The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-20

See that you do honor to the aged, A
philosopher stood at the corner of the
street day after day, saying TO the passers'
by: You will be an old man; you viii be
an old man. You will be an old woman
you win be an old woman." People
thought that he was crazy. DO not think
that he was.
Smooth the way for that mothers feet;
they have not many more steps to take.
Steady those tottering limbs, they viii soon
be at rest. Pow not up that face with
any more wrinkles; trouble and care have
marked it full enough. Thrust no thorn
into that old hearts it will soon cease to
beat. ''The eye that mocketh its father
and refuseth to obey its mother the ravena
of the valley shall pick it out, and the
young eagles shall eat il"
You have watched the calmness and the
glory of the evening hour. The laborers
have come from the field; the heavens are
glowing with an Undesirable effulgence,
as though the sun in departing had forgot
ten to shut the gate after it. All the
beauty of cleud and leaf swans in the lake.
For star in the sky, a star in the water;
heaven above and heaven beneath. Not
leaf rustling or a bee humming or a grass
hopper chirping. Silence in the meadow,
silence among the hills. Thus bright and
beautiful shall be the evening of the world.
The heats of earthly conflict are cool; the
glory of heaven fills all the scene with love,
JOY and peace At eventime 1t is light
light!
Finally, my text shall ind fulfllment at
the end of the Christians life. You know
how short winters day is and now little
work you can do. Now, my friends, life is
a short winters day. The sun rises at
and sets at f. The birth angel and the
death angel fly only "a little way apart.
Baptism and burial are near together
With one hand the mother rocks the era
die and with the other she touches grave.
| went into the house of one of my pa
rishioners on Thanksgiving Day. The lit
tie child of the household was bright and
glad, and with it bounded up and down
the hall Christmas Day came and the
light of that household had persisted. We
stood, with black book, reading over the
grave, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust"
But hurl away this darkness 1 cannot
have you weep. Thanks be unto God, who
giveth us the victory, at eventime it shall
be light / have seen many Christians die.
] never saw any of them die in darkness
What If the pillows of death do rise above
our girdle, who does not love to battle?
What though other lights do go out in the
blast, what do we want of them when all
the gates of glory swing open before US,
and from a myriad voices, a myriad harps,
myriad thrones, myriad palaces there
dashes upon US "Hosanna! Hosanna"
Throw back the shutters and let the
sun in" said dying Scoville McCullum, one
of my Sabbath-schoo1 boys. Throw back
the shutters and let the sun in You can
see Paul putting on robes and wings OF as
cension as he exclaims: Il have fought the
good tight! / have finished my course!
have kept the faith"
Hugh McKall went to one side of the
scaffold of martyrdom and cried; Fare
well SUN, moon and stars! Farewell all
earthly delights!" then went on the other
side of the scaffold and cried: Welcome,
God and Father! Welcome, sweet Jesus
Christ, the Mediator of the covenant!
Welcome, death! Welcome, glory!"
"A minister of Christ in Philadelphia,
dying, said in his last moments, II move
into the light" They did not go down
doubling and fearing and .shivering, but
their battle cry rang through all the cav
erns of the sepulcher and was echoed back
from all the thrones of heaven: 20 death,
victory Sing, my soul, of joys to come.
1 saw a beautiful being wandering up
and down the earth. She touched the aged
and they became young; she touched the
poor and they became rich. said, Who
is this beautiful being wandering up and
down the earth?" They told me that her
name was Death. What strange thrill
of Joy when the palsied Christian begin
to use his arm again, when the blind
Christian begins to see again, when the
deaf Christian begins to hear again, when
the poor pilgrim puts his feet on such pave
ment and joins in such company and has
free seat In such great temple.
Hungry men no more to hunger, thirsty
men no more to thirst, weeping men no
more to weep, dying men no more to die.
Gather up all sweet words, all jubilant eX
rNr-A rnln sAr,e,s
bring them to me, and j will pour upon
them this stupendous theme OF the souls
disenthrallmenti
Oh, the joy of the spirit as it shall mount
up toward the throne OF God, shouting:
Free! Free" Your eye has gazed upon
the garniture of earth and heaven, but eye
hath not seen it; your ear has caught bar-
monies uncounted and indescrbable-
caught them from harps trill and birds
carol and waterfalls dash and oceans dox-
ology-but ear hath not heard it.
How did those blessed ones get up into
the light. What hammer knocked off their
chainss What loom Woye their robes OF
light! Who gave them wings?s All, eter-
nifty is not long enough to tell it, seraphim
have not capacity eneuGh to realize it
the marvels of redeeming love!
Let the palms wave; let the crowns git
ter; let the anthems ascend; let the trees
VI l4cDdhou GIG VIGIL
tell the half of it. Archangel before the
throne, thou failest
Sing on, praise on, We host9 of the glori-
fed, and if with your scepters you cannot
reach it and with your songs you cannot
express it then let all the myriads of the
saved unite in the exclamation: Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus!"
There will be password at the gate of
heaven. A great multitude come up and
knock at the gate. The gatekeeper says,
The password" They say: I'VE have no
password. We were great on earth, and
now we come up to be great in heaven"
A voice from within answers. II never
knew you" Another group come up TO
the gate of heaven and knock. The gate
keeper says, "The password" They say,
I'VE have no password. We did great
many noble things on earth. We endowed |
colleges and took care of the poor" The |
voice from within says. II never knew |
you" Another group come up to the gate
Of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper |
says. The password" They answer, I'VE