Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-08-20
TABERNACLE SERMONS.
DR.. Talmage on " The POrtieo.

And The twelve gates were twelve pearls
Rev, xxi, 81,
Our subject speaks Of great metrop-
oils, the existence of which many have
doubted. There has been a vast immi-
grafton into the city, but no emigration
from it-so far as our natural vision can
descry. There is 40 such city," says
the undevout astronomer, 81 have
stood in high towers with mighty tele-
scope, and have swept the heavens, and
| have seen spots on the sun and caverns
in the moon, but no towers have ever
risen on my vision +; no palaces, no tenn
pies, no shining streets, no massive
wall. There ia no such city" Even
very good people tell NE that heaven is
not material organism, but a grand
spiritual fact, aud that the Bible de-
scriptious of it are in all cases to be ia
ken 6guraiivcly. bring in reply to
dis what Christ said. and He ought to
know ~ 60 to prepare" hot theory.
not principle, not sentiment; but
ego to prepare place for you" Tue
resurrected body implies this. II my
loot is to be reformed FROM the dust. it
must have something to tread on. II
ny hand is to be reconstructed, it must
have something to handle. II my eye,
having gone out III death. is to be re-
kiudled, | mus. have something to gaze
On. You, adverse theory seems to i'm.
ply that the resurrected body is to be
hung on nothing. or 10 walk in air, or
TO float anii the intangibles. You tell
us that il there be material organisms,
then soul 10 heaven will be cramped
and hiDdered in its epjoyments; but |
answer, did NOT Adam aud Eve have
plenty Of room in the Garden OF Eden :!
Although only few yards or a few
miles would have described the circum-
terence of that place. they bad ample
room. And do you not suppose that
God, in the immensiti,s. can build
place large enough to give the whole
race room, even though there be mater
ial organisms Herschel. booked into
he heavens. As a Swiss guide puts his
alpenstock between the glaciers and
crosses over from crag to crag, so Her
schel planted his telescope between the
worlds and glided from star to star, un-
I'll he could announce 10 Us that We live
IN part of the universe but sparsely
strewn with worlds and be peers GU;
into immcusity until be fnis a region
no larger than our solar system 10 hich
there are 10000 worlds moving Aud
Professor Lang says that. by philoso
phic reasoning, there must be somewhere
a world where there is no darkness, but
everlasting sunshine SO that | do not
know but that it is simply because We
have not telescope powerful enough that
ae cannot see into the laud where there
- no darkness at all, aud catch glimpse
f the FURNISHED piunacies. AS con-
qucliug army, marching on TO take u
Is, comes at uightfall to the crest OF a
mountain from which, in the midst OF
the landscape. they can see the castles
they are to capture, rein 10 their war
chargers and halt to take a good look
before they pitch their TENS fer the
night. so now, coming as we do on this
mountain top Of prospect. l command
The regiment of God to rein IN their
thoughts aud halt, aud before they pitch
their tents for the night take one good
long look at the gates OF the great city
aud the twelve gates were twelve
pearls
In the FIRST place, want you to ex-
anime the architecture OF those gates.
Proprietors Of large estates are very apt
to have an ornamental gateway. Some
times they spring an arch of masonry,
the posts OF the gate Aanked with lions
in slatuary the broDze gate is repre-
sentation of INTERVIEWING foliage. bird
haunted. until the hand of architectural
genius drops exhausted. all its life frozen
into the stone. Baby Ion had hundred
gates; so had Thebes. Gates of wood
aud iron and stone guarded nearly all
the old cities. Moslems have inscribed
upon their gateways Inscriptions from
the Koran of the Mohamnedans. There
have been great many fine gateways
but Christ sets hand to the work, and
for the upper city He swings gate such
as no eye ever gazed on untouched OF
inspiration. With the nail of Ills ewn
cross He cut into it wonderful traceries.
stories of past suffering, and Of gladness
to come. There is 10 wood or stone OF
bronze in that gate, but from top to base
add from side to eide it is all oil pearl
Not one piece picked up from CeYlou
banks. aud another piece from the Per.
sian Gulf, aud another piece from the
Island of Marguerite. but one solid pear
picked up from the beach Of everlasting
light by heavenly hands. and hoisted
aud swung amid the shouting Of angels.