Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-02-06

eHeavtnl Delighted vosI. What
thrilling hopes arc ekciled u lhe btsoni of
man 10 the contemplation ofihs word Raw
snI To thesonoHfnl and suffering, hear.
en- is looked upon as place Of health ADD
delight, aud 20 Il viii be. Tofhe tired and
weary Of life's bard labcra, Il Is place
where tolls are Ger where The aching iimbs
may FcsL and so II will BE-. TO tho soldier,
tired Of the clash Of arms aod thooaruaqso
war, il is a thought ola lard where war
with all lis horrors, will be thing unknown,
and so i will be. To tho mourner 10 Zion,
| it appears place Of swees feIoas6 from sin
aud It's coucomiiaJt eviIs--sin which he 50
much droads, but which shall never lind an
entrance thero. Yes, happy thou9hs, lloav-
en- will bo all things 10 lI1God's own dear
children. ID ~ q ''sl3le tl
"what is heasepi I, Is place Of Bliss.
Ia vain may human minds attempt 10 tell
the glories and bliss Of heaven. Eye hath
not seen, ear bath not heard, neither hath
it entered into The mind Of man 10 conceive
Of the things God hath prepared for those
that love him. Many, indeed, are sho
pleasure Of mans frail, fiecting life in time.
But when mortal life is ended, and tho
Judgment is past, and the happy saints NIl
right for long eternity, then what sights,
what sounds, will burst upon the radiant
eye, the rayished ear, 10 gladden. and mako
happy foreyerl Look around thee, child Of
God, out upon Gods earth; listen, and arc
there not sights and sounds that seem too
beautiful; too sweet for earihi The bcnti-
tiful, the lovely and the good are all ofheav-
enly birth. They have come to earth, and
auayed It in beauty; they invite to heaven.
Go in evening Of summer, when iho gentle
shower hath refreshed the earth, turn thine
eyes towards the setting sum- Sec tho
deep green fields, the towering and maies-
tic woods, the silvcry mist, creeping along
the mountains side, with the fieecy clouds
above, tiDglcd with colors Of purple and
gold. Dost thou behold in all these some
thing too beautiful 10 bo expressed ia Ian
guagei Look upon the flowers--thc lily
so white, an emblem ofpurity and love 10
tho soul, upon the crimson hue ofthe wild
rose, and is thero not something lovely
that fingers around themi Listen, when
the day, with its tolls and troubles, is ST.
lently sinking into night. TO the soft music
tones that fall upon the ear. Do they not
touch the heart, and often bring tear 10
the eye9 Is there not beauty, power
in all these that invites to heaveni But il
these delights exist iu time, amid tbecourse
Of sin, how will it be where all shall be ho-
ly, all bappyi While the flowers spring
upin beauty there 10 enlighten and gladden.
the heart? Willthe voice of melody, with
out discordant. sound, enrapture the re-
deemedi Will the beautiful the lovely
and the good there be enstamped upon all
that meets the eye or that falls upon the
esri Shall new pleasures, new employ
mcnts there exist that in mortal life werc
never conceived of Yea, the fondest
hopes ofthe truly good will be moro than
realized. "The expectations Of the wicked
shall perish" but the righteous shall inherit
a heaven of bliss,
''where beauty smiles eternaily, s