The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-05-09

urayer OF the great SCOtchman amid the
highlands. when, pursued by Lord ClaTor-
houses miscreants. the COyeHantsr said
oh. Lord. cas-; the lap Of Thy cloak about
these children Of the covenant snd
mountain fog instantly bid the pursued
from their blOodthirsty pursuers- pro-
claim him a God close By. When We are
tempted 10 do wrong. when We have ques-
tiOns Of livelihood TOO much Tor Us, Whth
We put our darlngs into the last S.e=p;
when we are overwhelmed with gny sleal
distresSes. when We are IerpieNsu abool
what next 10 do, when We come INTO conf
bat with the king OF terrors. we want a
Cod close by. How do you like the dos
trine OF the text. Bound in the bundle OF
life with the Lord thy GOdg Thank you,
Abigail kneeling there at the foot OF the
mountain, uttering consolation Tor sll
ages. while ADDRESSING bdfid % "o''.St
that in after time he invited her 10 the
palace and put her upon the throne OF MS
heart as well as upon the throne OF judah
Greeted with Joy.
Know, also, that this bundle Of life VII
be gladly received when It comes TO the
door Of the Mansion for which it was
bound and plainly directed. With what
alacrity and glee We await some package
that has been foretOld by letter; some
holiday presentation; something that viii
enrich and ornament our home; sop:e tes-
timOuy OF admiration and affection! With
what glow Of expectation We unite the
knot and take off the cord that u9ids il
together in safety. and with wh=t glad
exclamation We unroli the covering and
see the gift or purchase in all its beauty
OF color and proportion Well what d
day it will be when your precious bundle
of life shall be opened in the House Of
Many Mansions amid sanity and angelic
and divine inspection The bundle may
be spotted with the marks of much ex-
pCsure; il may bear inscription alter in
scriptioR to tell through what ordeal it
has passed; perhaps spl& shed OF wave and
scorched of flame but all it has within
undamaged of the Journey. Ana with
what shouts of joy the bundle OF life will
be greeted by ali the voices Of the heaven
| ~ home circlei
I'm our anxiety at last to reach heaven
we are apt to lose sight Of the glee OF
welcome that awaits Us if We get in at
all We ali have friends Up there. They
will somehow hear that We are coming.
Such close and swift and constant eummu-
nication is there between those up-lands
| and those 1OW-lands that We will not
| surprise them by sudden arrival II loved
Cnes on earth expect our coming visit and
are at the depot with carriage to meet
| US, surely We will be met at the shining
| gate by old friends now sainted and kin
| dred now glOTifed. II there were no angel
! of God TO meet US and show US the pal
| aces and guide US to our everlasting resi-
dence, these kindred would show lis the
way and point out the SplendOrS and
guide Us to our celestial home, powered.
and fOuntained, and aTched, and illumlned
! Dy a sun tlat never sets Will II not be
! glorious, the going in and the settling
| down after all the moving about and up
settings of earthly experience? We Will
| soon know ali our neighbors, kinSly,
queenly, prophetic, apostolic, Seraphic,
archangelic. The precious bundle OF life
opened amid palaces, and grand marches.
and acclamatiOnS. Those exalted souls
viii all be so glad We have got safely
| through. They saw US down here in the
struggle. They saw US when we lost our
| way. They knew when We got off the
right course. None OF the ships which
were last winter overdue at New York
harbor because of the storm were greeted
| 50 heartily by friends on the dock, or on
| the steam tugs that went out to meet
| them at Sandy Hook. as we will be greet
| ed in the heavenly world. if by the par
| doning and protecting grace of God we
cCme to celestial wharfage. We sils,ll
| have to tell them Of the many wrecks
| that We have passed on the way across
wild seas. and amid Caribbean cyclones.
| IL VIII De ike our arrival some years
ago from New Zealand at Sydney, Aus
| tralia, people surprised that We got in at
| all, because We were two DAYS late, and
some of the ships expected had gone 10
| the bottom, and We had passed derelicts
and abandoned crafts all Up and down
! that awful channel-our arrival in heaven
all the more rapturOusly welcomed. be-
cause of the doubt as TO whether We
would ever get there at all.
VIII Not he Lost.
"Once there it will be found that the
safety Of that precious bundle of life was
| assured because it was bound up with the
| life of God in Jesus Christ. Heaven could
not afford TO have that bundle lost, be-
cause it had been said in regard to its
| transportation and safe arrival, Kept by
| the power of God through faith unto
| complete salvation The veracity of the
| heavens is involved in its arrival II God
| should fail 10 keep His promise to just
| one r1nsomed soul the pillars of Jeho-
vah's throne would fall, and the founda-
| tions Of the eternal city would Crumble.
| and infinite poverties would dash down
| all the chalices and close all the banquet
| ing halls, and the river of life would
| change its course, sweeping everything
| with desolation, and frost would blast all
| the gardens, and immeasurable sickness
| lem become an abandoned city. with no
| chariot wheel on the streets and no wor-
| shippers IN the temple-a dead Pompeii of
| the skies, buried HercTlaneum of the
| heavens, Lest any one should doubt, the
| God who cannot lie smites His omnipo-
| tent hand on the side OF His throne. and
| takes aftidavlt, declaring, As ! live saith
I the Lord God, i have no pleasure In the
| death Of him that dieth.' Oh, / cannot
! tell you how / feel about il, the thought
| is so glorious. Bound up with God. Bound
| up with Infinite mercy. Bound up with in
| finite joy. Bound up with infinite purity.
| Bound up with infinite might. That
| thought is more beautiful and glorious
| than was the heroic Abigail. who at the
| foot of the crags uttered lt-'BOund in
| the bundle OF life with the Lord thy Cody
a Priceless Package.
NOW appreciate the value Of that bum
| die Sea that il is bound up with moth
| ing mean, but with the unsullied and
| the immaculate. Not with a pebble of
| the shifting beach, but with the kOhinoor
| OF the palace; not with some fading re-
| gala OF earthly pOmp, but with the robe
| washed and made white i'm the blood OF
| the Lamb. Pray as you never prayed be-
/ fore, that by divine cbirOgraphy written
| all over your nature you may be prop
| erly addressed for 4 glorious destination.
| Turn not over new leaf OF the old book.
| but by the grace of God open an entirely
new volume or experience ana put into
! practice the advice contained In the De
culiar but beautiful rhythm Of some au-
thor whose name / know not:
Il you've any task to Do,
| Let ne whisper. friend 10 yoa.
| 10 IT,
| II YOU We anything 70 Say
| True ahd need~d, yea nay,
| Say &.
| II you ve anything % love.
| AS = blessing fr0n above
Love Il.
| II YOU 'ye anything 10 give
| That an0tasrs Joy may live
| Give i
| II some h0ll0g creed you dosBt
| TEo the whole world hOo- and shout
| Doubt u
| II you've any DEBT - pay
1 Rest you neither flight nor day
| Pay L.
II you We any Joy 10 hold
| Near y0uT heart. lest II grow cold
| Hold Il.
| you Ee any grief u Meet
1 At loving Fathers feet
| Meet g.
II yOu know what torch - Izht
| Guiding 0;aers IN the niEht
| Light H.
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