The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-08

your hopes ana all your expecsarons Bu,
cheer up, In THO name Of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Comforter. He Is mot going to
forsake you. Did the Lord take that child
out Of your armsf Why, he Is going 10
shelter Il better than you could. He 10
going to array 1t In white robe and palm
branch and have It all ready to greet you
at your coming home Blessed the broken
heart that Jesus healsi Blessed the i'm
Fortunate cry that Jesus compassionatesi
Blessed the weeping eye from which the
soft hand Of Jesus wipes away the tear!
The Closing of Life.
Some years ago was sailing down the
St. John river, which is the Rhine and
the Hudson commingled. and while was
on the deck Of the steamer gentleman
pointed out to me the places Of interest,
and. he said, can this is interval land,
and 1t is the richest land In all the prov.
inces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia"
what" said I, lido you mean by inter
val landf'" "Well," he said, this land
is submerged for a part Of the year. Spring
freshets come down, and all these plains
are overHowed with the water, and the
water leaves rich deposit, and when the
waters are gone the harvest springs up,
and there Ia a richer harvest than know
of elsewhere" And instantly thought,
ut is not the heights Of the church, and
1t Is not the heights Of this world that are
the scene Of the greatest prosperity, but
the soul over which the foods Of sorrow
haveE ons-the soul over which the fresh
cts Of tribulation have torn their way
that yields the greatest fruits Of righteous
ness ind the largest harvest for time and
the richest harvest for eternity" Bless
God that your soul Is interval land
There Is one moro point of absorbing
yeminjsosnoe, and that Is the last hour Of
life, when We have to look over all our
past existence. What moment that will
bel I place Napoleon 3 dying reminiscence
on 81. Helena beside Mrs. Judson's dying
reminiscenoe in the harbor Of st. Helena,
the same island, 20 years after. Napo-
Icons dying reminiscence was one Of de-
lirium-"T ete 'armee'-"H Head Of the
army" Mrs. Judson's dying reminis-
cenoe as sho came home from her mis-
sionary toll and her life Of self sacrifice
for God, dying In the cabin Of the ship In
the harbor of ST. Helena, was, II always
did love the Lord Jesus Christ" And
then, the historian says, she fell into q
sound sleep for an hour and woke amid
the songs Of angels. place the dying
reminiscence Of Augustus Cesar against
the dying Renaissance Of the apostle
Paul. The dying Renaissance Of Angus
tus Caesar was, addressing his attendants,
"IIave played my part well on the stage
OF lifeY" and they answered In the af11rma-
tive, and he said, "Why, then, don't you
applaud me2" The dying reminiscenoe Of
Paul the apostle was, II have fought a
good fight, have finished my course, I
have kept the faith; henceforth there Is
laid up for ME crown Of Righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will
give me In that day, and not to me only,
but to all them that love his appearing"
Augustus Cesar died amid pomp and
great surroundings. Paul uttered his
dying reminiscence looking up through
the wall of dungeon. God grant that
our dying pillow may be the closing Of
useful life and the opening Of glorious
eternity.