Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-02-20


eternal youth A cycle of years will not
leave any mark upon the immortal ma
ture. Eternity viii not work upon the
soul IN heaven any change, unless it be
more radiance and more wisdom and
more rapture. \ rolling on from glory to
glory. Ia anticipation of that some of
the happiest people on earth are aged
Christians. The mightiest testimonies
have been given 10y the veterans in the
gospel army. While some of the aged
have allowed themselves TO become mo-
rose and cynical and impatient with
youth and pessin.istie about the world
and have become possessed with the
spirit OF scold ami fault finding and are
fearful of being crowded out of their
sphere many of the aged have been glad
to step aside that others may hive a
chance and are hopeful about the WORN
expecting its redemption instead of its de-
moiition. and they are inspiration ana
comfort and helpfulness 10 the household
and to the neighborhood and to the
church. The children hail the good old
man as he comes down the road. His
smile. his words. his manner, his whole
life. make the world think better of re-
ligion.
| congratulate all aged Christians that
the molting season will soon be over and
you will mount higher than eagle ever
assembled. What good thing that you
are soon to get rid of winters cold and
summers heat and drenchng rain and
lowering clouds and live in superbest eli
mate OF the universe whether 1t be this
world made over as to atmosphere and
contour or in some star which mighty
telescope halls from the observatory or in
some center around which oil worlds
wheel. 1t is all read.' and has been
ready, as near as | can calculate. since
1871 years ago, when Christ went up
after saying, Il so to prepare place for
YOU What good thing to get rid of
this worlds yicissitudes and enter upon
glorious certainties and TO have no sur
prises except those that are eXhilarant as
when Milton may ring a new canto or
Chrysostom may speak with new elo-
quence or Handel may render new SYM
phony, for | do not suppose that those
who were mighty on earth are going to
be oilers in heaven.
What good thing it is, all We aged
Christians, that you can soon get - OF
dulled ear aud sight that requires strong
eyeglasses and infirmities which make
you hold on the the banister, leaving you
painting at the head of the stairs, and
enter land of eternal health. where the
most rubicund cheek of robust life on
earth would be emaciation compared
with the vigor of the immortals, What a
good thing to get beyond being misun-
derstood and blamed for what you could
not help and picked at by n hard world
and then pass into a heavenly society
where all think well of each other and
friendships are eternal, depreciation and
SANDER and backbiting unknown, for the
gate of heaven was shut against them in
the statement. without are dogs"
What good thing TO have satisfying
and glorious explanation of things that
puzzled YOU twenty or forty or eighty
years; to have the Interrogation point
abolished and all mystery solved and
Gods government vindicated, and you
will see why he allowed sin and sorrow
TO come into the world and WHY the bad
were permitted TO live so ln..- and the
good were cut off in the time of their
greatest usefulness, and why so many
of the consecrated find life a struggle
while many of the infamous ride prosper
ously, princes afoot and beggars a-hOrse
back, and the last honest question shall
have been answered.
Good Cheer Awaits Christians.
Gibbon in his history says that Moham
| med mad a dream in which he thought
| that. mounted on the horse Borak, he as
cended the seven heavens and approach
ed within two bow shots of the throne
and felt a cold that pierced him to the
heart when his shoulder was touched by
the hand of God. That might do for Mo
hammed's heaven. hut not for a Chris
tian's heaven. No cold hand pur upon
your shoulder there; no cold hand of re-
pulse or doubt. but the warm hand of
welcome the warm hand of sanity com
munion. The warm hand of God.
| congratulate all Christians who are
in the eventide. Good cheer 10 all of you.
Your best days are yet to come. You me
yet to hear the best songs, see the grand
est sights, take the most delightful jour
neys, form the most elevating friendships
and after ten thousand years o. trans
port you will be no nearer the last rap
ture than when you were thrilled with
the first.
pleases you. The twelve manner OF
fruits spoken Of in Revelation means ali
kinds of enjoytIenl in heaven. for twelve
manner of frGfs includes all the chief
fruits that arr grown bn trees. | sup
pose there will be as fndny kinds of en-
j0yment III heaven as there will be inhab.
itants.
You will have in heaven Just what you
want. Are you tired? Then heaven will
be rest. Are YOU passionately fond OF
! sweet sounds? Then it will he music
Are you stirred by uictures? There will
be all the colors on he new heavens and
on the jasper sea AID the walls imbedded
| with what splendors. Are you fond OF
great architecture: There you will find
the temple of God and the Lamb and the
uplifted thrones. Are you longing to get
back to your lov ID ones who have as
| cended? Then J. will be reunion. Are
Won n home bod, Then it will he home
Here and there in this world you will find
some one who now lives whore he was
born, and three or four generations NAV
have dwelt in the same house, but most
people have had several homes--the home
of childhood. the home they built or rent
ed for their early manhood, the home OF
riper and more prosperous years. But all
homes put together, precious rs they are
i'm remembrance 0r from present occupan,
cy. cannot equal the heavenly home in
the house of many mansions. No sick.
ness will ever come there, for il IS prom
.sed there shall be no more pain" No
parting at the front door, no last look at
faces never 10 be seen again. but home
with God. home with each other. home