Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-05

longed to the high circles of royalty, Daniel
himself having royal blood in his veins, so
We have in
The New Jerusalem
O great many kindred and we are sometimes
homesick to see them and they are all
princes and princesses, in them
the blood imperial, and we do well to keep
our windows open toward their eternal resi-.
dences. 1t is q joy for Us to believe that
while We are interested in them they are in
terested in u.s. Much thought Of heaven
makes one heavenly. The airs that blow
through that open window are charged with
life and sweep up to US aromss from gar.
dens that never wither under skies that
never cloud in a spring time that
never terminates. Compared with 1t oil
other things are dead failures. Homers
heaven was an elysium which he describes
as PLAIN at the end of the earth or beneath
with no snow or rainfall, and the sun never
goes down and Rhadamsnthus. the
justest of men, rules. Hesiods
heaven is what he calls the
islands Of the blest, in the midst OF the
OCEAN, three times year blooming with
most exquisite flowers, and the air is tinted
with purple, while games and music and
horse races occupy the time. The Scandi-
payian's heaven was the hall of Walhalls,
where the god 0cin, gave unendiDg wine
suppers TO earthly heroes and heroines Tue
Mohammedsn's heaven passes its disciples
Il over the bridge Al-Sirat which is finer
than hair and sharper than sword, and
then they ore let loose into riot OF ever
lasting sensuslity.
The Indians Heaven.
The American sborigines look forward 10
q heaven OF ilhmitable hunting ground, part
ridge and deer and wild duck more than
plentiful and the hounds never off the scent
and the guns never missing fire. But the
geographer has followed the earth round
and found no Homers elysium. Voyagers
have traversed the deep in all directions aud
sound no Hesiod's islands Of the blest. The
Mohammedsn's celestial debsuchery and
the ILdisn's eternal hunting ground for vast
multitudes have no charm. But here rolls
in the Bible heaven. No more sea; that is
no wide separation. No more night; that
is, no insomnia. No more tears; that is, no
heart break No more pain; that is, dis.
niesal OF lancet and bitter draught and
miasms and banishment Of neuralsiss and
catalepsies and consumption. All colors in
the wall except gloomy black. All the
music in the msjor key because celebrative
and iubilant River crystalline gate crys.
tslline and skies crystalline because every
thing is clear and without doubt. White
robes and that means sinlessness
Vials full Of orders, and that
means pure regainment OF the
senses. Rainbow, and that means the
storm is over. Marriage supper, and that
means gladdest festivity. Twelve manner
Of fruits, and that means luscious and un-
ending variety. Harp trumpet grand
march, anthem, amen and halleiah ia the
same orchestra, Choral meeting SOLO and
overture meeting sntiphon and strophe
Joining dithrsmb as they roll into the ocean
of doxolog;e,. And you and may have
all that and have it forever through Christ
if we will let Him with the blood Of one
wounded hand rub out our sin and with the
other wounded hand swing open the shining
portals.
Day aud Night Keep Your window Open
toward Jerusalem. Sing about it. Pray
about it, Think about it, Talk about it.
Dream about it. Do not be ipconsolable
about your friends who have gone into it.
Do not worry if something in your heart in
dicates that you are not far of from 10
ecstacies. Do not think that when Chris.
tan dies be stops, for be goes on. Aa in
gepious man has taken the heavenly fur.
longs as mentioned in Revelations, and has
calculated that there will be in heaven one
hundred rooms sixteen feet square !or each
ascending soul, though this world soould
lose hundred million yearly. But all the
rooms Of heaven will be ours for ,hey are
family rooms and no room in your house 10
too good for your children, 70 all the rooms
Of all the palaces OF the heavenly Jeruss.
lem will be free to Gods children and even
The throne room will not be denied and you
may Iun up The steps Of the throne and put
your hand on the side Of the throne and SIT
down beside the King according 10 the
promise: 10 him that overcome;b will i
graft TO sit with me in my throne"
But you cannot 60 in except as conquer.
ors. Many years ago the Turks and Chris.
tians were in Battle and the Christians were
defeated and with their commander, Stephen,
lied toward fortress where the mother Of
this commander was staying. When she
SAW Ter son and bis army in disgrscetul re-
treat, she had the gates Of the fortress roll.
ed shut and then from the top Of the battle
nent cried out TO her son: "You cannot
enter here except as conqueror. Then
Stephen rallied his forces and resumed the
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driving back seven,y.fve thousand. For
those who are defeated in the battle with
sin and death and nell nothing bu. shame
ard contempt. Bot for those who gain the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ the
gates Of the New Jerusalem will hoist and
there sbsll be an abundant entrance into
The everlasting kingdom OF our Lord toward
which you do vel to keep your windows
open.
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