The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-10-12
REV. MR. MANN'S
Recent Vision of Heaven Made
Somewhat Light OF by Giddy
Laymann.


g. Ii was but vision, and visions are
but vain ."-Dryden.
A congregational minister OF
Cleveland had vision OF heaven
recently. He tells how he "walked
about With two young girls, who
held him By the hands, Well, now,
that's heavenly enough, goodness
knowsl A worldly, sinful young
man OfTwenty.four would be salts.
fed with that kind OF heaven. But
about this "young girl' business.
lt seems to us that nearly all the
ministerial visions OF heaven we
ever read-saye ouly that of Que
ST. john, who had quite a vivid,
impressive aud well authenticated
vision, some years since, while re
siding on The Island OF Pdtmos--
ruu TO this "young girl' idea
largely. An eminent pagan long,
long ago, invented this "youns
grip heaven, and Christian minis
tiers who have visions OF heaven OF.
ten seem unable to improve on the
pagan patent. Now, il was all
ri sht for the Rev. MIR. Manu-, oi
Cleveland, to 90 wandering about
in heaven with n "young gir'
cliuging to each hand. We don't
know whether the Rev. MIR. Maui
is u married man or not. He diiTI
sly anything about seeing Mrs
Mann while he was in heaven, buI
he saw beautiful maidens in profu
sion, besides the oues who never
let 20 OF his hands. Now, as W.
said before, We repeat, this is al
right. We don't object to "youn,
girsh down here, and we think ",
would enjoy thier company in heav
en-; but can't the good men whl
see visions OF heaven klnd Oi look
around while they are there, ant
let go of the girls long enough {,
shake hands with some OF tue goo,
old mothers in Israel who wei,
saints even before they died. Jus
think what u novelty it wonld b.
for the next preacher who goes [,
heaven in u vision to come bacl
and tell us that he walked abou
the golden streets "with two oil
women who held him by the haudsl
1t would be delighted to have a lii
tie variation on this "young girl
business. Now, ST. john, tn
divine, whose vision of heaven Wa
about rs clear as that of any ma
in Cleveland, doesn't seem to hay
gone about handculfed with "yUun
girls.p He mentions several wDme
whom he saw: "a woman ciOthe,
with the SUM- and hateiully pen
vert,d by the "great rel dragon ;
and another woman "arayed /
purple and scarlet, having Il golde
cup in her hand full OF abomina
tious,' sitting "ppou scarlet co
orcd beast iull of names OF bias
phemy,' and this woman VIII
"diunken With the blood of tn
saints pnd martyrs But h
doesn't mention any "young girls
or maidens. Brethren, il takes
rapt seer OF the nineteenth centur
to have visions in which The seer
the ouly man in heaven, aud W
propose to have Il little variety i
these visions. Surely. there
somebody in heaven, besides nu
titude Of "youug girls and on
parson. Give the rest of us n Ii
tie show in these visions, or W
will utterly cast aside all thes
modern prophets and abide bv I'll
vision OF ST. Johu, wherein all til
angels are men, aud are called i
and hun. Every one OF them an
all the women are terrible, W
don't object at all to II ccrta
jndicious mixture of the "NOuu
girl element in bpatiiic and celp
, tial visions; but there Is a namb
pambyism abont it when the enti
prescription is comnounded of OF
part good man aud ninety.nil
parts "young girl" that is utah
unpalatable east of Salt Lake Git,
Go, get thee % a nunnery, or ell
revise your effeminate visions
heaven. Why, man alive, ca,
you see it's beittliug a subject
inconceivable sublimity and gran
enr TO fashion heaven on the mod
/ of an ice.cream saloon OH Satur,li
nights