The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10

wish Won ioy J For years auart. together
again In the reception room of the old home
stead. You see thew win know Won are com.
ing. There are an MANY immortaIs f,llino
all the spaces bet,veen here and Heaven m A.
news like that fiies like liohtninv
They win be there IN an instant:
though thew were IN some other world on
an errand from God n siuflal wonld he
thrown that wouId fetch than Tbovob
YOU might at first feel dazed and overawed
at their supernal splendor ali that feeling
will be gone AZ their f,rst toncb NJ beavenIv
salutation, and we will saw; 90 INV loaf
boyr, 40 INV lost comnanion y, 90 nv lost
friend, are we here topetherW What scenes
have beon witnessed In that reception room
of the old homestead There met Joseph
and Jacob. finding Il brighter room than
any thing they saw in Pharaoh's palace: /:
David and the little child for whom he once
tasted and wept; Mary and lazarus after
the heartbreak of Bethany; Timothy and
grandmother Lois; Isabella Graham and her
sailor son, Alfred and George Goodman. the
mystery OF the sea at last made manifest:
Luther and Magdalene the daughter he he
moaned; John Howard and the prisoners
whom he gospelized; and multitudes with.
out number who, once SO weary and SO sad.
parted on earth but gloriously met in Heay.
en-. Among all the rooms Of that house
there Is no one that more enraptures nv
soul than that reception room, an my
Fathers house are many rooms.n
Another room IN nm, Father,s house "a the
throne room We belono N The rovaI fari-
ly The blood Of King Je.n. aotys IN our
veins. so we have a right enter tbe throno
room. IL Ia no easv tbIny on ea,th to cot
through even the outaide door M a Lir9,a
residence During the France. GERMAN yv.r
one eventide IN the snmraer ~ 1s7o T stood
.tudvino the eroujsite .cp,ntur,na ~ tho
Rate Of the Tnilleries Pari. Iost n nd
miration Of the wonderful art ~ that cate a.
knew NOT that I WAS exciting suan;c;on
Lowering NV eves IN fine cro,vds ~ reonIo 7
found myself being closely in,pected NV GOV.
ernmental officials, who from INV compler.
ion Judged me to be German. and that for
some bellioerent purpose MIGHT he exar.
inine the gates Of the palace Nv exnla-
rations in very poor French did.not satisfy
them and thew followed me' long distance.
until reached nv hotel. and werenot salts
fed until from nv landlord they found wa,
pr,lv an inofyersive Amer,can Tha ,ata.
al the earthly na,a,,a aro cIosa,,, s,,,o,,doS
and n so how mrSh n,o,e sayaseI,, ,ha
throne room A dazzling n,ace h Il for
mirrors and all COSTLY arh No one who ever
saw the throne room Of the tirst and onIv
Napoleon will ever forget the letter uN;,
embroidered In purule and cold on the nm
holstery of chair and window. the letter
'"Nr Rilded on the wall the letter an,
chased on the chalices, the letter "Nr
flaming from the ceiling What a con-
fiagration of brilliance the throne room OF
Charles Immanual OF Sardinia. Of Ferdi.
nand Of Spain, OF Elizabeth OF England. Of
Boniface OF Italy. But the throne room Of
our Fathers house hath a glory eclIpsin0
all the throne rooms that ever saw scepter
wave or crown glitter or foreign embas.
sador bow, for our Fathers throne 4. n
throne OF grace, throne Of mercy, throne
Of holiness, a throne Of Justice, a throne Of
/ universal dominion. We need not stand
shivering and covering before IL. for our
Father says we may yet one day come up
and sit on IL beside Him. "To him that
overcometh will 1 grant TO sit with me In
my throne.n You see we are princes and
princesses. Perhaps now we move about
incognito, as Peter the Great in the earb Of
ship carpenter at Amsterdam. or as Queen
Tirzah In the dress of a peasant woman
seeking the prophet for her child's cure:
rbut IL will be found out after while who
we are when we eetinto the throne room.
Ayei we need not wait until then. We
NAV by PRAYER ana sonp ana amir
litual uplifting this moment enter the m rome
room. O king. live foreyerl We toucb tho
.forgiyine scepter and prostrate ourselves at
Thy feet The crov.ps M the roval famiIies