The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-31
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

THE PALMS AND THE RoBEs-sERMoN by
Mr. Talmage preached in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
on ..The Palms and the Robes, taking for his text
Revelations vii o. 1O-'After this beheld. and To-
great multitude. which no could number. of all
nations kindreds and people. and tongues stood
before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with
white robes and palms in their hands; And cried
with loud voice, saying. salvation to our God which
stitch upon the throne. and unto the Lamb
1t is impossible. said Mr.. Tamage. to come in con-
tact with anything grand beautiful in art nature
or religion without being profed and elevated. We
90 into the art gallery and our soul meets the soul
of the painter, and hear the hum of his forests
and the clash or his conflicts and all the cloud bios
soming Of the sky and the foam blossoming Of the
ocean. and we come out from the gallery better
than when we went in. On the principle it is
profitable to think of heaven and look of upon that
landscape of JOY and light which St. John depicts
the rivers OF gladness the trees of life the thrones
of power, the commingngs of everlasting love.
wish this morning that could bring heaven
from tho list of inangibes and make IL to you
as 1t really u.s. the great fact in all history the depot
of all ages the parlor of Gods universe. This nc
count in my text gives picture of heaven as II is
on a holiday. While. my friends. heaven is always
grand and always beautiful. think my text speaks
tion--perhaps of the birth or the resurrection of
Jesus-pcrhaps of the downfall of some despotisn-
perhaps because OF the rushing in of the millennium
know what, but IL does seem to me, in reading
this passage, as ~ were holiday IN heaven shall
speak 10 you OF the glorihed IN hcaven-their num-
ber their antcccdents, their dress, their symbols
and their song.
But how shall begin--by telling you of the num-
bcrs OF those in hcavcny They come from all the
chapes all the cathcdrals, from all sccts. from
all ages: they who prayed in splendid liturgy and
those who in broken sentences uttered the wish of
brpk
Bethel, from under the shapelcss raftcrs and from
under high sprung arcn-"a great multitude that
pressive things have looked upon Is an army.
stood one day at williamsport and saw on the OPP
regiment after regiment and battalion after battal
ion. 1t seemed as though there were no end to the
procession. But now let uc take the field glass of
81. John and look of upon the hosts OF heaven.
thousands of thousands, ten thousand times ten
thousand one hundred and forty and four thousand,
and thousands OF thousands, until put down the
field glass and say, II cannot estimate it, great null
titude that number" You may tax yoo
imagination aud torture your ingenuity. and breek
down your powers OF calculation in attempting 10
express tho multtudcs OF tho released from earth
and the cnraptured OF heaven and talk OF hundreds
of HUNDREDS or hundreds. Of thousands OF thousands
of thousands, OF millions Of millions OF millions of
billions of billions of billions, of trillions of
OF q,iadrilliois, of quntillions OF quintilons of
quintllions, until your head aches and your hcart
I'll cannot count thcm great multitude that no man
can number
THEIR ANrrCEDENrs
But my subject advances aud tells you Of their an
teccdents cot all nations and kindrcds aud tongues
some of them spoke scotch, Irish German, Eng
lish Italian Spanish, Tamil, Choctaw Burmese.
OIL can you imagine it, What a strange conlming-
ling of tastes OF histories, of naonaiitics, of all
nations and kindrcds and people and tongues
My subject advances and tells you OF the dress of
those in heaven One object of dress IN this world ~
not only 20 veil the body but 10 adorn II. Thc God
who dresses up tho spring morning with blue rib
bon OF sky around the brow and earrings OF dew
drops hung from the tree branch and mantle OF
crimson cloud nung over the shoulder and the vie-.