Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-04-21
HEART THROBS.
(By HENRY BLouNT.)

tCi iuO'n ~ OuI uCbi, o"CV' sMtt
pleweod-"God's haliarre'-and
we held tender, fearful communi-
cation with those who are 80
calmly and so peacefully sleeping
in the sod.rOofrd homes in those
windowless palaces Of rest, en-
JOY Wing the blesspdness OF h a t
sweet repose in which they will
never again feel he sting Ofearths
grlefs and woes. We love to stroll
in our beautiful Maplpwood-the
hallowed meeting place between
earth aud heaven, for, there the
old life with its hurts AMI It's
bruises, its pains and its suffer-
ings, it's cares and its troubles,
itsaffiictions and l,erpavements,
il ended forever. and the new life,
with its calm aud it's peace, it's
JOYS and its pleasures, its bliss
and it's raptures, Iegins in all its
newnpss and vigor and purity
and bless dness, and basks for
ever in the paradise OF God. And
these sodded mounds, a m o n e
which we strollpd this afternoon,
are the sacred pulpits OF God,
from which are preached t h e
most eloquent sermons ever
heard, voice'ess and wordless, it
is true, and yet in their unsylla-
bled rhetoric there is an eloquence
OF richest meaning, for We zee in
the most convincing. loglc t b
fulfilment of the fiat of : dust un.
to dust, ashes unto ashes" And
in the bursting buds of flowers
and the tiny blades ofgrass that
are springing up we hayp a most
comforting sermon uponthed0r
trine of the resurrection and
that new life amid celestial splen.
dors, for as the flowers and the
grasses come forth from h p / I
wlntry graves and live again in
richest bloom and beauty an d
freshness, so will our bodies come
iron, the silence of the grave, and
be c'othed in the robes of bliss
ful immortality. Yes, since thai
precious Savior has. slspt in the
grave. aud arose again, triumph
ant over the powers ofdeAth, the
grave has no shocking dread OF
gloomy shadows, for we k n o v
now it is no dismal prison o
eternal silence and despair, but
gl,ry-llt tunnel between time and
eternity, brilliant and luminous
and resplendent with the efful
gpncp of lie resurrection. And 81
with our thoughts purified q n {
uplifted, and our feelings SWEET
enpd and m"llowed, we turned ou
footsteps homrward. and as w
gazed at the sunset we behelt
one of the most exquisite scene
of beauty and of grandeur a n
sublimity'that God had ever pail
ted upon the canvas of the sky
The whole western sky looked az
if the most gorgeous colorings il
the dye.pots OF the angels h'a
been upset and had leaked thro
upon the bosom of the clouds
which seemed in their variegate(
tintipgs like so many golden is
lands of gorgeous colorings nest
ling iu the .,cean Ot.space, and re
hecting the beamings of thu bea'
ties and The splendors of thos
matchleSs paintings seen in tn,
studio OF the angels. Yes, inlepd
changing the metaphor. the COL
den gates Of sunset were indpe'
arhed in glorious drappIy, VIC
ven in the looms of heaven, will
the warp OF grandeur and t h Z
woot of snblimity, and with en-
diamoned shuttles flung toy tn
, hands OF angel. And all at
the stsrn horizon began t
beam with a serene and melln'
! glow, for the fuil-orbeh moon b'
: gan to ri-e in all it's tranqu
lOveliness and chastened glory
. and as she scattered from b 9
J pure brow the silverest spray q
mpllOwpst liuht she seemed lik