St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-28

thy youth; and let thy heart cheer the
in the days of thy youth, and walk
the ways of thine heart, and in tn
sight of thine eyes; but know, tho'
that for all these things God will br1n
thee into judgment" The rich fool ha
his followers in the world to-day, an
they are carelessly and heedlessl
plunging forward to that fatal nigh
when their souls shall be required o
! them. and all unprepared they will b
ushered into the presence of thci
Maker. The words of our Lord plea
with every soul: Seek first the King
dom of God and His righteousness
that is, first make your preparation
for the moving day of the soul, secar
your lease, signed with the precious
blood of Jesus Christ, for mansion il
Heaven, and then you are ready to iiv'
in this world; land all these things viii
be added to you'' which are now tax
| ing first place in your life and heart
Never were truer words spoken thai
that one is not prepared to live unit
he is prepared to die.
In what minor strain of disappoint'
ing failure and solemn, measured tread
the preacher in Ecclesiastes ushers in
the death scene in the twelfth chapter
Life has been experienced in all its
varying phazes as the soul has en-
dcavored to find enjoyment and salts
faction in the things under the sun,
and not in God. Everything is tried
and the cry each time, as the utter
emptiness of this worlds seeking is
realized, is VANITY Of vanities, all is
vanity" In the presence of death man
realizes his utter weakness and inn
potency. AS the friends and loved ones
gather around the bier of the dear de-
parted one and realize that the soul
which had occupied that lifeless clay
as home while in this world has gone
into eternity and is face to face with
its realities, how the conversation
loves to linger over the preparedness
of that soul to meet it's God and find
an entrance into Heaven. How we re-
call words and deeds to reassure our
hearts. We love to think of the loved
one as in Heaven. .--.=-
And so with the souls moving day
certainty, and the Importance of prep
aration for leaving the old home of this
flesh SO manifestly apparent, how
blessed and comforting is the reality
of the New Home as declared by Gods
Word with such clearness and enticing
beauty.
The New Home. Our text calls it
mans long home" that is, his endur-
ing or perpetual home. Bunyan's
Christian, whom we have all followed
in his pilgrimage with such intense in
terest and blessed comfort, was ever
towards the home in the
Celestial Kingdom, and all other
places in life through which he passed
were but temporary Ravens of rest and
refreshment. The reality of the eter-
nal home could not be obscured by the
glitter of gold, the pleasures of the
world northe sophistry and arguments
of his friends, ''for he endured as see
ng Him who is invisible" Abraham
was but sojourner in this world, ssfor
ne looked for city which hath founda-
ions. whose builder and maker is God"
and "for such God hath prepared a
'ity:" Into that city finally returned
;he Lord Jesus Himself after the plan
IT salvation had been wrought out by
His vicarious death, and amidst the
E0tpnn1inr oh nf ho hor |
'eraphim, and the legions of angels,
md the hosts of the redeemed, He set
about fulfilling His promise, left as a
beacon light in the world, that in His
House where were many man
ions, He went to prepare place for
hose who accepted Him as their
Saviour.
The Furnishing of the New Home.
Did you ever catch the full signifi-
ance of Christ's comforting words
ust quoted? The mansions He re-
ers to as being already in Gods
leaven. He says: II go to prepare
place for you" AS I watched a
moving van pass the {
ther day, noted that it was laden
With furniture old and new, but all !
# it with marks of service in the
Id home from which it had been
aiken. The old furniture was to be !
sed in fitting out the new home.
h, how differently has God planned
or you and me. = Jesus Christ, who ]
} watching us day by day, is pre- ]
airing our mansions with just the s
Kings we need most and like best. (
IS beautifully expressed in poem en-
tiled my Home" by Rev. Frances E.
'ownsley:
He knows what things love the best. !
,e knows my weakness and my need of /
rest,
And how to answer each unspoken prayer. s
His Home and mine! can afford to wait. !
And waiting smile; for One who needs
me sore S
fitting up my Mansion. At its gate
He waits to open unto me the door, q
He wooed me with Loves pleading, yearn-
ing breath, t
He asked for me in dark Gethsemane: I.
e trod for me the sepulcher of death, =,
And lives, to claim my love eternally! =
And without me His Joy is incompletes
One place is empty until shall come; .
nd when fall before His blessed feet Z
He'll lift me to His Heart, in my own
Home
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