St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-22

stood. with black book, reading over
The crave. "Ashes to ashes, dust to
dust"
But hurl away this darkness.
cannot have you weep. Thanks be
INTO God. who giveth us the victory,
at eventime it shall be light! nave
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 bathe? What though other lights
do 90 out in the blast. what do we
want of them when all the gates Of
glory swing open before us and from
q myriad voices, q myriad harps, a
myriad thrones, myriad palaces
there dashes upon US Hosannal
Hosanna!" Throw back the shut
tiers and let the sun in" said dying
scoyille McCullum, one OF my Sab
bath school boys. ''Throw back the
shutters and let the sun in You
can see Paul putting on robes ana
wings of ascension as he exclaims:
st have fought the good fight! I
have finished my course! nave
kept the faith!"
Hugh McKail went to one side OF
the scaffold of martyrdom and cried:
Farewell sun, moon and stars!
Farewell all earthly delights!" then
went to the other side of the scat
fold 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,
diving. said in his last moments: Il
move into the light" They did not
go down doubling and fearing and
shivering, but their battlecry rang
through all the caverns OF the sepul-
cher and was echoed back from all
the thrones of heaven: 20 death.
where is thy sting? o grave, where
is thy victory?" Sing. my soul, Of
joys to come.
1 saw beautiful being wandering
up and down the earth. She touched
the aged, and they became young;
she touched the poor. and they be-
came rich. said: ''Who is this
beautiful being wandering up and
down the earth?" They told me that
her name was Death. What a strange
thrill of joy when the palsied Chris
tian begins 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 tenn
pie! Hungry men no more to hunger.
thirsty men no more to thirst, weep
ing men no more to weep, dying men
no more to die. Gather up all sweet
words, all jubilant expressions, all
rapturous ordinations; bring them
to me, and will pour upon them this
stupendous theme of the souls olsen !
thrallment! Oh, the joy Of the spirit
as it shall mount up toward the
throne of God, shouting: "Freei
Free!" Your eye has gazed upon the
garniture Of earth and heaven, but
eye hath not seen it; your ear has
caught harmOnies uncounted and in
describa ble-caught them from harp's
trill and birds carol and waterfalls
dash and oceans doxology-but ear
hath not heard it. How did those
blessed ones get up into the lightf
What hammer knocked on their
chains? Who gave them wings? All,
eternity is not long enough to tell
it. seraphim have not capacity enough
to realize 1.-THE marvels Of redeem
ing love! Let the palms wave; let
the crowns glitter; let the anthems
ascend; let the trees Of Lebanon clap
their hands-they cannot tell the half
of it. Archangel before the throne,
thou fullest! Sing on, praise on, 70
hosts of the gloriaed, 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: "Je-
sus! Jesus! Jesusl'
There will DO password at the
gate OF heaven. A great multitude
come up and knock at the gate.
The gatekeeper says, 1.-THE password
They say: eve have mo- 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 gatekeeper says, 1.-THE pass
word. They say: Eve have NO
We did ! great many
noble things on earth. We endowed
colleges and took care ~ +he noor = 1:
The voice from within saws. ST never
knew you." Another 0roun coma mn 4
to the rate Of heaven and trock.
The Ratekeeper saws. .eTha na..,
word" Thew answer: eva ware
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