The Washington bee., 1888-05-05
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= Mrs: R. N. Johnston, late of
Syracuse. N. Y, presented Rev.
s. Geriah Lamkins with a very
neat Parallel Bible last week for
his pulpit, and requested him to
preach last, Sunday at IL o'clock
a.. M, from Rev. 22nd Chap. LIST
and End verse. "And He Showed
me a pure river OF water of life
clear as crystal proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb.
In the midst of. the street of it
and On either side of the river
was there the tree of life which
bare twelve manner Of fruit every
mouth, and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the Ma
tion."
The following is synopsis of
the sermon delivered without
notes:
To increase the faith, comfort
the heart and confirm the hope of
a blissful immortality, the Apostle
John the beloved disciple while in
the spirit on the Lords Day, was
permitted the peculiar privilege
of looking through the Golden
Gates of the new Jerusalem into
the paradise of God. There. 10
tells us he saw in the midst OF
seven golden, candle-sticks, one
like unto the son of man clothed
with garment down to the foot
and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle. His head and
his hair were white like wool, as
white ais snow and his eyes were
as fame of fire and his feet like
fine brass, as if they burned in
furnace, and his voice as the sound
of many waters, and he had in
his right hand seven stars, and
out of his mouth went a sharp
two edged sword, and his coun-
tenance was as the Sun shineth in
his strength, and when l saw him
saith the Apostle, i fell at his feet
as dead and he laid his right hand
on me saying, s'fear. not l am he
that liyeth and was dead and be-
hold L am alive forever more, and
have the KEYS Of death, and of hell,
and as the Apostle stood in eestacy
gazing with admiration through
the telescope of faith, upon the
sublime wonders of the Glory
Land. truly he could sing with
the poet "There is a land that
is fairer than day and by faith
can see it afar, and the Father
waits over the way to prepare us
a resting place there"
He heard voice speaking as with
a trumpet which said come up
heather and I will show thee
things which must be hereafter
and [ imagined as quick as thought
swiftery than Tightening, he was
landed upon the immortal shore of
bright glory. Then he tells us
he looked and behold a throne
was set in Heaven and one set On
the throne, aud he that set was to
look upon like a Jasper and a
sardine stone, and round about
the throne were four and
twenty seats aud upon the seats
were four and twenty Elders sit.
ting clothed in white garments
with crowns of gold on their heads
and as the four beasts that were
about the throne said, tHoly,
Holy, Holy Lord God .Almighty y
| which was andswhich is. and.whieh
is to. come," the four and twenty
elders joined in the chorus anu
| shouted 's.werthy thou art tsworthy
| O7Lord to receive glory and honor
and praise for thou hath created al
things, and for the pleasure Thy
are and, were created" ."a.nurf.I
After the Apostle had listened
to the touching c:y of the faithfd
! souls under the Alter, who had
been slain for the word Of Got
and the testimony of the Lore
Jesus Christ, reviewed the hundred
and forty and four thousand tina
stood with the Lamb on Mt. Zion
and saw the other great numbe
that no man. could number, of al
Nations, kindred = tongues aud
people who had come up from th,
east, and west, north, and south
who had washed their robes ant
made them white in the blood Of
the Lamb, and after he, had seel
many other things of beauty re
corded in this blessed book o
which time will not allow mi,