Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-01

shall not see that world until enter
Il, Suppose we were allowed 10 go on
an excursion into that good la"d with
the idea ~ returning When we got
there and heard the song and looked 81
their raptured faces and mingled 10
the superpal society, we would cry out:
"Let us stay! We are coming here any
how, Why take the trouble Of going
back again to that old world? We are
here now, Let us stay!" And II would
take angelic violence TO put us out OF
that world II once we got there, but rs
people who cannot afford TO pay for an
entertainment sometimes come around
il and look through the door ajar, or
through the openings in the fence, 30
we come and look through the crevices
into that good land which God has pre-
vided for us, We can just catch
glimpse of It, We come near enough 20
hear the rumbling Of the eternal or
cheStra, though not near enough to
know who blows the cornet or who fin.
gers the harp My soul spreads out
both wings and claps them in triumph
al the thought of those upper springs.
One OF them breaks from beneath the
throne Another breaks forth from be.
meath the altar of TIE temple. Another
al the door OF "thr house Of many man.
sions," Upper springs Of gladness! Up,
per springs Of light! Upper springs of
love! II is no fancy of mine THE
Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living foun'
tain> of water"
. Saviour Divine roll in upon our
souls one of those anticipated rapturesi
Pour around the roots of the parched
tongue one drop OF that liquid lifel
Toss before our vision those fountains
of God. rainbowed with eternal victory
Hear il! They are never sick there;
not so much as headache or twinge
rheumatic or thrust neuralgia, The In.
habi,ant never says: lam sick" They
are never tired there. Flight to farthest
world Is only the play of holiday.
They never sin there. 1t is as easy for
them to be holy as it is for us to sin.
They never die there. Yon might GO
through all the outskirts Of the great
city and find not one place where the
ground was broken for 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 ls
hosanna on every lip, How they must
pity MS MS they look over and look
down and see us and say: Poor things
away down IN that world!" And when
some Christian is hurled into fatal
accident they cry: Good! He Is com
ing!" And when we stand around the
couch Of some loved one whose strength
is going away and we shake our heads
forehodingly they cry; I'm glad he
is worse He has been down there long
enough There. he is dead! Come
home. Come home" Oh II we could
only get our ideas about that future
world UNFINISHED, our thought OF trans
fer from here 10 there would be as
pleasant 10 us ms II was 10 II little child
that WIS dying She said: Papa
when viii 90 homc?" Aud he said:
"To-dov, Florence" "ro-1ay? So soon
I am So glad"
! wish ! could stimulate YOU with
these thoughts. q Christian man. TO the
highest possible collaboration! The day
OF your deliverance is coming--is com,
ing. ~ollirp or wish the ehirirr wheels
of the day and the jet wheels of the
night Every 'lump OF the heart is
only n hammer stroke striking Oft nm.
other chain OF clay, Better scour the
deck and coil the rope. for harbor Is
only sin miles away. Jesus will come
down the Narrows 10 meet you Nov
is yonr salvation nearer than when you
believed"
Man Of the world. will you not W.
day make a choice between these two
portions, between the south land" Of
this world, which slopes to the desert,
and this glorious land which thy Fa.
Their offer. thee. running with eternal
water courses? Why let your tongue
be consumed OF thirst when there are
the neither springs and the upper
springs comfort here and glory here
after?
You and need something better
thar tits world can give us. The fact
is that i cannot give MS anything after
awhile. II IS changing world. Do
you kDC" that even the mountains on
The Dach uf thousand streams are
leapiDg into the valley? The ALE.
ghenies are dying. The dews with
crystalline malief are hammering way
the rocks. FrostS and showers and
ligb'hings are sculpturing Mount
Washington and the Catskills. Niagara
ever. year 10 - digging for itself .
quicker plunge. The sea all around the
earth on its shifting shores Ia making
mighty changes In bar and bay and
firth and promoDtory. Some OF the old
seacoasts are midland now. on Mai.
tueket. eight feet below low-water
mark. are found now the stumps Of
trees. showing that the waves are con-
quering the land. Parts of Nova Scotia
are sinking. Ships to-day sail over
what. only little while ago was solid
ground. Near the mouth of the st,