The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-09


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 win not long to return,
now that they stand under the trees of
life that bear twelve manner of fruit.
While I speak an ever Embarrassing
thFong is passing through the gates.
They are going up from Senegambia,
from Patagonia, from Madras, from Hong
Kong.
what" you say. ''do you introduce all
the heather into glory2"
tell You the fact is, that the majority
of the people in those chimes die in infancy
and the infants all go 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, go
straight into the slIies-they die in in
fancy. One hundred and sixty genera
tions have been born since the world was
created, and so estimate that there must
be $4,000, 100000 children in glory. If at a
concert 1000 children sing, your soul is
raptured within you. o, the transport,
when $1,000, 900, 900 little once stand up in
white before the throne OF God, their
chanting drawing out all the stupendous
harmonies of Dusseldorf and Leipsic and
Bostonl 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 yet. Room on the thrones. Room
in the mansions. Room 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 W estern
prairies. Shout it to the Laplander on his
swift sled; halloo it to the Bedouin career
ing across the desert. Newsl news? A
glorious Heaven and twelve gates to get
into it. 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 I 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 viii
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 be
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 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.
A I.,,A
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 1t to with silvery
| cIang. 'Tis done! 1t thunders! The
twelfth gate shut!
Once more, / 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 defsnses before heaven, and the
doors set wide open, with no one to guard
them, all the vicious of earth would go up
hell would go up after awhile; and
heaven, instead of being a world of light,
and joy, and peace, and bIessedness,
would be world of darkness and horror.
So 1 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 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
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 miser
should get in there he would pull up tn a
golden pavement. If a house breaker
should get in there, he would set fire to
the mansion. If a lbeFtine should get in
there, he would whisper his denominations
standing on the white coral of the sea
the sea beach. Only those who are blood
washed and prayer dipped will get
through. o, my brother, if 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 Gomez the crowd of souls up
to the gate and they say:
''Let me in. Let me in. 1 was very use
full on earth. endowed colleges. I built
churches and was famous for my chari-
ties; and having done so many wonderful
49,
my reward"
A voice from within says: ST never knew
you"
Another great crowd comes up and they
try TO get through. They say:
1--WE were highly honorable on earth and
the earth bowed very lowly before US. We
were honored on earth and now we come
to get our honors in Heaven"
And a voice from within says: 81 never
knew you"
Another crowd advances and says:
1--WE were very moral people on earth,
very moral indeed, and we come up TO get
appropr late recognition"
A voice answers: SCI never knew you.D
After awhile 1 see another throng ap.
proach the gate, and one seems to be
spokesman for all the rest, although their
voices ever and anon crys "Amen
Amen 20 This one stands at the gate and
saws: "Let me in. I am a wanderer from
God. deserve to die. have come up to
this place not because deserve it, but be-
cause / have heard that there is a saving
power in the blood of Jesus"
The gate keeper says: "That is the
pass word, Jesus Jesus ? . and they pass
in and they surround the throne, and the
cry il:
Worthy is the lamb that was slain to re.
ceive power, and riches, and wisdom, and
str ength, and honor. and glory, and bless
ing.
o, when Heaven is all done and the