The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14

ished and the last tear wept and tn
last groan uttered, and there shat
be nothing to hurt or destroy in al
Gods holy mountain! All that ant
more will come to pass, for "th'
mouth of the Lord hath spoken It,"
So far have mentioned nine OF the
ten strings of the instrument OF graft
tude. now come to the tenth and the
last. mention 1t last that it may be
the more memorable-heavenly antici'
patton. BY the grace OF God we are
going to move into place SO much
better than this that on arriving we
will wonder that we were for so many
years SO loath to make the transfer.
After we have seen Christ face to face
and rejoiced over our departed kindred
there are some mighty spirits we will
want to meet soon after we pass
through the gates. We want to see and
will see David, a mightier king in
Heaven than he ever was on earth, and
we will talk with him about psalmody
and get from him exactly what he
meant when he talked about the instru-
ment of ten strings. We will confront
Moses. who will tell of the law giving
on rocking Sinai and of his mysterious
burial, with no one but God present.
We will sec Joshua, and he will tell us
Of the coming down of the walls OF
Jericho at Abe blast of the rams horn
and explain to us that miracle - how
the sun and moon could stand still
without demolition of the planetary
system. We will see Ruth and have
her tell of the harvest field of Boaz, in
which she CLEANED for afflicted Naomi.
We will see Tashti and hear from her
own lips the story of her Punishment
from the Persian palace by Infamous
Ahasuerus.
We will see and talk with Daniel,
and he will tell us how he saw Bel
shazzar's banqueting hall turned into
slaughter house and how the lions
greeted him with loving fawn instead
of stroke of cruel paw. We will see
and talk with Solomon, whose palaces
are gone, but whose inspired epigrams
stand out stronger and stronger as the
centuries pass. We will see Paul and
hear from him how Felix trembled be-
fore him and the audience of skeptics
on Mars hill were COMPOUNDED by his
sermon on the brotherhood of man,
what he saw at Ephesus and Syracuse
and Philippi and Rome and how dark
was the Mamertine dungeon and how
sharp the ak that beheaded him on the
.oad to Ostia. Yea, we will see all the
martyrs, the victims of AK and sword
md fire and billow. What thrill of
excitement for us when we gaze upon
he heroes and heroines who gave their
ives for the truth. We will see the
yospel proclaimers Chrysostom and
and Whitefeld and the
Nesleys and John Knox. We will see
he great Christian poets Milton and
Dante and Watts and Mrs. Hemans
md Frances Havergal. Yea, all the
departed Christian men and women of |
whatever age or station.
But there will be one focus toward |
which all eyes will be directed. His
infancy having slept on pillow Of
traw; all the hates of the Herodic
planning for his assassi-
alton; in after time whipped as
b ough he were criminal; asleep on
he cold mountains because no one of
cred Him lodging: though the great
st being who ever touched our earth,
erisively called "this fellow" His last
ours writing on spikes of infinite
A. rI;e 5,oarotnss for,,- ,,,,f II, Cow |
lcher, then terminated and assembled
D be the center of ali heavenly admi-
ation-upon that greatest martyr and
,ightiest hero of all the centuries we
i'll be permitted to look. Put that
mong your heavenly anticipations.
Now take down your harp of ten
trings and sweep all the chords, maxi
10 all of them tremble with a great
ladness. have mentioned just ten
,lightsome food, eyesight, hearing,
ealthful sleep, power of physical To-
motion, illumined nights, mental fac
ties in equipoise. friendships of life,
ospel advantages and heavenly antici-
atoms. Let us make less complaint
nd offer more thanks, render less
rye and more cantata. Take paper
al pen and write down in long COL
ms your blessings. have reeited
lly ten. To express all the mercies
cd has bestowed you would have to
,e at least three, and think five, nu-
erals, for surely they would run up
to the hundreds and the thousands.
)h, give thanks unto the Lord, for He
good, for His mercy endureth for
err" Get into the habit of rehearsal
the brightnesses of life.
Notice how many more fair days
ere are than foul, how many more