Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-04-27

Last Hours on Earth.
Gordon Hall, far from home. diving in
the door of a heather temple. said,
GLORY 90 thee, o God.' What did dy-
ing Wherefore say to his Wifi. Come
and sit beside me ana let US talk OF
heaven. | never knew what happiness
was until | found Christ" What did
dying Hannah More say? TO get to
heaven, think what that is, To 20 to
Christ, who died that l might live! oh,
glorious grave, oh. what glorious
thing it is TO die, Oh. the love Of Christ,
the love Of Christ" What lid Mr. Top
lady, the great hymumaker, say in his
last hour? WHO can measure the depth
of the third heaven? Oh, the sunshine
that fills my soul, | shall soon be gone,
for surely no one can live here after such
glories as God has manifested to my
5oul"
What did the dying Janeway say? Il
can as easily die as close my eyes or turn
my head in sleep Before a few hours
have passed | shall stand on Mount Zion
with the one hundred and forty and four
thousand ana with the just men made
perfect and we shall ascribe riches and
honor and glory and majesty and do
minion unto God and the Lamb" DIR.
Taylor, condemned TO burn at the stake,
Oh his way thither broke away from the
guardsmcn and went bounding ami leap
ing and jumping toward the fire. glad 10
20 to Jesus and 10 die for him. Sir
Charles Hare in his last moment had
such rapturous vision that he cried, up
ward. upward, upward And SO great
was the peace OF one of ChriSr's disciples
that he put his fingers upon he pulse in
his wrist and counted it and observed its
hating beats until his life had ended
here to begin in heaven. But grander
than that was the testimony of the worm
ont first missionary, when in the Alamar-
tine dungeon he cried: Il ara now ready
10 he offered. and the time of my depar-
ture is at hand. | have fought the good
fight, have finished my course, 1 have
kept the faith. Hcnccfurth there is laid
up for me crown OF righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, viii
give me in that day and not 20 me only,
but TO all them that love his appearing"
DO you not see that Christ Is above all in
dying alterations?
Toward the last hour OF orr earthly
! residence we are speeding When | see
the spring blossoms scattered. | say An
close the Bible on Sabbath night. | say,
Another Sabbath departed" When
bury Il friend. | say, Another earthly
attraction gone forever What uimMe
feet the years have, The rocbucks and
the lghtnings run not so fast. From de-
cadc to decade, from sky to sky, they go
at It bound. There is place for us.
whether marked or not. where you and
! will sleep the last sleep, and the men
are now living who will, with solemn
tread. carry us to our resting place.
Brighter than banquetinr hall through
which the light feet of the dancers go up
and down TO the sound Of trumpeters
will be the sepulchcr through whose riffs
the holy light of heaven stfeameth. God
will watch you. He will send his angels
| to guard your slumbering ground until,
Mt Christ's behest, they shall roll away
! the stone.
So also Christ is above all in heaven
| The Bible distinctly says that Christ is
! the CHIEF theme of the celestial ascrip-
! ton, all the thrones facing his throne, all
! the palms waved before his face, all the
| crowns down az his feet Cheruhm TO
| cherubim, seraphim to seraphm. redeem
ed spirit to redeemed spirit shall rccite
tue savior eaFthiy sacrice.
The Hlor'es of Heaven.
Stand on some high Hill Of heaven. and
in all the radiant sweep the most glori-
ons object VIII he Jesus. MyriadS gazing
on the sears OF his suffering, in silence
first atterWard breaking forth into accla-
nation. The martyrs, all the purcr for
the flame through which they passed, will
say, This is Jesus, for whom we died"
The apostles, all the happier for the ship
wreck and the sconrging through which
they went, viii say. This is the Jesus
whom we preached at Corinth ana in
Cappadoria and ut Antioch ana at Jeru-
Satem. Litlle children clad in white will
say, u his is th" Jesus who took us in his
arms and blessed US aud whom the storms
of the world were too cold AMI loud
brought us into this beautiful. place" The
mulitudcs of the bcrcft viii say. This
is the Jesus who conforted US when oar
heart broke Many who had wandered
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