Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-07-20

will have all the wealth of God at
his disposal. There will be no SER
vile grinding toll. There remaineth
therefore, rest to the people of God.
| tell you there are a good many
poor men and women that never
have any rest. They have had to
get up in the morning early and
work all day, but in heaven there
remaineth a rest for all the people
of God. There will be no SIN.
Everyone will perfectly obey the
will of God. There will be no sick
ness, nor pain. John says God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
And there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain, for
the former things have passed away.
No more darting pains, no more
aching limbs, no more throbbing
temples, no more emaciated bodies,
no more pale faces, and sunken
eyes. No watching the undertake r
as he screws the coffin lid over your
loved ones. No white-gloved pail
hearers, no Black hearSes backing
up to the door, No funeral process
ions going down the street, no crepe
hanging from The door knobs, nc
preaching, saying Dust to dust and
ashes to ashes. as the dirt falls with
that dull, remorseless th->I on the
box. No quartet singing, Nearer
my God to Thee In heaven they
never mar the hills with spades for
they dig no graves. In heaven
they never telephone for the doctor
for nobody gets sick. In heaven
nobody carries a handkerchief, for
nobody cries. In heaven they never
phone the undertaken for nobody
dies. In heaven none of the things
that enter your homes here will
ever get there. No sickness, death
or sorrow will ever get in, because
old things have passed away and all
things have become new. Heaven
will be place of praise. After this
| beheld, and 10, a great multitude
which no man could number of all
nations, and kindredS and people,
and tongues stood before the Throne
and before the Lamb, clothed in
white robes and palms in their
hands. John says it will be a cos
mopolitan crowd. 1t is made up of
all nations, kindreds, people and
tongues. do not see how some of
us with our pin-headed, narrow
mindedness, and racial hatred and
prejudices will get along in such a
crowd. John says that the people
in this crowd had white robes on,
white is the sign of purity and Holt
ness, and so they were pure and
clean. | have wondered sometimes
where they got their white robes.
Surely there is no side station be-
tween the grave and the Judgment
where we can get off and wash our
robes-if they are to be white in
heaven, they must be white before
we leave the earth, washed white
in the blood of the Lamb. They
also had palms in their hands. The
palm leaf is sign of victory. These
millions and millions of people had
been victorious over sin. have
wnere they got their
palms, for surely the trains of The !
Judgment do not stop at palm for
ests, if we have palms of victory in
heaven they must be obtained be
fore we die. We must overcome
sin by the power of Gods Holy |
Spirit. Let us not be deceived, en- ;
trance into heaven must be preced- |
ed by a thorough preparation here.
There is one thing that we have
down here that we will have in
heaven, and that is music; men will |,
have open eyes to see God as He is. |
to see Jesus Christ as He is. souls
will throb and pulsate and burst I
forth with praises to our God. We
are enchanted with the harmonies !
of the Masters, quivering upon vi |
brating strings or rolling from gol-
den throated trumpets, or leaping
like winged angels from the lips of
those who are gifted in song.
Many years ago Jenny Lind came
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