The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-05-25

in the fact that there will be family
rece instruction in better place. From
Scotland, or England, or Ireland, a
child emigrates to America. 1t is very
hard parting, but he comes, after
awhile writing home as to what
good land it is. Another brother
comes, sister comes, and another,
and after awhile the mother comes,
and after awhile the father comes,
and now they are all here, and they
have time of great congratulation
and very pleasant reunion. Well, 1t
is just so with our families; they are
emigrating toward a better land.
Now, one gees out. Oh, how hard it
is to part with him! Another goes.
Oh, how hard it is to part with her!
And another, and another, and we
ourselves will, after awhile, go over,
and then we will be together. Oh,
what reunion! Do you believe thatP
"Yes," you say. Oh! you do not. You
do not believe it as you believe other
things. If you do, and with the same
emphasis, why, it would take nine
tenths of the trouble off your heart.
The fact is, Heaven to many of us is a
great fog. 1t is away off somewhere,
filled with an uncertain and indefinite
population. That is the kind of Heaven
that many of us dream about; but it is
the most tremendous fact in all this
universe-this Heaven of the gospel.
Our departed friends are not afloat.
The residence in which you live is not
so real as the residence in which they
stay. You are afoat-you who do not
know in the morning what will happen
before night. They are housed and
safe for ever.
Do not, therefore, pity your departed
friends who have died in Christ. They
do not need any of your pity. You
, might as well send a letter of condo
lence to Queen Victoria on her obscur-
ity, or to the Rothschilds on their
poverty, as to pity those who have won
the palm. Do not say of those who are
departed: Poor childw Poor fatherp
| Poor motherr' They are not poor.
You are poor-you whose homes have
been shattered, not they. You do not
dwell much with your families in this
world. All day long you are off to
business. Will it not be pleasant when
you can be together all the while? If
you have had four children and one is
gone, and anybody asks how many
children you have, do not be so infidel
as to say three. Say four-one in Hea-
en-. Do not think that the grave is un-
friendly. You go to your room and
dress for some grand entertainment,
and you come forth beautifully appar-
elled; and the grave is only the place
where we go to dress for the glorious
resurrection, and we will come out radi.
ant, mortality having become immor-
tality. Oh, how much coincidence there
is in this thought. l expect to see my
kindred in Heaven-I expect to see
them just as certainly as expect to &c
home to-day. Aye, l shall more Ger.
tainly see them. Eight or ten will
come up from the graveyard back OF
Somerville, and one will come from the
mountains back of Annoy, China, and
another will come up from the sea of
Cape Hatteras, and 80 will come uI
from Greenwood; and l shall know
them better than / ever knew then
here. And your friends-they may
be across the sea, but the trumpet that
sounds here will sound there. You will
come up on just the same day. Some
morning you have oversight yourself
and you open your eyes and see thai
the sun is high in the Heavens, anG
you say: 'Ihave oversight, and l mus
be up and away" So you will oper
your eyes on the morning of the resur.
rection, in the full blaze of Gods light
and you will say: Il must be up ant
away" Oh, yes, you will come up, ant
there will be reunion, a reconstruc
tion of your family! like what Hall
burton q think it was)-good old Mr.
Haliburton-said in his last moments
II thank God that / ever lived, anC
that / have father in Heaven, and {
mother in Heaven, and brothers IL
Heaven, and sisters in Heaven, and
am now going up to see them"
/ remark once more: our troubles il
this world are preparative for glory
What transition it was for Paul
from the slippery deck of founderinl
ship to the calm presence of Jesus
What transition it was for Latimer-
ha Oh fA fhrnnat What Z
transition it was for Robert Hall-fron
insanity to glory! What Transition
it was for Richard Baxter-from thu
dropsy to the Saints Everlasting
Rest" And what transition it will b'
for you--from world of sorrow to I
world of joy! John Holland, when h,
was dying, said: "What means thi
brightness in the room? Have yol
lighted the candles?" NO." they re
piled, 1--WE have not lighted any can
dies" Then said he, "Welcome, Heav
emp The light already beaming upol
his pillow. Oh! we who are persecutet
in this world your enemies will get OF
the track after awhile, and all will
speak we'll of you among the thrones
Hol we who are sick now. No medi
cines to take there. One breath of tn
eternal hills will thrill you with i'm
mortal vigor. And ye who are lone
some now. There will be million
spirits to welcome you into thei
companionship, Oh, ye bereft souls
there will be no gravedigger'
spade that will cleave the sid
of that hill, and there will be no dirg
wailing from that temple The rive
of God, deep as the Joy of Heaven, viii
roll ON between banks odorous witt
balm and over denths hrinht will