The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-27

ladder would soar heavenward. an
gels coming and going, and across the
solitude and the barrenness would
come the sweet notes of heavenly
mInstrelsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying
| In the door of heather temple, said:
"Glory TO Thee, o God!" What did
dying Wilberforce say to his wife?
"Come and sit beside me and let us
/ talk of Heaven. I never knew what
happiness was until found Christ"
What did dying Hannah More say?
"To 90 to Heaven, think what that
Is, To 20 to Christ, who died that
might live! Oh, glorious grave! Oh,
what a glorious thing it is to die
| Oh. the love of Christ, the love OF
Christi" What did Mr.. Toplady, the
great hymnmaker, say in his last
hour? "Who can measure the depth
of the third Heaven? Oh, the SUM,
shine that fills my soul! i shall soon
be gone, fer surely no one can 1.-Two
here after such glories as God has
manifested to my soul"
What did the dying Janeway say?
81 can as easily die as close my eyes
or turn my head in sleep. Before
| few hours have passed / shall stand
on Mount Zion with the one hun
dred and forty-four thousand and
with the just men made perfect,
and we shall ascribe riches and honor
and glory and majesty and dominion
unto God and the Lamb" DR.. Tay-
lor. condemned to burn at the stake,
on his way thither broke away from
the guardsmen and went bounding
and leaping and jumping toward the
fire, glad to go to Jesus and to die
for Him. Sir Charles Hare in his
last moment had such rapturous vi
sion that he cried: upward, upward,
upward" And so great was the peace
of one of Christ's disciples that he
put his fingers upon the pulse in his
wrist and counted it and observed
it's hating beats until his life had
ended here to begin in Heaven. But
grander than that was the testimony
| of the wornout missionary. when in
| the Mamartine dungeon he cried: II
am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand. |
have fought the good fight, have
| finished my course, l have kept the
| faith. Henceforward there is laid up
for me a 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" DO you not see that
Christ is above all in dying allevia-
tons?
Toward the last hour of cur earth
ly residence we are speeding. When
l see the spring blossoms scattered,
I say: another season gone for
ever" When / close the Bible on
Sabbath night. say: "Another Sab
bath departed" When / bury a
friend. l say: "Another earthly at
traction gone forever" What nimble
feet the years have! The roebucks
and the lightnings run not so fast
From decade to decade, from sky to
sky, they go at a bound. There is
place for us, whether marked or
not. where you and ! will sleep the
last sleep. and the men are now,iNihs
who viii, with solemn tread, carry
us TO our resting place. Brighter
than banqueting hall through which
the light feet of the dancers go uT
and down to the sound of trumpeters
will be the sepulcher through whose
riffs the holy light of Heaven
streameth. God will watch you. He
will send His angels to guard your
slumbering ground until. at Christ's
behest, they shall roll away the stone
So also Christ is above all in Heaven
The Bible distinctly says that Christ Il
the-cfiief Theme of the Celestial ascrip
ton, all the thrones facing his throne
all the palms waved before his face
ali the crowns down at his feet. Cheru
BIN to cherubim, seraphim t.
seraphim, redeemed spirit to redeemed
spirit shall recite the Saviour's earth
ly sacrifice.
Stand on some high hill of Heaven
and in all the radiant sweep the mos
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriad
gazing first, afterward breaking fortl
into reclamation. The martyrs, al
the purer for the flame through whicl
they passed, will say: This is Jesus
| TOT WnOm we uleu ne apOStles, al
the happier for the ship wreck and tn
scourging through which they went
will say: "This is the Jesus whom w
preached at Corinth and in Cappa
docia and at Antioch and at Jerusa
lem" Little children clad in white vii
say: This is the Jesus who took us i
! His arms and blessed us, and when tn
storms of the world were too cold an
loud brought us into this beautifr
place." The multitudes of the beref
! will say: This is the Jesus who con
, forted us when our heart broke.
. Many who had wandered clear off fror
God and plunged into vagabondisn
J but were saved by grace, will say
, This is Jesus who pardoned us. w
were lost on the mountains, and
: brought us home. We were guilty, an
i He made us white as snow. Mere
, boundless, grace unparalleled" An
4 then, after each one has recited his p,
/ culiar deliverances and peculia
. mercies, recited them as by solo, all tn
/ voices will come together in gr.s
= chorus which shall make the arches n
echo with the eternal reverberatfo
| of pladness and peace and triumph.