Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-17


Besides that, we shall have all the
pleasures of association. We VIII go
right up in the front of God without any
fright. All our sins gone, there will be
nothing to be frightened abe. There
our old Christian friends viii troop
aronpa US. Just as now one OF your
SEX friends goes away 60 Florida. the
land of flowers, or TO the south of France,
and you do not see him for long while,
and after awhile you meet him, and the
hollows under the eyes are all filed and
the appetite has come back and the
crutch has been thrown away, and he is
so changed you hardly know him. You
say, Why, | never saw you look SO
We'll" lie says: Il couldn't help but be
well. have been selling these rivers
and climbing these mountains, and that's
how ] got this elasticity. | never was SO
We'll" Oh. my friends, your departed
loved ones are ~uly away for their health
in better climate, and when you meet
them they will be so changed YOU will
hardly know them, they will be 30 very
much changed, aud after awhile, when
you are assured thar they are your
friends, your departed friends, you will
say: Why, where is that cough? Where
is that paralysis? Where is that pneu-
monia? Where is that consumption"
And he viii say "Oh, | am entirely well.
There are no sick ones in this country.
have been ranging these hills, and hence
this elasticity. | have been here now
twenty years. and not one sick one have
/ seen. We are all well in this climate"
The Celestial Profession.
And then l stand at the gate of the
celestial city TO see the professions come
out, and / see a long procession of little
children, with their arms full of flowers,
and then / see procession of kings and
priests moving in celestial pageantry-a
long procession, but no black tasseied We
hicle, no mourning group. aud L say:
How strange it is, Where is your
Greenwood? Where is your Laurel
Hill? Where is your Westminster abb
bey?e And they shah cry, There are
no graves here" And then listen for the
tolling of the old belfffes of heaven, the
old belfries of eternity. ] listen to hear
them toll for the dead, bus they toll not
for the dead. They only strike up a sill
very chime, tower TO tower, east gate to
west gate, as they ring out They shall
| hunger no more, neither thirst any more,
neither shall the sun light on them nor
any heat. for the Lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall lead them TO liv-
ing fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
oh, unglove your hand and give it to
me in congratulation on that scene! !
feel as if | could shout. | will shout.
Dear Lord, forgive me that ever com.
piGined about anything. Ii all this is be-
fore us, who cares for anything but God
and 'eaven and eternal brotherhood .
Take the Grape off the doorbell. Your
loved ones are only away for their health
in d land ambrosial. Come, Lowell Ma
son; come, Isaac Watts. Give US your
best hymn about JOY celestial.
What is the use of postponing our
heaven any longer? Let it begin now,
and whatsoever hath harp let her thrum
| it. and whatsoever hath a trumpet let
| him blow it, and whatsoever hath an or.
| gan let him give us full diapason. They
| crowd down the air, spirits blessed, NOV
| ing in cavalcade Of triumph. Their char
| lot wheels whirl in the Sable h sunlight
They come! Halt, armies of God, Halt
until we are ready to join the battalion
| of pleasures that never die!