The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-09
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l'dts VI IN Gfrn-
caprice, or Identification Nahgs
climbing the ladder of the livbt
when skillful workmen took b1Ia or
to toss it, or wbirl it, or shane :, oiN
crowns. or hoist it into coh,nr mo
spring 1t into arches, or lift Il VI
stars, or turn it into crescents. or h" nvo
it INTO temples. You forget Won
saw the less glorious waters NJ c,eeer
worth, England, or Versailles rrnd as'
as you stand in the balcony Of ttance'
ace overlooking the Finland rulf pa'
wildered and transported as Won I've, .
at the one display called the CoiSoA
Stairway fountain. The water rarl
down over "a steps one foot bigb wy
20 feet long. All of these "a sten. anu
covered with sheets of FURNISHED oo,.
Silver step of the water on stairs
gold! What a glee of liquids, Poui.u
dashing, foaming, enrapturing spleS.
doris! Chorus of floods! Poetry Of ua
ters! Doxology of torrents! But ,ba.
which most impressed me tbers a"s
elsewhere is the abundance NJ w..
the fact that there are SO many w..
that the continents can afford to tbro,s
them away into the sea, Hudsons ona
Ohios. Oregons and Amazons. Rim.
and Danubes and Volgas, and So ahnn'
dant that the earth can afford to bav,
its oceans evaporate into the heavens
Mediterraneans and Atlantics and pa'
cities. How rich the earth is with vo.
tiers! Best beverage of all the nation,
for after the richest banquet with IN.
richest beverages everyone wants n,
least a sip of it-water, cool water
God descended water!
With still more abundance is tho nj.
distributed. An earth full of il. skv
full of 1t. Swiftest and strongest eapis
cannot fly SO high as not to have il in
the nostril or under the wing. And
what afiuence of sunlight. No one hut
the infinite God could dispense so much
of it. The golden candlestick set on
the blue mantel of the heayensl So
great that the Almighty is compared IN
it, the psalmist crying out: "The Lord
God is a SUM-" 1t is high time that wa
recognize in u liturgies and in our
formulas of prayer the three most
abundant blessings of the universe
which come to all.
Some scientists are now discuSsino
the opening of communication be.
tween u earth and the planet Mars.
Experiments are being made, but they
will not succeed. We cannot build a
fire large enough to attract the at.
tention OF that world or lift a lens
powerful enough to see any response
interstellar. We do not positively
know that that world is occupied by
living beings, or that II it is occupied
communication with them would DO
desirable. 1t might not be so good q
world as this, and thus communion
ton with il would be debasing. But
/ rejoice to know that Heaven Is in
touch with other worlds, for their
improvement and a depot for glorious
: arrivals. 1t is a thoroughfare between
! this world and that world and a com.
' ing and going perpetual. Going out OF
: this world is as natural as coming in
> to it, but the one is with pang and
/, the other is with rapture if we are
fitted for the uplifting process. II
shall be well with you. Now, do not
!, get so frightened about that asthma
1 or that cough or that influenza or
: that threatened pneumonia. The
c worst thing that fatal disease can
{ do is to usher you into coronation and
enforcement. 1t shall be well with
> you. Take as good care of your health
, as you can, have all the sanitary laws,
' keep in this world as long as you
q are permitted to stay and then when
I the heavenly call ONE be glad TO 60.
c / do not care much about what your
{ "last words" are going TO be. People
put too much emphasis on "last
i words" I woud rather know what
{ your words are now, in days Of health
= and with mental faculties in full play
= your words of kindness, your words
. Of sympathy, your words of helpful
: ness, your words Of prayer. So live
that If you do not say a word during
the last day of your life there will be
no doubt here about the place OF your
e destination. You will go right into
/ sanity, prophetic, evangelistic, apos'
tolic, cherubic, seraphic, archangelic'
. deiic presence.
Z 1t shall be we'll with you. Mother,
= you will go right up into the posses
9 sion of the babe that the scarlet fever
e or Group took out Of your arms, a
sorrow that still stings you, and you
{ often say she would 10Y be so many
years old if she had lived. You Will
y go into the presence of the old folks
{ for I hope you are of Christian an
y cestry, and you will find that they
have no dimness of sight or hating
+ gait that requires a staff, for they
:. have taken a draugbt from the foun'
. tain of perpetual youth that springs
e from under the throne of God. oh'
the blissful companionship OF Heaven
. in which you shall enter! 1t shall DO
well with you I ring this bell o.
emancipation and triumph. ike inc
II way the sexton rings the bell OF tno
old country meeting house. used 10
stand and admire him pulling INC
u rope of that bell. He rings it a gocu
while, so that every farmhouse wl,hih
. five miles hears it. He may hall y
c moment to take breath and give 'no
Ill n