Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-08-20

conld swing open. Go home, therefore.
and take your Bible. aud get down on
your knees before God. aud make your
own creed. am not opposed to cIeeds /;
| believe 10 them; hut a creed that does
not reach down to the depth of q mans
immor tai nature is not worth the paper
that it is printed on. do not care
which one of the gates you 60 through,
il you only 90 through one of the gates
that Jesus lifted. Well. now, | see all
the redeemed of earth coming up towards
heaven. Do you think they will get 10?
Yes. Gate the first: the Moravia
come up; they believed in the Lord Jesus
Christ they pass through. Gate the
second: the Q"akers come up; they
have received the inward light they
have trusted &c the Lord they pass
through. Gate the third: the Luther
ans come up they had a great admira-
ton for the reformer. and received the
same grace that made Luther what he
was, and thoy pass through. Gate the
fourth many of the Roman Catholics
come up who look beyond the super
stiiious of their church, and, believing
in salvation by Jesus Christ, they pass
through Gate the fifth: the German
Reformed Church passes through. Gate
the sixth: the Cougregationalists pass
through. Gate the seventh: the Bsp-
fists pass through Gate the eighth !:
the Episcopaiians pass through. Gate
the ninth the Sabbatarians pass
through. Gate the tenth: the M,tho-
dist pass through. Gate the eleventh :
The Reformed Dutch Church passes
through. Gate the twelfth the Presby-
tsriaDs pass through. But there are
great host of other denominations who
must come in, and great wulti,udes who
connected themselves with no visible
church. but felt the power OF godlincss
in their heart and showed il 10 their life.
Where is their gate? Will you shut
all this remaining host out of .he city ?
No. They may come 10 at our gate.
Hosts OF God, il you cannot get admis-
sion throu= b any other entrances, come
in at the twelfth gate. Now they min :
gle lefore the Throne looking out on
the Que hundred and forty and four
thousa.d, and you cannot tell at what
gate they came in. Oue Lord. One
faith. One baptism. One CLASSY sea
One doxology. One triumph. One
heaven "Why, Luther, how did you
get in IL came through the third
gate" ''Cranmer. how did you get
in Z" 81 came through the eighth gateY''
"Adoni,an Judson, how did you get
through 2" 81 came through the sew
enSh gate" Hugh McKail. the mar
tyr. how did you get through 2" Il
came through the twelfth gate" Glory
20 God ! One heaven, but twelve gates
La the third place notice the points OF
she compass toward which these gates
look. They are not on one side, or on
two sides, or on three sides, but on four
siics. This is DO fancy Of mine, but o
distinct announcement. On the north
three gates; Oh the south, three gates !;
Ou the east, three gates on the west
three gates What does that mean ?
Why, it means that all ua'ionalities are
included. and it do, S not make any differ
euce from what quarter of the earth a
pan comes up; if his heart is right,
tiere isa gate open before him. On the
u nth. three gates. That means mercy
for Laplaud, and Siteiii, and Norway.
aud Sweden. On the south. three gates.
That means pardon for Hindostan. and
Algiers, aud Ethiopil. Ga the east !,
three gates That means salvation for
China, aud Japan, aud Bornco. On the
west, three gates That meats redemp-
ton for America. IL does not make
any difference how dark-skiuned or how
pale-iaccd men may bc-ihey will ind
gate right before them. Those who
pucked bananas under tropical SUI =,
hose who behind reindeer shot across
Russian SHOWS from Mexican plateau,
from Roman campagna, tom Chinese
tea-field, from Holland dyke, from
Scotch highlands -they come. they
come Heaven is not monopoly for u
few precious souls Il is not Windsor
Castle. built only for royal families 1t
is not a small town, with small popula-
ton. But John saw it, and be noticed
that an angel was measuring it; aud be
measured it this way, and then he meas
ured it that way, aud whichever way be
measured il it was 800 miles so that
Baby lon. and Thebes, and Tyre, and
Nineveh, aud st Petersburg, and Can
too, aud Pekin, and Paris, aud Lpndoa,
aud New York. aud all the dead cities
Of tue past and all the living cities # the
present added together would not equal
the census o! that great metropolis. -
Walking along street, you can, by the
contour Of the dress or of the face. guess
where a man came from You say ::
"rhat is Freu Gilman, thai is a Nor
wegian that is an American" But the
gates th4t gather in the righteous will
bring them irrespective Of nationality
Foreigners sometimes get home-ick.
Some of the tenderest and most pathetic
stories have been told of those who left their
native cline and longed for it until they
| died. But the Swiss, coming to the high
residence of heaven, will not long any more
for the Alps, standing in the eternal hills
| The Russian will not long any more for The
| luxuriant harvest-ields he left, now that he
| hears the hum and the rustic OF the harvest
o: everlasting light. The royal ones from