The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-23


poorest man in that house il million
aire, and the lowliest king, and the
tamest word he speaks is an anthem,
and the shortest life an eternity.
It took Paxton to build for Chats.
worth a covering for the wonderful
flower, Victoria Regia, five feet in d.
ameter. But our Lily Of the Valley
shall need no shelter from the blast and
in the open gardens of God shall put
forth its full bloom, and all heaven
shall come to look at it. and its aroma
shall be as though the cherubim had
swung before the throne thousand
censers have not seen it yet. am
in a foreign land But my Father is
waiting for me to come home. / have
brothers and sisters there. In the BIZ
BILE I have letters from there,
telling me what a fine place 1t
is. 1t matters not much to me wheth-
er I am rich or poor, or whether the
world hates me or loves me, or whether
go by land or by sea, if only may
lift my eyes at last on the family man
sion. 1t is not frail house built in
month, soon to crumble, but an old
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 a-bloom with the century
plants of eternity. The Queen OF Sheba
hath walked its halls, and Esther, and
Marie Antoinette, and Lady Hunting.
don, and Cecil, and Jeremy Taylor, and
Samuel Rutherford, and John Milton,
and the widow who gave two mites,
and the poor men from the hospital
these last two, perhaps, outshining all
the kings and queens of eternity.
A family mansion means reunion
Some of your families are very much
scattered. The children married, and
went off to St Louis, or Chicago, or
Charlestown; but perhaps once a 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 ON it, How you
bring out the old RELICS, and rummage
the garnet and open Odd scrap books,
and shent, and laugh. and cry, and talk
ever old tirrss, and though you may be
forty five yeass Of age, act as Though you
were sixteen! Yet seen 1t is goodbye at
the ear window, and goodbye at the
steamboat wharf. Bat hew will we
sst at the reunion IN the old fam-
lily mansion Of heaven? 1t Is good
while since you parted at the door
of the grave. There will be Gpace, and
Mary. and MartAa, and Charle, and
Lizzie, and all the darlings OF yenr
heusehold-not pale, and sick, aud
sasping for breath, as when yea saw
them last, bat their eye bright with the
luseer Of heaven. and their ehseh
roseaAe with TIE flush OF celestial sum-
MeF.
What elasping Of hands! What em'
beaeings! Whist coming together Of
lip TO lip! What tears OF joy! You say
Il thesaght there were NO tears IN
Heaven." There must be, for the Bible
says that God SHALL wipe them away
and II there were NO tears there, hoss
could He wipe them away? They can
net be tears Of grief or tsass OF disap
peintnent. TREY must be TEARS Of glad
ness. Christ will como and say" What
child OF Heaven, rs it too much for thees
Dost thou break &oUn ansber the glad
ness Of this reWnioa? Then will hell
thee." And, with His one arm aronne
rs and tine ether afm around our loved
: one, He shall hold W. mp in the sternta
jubilee
while I speak sons of yoa witt
: broken hearts can hardly hold YOU
nease. You feel as If yox woald spsal
o#t ana say: 20 blessed day! spss'
Ga. Toward three ] press with bills
.. tered feet over the desert way Ny eye
: fell for their weeping. / faint from lis
tening for feet that will not sons, AM
. the sound Of voices that will not speals
!, Speed on, 0 day Of reunion! Aad tksz
Lord Jesss, be NOT angry with me
after / have past once Kissed III,
blessed feet turn arownd 10 gather n
the loHg-lo lost treasures Of my heart Oh
be not angry VITA me- One look a
0 Thee were heapen. Bat all thsxs ~
uaions are ha0~en eneireiirg he8ven
heaven o~ertopping heaven, hsave
: . eomaingling with heapea!'
was at Mount Vernon, ard wen
. 3Mto the dining room IN which ozr frs
= rrssideat enteesaiHsd the proninen
eteu OF this and othsr lands. It wss
> very interesting spot But oh! the bar
: x~s*ing hall OF the family mansion Q
y II which l speak! Spread the table
;, spread 1t wide, for great ma
sitrae are 10 SIT at it. From tn
Tree by the River gather the twelv
!, uaanner OF fruits for that table. TAX
: the clusters from the heavenly vint
Yards, and press them into the golde
. tenkards for that table. On basket
carry the Bread of which, If man ca
he shall never hunger. Take all sho
torn flags Of earthly conquest and ell
. Irvine them among the arches Ii
). David come with his harp, and Gsbri'
- with his trumpet, and Miriam with tn
!. timbrel; for the prodigals are at HON,
- and the captives are free, and the Fail
er hath invited the mighty of Heave
> and the redeemed Of earth to como an
a. dine.
N The Wrong BOx.
% Stranger from ST. Louis to Elevate
Boy-If this here elevator should brea
|" loose from its fastenings, would we drc
"a into an air-tight box which would sa,
: us?
! Elevator Boy (refectively)-I dunn
= b'leve the undertakers claim as no
most of their cast iron boxes is air-tigh