The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-09

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senl. December and January lust As
important As May and June. / tell
you sneed the storms OF III AZ much
as We DO the supshine Therc nre
more men ruined by prosperity tbnp
oy aaversity. II Wa had our own way
IA hte before THE We would have been
itnpsrsonstions of keldshness and
w,n iiness and disgusting sin, and
buusa up until We would have been
ike Juiius Caesar, who was m ads by
syeophants 10 believe that he was d.
vine aud
THE FRHcKLEs ON HIS FACE WE'RE A
THE stars OF THE YiRMAMR>r,
one OF the swiftcst transatlantic vow
ages made last summer by the Rtrpr,s
was because she had y stormv wind
sosft, chasing her from New York 10
Liverpool. But to those going la op-
posite direction the storm vas a buffet
Ing and o hinirance. II IL = bad thing
10 have astorm ahead pushing US back,
but II We are Gods children and aiua-
'pg towards heaven, the storms OF life
WIN only chase us the sooner into the
haroor. l em so glad to believe that
Tue monsoons aud syphoous and nis.
trails and siroccos u land and sea are
not unclaimed maniscs let loose upon
tue earth, but under divine snpsrvls-
Ion! em no glad that tho God OF the
Seven Stars is also tns God OF Orion,
IL was out ot Dants's suffering caue
tho sab ime Divine Commeuia, aud ont
OF John Ailt0n's biiudness calne Para
dise Lost, and out Of miserable ipfidel
attack camo .be Bridgewater TreAtiss
In favor Of Christianity, aud out of
David's exile came the songs of eonso-
lntton, aud out OF the -suffsrinas Of
Chsist came tho possibility of the
worlts redemption, aud out Of your
Sersavensnt, y0nr persecution, your
povcrties, your misiortuuos, may yet
come an etornal heaven.
0! what mercy lila that in tho tex,
and all up and down the Bible Gud in.
duced us 10 look out toward other
worlds! Bible astronomy in Genesis,
In Joshua, In job, in tbs Psnlme, In
the prophets, major and minor, in s..
John's Apncslypse, practically say.
Ing: "Worlds! worlds! worlds! Oct
ready for them" We have = hico lii
tie world here that we Atick to ~
though losing that wS lose all. We are
atrs,a OF falling ca this little raft OF q
world. We are afraid that some me.
tearlc ioon0clast will some rjgnt
sMass 1t, and vs. want everything tu
rrvolvo around II, and are disap
pointed whom We fnd that ii rsv0lvos
around the sun instead OF the sun 70.
volving around 1t. What q fuss we
make about
THIS LITTLE BIr OF AwoRLp,
IVA existence only abort tius be-
twrea two spasms, the paroxssm by
which II WAS hurled fro,n chaos into
order aud the paroxy ym Of its demo!i
tion! And am glad that 30 ms
texts call Nv To look off to other worlds.
many st them larger ard costlier aud
mora resplendent. "L1ook there.
"says Job, "ar Ns2zr0th aud Arctu.
rus and his AOnsw "Lo0k thsre,D
says 81. JOIN, at tho moo, under
Christs feelW 'Look there" SAYS
Joshua, "at the sun standing still
above Gibo0n! "Look there" saws
Moses, "at tho sparkling frmsmentI
"Look there" says Amos OF tho herds
man, "at the Seven Stars and Oriopi'
Don't let us be so sad about those who
shove of from this world under
Christiy pllotage. Dol't let us be 30
asitated about our own going or thia
little barge or sl0op or canal boat OF q
world 10 get on ,ins Great lastern o.
the hoavens. Don't lot us persist ia
wanting to stay In this barn, this shed,
thia out house OF 9 world when all the
kins's palaces already occupied by
many OF our best friends, are awipp.
Ing wide open their gates 10 let us in
When read, "In my Fathers hou q
ore many mansions" do not know W
but that each world ID
u room snd AZ many rooms as there arc
worlds, bteilsr etairu, stellar galleries,
stoilSr Railways, stellar Windows, stef.
lar dOmes. How our departed friends
mu pity us shut up In Ihesc crampe 4
apartments, tired II we walk fiftaar
miles, whom they some morning by
one stroke OF tho wing can make O cir-
cult OF the whole stellar system and
be back In time for matinsl Perhaps
yonder twinkiing constellation IL tho
residence OF tho martyrs; that group
OF twelve luminsrles Ia tho celestial
home OF tho apostles. Perhaps that
steep Of light Is the dwelling plxce OF
angels cheruhic, aersphlc, arohangelic.
A mansion with
As MANY ROOMS AS A woRLp
and all the,r windows illumlbaled for
testiviy. o, how thls widens and liflp
and stimulates our expsctaticni How
little 1t makes the present and how
slupcndous IL makes the futurei How
IL consoles us about our plous dead
that instead of being boxed up aud
under the ground they have tho range
Of as many rooms as thero are worl d :,
aud Welcome everywhere, for 1t 10 the
Fsther's house, In which there are many
mansions! U, Lord God Of the Seven
Stars aud Orion, how can endure th .
transport, tho ecstasy OF such q vision
must obey my T. xt and seek Him. 1
will saek Hin. seek Him now, for
Gull TO mind that IL is not tho material
universe that Is most valuable, bnt the
spiritual, and thst each OF us has a
soul worth more than all the worlds
which tho inspired hertsman ssw
from his booth ON tho hills OF Tekos
had stHdied IL before, but tho ca he
1rsl OF Cologne, Germany, mover i'm
press, d mo as IL did this summer. II
is admittedly the grsndest uothit
structure N ths world, its fouhra.
tion laid IN 1913, only two
or three years sgo cOtlple,ea. Nor,
than coo years In building. AL Europe
taxed Tor its constructions. Iss ohaps
III the MaHt with precious stons,
enough 10 purchase a Kingdom. Ia
chapel vi ST. Agnes with masterpiece,
Of painting. Ito spire spiipging oil feel
into the hesvenn. Iis stained glass tn,
chorus of all rich o0lors. Statue sncir
cling the pillars sud encircliug all.
srArUKs ABOVE STATUES
autil Acul pture osu 90 no more, bu
ieints aud falls bask against carvet
stalls and down on psvsmsnts owe
whicn tue kings and queens OF tb
eartn have walked 10 coafossion
N ave and ois'es aud transspt aud por
tals combining The splendors OF sun
rIse, lu,er-lsced, inter-,olded, inter
oolumned grandeur. AZ I stood OUT
ado looking NJ tho double range o
H. Ing butlTesses aud the iorost OF pin
nacies, higher and higher aud higher
until alsioss reeled from 1 xEinoss,
exelaimed: "Greet doxpiosy In ston.
F,ozsn prayer Of many nsti0nsi, Blu
whlli standing there I cav u poo
man enter and put down his pnc!S nu
kneel beside his burden on the hAr
floor Of that catbedr !. Aud tears a
oerp omoliJn cAMo into my eyes "A
| said TO INV self UTbera IN a vo,,l ,vor,