Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-19

and the palaces and the cathedrals-St
Marks aud st. Paul's rookerles ia com
parsson.
Sometimes you wish you could make
the tour OF tie whole earth. so!ag
around MS others have gone but YOU
have net the time. you have not thr
means. You will make the t0cr yet
during one musical pause I'm the eter-
nal anthem. | say these things for
the comfort OF those people who are
abridged in their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
people to whom life is humdrum who
toll and work and toll aud work aud
aspire after knowledge. but have no
time to get II and say. "If had the
| opportunities which other people have.
how would iii my mind aud soul
with grand thoughtsr' BE not dis
Outraged. my friends. You are going
| to the university yet. Death will only
matriculate you into the royal college
of the universe.
Peace Sublime.
What a sublime thing Il was that
DR.. Thoruwell of South Carolina
uttered in his last dying moments.
AS he looked up he said. 1T opens: It
expands. it expands" Or as MIR. Top
lady. the author OF "Rock of Ages" In
his last moment or during his last
hours looked up and said. as though
he saw something supernatural.
Light" and then as he came on near
er the dying moment. bis countcnance
more luminous. he cried. "Lightr' and
ut the very moment of his departure
lifted both hands. something super
natural In his countenance as lie cried
"Lightr' Only another name for sun
shine.
Besides that, we shall have all the
| pleasures or association. We will go
right UP I'm the front OF God without
any fright ALI our sins gone. there
will be nothing TO be frightened about
| There our old Christian friends will
troop around us. Just as now one of
your sick friends goes away TO Florida.
the land OF flowers. or 20 the south of
France. and you do not see him for a
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 well" he SAYS: II
couldn't help hut be well. have been
sailing these rivers and climbing these
mountains, and that's how / got this
elasticity. l never was so WELL oh,
| my friends, your departed loved ones
are only away for their health in bet
ter climate, and when you meet them
they will be so changed you will hardly
know them. they will be so very much
changed, and after awhile, when you
are assured that 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 will say: "Oh, l am entirely
well! There are no sick enes in this
country. l have been ranging these
hills and hence this elasticity. 1 have
been here now 20 years, and not one
sick one have L seen. We are all well
In this climate"
Join the Chorus.
And then | stand at the gate Of the
celestial city TO see the professions
come out. and I see long procession
OF little children with their arms full
or flowers, and then see n procession
or kings and priests moving in celcs-
tial pageantry-a long procession, but
no black tasseled vehicle. no mourning
group-and l say: "How strange il is.
Where Is your Greenwood? Where Is
your Laurel Hill? Where is your West
minister abbeyr And they shall cry.
There are no graves here" And then
listen for the tolling of the old belfries
OF heaven. the old belfries of eternity.
1 listen to hear them toll for the dead.
but they toll not for the dead They
only strike up silvery chime, tower 60
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 living foun.
tains OF water, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes"
oh, unglove your hand and give II to
me in congratulation on that scene!
feel as II could shout / viii shout.
Dear Lord. forgive mo that ever COM
planned about anything. If all this is
before us, who cares for anything but
God and heaven and eternal brother.
hoodf Take the Grape or the doorbeIl.
Your loved ones are only away for
their health In land ambrosial. Come.
Lowell Mason. Come, Isaac Watts.
Give us your best hymn about Joy ce-
lestial
What Is the use OF postponlng our
heaven any longer? Let IL begin now,
and whatsoever hath harp let her
thrum IL. and whatsoever hath a trum. |
pet let him blow IL, and whatsoever hath
an organ let him give us full diapa.
son. They crowd down the air. spirits
blessed. moving In cavalcade OF tri. !
umph. Their chariot wheels whirl In |
the Sabbath sunlight. They come. |
Halt. armies OF God! Halt until we are
ready TO join the battalion OF pleasures |
that never die.
Oh, my friends, II would take a ser.
mon as long as eternity TO tell the joys |
that are coming to us. | Just set open |
the sunshiny door. Come in. oil We |
disciples OF the world who have found |
the sunshlny door. Come in. all We
disciples of the dance, and see the
bounding feet of this heavenly glad |
ness. Come In, ye disciples OF worldly
amusement, and see the stage where
kings are the actors and burning words
the footiights and thrones the spectac-
ular. Arise. We dead In sin. for this Is
the morning OF resurrection. The lows
or heaven submerge our soul pull
out the trumpet stop. In thy presence
there Is fullness OF joy; at thy right
hand there nre pleasures rorevermore.
Best are the saints beloved of God;
Washed are their robes in Jesus blood
Brighter than angels. 10. they shine,
Their glories splendid and sublimei
My soul anticipates the day.
Would stretch her wing and soar away;
To aid the song, the palm to bear,
And bow. the chief Of sinners. there.
oh. the sunshine. the glorious sun
shine. the everlasting suushinen
lCopyright. 1901. by Louis Klopsch N VI
Georgfa's Giant Sycamore Tree.
DOuglerty county now love- ,.,.,;,.. A..