Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-03

C.rs ~ ihis small lslaai % a ieFrou.s world
iu-t-a 10 the immeusitir- 1i -il-nn'f anu
i..i.Hi. Arep our hands fan OF heities.
and oar shoulder under thr burden, And
our neck In the yoke, aud hoppl"- on our
ankles. ani handouts on our Nusis'
Dear Lord, We seen 90 say. Ae-p u
down here where We have O. -uher instead
of letting a. up where We might i've anu
r.i.z ami rejoice"
We arr Ike persons standing on tue cotn
steps % the national picture gallery IN
London. under umbrella iu the rain. afraid
10 90 in amid the Turner- and tue Iitlahs;
aud the Raphaels. l come 10 'heth an
say. why don't you go inside ths sal-
lerNs" "Oh," they say, we doh know
whether We can get in. | say; bon
YOU SEE the door is Open: Yes, theF
saw: but we have been 50 long on thrsn
cold steps We are so attached To them We
don't like TO leave" But, ! say, II i
much brighter and more beautiful in tho
gallery. YOU had better 90 in" No
they say. we know exactly how Il Il out
here. but We don't know exactly how II Is
inside
SO we stick TO this world as though va
preferred cold drizzle to warm habitltion,
discord To cantata, sackclOth to royal pur-
ple-as though we preferred piano W.th
four OF live of the KEYS out OF tune to an M
Strumtul lullN hIluntu-A7 AhbhHh F1AN'.
and heaven had exchanged apparel, and
earth had taken on bridal array and
heaven had gone into deep mourning, all
it, waters stagnant, all its harps broken.
all chalices cracked at the dry wells, all
the lawns sloping TO the river plowed with
graves with dead angels under the furrow.
am amazed at myself and at yourself
for this infatuation under which we all
rest. Men you would suppose would get
frightened at having to stay in this world
instead OF getting frightened at having to
20 toward heaven. This world is As bright
to me as to any living man, but cOngrat-
ulate anybody who has right to die. BY
that mean through sickness you cannot
avert or through accident you cannot
ayoid-yOur work contaminated. Where
did they bury Lily?" said one little child
to another. oh" she replied, "they
buried her in the ground what, in the
cold ground?" "Oh, no, no; not in the cold
ground, but in the warm ground. where
ugly seeds become beautiful flowers
But" says some one, 1T pains me so
much to think that l must lose the body
with which my soul has so long compan-
ioned.' You do not lose 1t. You no more
lose your body by death than you lose your
watch when you send 1t to have 1t repaired
or your jewel when you send II to have it
reset, or the faded picture when you send
it to have it touched up, orthe photograph
OF friend when you have 1t put In a new
lOcket. You do not lose your body. Paul
will go to Rome TO get his, Payson will go
to Portland to get his, President Edwards
will go to Princeton to get his, George
Goodman will 20 to the bottom OF the At
lantic TO get his and we will got to the viii
laGe churchyards and the city cemeteries
TO get ours; and when We have our perfect
spirit reioined to our perfect body,then We
will b. the kind Of men aud women that
the resurrection morning will make pos
shle.
So you see You have not made out any
loleful story yet What have you proved
about death. What is the case You have
made out? You have made out lust this -
hat death allows US to have perfect
body free Of all aches, united forever with
1 perfect soul free from all sin. Correct
your theology. What does il all mean?
Why, it means that moving-daN is coming,
and that you are going to quit cramped
apartments and be- mansioned forever.
The horse that stands at the gate will not
be the one lathercl aud despatched, ear
rying bad news, but it will b" the horse
hat St.'JOhn saw in Apocalyptic vision
he white horse ON which the King comes
10 the banquet. The ground around the
palace will quake with the tires and hoois
II celestial aluipage and those Christians
who in this wrOld lost their friends, and
Dst their property and lost their health.
and lost their life will find out that God
was always kind and that all things
worked together for their good, and that
hose were the wiSest people on earth who
made the best OF everything. See YOU ne {
lOw the bright light in the cloudSt