Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-31

sns. 1 Nv .rfes ihat never wither, the walls
mai never san be captured. the sun wa. M S;Sa
sets until we can 70 .ongei SAT fo a no, seem
nor ear heard neither Fave eh,e[e a hn,b pre
heart of man, the things which YOU na ma ,ides
pared for them tnat love nun AZ IA Mold fast
~ Glory rise we have to retree.. ana np" .aSs
,asI we be swept of and drowned IN Tue eno my,
lions OF gladness, and thanKssNi"s' ~"u
triumph. go, ,,,;,,. ,ronertva ia
oousidered an honor to marry into iam,Iy
where there is great wealth.. IN nso,a ~, lie
bridegroom of earth apd heaven, " he
hcart and his hand, saying IN ihe mo.uo W n1
Eanticles; Rise up, my love. my ialI one anu
come away" and once having pu ,, on 'nH many
Inc siCnei ring Of his love. you VIII nt e',uoM.u
with All the wealth OF earth, ana all inc hohors
Almost every family looks back 10 nome
s,ead-some country place where you E't" w.
You sat on the door,sii lou nf"' Won swung
on The gate You ransached the oarh. a1u
waded into the brook. You thresheu VIC Sn.
ard for apples, ana me he'snu u'',nt The old
nuts: and every Thing around tne o
homestead is OF intcrtst In you. tel you y,
the old homestead of eternity IN my ,am ~
huuse are many mansions. mn md its
mansions we think Of ChatsWorth' anu 10
mark nine miles in circumference, ana us WI
servatory, that astonshes the "orIu, I've s s",
lcries OF art, that CONTAIN lhe ,u ~ tho
Chantrey Conovu. and Ihorwnldseh; OF ny
Kings and the Queens who nave Waiheu no
stately halls or, flying over the heather, na.e
hunted the grouse But all the dwellhs pia. ,h
of d uliss, ana Princes, and queens are Us hotn'
ing to the family mansion that Is already await
ing our arrival The hand OF the Loru o.suS
lifted the pillars. and swung the ooors, ah ~
planted the parks Angles walk there, ana the
good of all ages The poorest man In the mousse
Is millionaire, and the lowliest King anu !he
tamest word he speaks Is an ahtheH aho Tue
II took a paxton to build for Chatsworth a
covering for the wonderful flower, Nlctora
Regia, hyc feet in diameter. But our lily OF ING
oil am a
in the open gardens of God shall put forth ith
full bloom, and all heaven shall come 10 look ~
it, and its aroma shall be as though the cner.
ubm had swung before the throne thousand
censers have not seen II yet. am In for.
eign land. But my father Is waiting for me -
come home have brothers and sisters there.
In the bible have letters from there, teiline
me what fine place 1t is. II matters not much
to me whether am rich or poor, or whether the
world hates me or loves me, or whether go oy
land or by sea II onl may lift my eyes al Ast on
the family mansion. 1t is not frail house,
built in q month, soon to crumble, but an ola
mansion which is as firm as the day IT was
built. Its walls are grown with the ivy OF
many ages, and the urns at the gateway are
o bloom with the century plants OF eternlty:
The Queen Of Sheba hath walked its halls; ana
Esther and Marie Antoinette and Lady HUNT,
Samuel Rutherford, and John Milton, and the
widow who gave two mites and the poor men
from the hosptal-these las. two perhaps out
Some OF your families are very much
scattered The children nMis ma ahisaso a@ or
Charleston: but perhaps once year you come
together at the old place. How you wake up
the old piano that has been silent for years
Father and mother do not play it, How
garrett, and open old serap.books, and shout,
and laugh, and cry, and talk over old times,
and You may Se
il is goodbye ut the car-window. and good bye
at the steamboat wharf But how Will we act
at the reunion in the old family mansion o!
the door of the grave. There will be Grace, and
Mary. and Martha. and Charlie. and Lizzie. and
all the darlngs OF your household-not pale and
sick, and gasping for breath, as when you saw
them last, but their eyes bright with the lustte
of heaven, and their cheek roSeate with the
flush of celestial summer
What claSping OF hands, What cmbracingS.
What coming together OF lip to lip, What tears
OF joy! You say: ~ thought there were no
tears in heaven There must be. for the bible
says that; God shall wipe them away" and
| il there were no tears there how could he wipe
| them away: They cannot be tears OF grief OF
tears OF disappointment. They must be tears
| of gladness. Christ will come and say: What!
child Of heaven, is it too much for thee? Dos'
| thou break down under the gladness of this re
unions Then will help thee" And. with hi,
our loved one, he shall hold US up in the eternal
/ jubilee.
While speak some of you, with broken hearts
( can ndFuly your pciCt ou lecI rs II Not
would speak out aud say: 20 blessed day speed
| on. Toward thee l press with b!istered fee
| over the desert way. My eyes fail for thei1
weeping. faint from listening for feet that viii
/ not come. and the sound OF voices that will no
speak. Speed on. o day OF reunion. And then
/ Lord Jesus be not angry with me after hav'
just once kissed thy blessed feet, turn arount
| TO gather up the longlost treasures OF my heart
| o. be not angry with me One look at thee wer
| heaven. But all these reunions are heaven en-
! circling heaven. heaven overlapping heaven
heaven commingling with heaven!"
| was NJ Mount Vernon, and went into tn
dining-rocm in which our first President enter
tanned the prominent men OF this and othe
lands 1t was very interesting spot. But oh
the banqueting-ha hall OF the mansion Of which
speak Spread the table, spread 1t wide
for o great multitude are to sit q
| IL. From the Tree by the River gathe
the twelve manner OF fruits for that table
Take the clusters from the heavenly vineyard
and press them into the golden tankArds 70
that table. On baskets carry in the Bread Q
which, il man eat he shall never hunger TAX
all The shottorn flags of earthly conquest, an
entwinc them among the arches Let Dari
come with his harp and Gabriel with hi
trumpet, and Miriam with The timbrcl; for III
prOdigals are at home. and the captives are free
and the Father hath invited the mighty {
heaven and the redeemed Of Garth 10 come an
dine