The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-13

- va nationality. Fr
eigners sometimes get homesics. g.
of the tenderest aud most pathetic 60
have been told of those who Ief. ~,
native cline and longed for il up,i, J.
died. But the Swiss, coming TO thu -.
residence of Heaven, will not Ion, sE
more for the Alps, standing ia the st..-I,
hills The Russian will not long anv -
for the 1uxuriant harvest-felds n. ~.
now that he hears the hum and the ,,,.s,1
of the harvests of everlasting Ii,b. M
royal ones from earth will not long ia -
back again to the earthly court, now ,h.s
they stand in the palaces of the an.
Those who once lived amid the grove. :.
spice and oranges will not long to returr
now that they stand under the trss. :.
life that bear twelve manner of fruit
While i speak an ever-incra..,..
throng is passing through the ya,..
They are going up from Senegambi.
from Patagonia, from Madras, from Hon,
Kong.
"What!" you say. "do you introducs IN
the heather into gIory?"
1 tell you the fact is, that the maior,..
of the people in those chimes die in inf.pc,
and the infants all go straight into etern.,
life, and so the vast majority of tho.
who die in China and India, the vas, ma.
jority Of those who die in Africa. 81
straight into the skies-they die in n.
fancy. One hundred and sixty genera.
tions have been born since the world "a.
created, and so / estimate that there mnst
be Is ,OO1, 000, 900 children in glory. fiat.
concert 1900 children sing. your son. i.
raptured within you. o, the transport
when Is 900. 600 600 little ones stand nm =
white before he throne of God. thai,
chanting drawing out all the stupenious
harmonies of Dusseldorf and Leipsic and
Boston. Pour in through the twelve gates.
o ye 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 get. 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 shriIl blsst and the glens echo Il.
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 Bedouin career.
ing across the desert. News! news. A
glorious Heaven and twelve gates to get
into it. o you thin-llooded nations Of
eternal winter! OH the north three ga:es.
Hear il, o you bronzed inhahitszls pant.
ing under equatorial heats On shs sou /
three gates.
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they were open-wide open. They viii
not always be SO. After while Heaven
will have gathered up all its intended
population and the children Of God win
have come home. Every crown taken.
Every harp struck. Every throne mount
ed. All the glories Of the universe har.
vested in the great garner. And Heaven
being made up, Of course the gates will b
shut. Austria in, and the first gate shut
Russia in, and the second gate shut Italy
in, and the third gate shut. Egypt IN.
and the fourth gate shut. Spain IN,
and the fifth gate shut France il,
and the sixth gate shut. England
in, and the seventh gate shut
Norway in. and the eighth gate shut
in, and the ninth gats shut.
Hindostan in, and the tenth gate shut
Siberia in. and the eleventh gate shut
All the gates are closed but one. Nov.
let America 60 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 it to with silveFy
clang. 'Tis donel It thunders! The
twelfth gate shut!
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 90
through there, nor Hildebrand, nor Neros
nor any Of the debauched Of earth who
have not repented Of their wickedness- IL
one Of these nefarious men who despised
God should come to the gate, one OF the
keepers would put his hand on his shoulder
and push him into outer darkness. There
d no place in that land for thieves, and
liars, and whore mongers, and defraud.
srs, and all those who disgraced their racs
and fought against their God. II miser
should get In there he would pull up the
golden pavement. II q house-breaker
'hould get in there, he would set fire -
The mansion. II libertine should get in
there, he would whisper his denominations
on the white coral of the SEE
The sea beach. Only those who are blood
washed and prayer dipped win got
through. o, my brother, if you should at
ast come up to one Of the gates and try e
get through, and you had not . pass
written by the crushed hand Of the Son
II God. the gate-keeper would with one
glance wither you forever.
There win be password at the gate OF
Heaven. Do you know what that pass
word is? Here comes the crowd of souls up
10 the gate and they say:
LET me in. Let me in. 1 was very use
'ul on earth. endowed colleges. / built
churches and was famous for my chari-
hes; and having done so many wonderful
Kings for the world, now / come MP to get
ny reward"
A voice from within says: 81 never knew
vou.n
Another great crowd comes up and they
ry to get through. They say:
1--WE were highly honorable on earth and
he earth bowed very lowly before M. We
we're honored on earth and now we coms