The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-21

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things are required Of whatsoever would
see the King in His beauty, for without
holiness shall no man see the Lord
pray you, i there any one among
you who Is equal 10 these things? Any
one among you, whose eyes and heart
are pure, and whose hands and lips are
uns,ained in this matterPr
Then he began TO tell Of the place
where the King lived; and Jack, who
had only been looking at him in won
dering intensity, now began 10 under
stand something Of what he said.
A shining city, With golden streets
and great pearl gates, which were never
shut, so that the weary, or sick, or
needy, might always enter In, where no
one was ever cold or suffering. where
no one ever cried, or was unhappy,
where hunger and thirst were things I'M
known, where no one should ever long
or cry, or spend their lives in passion
ate prayer for blessing which was
evermore denied to them, for they should
be wholly, wholly satisfied, and never
be sorry any morei
Poorlittle Jack he could scarcely be-
lieve it all, il was so beautiful. rs he sat
looking and listening, with his tangled
hair hanging in festoons over his great.
eager, childish eyes. He had never
heard or dreamed Of any thing half so
good before. Could il be really true?
1t surely must be, for the man was SO in
earnest about il. Listen to him as he
now describes the King who lives in
this wonderful place-who gives all this
happiness and all these good things 10
His subjects, and whose own beauty it
is which, reflected all round, makes His
city and court what it is-wh0 is so
gentle, too, that there is no little child
whom He will not take into His king
dom. If it means to try and please Him,
and asks His Son 10 let il in.
Then again the preacher leaned !. r.
ward, and pleaded with the people.
I" Is there none of you here,- he said,
"who will 20 through the little strife
now 10 win the great glory and peace
afterward? When | stand watching the
white-robbcd saints file in through the
pea'ly gates, which are never shut, shall
not catch sight of one face among
them which see here before me to-
night?"
Jack was so carried away by the
carnestness and fire Of the preacher,
that he was just going 10 start up and
cry out that shed 20 il any one nd
show him the way" when he remem-
bered himself, and turned to look at his
mother. She was still gazing before
her, in that curious, absent way, as
though she scarcely heard.
Then all the people stood up, and she
took Jack by the hand, and hurried him
out IF church.
.They're all comm out now,- she
said, as soon as they got outside; sswe'd
best get out Of the way"
ssDid We ever hear the like o. that,
mother?r said Jack, when they had
both slackened their peace little. II
never knew there was such beautiful
place anywheres rs he talked about.
Do We know what King it Is? Couldn't
we go?"
~ reckon he wouldn't let US in,
jack
"Nay, but didn't we hear tie gentle
man say As He'd let in even little 'uns
like me. if only they'd try and please
Him. Oh, mother, do ZEE let US 90.
Maybe some one 'ud tell US where it IS"
I" 1 never heard Of any king as was
very beautiful she answered, thought
fully, in that dense ignorance Of the /,
London poor scarcely to be imagined
BY those who have never come in con-
tact with il. "We've got queen, you |
see, and not king, so it can't be in
this land-
But the gentleman nd tell uswhere
twas
"Aye, but we couldn't ask him."
81 could! Only fancy, motheri |
nerer hungry, nercr thirsty, nerer cold."
cried Jack excitedly. "That's what he
said, and you'd never cry no more,
mother. Oh, do zee let US ask some one
the way, and where it is. know II we
could only get sight of the King it 'ud I
be all right. Don't We mind how good /
the gentleman said He was, and so beau
tiful. Oh, mother, irish we could see
uni"
aye" she said, with quiet hopeless
ness, " that would be fine, Jack"
why didn't we never 60 to church
aforeP"
II didn't know as they wouldn't turn
US out II we tried"
"And you never been inside one Pr
continued Jack, thoughtfully.
Z. was in one when l was married."
{" DO We think father knew any thing
about the King?"
T" No, / doubt he didn't, Jack, or he
wouldn't ha' died"
The tears gathered slowly in her eyes
as she spoke. II it we're true, II they
could only have known where the good I
King was, He would have saved him,
perhaps. But she did not say any thing.
The poor are 50 used 70 suffering Of all
kinds. Suffering had made her in
credulous, too, OF any great good.
But to Jack II was otherwise. His