The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-08

wegian; that IL an American" But the
gates that gather the righteous will bring
them in irrespective Of nationality. For
eigners sometimes get homesick. Some
of the tenderest and most pathetic stories
have been told Of those who left their
native cline and longed for it until they
died. But the Swiss, coming to the high
residence of Heaven, will not long any
more for the Alps, standing in the eternal
hills. The Russian will not long any more
for the luxuriant harvest-ields be left,
now that he hears the hum and the rustic
OF the harvests Of everlasting light. The
royal ones from earth will not long to go
back again to the earthly court, now that
they stand in the palaces of the sun.
Those who once lived amid the groves Of
spice and oranges will not long to return,
now that they stand under the trees of
life that bear twelve manner OF fruit.
While l speak an ever-increasing
throng is passing through the gates.
They are going up from Senegambia,
from Patagonia, from Madras, from Hong
Kong.
WHAT" you say, ado you introduce all
the heather into glory?"
| tell you the fact is, that the majority
of the people in those chimes die in infancy
and the infants all 20 straight into eternal
life, and so the vast majority of those
who die in China and India, the vast ma
jority of those who die in Africa, 90
straight into the skies-they die in in.
fancy. One hundred and sixty genera
tons have been born since the world was
created, and so | estimate that there must
be Is, OO0, OOO, 900 children in glory. If at
concert 1900 children sing, your soul is
raptured within you. o, the transport,
when - 900 900 900 little ones stand up in
white before the throne of Col, their
chanting drawing out all the stupendous
harmouies of Dusseldorf and Leipsic and
Boston Pour in through the twelve gates,
o we redeemed, banner lifted, rank after
rank, saved battalion after saved battalion,
until all the city of God shall hear the
tramp, tramp. Crowd all the twelve gates.
Room yet. Room on the thrones. Room
in the mansions. Room on the river
bank. Let the trumpet of invitation
be sounded until all earth's mountains
hear the shrill blast and the glens echo it.
Let missionaries tell it in pagoda and
colporteurs sound it across the Western
prairies. Shout it to the Laplander on his
swift sled; halloo it to the Bedoun career
ing across the desert. News, newsE A
glorious Heaven and twelve gates to get
into it. o you thin bloOded nations of
eternal winterl on the north three gates.
Hear it., o you bronzed inhabitants pant
ing under equatorial heats on the south
three gates.
But 1 notice when John saw the gates
they were open-wide open. They will
not always be so. After while Heaven
will have gathered up all its intended
population and the children of God will
have come home. Every crown taken.
Every harp struck. Every throne mounts
ed All the glOries of the universe har-
vested in the great garner. And Heaven
being made up, of course the gates will oe
shut. Austria in, and the first gate shut.
Russia in, and the second gate shut. Italy
in, and the third gate shut. Egypt sn,
and the fourth gate shut. Spain in.
and the fifth gate shut France in,
and the sixth gate shut. England
in, and the seventh gate shut
Norway in, and the eighth gate shut.
Switzerland in, and the ninth gate shut.
Hindostan in, and the tenth gate shut.
Siberia in, and the eleventh gate shut.
All the gates are closed but one. Now,
let America go in, with all the islands of
the sea and all the other nations that have
called ON God. The captives all freed.
The harvests all gathered. The nations
all saved. The flashing splendor of this
last pearl begins to move on its hinges.
Let two mighty angels put their shoulders
to the gate and heave il to with silvery
clang. 'Tis done! II thunders The
twelfth gate shut!
Once more, l want to show you the
gatekeeper. There is one angel at each
one of these gates. You say that is right.
OF course it is. You know that no earthly
palace, or castle. or fortress, would be
safe without a sentry pacing up and
d own by night and by day; and if there
were no defenses before heaven, and the
doors set wide open, with no one to guard
them, all the vicious of earth would go up
after awhile, and all the abandon of
hell would go up after awhile; and
heaven, instead of being a world of light,
and joy, and peace, and blessedness,
would be world of darkness and horror.
So | am glad TO tell you that while these
twelve gates stand open to let great null
titude in, there are twelve angels to keep
some people out. Robespierre can not go
through there, nor Hildebrand, nor Nero,
| nor any of the debauched of earth who
| have not repented of their wickedness. If
| one of these nefarious men VINO deSpised
| God should come to the gate, one of the
keepers would put his hand on his shoulder
| nd ny "a
| is no place in that land for thieves, and
| liars, and whore -mongers, and defraud-
ers, and all those who disgraced their race
and fought against their God. If a miser
| should get in there he would pull up the
| golden pavement. If a house breaker
should get in there, he would set fire to
the mansion. If libertine should get in
there, be would whisper his denominations
standing on the white coral of the sea
the sea beach. Only those who are blood
washed and -lippe1 will gel
through. o, my brother, il you should at
| last come up to one of the gates and try to
get through, and you had not a pass
written by the crushed hand of the Son
| of God, the gate keeper would with one
glance wither you forever.
There will be password at the gate Of
Heaven. Do you know what that pass.
word is? Here comes the crowd of souls up
to the gate and they say:
"Let me in. Let me in. l was very use.
full on earth. l endowed colleges. l built
churches and was famous for my chart
ties; and having done so many wonderful
things for the world. now l come up to gel
my reward"
A voice from within says 81 never knew
you"
| Another great crowd comes up and they
| try to get thromyh They sav.