult
wards of heaven the white horse CT
N yalry that ST. John describes in Rev'
lie | lation? John Wesley said he though
I'd horses had souls; but take the story
S, Revelation as figurative CT literal, 70
s. mist admit that none but cavalr
es horses are mentioned as being
n heaven. John XIX IA, ''The armie
to which were in heaven followed hil
,u mon white horses" You see, they Al
re mounted troops. Their leader IS
re deep crimson attire. Ills VeSture, w
tx are told, is dipped in blood, Z not bloc
OF of human slaughter, as many otht
in conuuerers have their attire, but II
ou own blood. blood OF crucitiXIon agon
to the blood by which he redeemed yo
IN and me- That deep red OF garment
xt in vivid contrast with the snowy VIII
G. charger on which our Lord is seate
g And no saved sinner can gaze on til;
lg red and that white without remembe
n ing that, though his sins We're once re
CHI like crimson, they have become white
IS than snow. Oh. those celestial cava
,c- cades whom our conqueror in scarf
rs / shall lead on through the streets I
90 heaven! Wide streets, hundreds
,ir mounted troops abreast. long street
III. thousands in sight followed by comm
re thousands through the long day
er heaven which hath no setting su
" Mind you, only the cavalry are in tn
re- shining procession. those who did Wo1
90 outside the forts those who dared 3
NJ things for God, those who had in the
al ho1xy 1aShy@5f Mo WIN n