St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-15
but happiness. That never came

But we must tighten the cords OF
our harp and retune it while we cele-
brate Gospel advantages. The high
est style of civilization the world has
ever seen is American civilization.
and it is built out of the Gospel OF
pardon and good morals. That Cos
pel rocked our cradle, and it will
epitaph our grave. It soothes our
sorrows, brightens our hopes. in
spires our courage, forgives our sins
and saves our souls. It takes man
who is all wrong and makes him all
right. What that Gospel has done for
you and me is . story that we can
never fully tell. What it has done
for the world and will yet do for the
nations it will take the thousand
years of the millennium to lebrate-
The grandest churches are yet 20 be
built. The mightiest anthems are
yet to be hoisted. The greatest
victories are yet to be gained. The
most beautiful Madonnas are yet to
be painted. The most triumphant
professions are yet to march. On,
what . world this will be when 1t ro-
tates in it's orbit q redeemed planet.
girdled with spontaneous harvests
and enriched by orchards whose
fruits are speckless and redundant,
and the last pain will have been bap-
ished and the last tear wept and the
last groan uttered, and there shall
be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy mountain! All that and
more will come to pass. for the
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
So far I have mentioned nine OF the
ten strings of the instrument OF graft
tude. I now come to the tenth and the
last. I mention it last that it may be
the more ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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, . mightier king IN
Heaven than he ever was on earth, and
we will talk with him about psaimody
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 see Joshua, and he will tell Us
of the coming down OF the walls OF
Jericho at the blast of the rams horn
and explain tc 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 Vashti and hear from her
own lips the story of her banishment
| 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 a
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 epigrama
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 skeptic'
nm 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 dari
was the Mamertine dungeon and how
sharp the ak that beheaded him on thu
road to Ostia. Yea. we will see all thu
martyrs. the victims of ak and swort
and fire and billow. What q thrill O
/ excitement for us when we gaze upol
the heroes and herc:nes who gave thei1
lives for the truth. We will see tn
gospel proclaimers Chrysostom ant
Rourdaloue and Whitefield and thu
Wesleys and John Knox. We will Sc
the great Christian poets Milton AM
Dante and Watts and Mrs. Heman
and Frances Havergal. Yea, all tn
DEPARTED Christian men and women
whatever age or station.
Rut there will be one focus towar
. which all eyes will be directed. Hi
infancy having slept on pillow Q
straw: all the hates of the Herodi
government planning for his assass1
nation: in after time whipped q
though he were . criminal; asleep o
. the cold mountains because NO one Of
fered Him lodging; though the great
! est being who ever touched our eartl
, |derisiveiy called "this fellows" His IL
!. hours writing on spikes OF infinit
; torture; His lacerated form put in sci
. nlcher. then terminated and ascende
, ~ he the center of all heavenly adm
> ration-upon that greatest martyr an
: mightiest hero of all the centuries v
= viii be permitted to look. Put thu
. among your heavenly anticipations.
: Now take down your harp of te
q strings and sweep all the chords, mai
: ;no al Of them tremble with gres
a badness. have mentioned just ten
/! delightsome food, eyesight, hearin
/. healthful sleep, power OF physical /
: comotion. illumined nights, mental ia
n niles in equipoise, friendships of lit
a Gospel advantages and heavenly antie
= nations. Let us make less complain
and offer more thanks, render le
. d;rpe and more cantata. Take pap
: and pen and write down in long &C
Is umns your blessings. have recit'
only ten. To express all the merci
! Cod has bestowed you would have
r. nee at least three, and / think five, n
e merals, for surely they would run I
4 into the hundreds and the thousand
I. .Oh. give thanks unto the Lord, for /
u is good, for His mercy endureth to