Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-11-18

ciates are the apostles and prophets ana
martyrs. and most exalted souls, mas
culine and feminine. of all the centu'
ries. The archangel to you no embar-
rassment. God himself your present ana
everlasting JOY That is an instantane-
Gus picture of what you may no and
what am sure some of you will be.
Only Little While.
II you realize that it is an imperfect
picture, my apology is what the apos-
tie John said, 1t doth not yet appear
what we shall be. " ITO this end was ]
born. If l did not think so would be
overwhelmed with melancholy The
world does very well for little while,
so or 100 or $50 years, and think that
human longevity may yet be improved
up to that prolongation. for now there
is so little room between our cradle and
our grave we cannot accomplish much /,
but who would want to dwell in this
world for all eternityi Some think this
earth will finally be turned into heav.
en- Perhaps it may, but it would have
to undergo radical repairs and thorough
eliminations and evolutions and revolu-
tons and transformations infinite to
make it desirable for eternal residence
All the east winds would have to be-
come west winds, and all the winters
changed to springtides, and all the vol
canoes extinguished, and the oceans
chained to their beds, and the epidem-
les forbidden entrance. and the world
so fixed up that | think it would take
more to repair this old world than TO
make an entirely new one But must
say do not care where heaven is if
we can only get there; whether gar.
denied America or an unparalleled Eu-
rope or a world central to the whole
universe ITO this end was born.
If each one Of US could say that we
would go with faces shining and hopes
exhilarant amid earth worst misfor
tunes and trials. Only little while,
and then the rapture Only a little
while. and then the reunion Only a
little while. and then the transfgura-
ton
In the seventeenth century all Eu-
rome was threatened with wave OF
Asiatic bar barism and Vienna was espe-
cially besieged The king and his court
had fed and nothing could save the city
from being overwhelmed unless the
king of Poland, John Sobieski, to whom
they had sent for help, should with his
army come down for the relief. and from
every roof and tower the inhabitants of
Vienna watched and waited and hoped
until on the morning Of Sept II the
rising sun threw an unusual and IN
paralleled brilliancy 1t was the rehec-
ton Of the sun on the swords and shields
and helmets Of John Sobieski and his
army coming down over the hills to the
rescue, and that day not only Vienna.
but Europe, was saved. And see you
not, o We souls besieged with sin and
sorrow, that light breaks in, the swords
and the shields and the helmets Of d.
vine rescue bathed in the rising sun OF
heavenly deliverancet Let everything
else go rather than let heaven go
What a strange thing 1t must be 10
feel oneself born TO ali earthly crown,
but you have been born for a throne on
which you may reign after the last
monarch Of all the earth shall have gone
to dust | invite you to start now for
your own coronation. to come in and
take the title deeds to your everlasting
Inheritance Through an impassioned
prayer. take heaven and all of its rap
lures
What a poor fartbing is all that this
world can offer you compared with par
don here and life immortal beyond the
stars unless this side of them there be
d place large enough and beautiful
enough and grand enough for all the
ransomedl Wherever it be, in what
world. whether near by or far away, in
this or some other constellation, hail,
home of light, aud love and blessedness !
Through the atoning mercy of Christ
may we all get therel