St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-09

Of it. The golden candlestick set on
the blue mantsl of the heavensl So
great that the Almighty is compared to
it, the psalmist crying out: "The Lord
God is a SUM-" It is high time that We
recognize in our .liturgies and in our
formulas of prayer the three most
abundant blessings Of the universe
which come to all.
Now, is it not time that we all began
more thoroughly to trust the Lord?
We trust Him with our souls, why not
trust Him with our bodies? We trust
Him with our spiritual interests, why
not trust Him with our temporal inter-
ests? We believe what is said to us by
an ordinarily honest man. could not
anger you so much or make your cheeks
SO burn with indignation as to doubt
your truthfulness, and how do you sup
pose the Lord of Heaven and earth
feels when you doubt Him, as He de-
clares in the text: ''Say ye to the right
eous that it shall be well with him."
Such a promise as that ought to calm
your pulses and irradiate your counte-
nance and halo all the future with rap
ture; for, after all, it makes but little
difference what becomes of us here If
we come out at the right place, amid
the right surroundings and in the right
companionship. What are the 20 or so
years of terrestrial stay compared with
the centuries, the milleniums. the
aeons of our chief lifetime, which we
are to begin when we quit this iDsig-
nificant planet, insignificant rs COM
pared with the size of other worlds?
This world is only q schoolhouse for
Heaven. We learn here only the A B C
of a higher literature, or the simple ad-
dition and subtraction of an infinite
mathematics and are practicing the
eight notes of an eternal harmony.
The most important question any man
ever asks is: "What will be my des-
tiny" "Whither am bound ?" 'Wherc
shall ! land?" ''What is the terminus
of this short journey?" Now, child of
God, do not worry about that. It shall
be well with you in your next state of
existence. We know but little about
Heaven. There is but little concerning
it in the Bible and that is on the lass
few pages and is mostly fgurative. Do
you know the reason why? I suppose 1t
is because if we knew the full attract
iveness of that place we would be
untitled for our duties here. We would
tibule of great Luxemburg and would
want to go right in and see the glories;
or, standing in the portico of a temple,
and would want to get inside among
the worshipers. So we are allowed to
hear only one bar of the music and to
see one fold of its upholstery and catch
one glimpse of its towers. / can make
only rough draft of your celestial
residence, but I can authortatively
state that the world to which you are
destined is big world, brilliant
world, sinless world, a joyful world.
an endless world and q world in touch
with other worlds.
Some scientists are now discussing
the opening of communication be-
tween our earth and the planet Mars.
Experiments are being made, but they
will not succeed. We cannot build
fire large enough to attract the at
tention of that world or lift lens
powerful enough to see any response
interstellar. We do not positively
know that that world is occupied by
living beings, or that if it is occupied
communication with them would be
desirable. 1t might not be so good q
world as this, and thus communica-
ton with it would be debasing. But
I rejoice to know that Heaven is in
touch with other worlds. for their
improvement and depot for glorious
arrivals. 1t is 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. 1t
shall be we'll with you. Now, do not
get so frightened about that asthma
or that cough or that influenza or
that threatened pneumonia. The
worst thing that fatal disease can
do is to usher you into coronation and
enthronement. 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
are permitted to stay and then when
the heavenly call comes be glad to go.
/ do not care much about what your
'last words" are going to be. People
put too much emphasis on ''last
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
os sympathy, your words of helpful
ness. your words Of prayer. So live
that if you do not say word during
the last day of your life there will be
no doubt here about the place of your
destination. You will go right into
sanity. prophetic, evangelistic, apos-
tolic, cherubic, seraphic. archangelic
deific presence.
1t shall be well with you. Mother,
you will go right up into the posses
sion of the babe that the scarlet fever
or Group took out of your arms,
sorrow that still stings you, and you
often say she would now be so many
years old if she had lived. You will
go into the presence Of the old folks,
for 1 hope you are of Christian an
cestry. and you will find that they
have no dimness of sight or halting
gait that requires a staff, for they
have taken a draught from the foun-
tain of perpetual youth that springs
from under the throne Of God. Oh,
the blissful companionshiP of Heaven
in which you shall enter! It shall be
we'll with you. I ring this bell Of
emancipation and triumph. I like the
way the sexton rings the bell of the
old country meeting house. used to
stand and admire him pulling the
rope of that bell. He rings it a good
while. SO that every farmhouse within
five miles hears it. He may halt
moment to take breath and give the
sweet sounds time to stir up all the
echoes of the hills. And when he is
old and not strong enough to pull the
rope any more. then he sits and lis
tens while his son rings the church