The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21


close, and it would only get thinner and
more gloomy and less able TO gain food for
its young and less abe to enjoy n land.
scape as il appears under n twenty-mile
fight on a summer morning under the
blue heavens.
j do not advise you to be Indifferent to
these great questions that pertain TO
church and state and nations. but not TO
fret about them, Realize that it is not an
anarchy that has charge of affairs in this
world. but divine government. At the
head OF this universe Is King whose eve
is omnsciencc and whose heart is infinite
love. His government is not going to be
failure. He cannot be defeated. Better
trust Him in the management of this
world and of all worlds All YOU and ]
have TO do is 10 accomnlish the work that
is put in our hands. That is all we have
to be responsible for. In a well managed
orchestra the PLAYERS upon strinaed and
wind instruments do not watch each other.
The eornetist does not lool; to see how
the violnist is drawing the bow over the
strings, nor does the flute PLAYER scrutn.
ize the drum. They all watch the baton
of the leader. And we are all carrying
our part, however insignificant it may be,
/, in the great harmony.
My text suggests that heaven is an eter-
nal youth A cycle of years will not leave
any mark upon the immortal nature.
Eternity will not work upon the soul in
heaven any change unless it he more ra.
dance and more wisdom and more rap.
ture. A rolling on from glory TO glory!
In anticipation of that some Of the hap
piest people on earth are aged Christians.
The mightiest testimonies have been civen
by the veterans in the gospel army While
some of the aged have allowed themselves
to become morosc and cynical and impa-
ticnt with youth and pessimistic about the
world aud have become nossessed with
thp cnlrit pT crol1 mud fault Eubipo and
are fearful OF being crowded out of their
sphere manv of the aged have been glad
to step aside that others NAV have a
chance and are hopeful about the world
expecting its redemption instead of its
demolition. and they are inspiration and
comfort and helpfulness to the household
and TO the neighborhood and to the
church. The children hail the good old
man ae he comes down the road. His
smile. his words. his manner. his whole
life. make the world think better Of reh-
gion.
What a good thing it is, all ye aged
Christians, that you can soon set rid of
dulled ear and sight that requires strong
eyeglasses and infirmites which make you
hold on to the banster, leaving you pant
| ing at the head of the stairs, and enter a
land of eternal health, where the most ru-
| blcund cheek OF robust life on earth
would be emaciation compared with the
| vlCor OF the lmmortals What good
| thing to get beyond being misunderstood
and blamed for what you could not help,
| and picked at by a hard world, and then
| pass into heavenly society where all
| think well OF each other, and friendships
are eternal, depreciation and SANDER and
backbltlng unknown for the gate of heav-
| en- was shut against them in tie state,
ment, Without are dogs" What good
thing to have satisfying and glorious eX.
| planation OF things that puzzled you
tx-a NfxF f,Arfr ato to, ha,.
the interrogation point abolished and all
! mystery solved and Gods government vim
| dicated and you will sec why He allowed
| sin and sorrow to come into the world,
! and why the bad were permitted to live
so long 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
| prosperousiy, princes afoot and bcggars
a-horseback, and the last honest question
shall have been answered
Gibbon in his history says that Moham.
med had dream in which he thought
! that, mounted on tine horse Borak, he as
cended the seven heavens and approached
within two bow shots of the throne and
| felt cold that pierced him to the heart
| when his shoulder was touched 10y the
hand of God. That might do for Moham.
med's heaven, but not for Christian
| heaven. No cold hand put upon your
shoulder there, no cold hand of repulse or
doubt, but the warm hand of welcome, the
warm hand of sanity communion, the
warm hand of God.
! congratulate all Christians VINO are in
! the eventide. Good cheer to all of you.
| Your best days are yet 10 come. You are
| est sights, take the most delightful jour
neys, form the most elevating friendships,
and after 10000 years of transport you
! will be no nearer the last rapture than
when you were thrilled with the first.
| In heaven you will have what most
| pleases you. Archbishop Leighton's de-
sire for heaven was desire for Christ and
| purity and love, and he has found there
what he wanted. John Foster rejoiced at
the thought of heaven, because there he
could study the secrets of the universe
| without restraint, and he has been regal
ing himself in that search. Southey
thought Of heaven as place where he
would meet with the learned and the
| great-Chaucer and Dante and Shakes
peare. He no doubt has found that style
OF communion. That great and good DR..
| Dick was fond of mathematics, and he said
he thought much of the time in heaven
would be given to that study, and have
no doubt that since ascension he has made
| advancement in that science. The "twelve
manner OF fruits" spoken of in Revela-
tion means all kinds Of enjoyment in heav-
en-, for twelve manner OF fruits includes
' al SAlNi liAibe hhbb tAS EAONh Oh
| trees. | suppose there will be as many
| kinds of enjoyment as there will be in
| habitants.
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 be music. Are
YOU stirred by pictures? There will be all
| the colors on the new heavens, on the Jas
| per sea, and the walls imbedded with what
| splendors Are you fond of great archi-
| lecture? There you will find the temple
| of God and the Lamb and the uplifted
| thrones. Are you longing TO get back to
! your loved ones who have ascended? Then
| 1t will be reunion. Are YOU home body?
| Then it will be home. Here and there in
| this world you will find some one who now
| lives where he was born, and three or
four generations may have dwelt in the
same house, but most people have had
several homes-the home of childhood, the
home they built or rented for their early
manhood, the home of ripper and more
prosperous years. But all homes put to-
gether precious as they are in remem-
brance, or from present occupancy, can
not equal the heavenly home in the house
of many mansions. No sickness will ever
come there, for it is promised there shall
be no more pain No parting at the
front door, no last look at faces never to
be seen again, but home with God, home
with each other, home. forever.