The Wilmingtonian., 1882-11-11

would rather see my bog whom you carried
out four weeks ago to see the archangel.
l do not think it was superstitious when
on Wednesday night stood by a deathbed
within few blocks of this church, and on
is street, and saw one of the aged Christ
ians of this church going into glory. After
had prayed with her, | said to her: 1--WE
have all loved you very much, and will al
ways cherish your memory in the Christian
Church. You will see my son before | see
him. and wish you would gioe him our lore, "
triumph.
According to what l am telling you at
present, your departed Christian friends did
not go so much into the company of the
martyrs, and the apostles, and the prophets,
and the potentates of Heaven as into the
company of grandfather and grandmother,
and the infant sister that tarried just long
enough to absorb your tendcrest affection,
and all the home circle. When they landed, |
it was not as you land in Antwerp, OF Ham
burg, OF llavre, wandering up a strange
wharf, looking at strange faces, asking for /
strange hotel, They landedamid your glor-
flied relatives who were waiting to greet
them.
Oh, does not this bring Heaven nearer? /?
Instead of being far off it comes down to-
night, and it puts its arms around our necks,
and We feel its breath on our faces. 1t melts
the frigid splendor of the conventional Hea-
ven into domestic scene. 1t comes very
close to us. If we had
OUR CHOICE IN HEAVEN,
whom would we first see? Rather than
look at the great potentates of Heaven we
would meet our loved ones. | want to see
She said, 81 will, | will and in twenty min
utes she was in Heaven The last words she
ever syoke. 1t was
SWIFT MESSAGE TO THE SKIES.
If you had your choice between riding in
heavenly chariot and occupying the grand
throne of God, and not seeing your departed
loved ones, and on the other hand dwelling
crown or throne, and without garland, and
without sceptre; yet having your loved ones
a.ound you, you would choose the latter.
say these things because want you to
know it is domestic Hedpen, and consequent
ly it is all the time improving. Every one
that goes up makes it brighter place. and
the attractions are increasing month by
month and day by day, and Heaven so vast
ly more of a Heaven, thousand times more
Of a Heaven than it used to be, will be a
better Heaven yet Oh, | say this to intens-
ify your anticipation
I ENTER HEAVEN
one day. 1t is almost empty. | enter the
temples of worship. and there are no wor
shippers. walk down the street, and there
are no passengers. ] go into the orchestra
and find the instruments are suspended il
the ,ronal halls of Heaven, and the grea
organs OF eternity, with multitudinous banl
: of keys, are closed. But see shinin,
one at the gate as though he were standing
on guard, and l say "Sentnl, what doe
:, this mean? | thought Heaven was popu
lous city. Has there been some great plag
- ue sweeping off the populationP" "Hav
~ you not heard the news P'' says the sent
:, mel. ''There is world burning, there is
3 great conhagration out yonder, and all He
=, ven has gone out to look at the confagr
ton and take the victims out of the ruins
''This is the day for which all other da,
-, are made. This is the Judgement! This NOR
"A ing all the chariots and the cavalry, and Il
GO mounted infantry rumbled and gallop
=, down the sky" After l had listened to t
-, sentinel, looked off over the battlemen
,,o and l saw that the fields of air were brig
a with blazing world, l said, eyes ,ye
IL this must be the Judgement y aid while
,o,, stood there l heard the rumbling of whe
oe and the Gathering of hoofs, and the roari
of many voices and then saw the coron
of and plumes and banners, and saw that
ea- Heaun was coming back again-coming
Of the wall, coming to the gate and the m
I'D titude that went off in the morning '
MI augmented by vast multitude caught
!, alive from the earth, and vast multitt
~, Of the resumected bodies of the Christ