Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-14

the half and whole pay officers in the ar
my Of Saints, should wish the Lord had
served be old rebel Belzebub, as Wash
ington would have done Arnold, if he cod
have caught him. have a poor opiripn
Iof these peace folks in war, aud war FOLKS
in peace"
ELDER r." Shall l understand you
to say, that on account of the ministers,
you are willing that the Prince of Darkness
should remain uDdestroyed"
Cor. A" Most certainly, Elder; il
The Devil was dead and all the enemy de-
stroyed, what use to he at tia expense Of
keeping standing arlny9 There would
be nothing for them to do, nobody for
them to fight, and the whole host in one
general order would be disbanded and
turned out Of pay and rations, from the
Pope, down to the deacons or corporals.--
| suppose, Elder, your rank in that grand
army at present, is something like captain,
perhaps when yoa get into your new fo,.
tress or meeting house, youll Be Mayer BY
brevetT
ELDER R.-"Colonel, I must gay this
don't seem profitable conversation; let us
leave temporal things and :..lk about
hereafter"
| Col. Avery we'll, Elder, am as
willing to talk ahsut things which neither
ofus know nothing aboutas other matters
lift will suit better"
ELDER R.-aCol. Allen, do you beIieve
in .the existence Of the soul ii the future
stateY"
Col A.-Yes, | wish TO believe IL: Il
is very unpleasant for man who has done
some service to his country, and good to
his fellow men, to be obliged 70 90 in
to an everlasting sleep and thereby be
deprived of the consciousness of it,"
ELDER R.--"What idea have you 81
| Hesuen, and the course best calculated to
realize the hope of at last arriving and pas
sing the gate into itg"
Col, A.-,Why, as TO that, l'llteIl you,
Elder. In the first place, in my opinion,
Heaven is, as represented, place Of great
felicity and peace and none bit brave,
honest, benevolent patriots 60 there.
have no idea taat towards, hypocrites, or
tories are suffered to enter the gates at all.
or even to look over the wall What will
become of these creatures, to Lord only
knows; perhaps there Is . spiritual Hall,
fax in the next world, where they send
them as the British did the tories from
| Boston," ~.
4 ELDEs RI "lIave you any idea that
the creature is accountable for the deeds
=, A. D,ln,tnl ~
Coz. A.--''Yes Elder, and out of it.
too. They no doubt keep true account
lof our doings here, and if they fnd we ara
brave, generous, clever fellows, they enter
Jour names upon the muster roll Of tEs
grand army above. | have no idea, how
lever, that we shall have She same station
assigned us. Our notions and actions
here about matters and things, must have
some influence upon the destinies heroaf
ter"
ELpER R.-sIt does seem to me that
you are original in everything, Colonel; I
wish you would give me more particularly
your views Of Heaven, our arrival at its
gate, reception, and The foal disposition
you fancy they make of us"
| Cot. A.-Well, Elder, III try to give
lyou fancy Sketch in my own way. In
the first place, then, 'here is the Rev. Mr..
| b., Of the Congregational church, and
yourself and myself ! take for an exam
pie Of the whole and for breyity sake, the
Orthodox and Methodist ministers, and
send them out Of the world togelher.--
They arrive at Heavens gate, nobody
knows how, and rap. A voice from within
cries: "Who's there" The two christian
ministers, after little dispute who houl
have precedence, agree that tie p esby-
ran should 90 ahead, and he answ ers--
"rhe Rev. Mr.. b., pastor Of the Congrega-
tional church in -, awaits your pleas
ure." "Look and see if you can end bis
NAME" is heard Answer ayes, the
charge against him for hypocracy and self
ishness, IS balanced by long, painful fe-
YER, and repentance before he died." "Let
him enter" The impatient Methodist
next exclaims-- "Elier c., Of the Meiho-
dist Episcopal church Of , wishes
antrance." "Look and see if you can find
his name" Yes, it is here, the long ac-
count Of nameless improprieties while on
the circuits, is balanced by ciatrimoDy,an
sincere repentance soon after he was locat.
et..n Iat him also enter and direct both
where to CO." Now III suppose you
march up next, and rap. "NVho comes
thereg" "Elder Aminidab Robinson, pSs-
tor Of the Especial Calyanist Baptist
church Of Christ, ia --." A voice
PfIcm within is heard ".Sss if bis name
u there" eyes, it is written also that
meeting house was built about Ten years
ago, by old Ethan Allen, the American
patriot, whom they improperly called an
infdel. He has left numerous church
and large estate "Open the gate and
let him enter You walk 10, and there
behold in glory the representative Of the
majesty Of heaven seated in golden chair
little back Of table, upon which are
numerous large folio books, with leaves Of
gold and silver; and in front Of the table,
the first book keeper or recorder Of the
deeds Of those who came from one Of his
small planets, by US called Earth. Thus
standing and looking, you viii next see
tbo Daranfx, Grand Maofav ~saa ard enoak