Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-02

tho Lord Iovc;i 40 chnstcncth." "well,"
says somc one, ~ would rather have q
little lc-S In heaven and n little more
here. Discount my heavenly robc 10 per
cent anil lot mo now put Il on, fur
lined evcrcoat; put mo hi less gor.
gcous room Of tho house Of many mansions
and let mo have house hero In a
better ncighborhood." No, no; God Ii not
going TO rob heaven, which Is 20 bc your res
i,lcncc for nino hundred quadrillion Of years,
to tx up your earthly abode which you will
occupy at most for less than q century, and
where you may perhaps stay only ten years
longer, or only ono year, or perhaps q month
moro. Now you had better chccrfully lot
God have Ills way, for. you see. IIc hns been
taking care Of folks for near seven thousand
years aud knows how 10 do II and can SEQ
what Is hest for you better than you can
yourself. Don't think you aro too insig-
niflcant to IN divinely carel for. II was said
that Diana, I'll" goddess, could not DO present
TO keep her temple at Ephcstis from burning
BECAUSE she was attending upon tho birth Of
him who was TO 10 Alexander the Great.
But tell you that your God and my Gotpis
% great In small things rs well us large things
that he could attend the cradle Of babe mud
ut tho saino time tho burning Of world
And God will mako Il all right with you.
anil there ~ ono song thnt you will sing every
hour Of your first ten years In heaven, and
tho refrain Of TINT song will bc, II am 80
glad God did not let mo have IL my own
way" Your rnsc will bc all fixed up In
heaven, and there will bc such reversal Of
conditions that VIC can hardly :lni each other
for sonic time Some Of US who havc lived
in first rate houses hero and in first rate
nci;.l,l,orhools will bc found. because II our
luEcwnrmness Of earthly service. living on
ono of tho hack streets Of tho celestial city,
and clear down ut tho end OF Il ut no. sos
or 800 or iiOj. whilc somc who had unnttrnct-
Two earthly abodcs, nnd cranpcd ono ut
that, WILL In tho heavenly city, DO IN u house
fronting; the Royal plaza right by the impc-
rial fountain, or on tho Heights overlooking
tho River Of Life. the chariots Of salvation
battling nt your door while thosc visit you
who arc moro than conqucrors. and those
who arc kings and qucrns unto God forever.
You. my brother, ard you. my sister, who
havo IL No hard hcrc will have 1t 20
enc md grand there that you will hardly
know yourself, and will feel disposed TO dis
rutc your own identity, aud the first tirnc
sec you there will cry ont: Didn't | tell
you 80 when you sat down there In the
Brooklyn Tabernacle aud looked liner clulous
bccausc you thought II ton good TO he trucf
And you will answer: you were right; the
half was not told mel" So this morning
open your dark saying Of dependency and
complaint on my gospel harp and give you
just one lar Of music, for do not pretend
TO DO much Of player. Tho Lamb which
Is IL the midst az the throne shall lead them
TO living fountains 81 water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
But must confess ! am little pcrplc=cd
how some Of you good Christians nrc going
10 get through the gate, because there will he
SO many there TO greet you, and they will all
want TO shake hands at once. and viii all
want the first kiss. They wilo have heard
that you are coming. and they will all press
around To welcome you and will want you 10
say whether you know them after hcins 40
long parted.
THE THINGS BEYOND orr COMPREHENSION
SHOULD lie ADJoCHNED.
Aiail that tuS>lc and roinp Of reunion,
tell you Whose hand Of welcome you hal
better first clasp and whose cheek is entitled
to the first Kiss. II il the hand an. the check
" him without whom you would never have
got ;hcrc nj all. the Lord Jesus, tho darling
Of tho skies, ~ Ito cries out: Il have loved
thco with an everlasting love. and the fires
could not burn II nnd the floods could not
drown it," Then you. my dear people. hav
ing no moro uSc for my poor harp on which
uscd TO open your dark sayings and whose
chords sometimes snapped, despoilns the
symphony, you will take down your own
harps from the willows that grow by tho
eternal water courses and play together thosc
celestial airs. some of the names II which arc
entitled Tho King In Ills Beauty" Tho
Land That Was Far or" Jerusalem, the
Golden" "liorc Again, The Grand March
Of God" 1.-THE Life Everlasting" And as
tho last dark curtain Of mystery Is forever
lifted. It will be as though all tho ora,orios
that were ever heard hal BEEN rolled into
one AMI Israel In Egypt" and "Jcphiha's
Daughter" and Bceihovc3's Overture in G"
AMI i,ittcr's first sonata In ID minor and tho
"Crcation" and the Messiah had lss.n
blown from the lips OF one trumpet or h-'n
invoked by the sweep NJ one bow or hal
dropped from the vibrating chords Of or,
harp. Z
But her must Slow up lest In trying 10
solve my ris add 40 the mystery that we
have y ally wondered at. namely. why
preach should keep on after all the hear
crs aret 'eli So gather up into one great
af1nfnl all the why's and hows aud where
forcs Of your life and mine. which We have
not had time or the ability 10 answer, and
write on them the words adjourned To
eternity" rejoice ihat We do not under.
stand all things now, for II we did wha,
would We learn IN hcavcni II W. knew il all
down here in the freshman and sophomore
class, what would h. the usr Of our going up
Ia stand anil the juniors and the seniorSi II
We cIuld put down one leg OF the compass
AMI with the other sweep n circle clear around
all thu inscrutahl,~ II we could lift our little
steclynr,is AMI weigh the throne IL tho
Omnpotcnt, II VIZ could with our seven day
clOck measure eternity, what would hc lcft
for heavenly rcvclationl 80 move that We
ch~rtully adjourn what h. now beyond our
comprehension. AMI ~ according To Rollin.
the historian. Alexander tho Great, having
obtained the gold caskct IN which Darius
had kept his rare perfume. uSsSl That aromatic
caskci thereafter. to keep his favori,c copy ~
Homer IN anil called the book. therefore,
the ''eiiton ~ the caSkct," AMI ut night he
put the caskct and his sword under his pill.
low. - ] put this day into the IsrfIImed
cassct 81 your richest affections AMI hoJsrs
this promise. worth more than anything
Homer ever wrote ar sword ever conquered:
"Whut do thou know,st not now, but thou
shalt know hcraftcr:" nnd that I call the
''oslition celestial"