Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-28

statuary; the bronze gSte represents
ton OF INTERVIEWING foliage, bird haunt
ed. until the hand OF architectural genlui
drops exhausted, all rs life frozen int
the stone. Babylon had hundred gates
} SO had Thebes. Gates Of wood and iroi
and stone guarded nearlyyaii the old cit
Lies Motleins have inscribed upon thell
gateways inscriptions rom the Koran oi
the Mohammedau. There have been
great many fine gateways,
but Christ set His hand "a
The work, aud for the
upper city swung gate such as no eye
ever gazed on, untouched OF inscription.
With the nail OF HIS own cross He cut
into it's wonderful treceries stories Of
past suffering and Of gladness 70 come.
There Is no wood or stone or bronze In
that gate, but from top 10 base and FROM
side to width il is all Of pearl. Not one
piece picked up from Ceylon banks, and
another piece from the Persian gulf, and
another from the Island OF Marguerite;
but one solid pearl picked up from the
beach OF everlasting light by heavenly
hands, and hoisted and swung amid the
shouting Of angels. The glories Of ala
baster vase and porphyry pillar fade out
before this gateway II puts out the
spark feldspar and Bohemian diamond
/ You know how one little precious stone
on your finger win fash under the gas
light. Bot, o, the brightness when the
great gate Of heaven swings, struck
through and dripping with
THE LIGHT or ETERNAL MONDAY.
julius Cwsar paid hundred and
twenty-five thousand crowns for one
pearl. The government Of Portugal
boosted Of having pearl larger than
pear. Cleopatra and Pailip III. dazzled
the worlds vision with precious stones.
But gather all these together ana lift
them, aud add TO them ell the wealth Of
the pearl fisheries, and set them In the
panel OF one door, and II does not equsl
this magnificent gateway. An Almighty
hand hewed this, strung this, polished |
this. Ageinst this gateway on the one 1
side dash oil the epleDdors Of earthly |
beauty. Against this gate on the other l
side beat the surges OF eternal glory. O,
the gate the gate IL strikes an Infinite
charm through everyone that passes it.
One step this side OF that gate ana we are
paupers. One step the other side of that
gate and we are kings. The pilgrim Of
earth going through sees In the one huge
pearl all his earthly tears in crystal. o,
gate OF light, gate Of pearl, gate OF
heaven, for our weary souls at last
swing open.
When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls
And poarly gates behold
my hulwarks with salvation strong,
and itrecls Of shining goldF'
o, heaven is not duh place! Heaven
s not a contracted place Heaven is not
stupid place. 81 saw the twelve gates
md they were twelve pearls"
In the second place, I want you to
cunt the number Of those gates. Impe-
ial parks and lordly manors are apt to
ave one expensive gateway and the
.thers arc ordinary; but look around at /
hese entrances to heaven and count !
hem One, two, three, four, five, six, !
even, eight nine, ten, eleven, twelve !
lear 1t, all the earth and all the heavens! /
'Welye gates III
admit this IS rather hard on sharp
ectarlanisms. II Presbyterian is big
ted he brings his Westminster assembly | 4
atechlsm and he makes gateway out Of .
nat, and he says TO the world HYou 20 q
trough there or stay out" II a Meth q
alst Is bigoted he plants Two posts and ii
9 says "Now, you crowd 10 between 4
nose two posts or stay out" Or per- n
APPS an Episcopalian may say "Here Is /,
liturgy out OF which | mean to make a II
ATE go through IL or stay out" Or o
aptist may say "liere Is a water gate v
gu 80 through that or you must stay q
uI' Ana so IN all our churches and In h
lr denominations there are men who n
lake one gate for themselves and then y
emand that the whole world 20 through n
d, | abhor this contractedness in re. Il
glous views. o, small-sOuled man, 81
hen did God give You the contract far =
nklpg gates2 | tell you plainly | win Z,
Ut go in that gate. will 10 in at any one ~
me Twelve gates | choose. Here II
man who says ~ can more easily 81
i'd more closely approach God through +
prayer-book" / say "My brother. n
len use the prayer-book," Here is Il
an who says 81 believe there is only nj
ne mode Of baptism, and that is i'm q
ersion. Then / say: "Let me plunge nj
)u," Anyhow, | say Away with the n,
lte OF rough panel and rotten posts an9 p
listed latch, when there are twelve gates 81
I'd "
THEY ARE TWELVE PEARLS. Al
The fact is that great many OF the Il
lurches In this day are being doctrined aC
death. They have been trying TO find I'll
" all about Gods DEGREES, aud they It
ant TO know who are elected 10 be saved d,
~ who are reprobated TO be damned, al
I'd they are keeping ON discussing that 0
inject When there are millions of souls te
no need to have the truth put straight yc
them, They s'tc0untlng the number Of co
eth in the iawbiile with which Samson "a
ew the philistines. They ait on the
each and see aNessel going to pieces Ia ga
&c olling, and instead OF getting Into a w
llfster ns.rnrr 4rt. 80 ! 4