Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-10-20

a;ha. led n read TO sink ont of 81 ,ht,
Il is when In the AGironduCks deer by
one long. tremendous plunge into big
Tupper lake gets away from him. The
disappointed canine swims In a little
way. but. defeated. swims out again
and cringes with humiliating yawn at
the feet of his master. And how abash-
ed and ashamed will all your earthly
troubles be when you have dashed into
the river from under the throne Of God
and the heights and depths OF heaven
are between you and your pursuers!
Eternal Water Brooks.
We are told In Revelation xii, Is.
''Without are dogs" by which | con-
clude there Is a whole kennel or
hounds outside the gate of heaven, or,
as when a master goes In a door. his
dog lie. on the steps waiting for him
To come out. so the troubles Of this life
NAV follow us to the shining door, but
they cannot get In. without are
dogs" have seen dogs and owned
dogs that would not be chagrined
TO see In the heavenly city. Some or
the grand old watchdogs who are the
consfabulary Of the homes in solitary
places and for years have he' tl'r only
protection OF wife anu c.il-. some or
the shepherd dogs that drive back the
wolves and bark away the flock from
going too near the precipice and some
of the dogs whose neck and paw Land
seer. the painter, has made Immortal
would not find me shutting them out
from the gate Of shining pearl Some
of those old st. Bernard dogs that
have lifted perisbing travellers out OK
the Alpine snow; the dog that John
Brown. the Scotch essayiSt, saw ready
TO spring at the surgeon. lest. In re-
moving the cancer. he too much burt
the poor woman whom the dog felt
bound to protect. and dogs that we
caressed in our childhood days, or that
in later time lay down on the rug in
seeming sympathy when our homes
were desolated-I say If some soul en-
tering heaven should happen TO leave
the gate ajar and these faithful crea-
lures should quietly walk in it would
not at all disturb my heaven. But all
those human or brutal hounds that
have chased and torn and lacerated
the world-yea, all that now bite or
worry or tear to peces-shall be pro-
hibited. without are dogs" No place
there for harsh critics or backbiters or
despoilers of the reputation Of others
Down with you to the kennels of dark
ness and despair! The hart has reach
cd the eternal water brooks. and the
painting of the long chase is quieted in
still pastures, and there shall be moth
ing to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
mount"
oh. when some of you get there II
will be like what a hunter tells oil
when he was pushing his canoe far Up
north In the winter and amid the ice
foes and a hundred miles, as he
thought, from any other human beings
He was startled one day as he heard
a stepping on the Ice, and he cooked
the rifle. ready to meet anything that
came near. He found a man, barefoot
ed and insane from long exposure. ap
preaching him. Taking him into bis
canoe and kindling fires to warm him
he restored him. found out where be
had lived and took him to his bome
and found all the village in great ex
element. A hundred men were search
ing for this lost man. and his family
and friends rushed out to meeC him
and. as had been agreed at his first ap
pearance, bells were rung and guns
were discharged and banquets spread
and the rescuer loaded with presents
Well. when some Of you step out OF
this wilderness. where you have beer
chilled and torn and sometimes los
amid the icebergs. into the warm greet
lngs of all the villages of the glorited
and your friends rush out to give yol
welcoming kiss. the news that there
Is another soul forever saved Will cal
the caterers Of heaven TO spread th'
banquet and the bellmen to lay hold o
the rope in the tower. and while TIT
chaliccs click at the feast and the bell
clang from the turrets 1t will be
scene so uplifting | pray God ma.
be there to take part in the celestia
merriment. And now do you not thinl
the prayer in SolomOn's Song wher
he compared Christ to a reindeer II
the night would make an eXquisitel,
appropriate peroratiOn to my sermon
Until the day break and the shadow
dee away be thou like roe or younI
hart upon the mountains Of Bether|