Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-05

Z win spiritual Necessity ia bidding us
pray, aud pray, aud pray Ia oldcn dime
the earl Of WcSunoreland said
iE nAnNo NRTp 10 rRkN,
because he had enough plous tenants on
his estate TO pray tor him. Hut al tho
prayers Of church universal amount ia
4 nothing unless Ike Daniel We pray Tor
ourselves. -, men and women, bounded
on one side hr Skadraoh'S rd-hot lar.
mace and the other Side hy devonting
lions, learn the secret of Couiagc and dc-
( llvoancv by looking az that Bahy.
lonlsh window open toward the
southwest. sob, you say, "that Is the
direction of the Arabian desert" Yes;
but on the other side of the desert Is God,
Is Christ, Is Jerusalem, x hcaycn, The
( Brussels lace Is superior TO all other lace,
SO beautiful, 81 mnhiiorm. 50 expensive,
400 francs q pound an the world sccks
IT, DO YOU know how It Is madeg The
spinning Is done In dark room, the only
light admitted through a small aperture,
and that light failing directly on The pat-
! tern. Aud the nnest specimens OF
! Christian character have ever sron, or
ever expect 10 see, are thpsc 10 be found
I In lives an of whose windows have been
/ darkcucd ly horeM cment aud misfortune
I save one, hut under that enc Wlni0W of
Z prayer tbs mterlaclng
on DIVINE WORKMANSHIP
went on until Il was III 60 deck a throne,
q celestial embroidery which angels all
mircd and God approved.
But II Is another Jerusalem toward
which we nov need 60 open oprwindoWs,
Tho cNilod evangelist OF Ephosus saw It
one day as the surf of the lcaran sea
ioamed ami splaShtd over bouldcrs at
his feet. and his vision reminded me OF a
wedding day when the bride by sister aud
maid was having garlands twisted Tor her
hair md Jewels strung for her neck Just
before she puts her hetrcthcd hand Into
the hand OF her ananccd al, John, saw
the holy city, New Ierusalcm, coming
down from God ont of heaven prepared
MS bride adorned for her husband p
Toward that bridal Jerusalem are our
windows opcncdy We would ao well to
think more 81 heaven, Il Is not y. more
annex ol earth Il is not ,lcsolato out
post As Jerusalem was the capital
.of Judah aud Babylon The capital
OF the llahyloniau monarchy, and
london Is the capital of Great
Britain, and Washington Is the capital Of
our own republic, The nov Jerusalem Is
the capital Of The universe The King
lives thorr aud The royal family OF the IL.
deemed haze thoir palaces there and there
is congress of many natiouS and The
parliament OF all the worlds. Nuai rs
Daniel had Kindred IN Jcrusnemo OF whom
be often thought, though he had left home
when worry young man, perhaps father
and mother and brothers and sisters sim
living, and WIS homeslcly to see lhcm mud
they belonged 10 the high circles oi rny-
atty, Daniel himself having royal blood
Ia his veins, so we have Ia the New lriu-
salem a great many kindred, aud we are
sometimes homcsick 90 see them and thcy
are an princes and Processes, IN thcn the
blood imperial, and we do we'll 10 keep
our Windows open toward their eternal
residence, 1t Is 4 Joy for Us 10 believe
that while We are Interested In thWn they
are interested In US.
MUcn TnoCaur or uEANEN
makes one heavenly The airs that blow
through that open window are charged
With life and sweep up TO ~ arouas from
gardens that never withcr under skies
that nevercloud IN spring-tldr that never
terminates. Compared with II all other
things are dead failures. lloncr's heaven
WIS an elysium which he describes rs u
plain az the end of the earth, or beneath,
with no snow nor rainfall and the sun
never goes down, and Rhndamanthus,
the busiest Of men, rules. llcsiod's
heaven is what he calls the
Islands OF the blcst, In the midst Of the
ocean, three times year blooming with
most exquisite flowers, aud the air *
tinted with purple, while games and
music and horso-racos occupy the time.
The Scandlnayian's heaven was the hall
of Walhalla, where the god odln gave
amending wine suppcrs TO earthly heroes
and herolnes. The Mohammcdan's heaven
passes its disciples in oysr the bridge
Al-Sirat, which Is finer than q hair and
sharper than sword, and then they are
let loose into riot Of everlasting SEN.
suality.
The American abofiglnes HOOK forward
tfa heaven OF illimitablc hunting-ground,
partridge and deer and Wild duck more
than plentiful and the hounds never of
the scent and the guns never missing
lire. But the geographer has followed
the earth round aud found no Homer
clysium. Voyagers hayc trayerscd the
deep IN all directions and found no
Iesiod's islands OF the biest The Mo-
hamnedan's celestial dobauchcry and The
Indinn'S eternal hunting-gfounh Tor vast
multitud IS have 10 charm.
mon uERE noiIslN
the Bible heaven. 40 moro sea that IS,
no wide separation. 10 more nights that
IS, no Insomnia No more tours that Is,
no heart-break. No more pain that ~
dismissal Of lancet and bilicr drought
and miasma ana Punishment 81 neural
giaH and catalcpsics and consumption,
An colOrs IN tho wall except gloomy
black. All the music 10 The major key
because cclebmtiec and iubilant. River
crystalline, gate crystalline and skies
crystalline because everything Is clear
aud without doubt. White robes and that
means snlcssness. Nials inll OF odora,
and that means pure Icgalement Of iiie
senses. Rainbow, aud that means The
storm Il over. Marriage supper and
ihnt means giaddest festlyiuty Twelve
manner OF fruits, and TINT means luscious
and amending variety. Harp, trumpet
grand march unlhcU, umOn and ballglu-
ISL 10 the sam orchestra Choral meet
Ing, solo mud overture meeting, aniiphOe
and strophe joining dithynmbc ~ they
roll into oceans of doNologles And you
and may have al that and have II Tor.
ovar flrnugh Christ II we viii frf Ilffd