The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-06
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The inspired seer realized all this and
broke forth into rapturcus acclaim: "Glor-
ious things of thee are spoken, o city Of
Cod And of Zion it shall be said, this
or that man was born in her. The Lord
shall count when He writes up the PEG,
pie that this man was born there"
Only the right conferred by birth will
avail in that day.Y must be born IN Zion
here below if you would enter beautiful
Zion built above" and participate in the
glorious reunion of Christ and His saints.
When the muititudes shall gather within
our gates the beautiful badge provided
for each will mean Il was born in North
Carolina and those badges will be en-
blazoned with partial list of North Caro-
ltnas historic glories 1t will thus pro
claim, by a distinguishing mark, that the
festivities ana loving fellowships, of the
occasion are intended to celebrate ard
perpetuate a tie of blood. Others, who
have made their homes within her Dor
ders, may have served/the State as we'll
or even better than many of her own
children (and she has honors and apprecia
ton for such) but surely every generous
bosom must applaud the royal welcome
home which the glorious old mother viii
give to her returning children.
But it IS said that one distinguished
visitor will be accorded courteous and
hearty welcome as "a grandson of the goo!
old State Let me soemnly warn you
no SUCH plea will avail when the in,
Vulnerable multitude shall come from
the East, and from the West and from
the North, and from the South and sit
down in the kingdSn of God" Nicodemus
was wise and honorable and distinguish
ed, and proudly boasted descent from
Abraham, but Jesus said to hime 'Ye
must be born from above"
Socialibility will be the distinguishing
feature of next weeks reunion.
The busy wheels of industry will pause
men will turn aside in the mad pursuit
of wealth, and the passion OF greed will
give place to the nobler sentiments of
goodfellowship. Homes, decked in gala
day attire. will fling their doors wide open
that the welcomed guest may find within
the clasp of warm hands and the sympa-
thetic beat of loving hearts. Hearts will
thrill. eyes hrim with happy tears, elo-
quent tongues speak of the long-ago, tell
the story of struggle and achievement
But what changes their eyes will behold.
The Old North State has spread her can
vass. woven in her own mills, to catch
the breezes of heaven and proudly rides
the waves, Queen of the Southern seas,
THE GREAT REUNION UP YONDER,
TOO, WILL BE SOCIAL.
Believe me- Heaven is, or will be, al
7 will ba xuI1 lypC &c
but that this earth may when purified
and glorified be the heaven of Christ and
His people? There is abundant Scriptural
ground for the heart to rest such a hope
upon / love to think that it may be so.
That this dear old world, redeemed, puri-
fed with fire and rehablitated in robes
of festal loneliness, will welcome back her
Lord. Will give Him a throne where
once she planted cross, and with her
ten thousand times ten thousand voices
in ecstacy hail Him Lord of Lords and
King of Kings
WILL WE KNOW EACH OTHER
THEN?
Why Jesus says elsewhere: "And 1 say
unto you, That many shall come from the
East, and West, and shall sit down with
Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob, in the
kingdom of heaven Shall we know
Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob? Could
there be any special honor or pleasure
in being permitted to sit down with the
grand old sacred celebrities unless we knew
them? Let me but know, l care not
how, that yonder radiant ones are mother,
and sister and brother, and l will clasp
them to heart that will beat with al
quickened pulse of joy though it had been
still 4 thousand years" Together in lumi
nous resurrection bodies, redeemed from
the ruins of the tomb and the deeper
ruins of the fall. refined purified giori-
fled, every tear wiped away, in white
robes, wearing crowns and waving palms
we will walk the streets of gold and gaze
on the face of the Lamb!
There will be tears of joy, mingled with
the handshakes, when old friends meet
again in our city next week. And 1 read
in Revelation of the Reunion above: 1.-The
Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
will feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of water; and God shall
wipe all tears from their eyes" Will not
that be glorious beyond the dream of fan
cy in her Hottest fight? The ambrosa
Oh heaven WITH Jesus dJ Tic uetlu VI the
table. water from the living fountain:
What, is that a tear, sparkling in the
light OF the holy city!-a tear of joy
because the struggle, the pang, the heart
ache Is forever gonel blessed tear! it will
not have long to flow, Gods own hand,
tenderer than a mothers will quickly
wipe it away, and that will be the last
tear that eye will ever shed Talk of socia-
bility! What blessed converse we shall
have up yonder! How we shall talk! No
cloud to dim the spirit; no need of sus-
picion or fear; no failure to understand;
no lmping and halting vehicle we call
language, Pure Spirit answering to pure
Spirit with rot cloud between-O power
ty-stricken earth-language German, or
French, or English) we shall not need you
them How you hamper our spirits now,
but then we will speak the dialect of
heaven! One tongue one motive, one
glory, one rapture-filled heart! Society! |
that will be the aristrocracy of eternity |
No revolution can ever change it; no con-
vulsions such as earth's societies know
can shake its members out of their places |