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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN.
ESTABLISHED IX 1854,
By CHAS. W. HANCOCK. (
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Charles F. Crisp,
•attorney at Law,
AMERICUS, GA.
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B. F. HOLLIS
•attorney at
AMERICAS, GA.
Office, Forsyth Street, in National Bank
building. dec2otf
E. G. SIMMONS.
•attorney at Lair,
AMERICUS GA.,
Office in Hawkins’ building, soutli side of
Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort &
Simmons. janCtf
J. A. ANSLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ANI) SOLICITOR IN EQUITY.
Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’
Clothing Store, Amekicus, Ga.
After a brief respite I return again to the
practice of law. As in the past it will be
my earnest purpose to represent my clients
faithfully and look to their interests. The
commercial practice will receive close atten
tion and remittances promptly made. The
Equity practice, and cases involving titlesof
land and real estateare my favorites. Will
practice in the Courtsof Southwest Georgia,
the Supreme Court and the United States
Courts. Thankful to my friends for their
patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf
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Price 25 cents per box. jan26wly
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I offer my professional services again to the
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to withdraw entirely. Office next door to
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AmorieuN, Ga.
Office and Residence, No. 21 Barlow
House.
All calls promptly attended, day or night.
Calls left at Eldridge’s Drug Store.
feb7-3m '
Dr, J, F. Stapleton
Offers his professional services to the people
of Americus and surrounding couutry. Ho
will practice medicine, surgery, obstetrics,
aud all other matters pertaining to his pro
fession. A successful experience in the past
will guarantee to him success. Calls left at
the residence of Mrs. Mary Jossey will re
ceive prompt attention. janl9-3m
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DentisT,
Americas, - - - Georgia
Treatssuccessfully all diseasesof the Den
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method, and Inserts artificial teeth on the
best material known to the profession.
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janStf . Americus, Ga.
ATLANTA FEMALE IMF,
Peachtree Street, opp. Governor’s Mansion,
Atlanta, Gn.
The exercises of this school will be re
sumed Wednesday, September 0, 1882, with
a corps of experienced teachers. The object
of this institution is to afford the advantages
of a thorough education, embracing Primary,
Intermediate, Academic and Collegiate De
partments. Special attention given to the
study of Music, Modern Languages, Belles-
Letters ahd Art. Native Frencli and Ger
man teachers are employed. The music de
partment is under the able management of
Prof. Alfredo Barill. For particulars ap
ply to mts. j. vf. Ballard,
junel7-ly Principal.
FOR SALE,
500 bushels Rust Fopof Oats at 50 cts. per
bushel. 100 bushels Bancroft Oats at Touts,
per bushel. JOHN ft. KING,
JanK-iy-tt ,•. Americus, Ga.
For Dyspepsia,
i&YltiliTCostiveness,
Headache,
Chronic Diar
-0 rlioea, Jaundice,
___ Impurity of the
. Klood Fever and
Ague, Malaria,
liiyiUMUiiy and all Diseases
caused by De
rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath ; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with a painful sensation of leaving undone something
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cougn
and flushed fact is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken for consumption; the patient complains
of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try k—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms a! tend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear!
Persons Traveling or Living in Un
healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion
ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid
all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in
toxicating beverage.
J f You have eaten anything hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors* Bills will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
' in the House t
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never be out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects.
A Governor** Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala.
Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Ga.,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial.
“The only Thing that never fails to
Relieve.”—l have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never
nave found anything to benefit me to the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. Janney, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1883.
YOY.’VW'T.
BY-AND-BY.
What will it matter by-and-by,
Whether ray path below was bright—
Whether it wound through dark or light—
Under a grey or a golden sky,
When I look back on It by-and-by.
What will it rriatter by-and-by,
Whether, unhelped, I toiled alone,
Dashing my foot against a stone,
Missing the charge of tho angel night—
Bidding me think of the by-and-by.
What will it matter by-and-by,
Whether with laughing joy I went—
Down through the years with a glad con-'
tent,
Never believing, nay, not I
Tears would be sweetej; by-and-by?
What will it matter by-and-by,
Whether with cheek to cheek I’ve lain,
Close by tlie pallid angel, Pain,
Soothing myself through sob and sigh;
“All will be elsewhere by-and-by!"
What will it matter?—if bright—if I
Only am sure the way I’ve trod,
Gloomy or gladdened, leads to God—
Questioning not; tlie how, the why,
If 1 bet reach Him, by-aud-by.
What will 1 care for the uncliased sigh,
If, in my fear of bliss or fall,
Closely I’ve clung to Christ through all,
Mindless how rough the road might lie,
Surely he will smooth it by-and-by.
All, it will matter by-and-by,
Nothing but this—That Joy or Pain
Lifted me skyward—helped to gain;
Whether through reck, or smile, or sigh,
Heaven—home —all in all—by-and-by.
\\A S C> Y.NLiuWft Y.O U ft.
AVery Thankful Prisoner.
New York Mercury.
“Is this James Perkins?” asked
Judge Maurice J. Powers of a bald
headed, fat-faced man who came out
rubbing his hads.
“It is, sir, Are you the judge?”
“I am.”
“Ah—-thanks! It is a great relief
to find you here. Can you try my
case this week?”
“I can try it this mornii g.”
“Thanks. I was afraid I might
have to wait a week or two., Is the
charge intoxication?”
“It is.”
“Thanks. Will it be any trouble to
prove the charge?”
“Not a bit. I’ll swear the officer.”
“Oh, never mind, I presume I was
intoxicated. If not too much trouble
you might tell me the amount of the
tine usually imposed.”
“It will be $5 in this case.”
“Thanks. It that is not enough
please say so, as I have more with
me.”
“That will do.”
“Thanks—here it is. Is everything
perfectly satisfactory now!”
“Thanks. 1 never like to leave the
court room without doing the square
thing. I presume I can retire now?”
“Y'ou can.”
“Thanks. I always prefer to retire
after closing up business.”
“Don’t come here again.”
“Thanks; I won’t. Please excuse
the trouble I have caused. I assure
you that it was unavoidable.”
“Y’ou can go.”
‘.Thanks —thanks—thanks. I’ll go.
I’m gone—thanks!”
Ingersoll oil Liquor Legislation.
From an Interview.
Being pressed for his views on liquor
legislation the colonel said: “If the
Mississippi and all its tributaries were
filled with pure whiskey, if the banks
were loaf sugar, and all the low
grounds covered with mint, there would
be no more drunkenness than there is
to-day. I believe in the restraining in
fluences of liberty.”
Colonel Ingersoll followed this with
a story about a man who asked anoth
er:
“Would you like to live where no
one ever drinks a drop of liquor?”
“Yes.”
“Where everybody is industrious?”
“Where everybody goes to church
on Sunday?”
“Yes.”
“Where no one talks of his neigh
bor?”
“Yes.”
“But there is no such place. Such
a place would be Heaven.”
“Oh, no; any well regulated peniten
tiary is that way.”
Twenty-Five Acres in Irish Pota
toes.
Albany News and Advertiser.
The News and Advertiser made
mention of the fact a few days ago that
Col. John P. Fort was going to plant
a large crop of Irish potatoes on his
plantations iu this county this season
for the Northern markets. Yesterday
we saw Col. Fort who was just from
his Hiekery Level place, and he in
formed us that he had finished planting
sixty barrels of potatoes. His sixty
barrels of seed planted about twenty
five acres. Col. Fort has been inves
tigating the Irish potato question for
some time, and is satisfied that it is one
of the most profitable crops that can
be giuwn in this section. He has taken
great pains in preparing his land, has
manured it highly, and calculates on
making at least fifty barrels to the acre.
When they are ready for market ho
will ship them by the car load. If his
experiment with thelrish potato proves
successful and profitable this year, Col.
Fort will go into Luck farming on an
extensive scale next season, as will al
so many other in this section.
— ; —a —: ~
,T be devil tempts men through their
etpkition, their cupidity, or their appe
tite, FPt>l he comes to the profane
swearer whom he catches without any'
reward. •
TABERNACLE SERMON SL
BY REV. T. DeWITT TALMAGE
[Tlie Sermons of Dr. Talmage are publish
ed in pamphlet form by Geo. A. Sparks,
43 Bible House, New York. A number
containing 20 Sermons is issued every
three months. Price SO cents, ?l per an
num],
THE DOXOLOGIES.
“After this 1 beheld, and 10, a great mul
titude, which no man could number, of all
nations and kindred and people and tongues,
stood before the throne and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms
in their hands, and cried witli a ioud voice,
saying, Salvation to our God which sittctli
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”—
Ilevelation, vii, 0-10.
It is impossible to come into contact
with anything grand or beautiful,
whether in art, or nature, or religion,
without being profited and elevated.
We go into an art gallery and our soul
comes into communion with the
soul of the painter, and we hear the
hum of his forests anl the clash of his
contests, and see the cloud-blossoming
of the sky and the loam-blossoming of
the deep. Much of my mental lile is
dated from the hour in which I first
saw one of the works of the old masters
in Edinburgh, Scotland. We go into
a concert and we are lilted into enchant
ment, and for days after our soul keeps
rocking with emotion as the sea after
great stress of weather for many days
keeps rocking and surging before it
comes to the ordinary calm. So this
moment I feel the thrill of Jenny Lind’s
song in Castle Garden in the days of
my boyhood. On this same principle,
it is profitable to look oft upon the
landscapes which John describes—the
rivers of gladness, the trees of life, the
thrones of power, and the comminglings
of everlasting love. I wish that to-day
1 could take heaven out of the list of
intangibles and make it appear to you
as it really is, the great fact of history,
the depot of ages, the grand parlor of
God’s universe. The Greek orators
used sometimes with one word toarouse
the utmost enthusiasm of their audi
diences. That word was “Marathon!”
To-day, 1 would stir your deepest,
highest, grandest emotion with that
imperial word “heaven !”
My text seems to be descriptive of
heaven in a great holiday. If a man
had seen New York on the day when
Kossuth came from Hungary and
passed under the triumphal arches, and
the flowers were flung into the street,
and he had heard the great booming of
the guns, and had come to the conclu
sion that that was the ordinary condi
tion of the city, he would have been
very foolish. Now, while heaven is
always a grand and glorious place.it
seems to me that my text is descriptive
of a glorious holiday celebration of
some great event like the birth of a
Christ or His resurrection, or the over
throw of a despotism, or the rushing of
a tnillenium. “After this I beheld,
and 10, a great multitude which no man
could number, of all nations and kin
dred and people and tongues, stood be
fore the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in
their hands, and cried with a loud
voice, saying, Salvation to our God
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto
the Lamb.”
Speaking of the inhabitants of
heaven, I mention their number, their
antecedents, their dress, the symbols
they carry, and their song. But how
shall I tell you the number of tbe glo
rified in heaven? 1 have no idea, as
some people seem to believe, that the
chief population of heaven come from
this world, but from all worlds, into
that great capital of the universe. I
have no idea that from this one edge
of God’s domain all the glory and the
grandeur that shall enter heaven are to
come, but from the most distant
spheres of God’s creation a vast multi
tude. A writer with very great inge
nuity goes on and makes calculation
of how long the world will stand and
how many people there will be in each
generation, and then winds up by the
mathematical calculation that there
will be at last in heaven twenty-seven
trillions of souls. But I have no faith
in that estimate. I rather take the
plain statement of my text, “A multi
tude that no man can number.” Every
few years we have the census taken,
and it is quite easy to understand how
many people there is in a city, how
many people there is in a State, or in a
nation. Who could take the census of
all these nations of the glorified? It
is quite easy to tell how many members
there are in the different denominations
of Christians—the Baptist, the Metho
dist, the Episcopalian, the Presbyterian
churches, and all the churches of Jesus
Christ. If they were all gathered in an
audience room, what an assemblage !
But it would give no idea of the great
throng that shall come up at last be
fore the great throne of God from all
sects, from all denominations, from all
ages. These worshipped God in splen
did liturgy, and those in broken sen
tences breathed the sorrow of a broken
heart. These came up from St. Paul’s
Cathedral, and those from sailors’
bethel, '.these worshipped God under
shapeless rafters, and those under high
sprutig arch. “A great multitude that
no man can number.” There is noth
ing more impressive than an army.
Y’ou stand on a hillside and see 30,000
or 40,000 men marching on—the scene
is overwhelming. But take all the le
gions of Senneeharib, and of Xerxes,
and of Gyms, aud of St. Alexander,
and of Napoleon, and of all tlie armies
of our own centuries, and then mount a
fleet steed and ride along the line and
review the troops, and that great host
will seem only like a half-formed regi
ment as compared with the armies of
the redeemed. I stood at Williams
port during the war, and 1 saw a large
part of the army march down towards
the banks of the Potomac, and it seemed
as if the line were interminable. But
to-day I take the field-glass of St. John
and look off upon the multitude, the
great host, the armies of light, and be
yond are thousands, and beyond are
millions of souls', and I try to count
the companies and the regiments and
battalions, but 1 fail, 1 fail. I close
the portfolio, I put aside the pen, I can
not make the calculation. 1 have only
to cry out in the words of my text, “ A
great multitude that no man can num
ber.” Tax your imagination, torture
your ingenuity, break down all your
powers of calculation in trying to tell
of hundreds of hundreds of hundreds,
of thousands of thousands of thousands,
and millions of millions of millions,
and quadrillions of quadrillions of
quadrillions, and quintillions of quin
tillions of quintillions, and then when
the head aches and the heart faints, cry
out in your exhaustion, “A great mul
titude that no man can number.”
But my subject advances, and it tells
you of their antecedents. “Of all na
tions and people and kindred and
tongues.” Some of them spoke Scotch,
English, Irish, Swiss, Spanish, Ital
ian, Choctaw, Ismaill Burmese. As
in a city now you can tell by the ac
centuation from what part of the earth
the people have come, so of those in
that city of the sun we will be able to
find out from what part of this earth and
trom what part of other worlds the in
habitants have come. These reaped
Scicilian wheat fields, and those pick
ed cotton from the pods. These, un
der tropical skies, gathered tamarinds
and yams. These crossed the desert
on camels, and these shot over the
snow, drawn by Siberian dogs. These
were plunged into Austrian dungeons.
These were confined in London Tower.
These walked through Spanish Inqui
sition. These fought with wild beasts
in the amphitheatre. These hunted
the walrus and the white bear in re
gions of everlasting snow, and these
heard the sound of fiery-winged birds
in African thicket. They were white,
they were black, they were red, they
were copper-colored, they were Mora
vian, they were Waldenses, they were
Albagenses, they were Sandwich Is
landers. “From all nations and all
tongues.” On earth different nations
prefer different kinds of government.
We Americans prefer a republic; in
England they prefer a limited mon
archy; in Austria they prefer an abso
lutism: but in that groat landtowdiich
we go they all prefer a monarchy, with
Christ at the head of it: and if that
monarchy should be disbanded, and it
should be left to the votes of all the na
tions of the nuiverse whoshould reign,
by overwhelming and unanimous suf
frage Christ would be made the Presi
dent of the universe. Magna Chartas,
bills of right, houses of burgesses, tri
umvirates, congresses, parliaments dis
solved at the touch of Jesus’ sceptre!
All antecedents, all nationalities, or to
come back to the words of my text, “of
all nations and kindred and people and
tongues.”
But my subject advances, and it des
cribes the dress of the glorified. The
object of dress in this world is not only
to veil the body but to adorn it. The
God who twisted for the brow of the
morning the blue ribbons of the sky,
and hung the ear jewels of the dew
drops to the tree branch, and flung the
crimson mantle of the cloud over the
shoulder, and slippered with violeted
green grass the feet of the spring morn
ing—surely that God does not despise
ornate apparel. My text says they are
in white. In this world often we wear
working apparel. It is always a sign
of great weakness on the.'part of a man,
if he is ashamed to be found in his
working apparel. Bright or glisten
ing dress would be all out of place in
the baking house, or in the factory, or
delving in the mine, or sweltering at
the forge, or binding the books, in this
world we have on work-day apparel.
But when our work is all done, and
these hands are folded from earthly
toil, and the chariots are all fashioned,
and the temples are all finished, and
the mansions are all done, no more use
for working-day apparel. We shall
be clothed in white. In this world we of
ten have to wear garments of mourning.
Black scarf for the arm, black gloves
for the hands, black veil for the face,
black band for the bat. Abraham
mourning for Sarah. Isaac mourning
for Rebecca. Rachel mourning for her
children. David mourning for Absa
lom. Mary mourning for Lazarus,
Every second of every minute of every
day a heart breaks. From zone to
zone and from pole to pole the earth is
cleft with sepulchral rent, and it is
no wonder that the earth can so early
bloom and blossom, for it is so rich
with mouldering life—graves, graves,
graves! But our bereavements all over,
our partings ended, we standing in re
union with our loved and departed
ones, what more need of the black?
what more need of mourning weeds? It
will be white. A poet in very quaint
style, an anonymous poet, describes the
soul going out of this darkness into
| that light:
“I journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale of tears
To heavenly joy and freedom
From earthly care and fears.
When Christ my Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again
His kingdom to inherit,
Good night, till then.
“X hear my Saviour calling,
The joyful hour lias come;
The angel guards are ready
To guide me to my home.
When Christ our Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again
His Kingdom to inherit,
Good night, till then.
But my subject advances, and it tells
you the symbols they carry. If my
text had said they carried branches of
cypress—that would have meant sor
row. If the text had said that they
carried nightshade—that would have
meant sin. If it had sa>’d they car
ried weeping willows—that would have
meant mourning. But no, Palm
branch! “1 beheld a great multitnde
clothed in white robes, and palms in
their hands.” In olden times when a
conqueror came home from victorious
battle, he rode at the head of the army
and under the triumphal arch, and the
people would come out with branches
of the palm tree and wave them in the
line of the retiring host, and that
meant greeting, and it meant victory.
What a suggestive symbol to our
souls! The glorified look back and
they remember the long journey they
traveled, They look back and they
remember the burden they carried.
They look back and they remember
'the glorious rescue God wrought out
in their behalf, and they are exultant
before the throne, waving their palms.
They kneel at the feet of Christ and
they think of His wounds and his suf
ferings in their behalf, and they say,
“This is the Christ who wept my
griefs; this is the Christ who bound
my wounds; this is the Christ who
died my death.” and they will rise and
stand waving their palms. The
Christ on earth had a long and weary
way. He crunched the hard ciust.
Internal spite spat on both cheeks. He
was despised and rejected of men, but
now the redeemed stand around about
Him. They behold Him enthroned
and crowned. Standing there exultant
in that glorious presence they are wav
ing their palms. Christ remembers
the story and He recites the the vic-
tory. lie tells of victories for the church,
victories for the truth, everlasting vic
tory— victory of God the Father, (foil
the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Arid
as lie announces these victories, all the
glorified, host beyond host, rank above
rank, gallery abovegallery, stand wav
ing palms. Henry V., after a great
battle, called his troops to halt, arid
before they yet left the field lie asked
the chaplain to read one of thePaslmS
of David that lie might celebrate the
victory and give God the glory. The
chaplain opened at the Paslms, and
when in the midst of that army lie
came to the words, “not unto us, not
unto us, O Lord, but unto Thy name
give glory,” the King dismounted and
the troops all got.off their horses, and
the army knelt, and some upon their
faces echoed the verse: “Not unto ns,
not unto us, O Lord, but to thy name
give glory.” But what a scene it will
be when all the victorious troops of
God on high, having fought their last
victory, shall celebrate the joy on their
knees, on their thrones, waving their
paslms!
My text advances one step more and
speaks of their song Dr. Dick declar
ed in one of his learned works that lie
thinks the inhabitants of heaven will
spend much of their time in the study
of arithmetic and the higher branches
of mathematics. I hope we will not
all have to go into that study. There
is no charm in such a thought as that
to me. I prefer the statement of my
text that it is to be eternal psalmody.
“Crying with a loud voice, Salvation
to our God and unto the Lamb.” In
this world we have secular songs, and
nursery songs, and harvest songs, and
boatmen’s songs, and sentimental
songs; but the greatest song of heaven,
according to my text, will be salvation
from death and liell unto eternal life
through the blood of the Lamb. “They
cried with a loud voice, Salvation unto
our God and untojtlie Lamb.” I see
a soul entering heaven, and the loved
ones who preceded it gather around and
hail the newly arrived and they say,
“What shall we sing?” and the newly'
arrived says, “Sing salvation;” and af
ter awhile there is a chain of apprehen
ion snapped, there is a throne of despot
ism destroyed, or the church of Jesus
Christ on earth gains some great vic
tory, and the angels before the throne
cry, “What shall we sing?” and the
multitude around about the throne will
answer, “Sing salvation.” And after
awhile the church militant will rush
up into the arms of the church triumph
ant, and while the righteous are amend
ing, and the world is burning, aqd all
things are being wound up, the cry will
be lifted, “What shall we sing?” and
there will come up a response like the
voice of many waters, and like the voice
of mighty .thunderings, “Sing salva
tion.” In this world there are songs
plaintive with sorrow, and there are
songs dirgeful for the dear; but no
weeping symphony there, no wailing
anguish. The tamest tune will be a
hosanna. The dullest song will be a
triumphal march. Joy of cherubim.
Joy of seraphim. Joy of the ransomed.
Joy forever. On,earth churches some
times sang very poorly. They sang
sometimes out of accord. Some would
not sing; some could not sing; some
sang too high; some sang too low; some
sang fits and starts; but in that great
audience of the redeemed all the voices
will be in accord, and they who on
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earth knew no difference between a
plantation melody and the Dead March
in Saul, will lift an anthem which the
Mendelssohns and the Beethovens and '
the Schumanns never imagined, and
through all eternity you might listen
and not hear one the
heights and depths and lengths and
breadths and immensities of heaven
filled with hosanna. When the people
entered tho Temple of Diana in olden
times their eyesight was extinguished
by the brilliancy of the room, the gold
and the glitter of the precious stones,
and therefore the janitor when he intro
duced strangers into that room always'
said to them: “Take heed to your eyes,”
The stranger entered that room with
shaded vision. But, O! my friends,
when the song of the redeemed rises
about the throne, many voiced and
multitudinous, you take heed bf your
cars—the song so loud and so stupend
ous. They siug a dock song, saying,
“Who is lie that sheltered us in the
wilderness, and was the shadow’ of a
great rock in a iveary land?” and the
chorus conies in, “Christ, the sliadow
of a great rock in a weary land.” They
■sing a star song, saying, “Who is He
that guideth us through the night, and
when all other lights went shone
on us the morning star of the world’s
darkness?” and the chorus will come
in, “Christ, the Morning Star for the
world’s darkness.” They sing a flower
song, saying, “Who is He that bright
ened the way for us and breathed per
fume into our soul, and bloomed on
through frost and tempest?” and the
response, the chorus will come in,
“Christ, the Lily of the Valley, bloom
ing through frost and tempest.” Y’ea,
they sing a water song, saying, “Who
is He that gleamed upon us through
the top of the rock, and brightened all
the ravines of earthly trouble, and was
a fountain in the midst of the wilder
ness?” and the chorus will come in,
“Christ, the fountain in the midst of
the wilderness.” Will we join that_
song ? Are we to-day rehearsing it ?
A good Christian woman, dying in a
house near the village church where
every Saturday night the choir met for
rehearsal, thought she heard them sing
ing, in the last moment; but it was
Wednesday night and they were not, at
rehearsal. In her dying moment she
said: “How swsetlvthey rehearse to-
night; I never heard them sing so
sweetly in the old church befoie.”
“Why,” they said, “it, isn’t Satmday
night; they are not rehearsing;- it is
Wednesday night.” “Oh!” she re
plied, “vou are mistaken;it is Saturday
night and tliev are “rehearsing now the
song.” Yes, it was the rehearsal of a
song, but not the song of earth, li
was tbe song of heaven. Will our
closing to-day be in rehearsal for the
great anthem? My friends, if we do
not sing it here we will never sing it
there. You want to sing it there, for
this day while I speak yon are think
ing of loved one who have gone over —
father, mother, loved ones there. You
want to know wliat they are doing
now? I will tell you wliat they are
doing. They are singing. You want
to know what they wear? I will tell
you what they wear. They wear white.
O! if you only started this day for
heaven. Angels of God poising mid
air, cry .up the news; they are coming!
Gate-keeper of heaven, forward tbe
tidings. Watchman on the battle
ments, throw the signal. Lfet there be
jov in lieaven over sinners penitent and
forgiven, They are coming! They
are coming! O! it we miss heaven, it
will not be because we do not want to
get there; but if we lose it, it will be in
tlie same way that Louis Philippe lost
his empire. The palace was besieged,
the national guards were in defense,and
the general of the army said to.the Em
peror, “Shall we fire?” “No,” he re
plied, “not yet, not yet.” AfteT a
while, when the soldiers began to ex
change arms with the citizens, and it
was found that the castle was about to
be sur#eitdered, then the Emp'eror Louis
Philippe said, “Fire!” “No,” said the
general, “it is to late; we have surren
dered.” Down went Louis Philippe,
and from the face of the earth the house
of Orleans, just because lie said, “Not
yet, not yet.” God forbid that we
should postpone the assault of our ;
spiritual foes until the castle surren
dered, and we have lost heaven the way
Louis Philippe lost his empire.
A negro girl at Tarboro, N. C.,
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