Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-24

ing 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 vision that he cried, s,Up-
ward. upward. upwardr 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 its
halting beats until his life had ended
here to begin in heaven. But grander
than that was the testimony Of the worm
out first missionary. wheE in the Mamar-
tine dungeon he cried: u am now ready
10 be offered, and the time OF my depar-
ture is at hand. have fought the good
fight. | have finished my course, l have
kept the faith. Henceforti 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 chat love his appearing"
Do you not see that Christ is above all in
dying alleviations?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When | see
the spring bios, ,ms scattered, say. "An-
other season lone forever" When |
close the Bible on Sabbath night. say.
Another Sabbath departed" When |
attraction gone forever" What nimble
feet the years havel The roebucks and
the beginnings run not so fast. From de-
cade 10 decade. from sky to sky, they go
at bound. There is a place for us,
whether marked or not. where You and
| will sleep the last sleep, aud the men
are now living who will. with solemn
tread. carry us to our resting place
Brighter than a banqueting hall through
which the light feet of the dancers go up
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 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 at his feet. Cherubim TO
e;,erubIm, seraphim to seraphim, redeem
ed spirit to redeemed spirit shall recte
the Savor's earthly sacrifice.
The GIories of Heaven.
Stand on some high hill of heaven, and
in all the radiant sweep the most glori-
Gus object will be Jesus. Myriads gazing
on the sears of his suffering, in silence
first. afterward breaking forth into accla-
nation. The martyrs. II 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 scouret ng thr ~gll which
they went, will say. '"This is the Jesus
whom we preached at Corinth and in
Cappadocia AMI at Antioch and at Jeru-
SALEM" Little children clad in white will
say, This is Ii Jesus who took us in his
arms and blessed us and when the storms
of the world We're too cold and loud
brought us into this beautiful place" The
multitudes of the bereft win say, This
is the Jesus who comforted us when our
heart broke" Many who had wandered
clear off from God and plunged into vaga-
bondism. but we've saved by grace. win
say: This is Jesus who pardoned us.
We were lost on the mountains. and he
brought us home. We were guilty, and
he made us white as snow. Mercy bound
less. grace unparalleled. And then, after
each enc has recited his peculiar deliver
ances aud peculiar mercies. recited them
as by solo, all the voices will come to-
gether in a great chorus which shall make
the arches re-echo with the eternal reyer-
beration of gladness and peace and tri-
umph
Edward |. was so anxious to so to the
Holy Land that when he we~ about TO
expire he bequeathed 100000 to have
his heart after his decease taken and
deposited in the Holy Land, and his re-
quest was complied with. But there are
hundreds to-day whose hef RS are already
in the holy land of heaven. Where
your treasures are, there are your hearts
also. John Bunyan, of whom spoke at
the opening of the discourse. caught n
glimpse OF that place. and in his quaint
way he said, And heard in my dream.
and, 10. the bells of the city rang again
for JOY. and as they opened the gates
to let in the men | looked in after them.
and 10. the city shone like the sun, and
there were streets of gold. and men walk
ed on them. harps in their hands to sing
praises with all, and after that they shut
up the gates, which when | had seen /
wished myself among them,"