The Iola register., 1902-02-14

there dashes upon us "Hosannal
Hosannai" "Throw back the shut
ters and let the sun in" said dying
Scoville McCullum, one of my Sab
bath school boys. "Throw back the
shutters and let the sun in" You
can see Paul putting on robes and
wings of ascension as he exclaims:
81 have fought the good fight!
have finished my coursei 1 have
kept the faith!"
Hugh McKail went to one side of
the scaffold of martyrdom and cried:
Farewell sun, moon and starsl
Farewell all earthly delights!"' then
went to the other side of the scaf-
fold and cried: welcome, God and
Fatheri Welcome, sweet Jesus
Christ, the Mediator of the covenanti
Welcome, deathl Welcome, gloryi"
minister of Christ in Philadelphia,
dying, said in his last moments: "I
move into the lighti" They did not
go down doubling and fearing and
shvering, but their battlecry rang
through all the caverns of the sepul-
cher and was echoed back from all
the thrones of heaven: 30 death,
where is thy sting? o grave, where
is thy victoryP"
l saw a 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 a free seat in such a 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: Free!
! Freel" Your eye has gazed upon the
garniture of earth and heaven, but
J eye hath not seen it; your ear has
caught harmonies uncounted and in
: describa bable-caught them from harp's
; trill and birds carol and waterfalls s
dash and oceans doxology-but ear
hath not heard it. How did those
J blessed ones get up into the light
, What hammer knocked off their
! chains? Who gave them wingsP All,
e 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
l the crowns glitter; let the anthems
ascend; let the trees of Lebanon clap
r their hands-they cannot tell the half
of it. Archangel before the throne,
l thou failest! Sing on, praise on, We
= hosts of the glorified, and II with
a your scepters you cannot reach it and
; with your songs you cannot express
i it then let all the myriads of the
i saved unite in the exclamation: "Je.
e sus! Jesus! Jesusl"
), There will be a password at the
= gate of heaven. A great multitude
4 come up and knock at the gate
= The gatekeeper says, The password >
They say: Eve have no password
n We were great on earth, and now we
I come up to be great in heaven" A
n voice from within answers, 81 never
i knew you" Another group come uT
n to the gate of heaven and knock
hn faly
$ word" They say: eve have nc
n password. We did great many
o noble things on earth. We endowed
i colleges and took care of the poor
e The voice from within says, 81 never
o knew you" Another group come NJ
$ to the gate of heaven and knock
g The gatekeeper says, "The pass
word" They answer: 1--WE were
/ wanderers from God and deserve tC
2 die, but we heard the voice OF
n Jesus" aye, aye" says tn,
9 gatekeeper, that is the password
$ Lift up your heads, ye everlasting
Il gates, and let these people come in
b. They go in and surround the throne
f jubiant forever!
C All, do you wonder that the last
n hours of the Christian on earth are
n illuminated by thoughts on the com
a ing glory? Light in the evening
e The medicines may be bitter. Tn,
). pain may be sharp. The parting
G may be heartrending. Yet light il
= the evening. AS all the stars of tn,
G night sink their anchors of pearl IL
e lake and river and sea so the waves
l. of Jordan shall be illuminated with
the down flashing of the glory tC
i come. The dying soul looks up al
s the consultations. THE Lord is my
s light and my salvation; whom shal
n l fear?" "The Lamb which is in the
t midst of the throne shall lead then
t to living fountains of water, and Goo
i shall wipe away all tears from theil