Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02

you knew what il was to be well, but
there is no perfect health On earth, The
diseases OF past generations came down
TO us. The airs that float now upon the
earth sre not Ike those which hoated
above Paradise. They are charged with
Impurities and distempers. The NEST
elastic and robust health of earth, com
pared with that which those experience
before whom the gates have been
opened, is nothing but sickness
and emacistion. Look ST that soul stand
ing before the throne. On earth she Ws5
O life long invalid. See her step row,
and hear her voice now. Catch, if you
can, one breath of that celestial air.
Health in all the pulSes-heaIth CT vision;
health of spirits; immortal health. No
rEckiDg cough, no sharp pleurisies, no
consuming feyers, no exhsusting pains,
no hospitals OF wounded men. Health
swinging in the air; health flowing in all
the streams; health blooming on the
banks. No head aches, no side aches, no
bsck-aches. That Child that died in the
agonies CT Group, hear her voice now
ringing in the anthem That old man
that went bowed down with
THE INFGRMITIEs OF AGE,
see him walk now with the step of an i'm
mortal athlete-for ever young egsin.
That night when the needle-Womsn
tainted away in the garnet, wave Of the
j heavenly air rssuscitsted her for ever
For everlasting years to have Meth er
ache, nor pain, nor weakness, nor fa-
tigue. "Eye hath not seen it, ear hath
not hesrd IT,"
remark, further, that we can, in this
world, get no Just idea OF the spIendors
OF heaven. John tries to describe them.
He says "the twelve gates are twelve
pearls" apd that s'the foundations of the
wall are gsrnished with ell manner of
precious stones" AS we stand looking
through the telescope of ST. John, We see
blaze CT amethyst, and pearl, and emer-
aid, and sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and
sapphire, 6 mountain of light, cataract
OF color, SEES Of glasa, and q city like the
sun.
john bids US look again, snd.see the
thrones; thrones of the prophets, thrones
Of the patriarchs, thrones Of the angels,
thrones OF the apostles, thrones OF the
martyrs, throne Of Jesus-throne of God.
and we turn round 70 see the glory and
it Is thrones! thrones! thrones!
John bids US look again, ard y e see the
great procession OF the redeemed passing;
Jesus, on the white horse, leads the
march, aud all the armies of hesv5n fol-
lowing on white horses. Infnite cav.l-
cads passing, passing; empires pressing
into line, ages following ages. Dispense
ton tramping On after dispensation.
Glory in the track of glory. Europe,
Asia, Africa, North end South America
pressing into lines. Islsnds of the sea
shoulder 10 shoulder. Generations be-
fore the food following generations after
| the food, and as Jesus rises at the head
OF that great host and waves His sword
in signal OF victory, al crowns are lifted,
and al ensigns slung out, and oil chimes
rung, and all hsllelujahs chsnted, and
some cry, "Glory TO God most high"
and some, "Sosanns to the son Of David"
and some, "WorShy ia the Lamb thst YVES
slain"-si!ls all ordinations Of endehr-
| mems end homage in the vocabulary OF
heaven sre exhausted, and there comes up
surge after surge Of ''Ame2! Amen! and
Amen!"
| eye hath not seen il, ear hath moi
heard it" Skim from the summer wa
tiers the brightest sparkles, aud you Will
get no idea of the sheen of the everlast-
ing ses. Pile up the splendors Of earthly
cities and they would not make step
ping stone by which you might mount tc
the city of God. Every house is a palace
Every step triumph. Every covering o.
the head coronation. Everg meal is s
banquet. Every stroke from the tower Is
wedding-bell. Every day is jubilee
every hour rapture, and every moment
an ecstacy. "Eye hath not seen it, cal
hath not heard it"
| | remark further, we can get no idea On
eartn of the reunions Of heaven. 1t you
have ever been across the seas, and met {
friend, or even ID acquaintance, in som:
strange city, you remember how your
blood thrilled, and how glad you were *
see him. Whist will be our Joy. after W.
have passed the seas Of death, to meet IL
the bright city OF the sun those from
whom we have long been separated
After we have been away from our friends
ten or Rfteec years, and We come upor
them, we see how differently they look
The hair has turned, and wrinkles have
come in their faces, and we ssy, CHOW
you have changedr" But oh, when W,
stand before the throne, all cares gone
from the face, all
| MARKS OF SORROW
disappeared, and feeling the joy OF ths'
! blessed land, methiuks we will say tC
each other, with en- exultstion we canno
now imsgine, "How you have changed"
In this world we only meet to part. 1t j:
good-by, good-by. Farewells floating II
The air. We hear it at the rail car win.
| dow, snd at the steamboat whsrf-good-
by. Children lisp it, and old age answer:
1t. Sometimes we say it in e lighr
way - "good-by;" and sometimes
with anguish in which the
soul breaks down. Good bye! Ahl ths
Is the word that ends the Thanksgiving
banquet; that is the word that comes ir
| In to close the Christmas chant. Good
bye, goodbye. But not so in heaven
Welcomes in the air, welcomes st the
gates, welcomes st the house OF many
mansions-but no goodbye. That group
is constantly being augmented. They
are going up from our circles of earth te
Join little voices to join the snthem-
little hands to take hold in the skeai
home circle-little feet to dance il the
eternal glee-little crowns to be- cast
down before the feet of Jesus Our ff5epas
are in two groups group this side Of
the river, and group on the other side
| Of the river. Now there goes one frog
this to that, and another from this to thsS
and soon we will all be gone over. How
many OF your loved ones have ALREADY en-