The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-24

ulSgraceful apparel a. ia' town
so as not to be arrested 'ney ds, J
a aneir behavior a sorrow 81 IL the pusl
ana a caricature of tba 70 the gaS
an insult to that God Vicious nd
them women and MT Who mad.
1 lrnmplng on, down thre SUrs'n', I'd
lous and dissipated life 'agh a id,s
ana eternal destruction. ~ 'enna
with the lightning Of "a, "oa,s
l S'r,he dead at your fec. al y0s ts Sd
f turfments to dissipation ' these a.s y
Won ve Ie m upon such garbage. Go [aa as
yWUiru up to empire and S 1oa eaA|
min, you have it? Oh, piv s0nlnIaa
your heart, give to God give to Cod
oare' give to God all your r sSur 'A'
give yourself to Him for thin
ana The next. Soon al, .b 'n,s world
eyes Will be quenched and bright
voices will be hushed. For aru q. these
lime you will look upon tb 'a' Ias'
earth; fathers hand. mot,o 'HlS f&t
sisters hand, child's hand, wis land
more thore IN yours. 1t will be nipbt e no
mere will come up a cold wi Sa' and
the Jordan, and O mn, nu IRON
"iii 1t be a lone woman on , ''aIt
less moor? All, no, Jesus will rack
up IN that hour and offer He ZONE
n He will say: "Yon stona naAd'
when you e well; now will ne
oesert you when you are sick" o po'
wave OF His hand, and the sto,u oas
drop, and another wave of III. VIII
and midnight shall break in.o aana
noon, and another wave of His t m.u,
and the chamberlains of CoS Dal ~
come down from the treavrra VIII
Oh heaven with robes lustrous blo.,
washed and Heaven glinted, in wbi's
you Will array yourself for tbo n"A
rage supper of the Lamb. And th.,
VITA Miriam, who struck the timh.a
bythe Red sea, and with Deborah wI'
led the Lords host into tbe snt,
ana with Hannah, who gave her Ssm'
uei to the Lord, and with Mary, WIN
rocked Jesus to sleep while tbs,,
were angels singing in the mir ,ni
with Florence Nightingale. who houra
up the battle wounds of the Crims,
you will, from the chalice of Cad
drink to the souls eternal rescue
One twilight, after I had ba.,
playing with the children for SOM.
time, L lay down on the lounre N
rest, and. half asleep and half awal.
l seemed to dream this dream: 4,
seemed to me that / was in a far di,.
tant land--not Persia, although NOR.
than oriental l%uxuriance crowned ,hs
cities; nor the tropics. although
more than f%ruitfulness filled the oar.
dens; O Italy, although more than
Italian softness filled the air. And
L wandered around looking for
thorns and nettles, but I found none
of them grew there. And I walked
forth, and 1 saw the sun rise, and |
said: when will it set again." and
the sun sank not. And | saw all the
people in holiday apparel, and l said.
when will they put on working.
mems garb again and delve in the
mine and swelter at the forge?" But
neither the garments nor the robes
did they put off. And I wandered in
the suburbs, and i said: where do
they bury the dead of this great
city?" And I looked along by tho
hills where it would be most beauti.
full for the dead to sleep, and | saw
castles and towers and battlements,
but not a mausoleum, nor monu.
ment. white slab could | see,
And l went INTO the great chapel Of
the town, and 1 said: "Where do the
poor worship? Where are the
benches on which they sit?' And
voice answered: "We have no poor
in this great city" And wandered
out seeking to find the place where
were the novels of the destitute, and
l found mansions of amber and ivory
and gold, but no tear did ] see or
sigh hear. I was bewildered, and |
sat under the shadow of a great tree,
and l said: "What am | and whence
all this?" And at that moment
there came from among the leaves,
up the flowery paths and
across the sparkling waters, a very
bright and sparkling group and
when l saw their step | knew it, ard
when l heard their voices | thought
I knew them, but their apparel was
so different from anything had ever
l bowed, a stranger 10
strangers. But after awhile, when
they clapped their hands and shout
ed: "Welcome! Welcome ny
mystery was solved, and I saw that
time had passed and that eternity
had come, and that God had gathered
us up into a higher home, and sald'
Are all here?" and the voices OF III
Vulnerable generations answereG'
All here" And while tears OF slau'
ness were raining down our cneeA'
and the branches or the LeoahOa
,edars were clapping their HANDS anu
The towers of the great city were
thinning their welcome, we began "
augh and sing and leap and snou''
'Home! Home! Home!"
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