Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-24
Heaven.
DR.. TUCKER IN CHRISTIAN 1yDr,

ne UuIIetiuSS VI IuiS SORROW Smlt'
ten ard sin beset world are hard 10
bea:. Oltentiraes we feel as ii we
should sink in sea OF troubles
yea, sometimes we feel that We have
sunk, and that We can say with the
Iaalmst:: AL thy waves and thy
bi,!ows ale gone over me" But it is
delight nj to think that "out Of the
DEPTHS" We can cry unto the Lord,
and that he viii hear our prayer.
1t is delightful, too, to be assured
that, though He may atiiict US, He
will never forsake Us, and that there
is good time coming, when we shall
rest from our labors, when all tears
shall be wiped from our eyes, and
when, having experienced our last
pang, and bid adieu to sorrow, We
shall Sit down in the paradise Of God.
The hope of heaven is our stay.
What more do we need? What more
is sessib!e? Life isgisSss lI5=gill
we sre ushered into Che
OF irconceivable and never.
ending JOY. We scarcely know
whether our tears are tears Of Joy oi
sorrow-perhaps they are both
wnen we sing,
Jerusalem, my glorious home,
Name ever dear 10 me,
When shall my labors have an 0nd,
In Joy and peace and thee?
There is a rapture even in the an.
ticipation. The very hope OF il
strengthens ns for our burden here
and fortifes us against temptation
Who can siu when he realizes thai
sin blocks his way 10 the pearly
gates? The very conception of the
holy place is elevating and purifying
To mediate upon it prepares us tt
enter it. We oiten bitterly learn in
this life that the anticipation o
pleasure exceeds the reality. Bu
we are happy to know that our most
glorious anticipations OF heaven arr
meagre and vpaid. compared with
heaven itself. The home Of the an
gels! The dwelling place Of God
A world Of rest and peace, and Joy
and lovel A world where all is pure
and where all is holy! A worlt
where we shall have free and eterna
access to all that God has laid W
for them, for whom the blood OF th'
everlasting covenant was shsd 4
world where infinite goodness ha
poured out all its treasures! But Vt,
can neither express nor conceiv
what lies beyond the river. Th
reality overspreads all human ca
pacity. We are 10 overwhelme'
with the glory that we see none Of il
We use the words which represen
tough they do not express :he bless
euness Of the eternal world, and W
sometimes imagine that the gloriou
ideals have been actually present I
our minds. But these things hav
never entered the heart OF man. w
are like one born and reared in
dungeon, where in dim twilight, b
never say eafta, nor sky, nor tree
nor leaf, nor human face, and who
on seeing a picture OF the sun, ina
giues that be has seen the sun itsel
But his notions Of the splendor {
that glorious orc would be corree
and vivid, and abundantly up to til
original, compared to the vague an
wretchea conceptions that We hav
Of the glories Of heaven. Languag
even when inspired, presents a rude
picture than Egyptian hierog,ypl
The Joys Of the spirit world are a
untranslatable into the dialect {
mortals. But even the vague syn
bols used by the spirit of God
represent these upper glories, use
because they ale adapted TO our cs
pacities, failing as they do to conve
to our minds that which they are il
capable Of containing, are awe il
spiring and sublime.
The Seer on Patmos beheld th
city Of God, and he testifes that eac
massive gate was one resplender
pearl; that the very street of the cit
was pure gold as it were Transporter
glass. And, says he, "I saw no TEN
pie therein, for the Lord God A.