The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-12

mortal history-the first kiss Of Heavenl
Jesus and the soul The soul and Je,u..
But nov into that reception room pour
the glorious kinsfolk. Enough OF earthly
retention TO lot you know them, but with
out their wounds or their sickness or their
troubles See what Heaven has done for
them. So radiant. so 81. eful, SO trans
portinGiy lovely. They call you by name.
They greet you with an ardor pro- or
toned to the anguish Of your parting and
the leneth Of 0ur separation. Father
Mother! There is your child. Sister!
Brothers! Friends! ! wish you joy. For
years apart. together again in the recsp-
\ ti0n room OF the old homestead. You see
they will know " are Coming. There
are 20 many immOrtals FL ing all the
spaces between here and Heaven that
news like that fies like lightning. They
will DO there in an instant; though they
were in some other world on errand from
God . signal would be thrown that would
fetch them. Though you might at first
feel dazed and overawed ut their super.
natural splendor. sll that feeling will be
gone at their first touch Of heavenly
salutation and you will say: %. nv lost
boy" %. my lost companion" %, my
lost friend, are We here toesther:"
What scenes have been witnessed in
that reception room Of the old homestead
There met Joseph and Jacob. finding it a
brighter room han any thing they law IN
Pharoah's palace; David and the little
child for whom he once tasted and wept;
Mary and Lazarus after the heaFtbreak OF
Bethany; Timothy and Grandmoth.r Lois;
lsabs Il Graham and her sailor son, Al.
fred and George Goodman. the mystery Of
the sea at last made manifest; Luther and
MagdaIena. the daughter hs bemoaned:
John Howard and the prisoners whom he
gospslized; and multitu les without num-
Dor who, once 80 weary and sad. parted
on earth. but 9loriou ~ met in Heaven.
Among all the rooms OF that house there
10 NO ono that moro enraptures my soul
than that reception room. I'm my Fa-
theirs house there are many rooms"
Another room in cur Fathers house 10
the throne room. We belong to the royal
family. The blood Of King Je US q Tvs in
our veins, 90 we have . right TO enter the
tarone room. 1t 10 NJ easy thing on earth
to get through oven the outside door Of .
kings residence During the F. anco.Ger.
man wal one eventide in the summer OF
1870. ! stood studying The exqu site sculpt.
uring Of the gats Of The Tuiieries. Paris.
Lost in admiration Of the wonderful art Of
that gate I know not that I Vas exciting
suspicion. Lowering my eyes TO the
crowds Of people l found myself being
closely inspected BY governmental on
call, who from my comDlexion judged me
to be . German, and that from some bel.
ligerent purpose I might be examining
tho gates Of The palace. My explanation
in worry poor Preach did not safi f. them
and they followed me long distances and
wero not satisfied until my landlord told
them that I was only an inofYensivc Amer.
lean. Tho gates OF earthly palaces are
closely guarded. and. if 80, how much
more severely the throne room
A darling place it 10 for mir.
rors ard all costly art No one who ever
saw the throne room of the first and the
only Napolean will ever forget the letter
N embroidered in purple and gold upon
the upholstery Of chair and window. the
letter N gilded On the wall, the letter N
chased on the chsl:ce., the letter N flaming
from the ceiling. What . conflsgration of
brilliancs the throne room Of Charles Inn.
manual. Of Sardinia; Of Ferdinand, o;
spain; Of Elizabeth, OF Eng and; Of Boni-
face Of Italy. But the throne room Of our
osnS4 = AVuoV ootD = 8AOSy SCsbRSIuK I'll
the throne rooms that ever saw scepter
wave or crown glitter. or foreign ambas-
sador bow. for our Father's throne is
throne Of justice, . throne of universal
dominion. We need not stand shiverirg
and covering Def re it for our Father says
We may yet one day como up and sit on it
beside HIM. To him that overcometh
Spsv1 ~.~. 80 -:e - 3 L---- %
You see We are princes and p: incesses.
Perhaps now We move about inco2nito. as
Peter the Great in the garb of . ship car.
pointer at Amsterdam, or as Queen 1irzah
IN the dress Of . peasant woman seeking
the prophet for her CHI Ids cure; but it
will be found out after awhile who we are
when we got into The III one room.
Aye! We need not wait until then. We
may by prayer and song Int spiritual up
lift ng this moment enter the throne room. |
0 King. live forever! We touch the for.
giving scepter and pr0strate ourselves at
Toy feet! The crowns of the royal fami. |
lies of this world are tossed about from |
generation to gen"ration n from family
to fsmily. There are children four years
old in Berlin who have sesn the crown on
three Emperors. But whenever the coro.
u0tS Oh tuiS WOTtu IAS0 OF I01l, t0ey are |
to meet in one place. And l look |
AMI see them coming from north and south
and east and west, the Spanish CROWN. the
crown, the English crown the
Turkish crown, the Russian crown, the
Persian crown. aye, all the crown, from
under the great archivolt Of Heaven; and
while 1 watch and wonder they are all
flung in rain of diamonds around the
feet.
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journey run,
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till sun shall rise and set no more.
o that thron room Of Christ! I'm my
house are man rooms"
Another room in our Fathers house is
the music room. st John AMI other Bible
talk 80 much about tho music Of
Heaven that there must be music there.
perhaps not such as was on earth
thrummed from trembling string Dr.
BY touch OF ivory key. but IL not
that then something better. There are so
many Christian harpists and Christian
and Christian o'ganists and
Christian choiristers and Christian hymn.
that have gone up from earth
there must be for them some place Of o.
pecial delectaiion. Shall W have music
in this world Of discords and no music in