Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-30

thing good in us. they find it ont and our
frailties they overlook or excuse. II
something appears against us, they say,
Wait till hear the other side" II dis
| aster shall befall IS. we know from
whom would come the first confidence
family friends, church friends, business
/ friends, lifelong friends. In eur heart Of
l hearts We cherish them.
| Sweet influences of our holy religion.
I surrounded as we are by all amenities
Of Christian society, men and women
/ who have felt the refining and elevating
! power of the gospel Sweet influences of
| the Sabbath, iifty-two OF them Ginning
their joy into every yearl Sweet intlu-
ences of the Scriptures. with their balm
/ for all wounds and their light for every
4 darkness! When the heirs of a vast es-
tate in England wished TO establish their
claim TO property worth $100000,oOo,
they offered reward of $500 for the re-
covery of an old Bible, the family record
| of which contained the evidence requisite.
But any Bible, new or old, can help us
| to yaster inheritance than the one spo-
ken of. one that never fades away.
The World of Reunion.
The sweet influences. of the heavenly
world. which many wise men thought for
| long while was Alcyone. the center Of
| the constellation of the pleiades world
4 of our future residence, .as we hope;
/ world of chorus and illumination, world
of reunion, world where we shall he ever
| lastingly complete, world where our old
faculties will be intensified and quickened
/ and new faculties implanted, world of
| high association with Christ, through
W hose grace we got there at all, and
! apostles and poets-Habakkuk and ST.
| John of Patmos and Edward Young, his
| Might Thoughts" turned into eternal
| day, and Horatius Bonar of modern
| lymnology and Hannah More and Mrs.
| HemanS and Mrs. Sgourney. who struck
! their harps till nations listened. and Da-
yid the victor over Goliath with what
| seemed insufficient weapons, and Joshua
Of the prolonged day in Gideon, and
/ Hayeloek, the evangelist hero, and those
thousands of men of the sword who
fought on the right side. What company
to move in, What guests to entertain!
What personages to visit! What choirs
to chant! What banquets with lifted
chalices filed with "the new wine of the
kingdom What victories to celebrate!
with all his transforming and comforting
and emancipating power! When that
power is fully felt, there will be no more
! sins to pardon and no more wrongs to
| correct and no more sorrows to comfort
and no more bondage TO break. But as
! the old time ship captains watched the
| rising Of the Pleiades for sale navigation
and set sail in Mediterranean waters, but
were sure to get back into port before
| the constellation Orion came into sight,
the season of cyclone and hurricane, so
I there is time to sail fOl heaven, and
that is while the sweet Influences are
| upon us and before the storms overtake
| the delay Open all your soul to the light
and warmth and comfort and inspiration
of taat gospel which has already peopled
heagen with millions of the ransomed and
| is helping other millions to that glorious
| destination. Do not postpone the things
! of Sod aud eternity till the storms of
| life swoop and the agitations of a great
future are upon us. Do net dare wait un-
| til Orion takes the place of the Pleiades.
| Weigh anchor now and with chart unroll-
ed ard pilot on board head for the re-
uniens and raptures that await all the
souls forgiven. And they need no can
die, neither light of the sun, for the Lord
| Goo giyeth them light, and they shall
reigl forever apd ever"