The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-09
THE PALMS AND THE ROBES.
Sermon by the Rev, I. Dewitt
Talmage, ID. ID.

Talmage, ID. ID.
Mr.. Talmage preached in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle on The Palms
and the Robes" taking for his text
Revelations, viii. 9, 10--"After thi-
[ beheld, and. 10. a great multitude
which no man could number, of al
nations. and 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"
lis impossible, said Mr.. Talmage,
to come in contact with anything
grand or beautiful in art, nature or
religion without being profted and
elevated. We go into the art gal
lery and our soul meets the soul Of
the painter, and we hear the hum Of
his forests and the clash of his con.
ficts and all the cloud blossOming
Of the sky and the foam blossoming
Of the ocean, and we come out from
the gallery better men than when
we went in. On the same principle
it is profitable TO think of heaven
and look off upon that landscape Of
JOY and light which ST. John depicts
the rivers of gladness, the trees Of
life, the thrones of power, the com-
minglings of everlasting love. I
wish this morning that I could bring
heaven from the list Of intaugibles
and make it seem to you as it reslly
s, the great fact in all history, the
iepot of all ages, the parlor of Gods
universe. This account in nay text
gives picture of heaven as it is on
a holiday. While, my friends,
heaven is always grand and always
beautiful, 1 think my text speaks Of
! gala day in heaven. 1t is a time
If great celebration-perhaps Of the
birth or the resurrection of Jesus
perhaps Of the downfall of some des-
)otism-perhaps because of the
ushing in Of the millennium. l
know not what, but 1t does seem to
ne, in reading this passage, as if it
we're holiday in heaven. l shall
peak to you of the glorifed in
leaveR-their number, their ante.
'edents, their dress, their symbols
md their song.
But how shall L begin-by telling
on Of the numbers Of those in heav-
N? They come from all the chap
sls, from all the cathedrals, from all
ects, from all ages; they who pray.
d in splendid liturgy and those who
4 broken sentences uttered the
7ish of broken hearts; from Grace
church and Sailors Bethel, from
lnder the shapeless rafters and from
nder high sprung arch-"a great
multitude that no man can number"
)ne Of the most impressive things l
ave looked upon is an army. l
TODD one day at Williamsport and
aw on the opposite side of the Po-
omac the ferces coming down, regi-
lent after regiment and battalion
.fter battalion. 1t seemed as
lough there were no end to the pro-
ess!on. But now let me take the
.eld glass Of st. John and look off
Ipon the hosts Of heaven, thousands
f thousands, ten thousand times ten
aousand, one hundred and forty
no -four thousand, aRd thousands of
lousands, until l put down the field
lass and say, II cannot estimate it
great multitude that no man can
umber." You may tax your imag-
ration. and torture your ingenuity,
nG break down your powers of cal.
ulation in attempting to express
ne multitudes of the released from
arth and the enraptured of heaven,
nd talk Of hundreds OF hundreds of |
undreds, of thousands of thousands |
{ thousands, of millions of millions |
f millions, of billions of billions of |
illions, of trillions of trillions of |
cilliOns, of quadrilions of quadril-
ons of quadrillions, of quintiIlions
f quintillions of quintillions, until
our head aches and your heart
aints, and, exhausted aud over
urned, you exclain, II cannot
cunt them; great multitude that
% man can number"
THEIR ANTECEDENTs.
But my subject advances and tells
ou of their antecedents, 'of all ma
ions and kindreds and tongues"
ONE of them spoke Scotch, Irish, |
ierman, English, Italian, Spanish, |
ami, Choctaw, Burmese. Oh! /
an you imagine it? What a strange |
ommingling of tastes, of histories,
f nationalties, "of all nations and /
indreds and people aud tongues"
Ny subject advances and tells you