Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-02


in the fence, so we come and look
the crevices into. that good land
which God has provided for us. We
can Just catch glimpse Of it. We come
near enough to hear the rumbling Of the
eternal orchestra, though not near
enough to know who blows the cornet
or who fingers the harp. My soul
spreads out both wings and claps them
in triumph at the thought Of those up-
per springs. One Of them breaks from
beneath the throne, Another breaks
forth from beneath the altar Of the tenn
ple. Another at the door of "the house
Of many mansions. Upper springs Of
gladnessl Upper springs Of light Up
per springs Of Lowell 1t is no fancy Of
mine. THE Lamb which is in the midst
Of the throne shall lead them to living
Of water"
q Saviour divine, roll in upon our
souls one Of those anticipated rapturesl
Pour around the roots of the parched
tongue one drop of that liquid life
Toss before our vision those fountains
of God rainbowed with eternal victory
Hear It'll They are never sick there
rot so much as a headache or twinge
rheumatic, or thrust neuralgia The in
habitant never says, lam sick" They
are never tired there. Flight to farthest
world is only the play Of a holiday. Thej
never sin there. 1t is as easy for them
to be holy as it is for Us to sin. They
never die there You might so through
all the outskirts Of the great city and
find not one place where the ground
was broken for a grave. The eyesight Of
the redeemed is never blurred with
tears. There is health in every cheek.
There is spring in every foot. There is
majesty on every brow There is JOY IN
every heart. There is hosanna Oh every
lip How they must pity us as they
look over and look down and soc Us and
say, "Poor things away down in that
world" AD1 when some Christian is
hurled into fatal accident, they cry
"Good! He is coming" And when we
stand around the couch Of some loved
one whose strength is going away and
we shake our heads fOrebodingly they
cry: "I'm glad he is worse. He has
been down there long enough. There, be
is dead! Come home! Come home! (!
Oh, if we could only get our ideas about
that future world untwisted, oui
thought Of transfer from here to ther,
would be as pleasant to us as it was tC
a little child that was dying. She said.
Papa, when will 20 homer" And h'
said To-day, Florence. " To-day! :,
soon? am so glad :"
The Day of Dclivernncc.
Iwish | could stimulate you witf
these thoughts, o Christian man, to The
highest possible exhilarationl The day
of your doliyerance is coming-is com
ing, rolling on with the shining wheels
of the day, and the Jet wheels Of th'
night Every thump Of the heart Is only
a hammer stroke striking off another
chain of clay. Better scour the deck an'
coil the rope, for harbor is only 81
miles away. Jesus will come down the
Narrows to meet you "Now is you
salvation nearer than when you be
lieved.
Man of the world, will You not today
make a choice between these two por
tions, between the "sonth land Of thi
world. which slopes 20 the desert, an'
this glorious land which thy Fathe
offers thee, running with eternal waite
courses? Why let your tongue be con
sumed Of thirst when there are th'
neither springs and the upper springs
comfort here and glory hereafter:
You and / need something better thai
this world can give Us. The fact is tba
il cannot give Us anything afterawhilo
Itisa changing world. Do you know
that even the mountains ON the back O
a thousand streams are leaping into th
valley. The Alleghanies are dying. Tn
dews with crystalline mallct are ham
mering away the rocks. Frosts AM
showers and lightnings are sculptnrinI
Mount Washington and the Catskills
Niagara every year is digging for itsel
a quicker plunge. The sea all aroun
the earth on its shifting shores is max
ing mighty changes in bar and bay an
firth and promontory. Some Of the oil
seacoasts are midland now. Of Nan
tucket. eight feet below low water mark
are found now the stumps Of trees
showing that the waves are c0nQuerin
the land. Parts Of Nova Scotia are sink
ing. Ships today sail over what only
little while ago, was solid ground
Near the mouth Of the It. Croix rive
is an island which, in the movement
of the earth, Is slowly but certainly rC
rating. All the face Of the earth chang
inp-changing. In 1881 an islam
springs up in the Mediterranean sea.
1866 another island comes up under th
observation of the American consul q
he looks of from the beach. The cart
all the tire changing, the columns of
temple nelr Bizoli show that the watC
has risen nine feet above the place
was when these columns were put dow
Changing Our Colorado river, ono
yaster than the Mississippi, fowin
through tho great American deser
which was then an Eden Of luxurianct
has now dwindled TO small streal
creeping down through a gorge. Tn
earth itself, that was once vapor, after
ward water-nothing but water-aftel
ward molten rock, cooling off throug
the ages until plants might live All
animals might live and men might live
changing all the while, now crumblinl
now breaking off. The sun, burnin
down gradually in its socket. Chanl
inc changing, an intimatiOn Of the la
great change to come over the worl
even infused into the mind of Il
heather who has never seen the Bible
The End of the Earth.
The Hindoos believe that Brahm
the creator, once made all things. l
created the water, then moved over Il
water. out of il lifted the land, gre
tbe nlants and animals and men on j
Ont of his eye went the sun. Out Of
Inns went the fire. Ont Of his ear we
The air. Then Brahma laid down