The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-07-11


through ell our earthly lifetime, will |
it be, just for one second 10 see him.
The most rapturous idea we ever had |
Of him on Sacramental days or at the |
height OF some great revival or under |
the uplifted baton of an oratorio are a |
of thought compared with |
the first flash of his appearance in that |
reception room. ct that moment when |
you confront each other, Christ look |
ing upon you and you looking upon
Christ, there will be an ecstatic thrill |
and surging Of emotion that beggars all
description. Lookl They need no III
PRODUCTION. Long ago Christ chose
that repentant sinner and that repent
ant sinner chose Christ. Mightiest
moment of an immortal history-the
first kiss Of heavenl Jesus and the
soul The soul and Jesus.
But now into that reception room
pour the glorifed lyinsfolk. Enough
of earthly retention to let you know
them, but without their wounds or
their sicknesses or their troubles. See
what heaven has done for them. So
radiant, 50 gleeful, SO transportingly
lovely. They call you by name. Tley
greet you with an ardor proportioned
to the anguish of your parting and
the length of your separation. Fatherl
Mother There is your child Sisters
Brothersl Friendsl l wish you joy.
For years apart, together again III the
reception room of the old Homestead
You see they will know you are COM
ing. There are SO many immortals
filing all the spaces between here and
heaven that news like that flies like
lightning. They will be there in an
instant; though they were in some
other world on erraud from God a
signal would be thrown that would
fetch them. Though you might at
first feel dazed aud overawed at their
supernal splendor, all that feeling
will be gone at their first touch of
heavenly salutation and we will say:
20 my lost boy" 20 my lost compan-
ion" 20 my lost friend, are we here
together2" What scenes have been
witnessed in that reception room of
the old homestead There met Joseph
and Jacob, finding it brighter room
than anything 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 mani
fest; Luther and Magdalene, the
daughter he bemoancd; John Howard
| and the prisoners whom he gospelized
and multitudes without number who,
once SO weary and SO sad, parted on
earth but gloriously met in heaven.
| Among all the rooms of that house
| there is no one that moro cnraptures
my soul than that reception room.
I'm my Fathers house are many
| rooms
! WE ARE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
! Another room in our Fathers house
is the throne room. We belong to the
royal family The blood of King
Jesus flows in our veins, SO we have 6
| right to enter the throne room. 1t is
no easy thing on earth to get through
even the outside door of a kings resi-
dencc During the : Franco-Germar
war one eventide III the summer Of
1870, l stood studying the exquisite
sculpturing of the gate of the Tuiler
les, Paris. Lost in admiration of The
wonderful art of that gate l knew no
that / was exciting suspicion. Lower
ing my eyes to the crowds of people
found!myself being closely inspected b.
governmental officials, who from m.
complexion judged me to be a Ger
man, and that for some belligeren
purpose I might be examining tn
gates of the palace My explanation
in very poor French did not satisf,
4 them and they followed mo long dis
tances until l reached my hotel ant
were not satisfied until from my land
lord they found that [ was only an in
offensive American. The gates Q
earthly palaces are carefully guarded
and, if so, how much more severel
the throne room A dazzling place
it for mirrors and all costly art N
one who ever saw the throne room G
the first and only Napoleon will eve
forget the letter N embroidered in pun
pie and gold ON the upholstery Q
chair and window, the letter N glide
on the wall, the letter N chased on th
chalices, the letter N flaming from th
ceiling. What a confagration {
brilliance the throne room of Charlie
! Emmanuel of Sardinia, of Ferdinan
! of Spain, of Elizabeth of England, {
Boniface of Italy. But the thron
! room of our Fathers house hath
: glory eclipsing all the throne room
: that ever saw scepter wave or crow
f glitter or foreign ambassador bow, fo
D our Fathers throne is a throne {
1 grace, a throne of mercy, throne {
t holiness, throne of justice, thror
b of universal dominion. We need M
t stand shivering and covering befor
e it, for our Father says we may "
/ one day come up and sit on it besiC
|. him. ITO him that overcometh wi
/ I grant to sit with me in my throne
It You see we are princes and princesse
b Perhaps now we move about incognit
q as Peter the Great in the garb of a shi
4 carpenter at Amsterdam or as Quee
t Tirzah in the dress of a peasant W
!. man seeking the prophet for ht
v child's cure; but it win be found Of
4 after awhile who we are when we e
% into the. throne room. Ayel v
j need not wait until then. V
&c may by prayer and song and spin
~ tual uplifting this moment emit
# the throne room. O king, live fo
= eyerl We touch the forgiving see
"a ter and PROSTATE ourselves at thy fee
~ >. The crowns of the royal families
- this world are tossed about from gel
:. Grafton to generation and from far
6 lily TO family There are children fo,
=. years old in Berlin who have seen Il
,r crown on three emperors. But whe
% ever the coronets of this world ri
!. !. or fall, they are destined to meet
- one place. And l look and see the
coming from north and south al
east and west, the Spanish crown, Il
, Italian crown, the English crow
~ the Turkish crown, the Russian crow
10 the Persian crown, aye, all the crow
10 10 from under the great -archivolt
10 10 heaven; and while l watch and we
70 der they are all flung in rain of d
u. monds around the pierced feet.
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
!, Does his successive journeys run,
" His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
T. Till sun shall rise and set more.