Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-30
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somewhere in the great universe of
God there is a place called Heaven.
Whether it be very near or very faI
from US, we are not told. 1t is the
throne of God-"the place of his
habitation," says the Psalmist, esfrom
which He beholdeth all the inhabi.
tantS eff the earth"-"It is the place
where His Honor dwelleth," and is
within hearing distance of this world,
for voice came from heaven, say
ing, ''This is my beloved Son, in
whom l am well pleased" and that
beloved Son said to his Father in
heaven, 81 knew that Thou nearest
me al ways" and to his disciples he
said, when ye pray, say, our Faith
er which art in heaven" G And to
that blessed abode-that home from
which he came to seek and redeem,
and save lost and ruined race-he
returned after the days of his humil-
iation and suffering, after his burial
and resurrection, and sat down on
his Fathers throne and at his right
hand. And while his disciples stood
gazing upward, and were only able
to follow with their sight their as.
cending Lord, and, after a curtain
cloud had been drawn between them
and the person of their adoring love,
two angels as ministering spirits,
spoke to them, saying, "This same Je-
sus which is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner
as you have seen him go into heav-
en-" For these wordsaof comfort :
the most precious promise ever Civ
en- by angels-the waiting and the
weary, the burdened and bereaved
of this world ought to "thank God
and take courage" Who did they
say will come? Will it be another
and new messenger from the bosom
of the Father-some bright angel
who in the beginning heard the
"morning stars sing together, and
was one of the sons Of God who
shouted for joy?" No. This same
Jesus, who, when. there was no eye
to pity, and no arm that could reach
down and save sinking and dying
world, said, "Here I am, send me-"
This same Jesus, "who dwelt in glo-
ry with the Father before the world
was," and "by whom all things were.
made" and who for us took upon
himself our nature, and first opened
his infant eyes in the morning light,
in the manger at Bethlehem-this
same Jesus, who "went about doing
good" t'was touched with all the
feeling of our infrmities, " "was in
all points tempted as we are," pray
ed that his disciples might call be
one as he and the Father were one,"
died that we might have "life and
have it more abundantly"-as much
more abundantly than we now have
it,as eternity is longer than time this
same Jesus, who has gone to pre-
pare place for his people, and is
now "mereiful and faithful High
Priest" making intercession for
thenl-"a friend that sticketh closer
than a brother" and having loved
us, he will love us to the end, and
will never forsake us; this same Je-
sus on whose sacred head the crown
of thorns was placed, and on whose
shoulders the scarlet robe was cast,
whose hands and feet and side were
pierced, whose faint and heartfelt
words in death were "Father, forgive
them" He it is, for whom we look,
and not for another. t.lr
How did they say he will come?
AS a great general with an army of
heather soldiers to destroy the city
of Jerusalem, and the temple in
which he stood up to read the pro-
phetic word, and to announce its
fulfillment? or will he come and be
invisible when the film is gathering
as darkness in the eyes of the dying,
and the quiyering flesh is letting 60
its hold on the spirit? No; ''as you
have seen him go into heaven"-in
a manner plain and personals a
uODleHldu T6ClTuS 1IOu d 1dl OOun-
try where he has received for him
self a kingdom, as bridegroom
cometh out of his chamber" Gas the
lightning shineth from the east even
unto the west," as he appeared to
Paul on the journey to Damascus,
as he was seen by the disciples in
the TRANSPORTATION, with Moses and
Elias, when the Father gave his last
commandment. Yes, he twill come
in the glory of the Father, with the
holy angels" and "every eye will
see him, and every knee shall bow,
and his waiting and faithful follow
ers will say, "This is our God-we
have waited for him." The signs
and the seals, and the wars and
wonders, all unite in saying to us,
watch and be ready, for behold he
cometh quickly. Even so, come,
Lord Jesus.-San1p W. Parnaly.