The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

!, You sat on the door-sfIi- You heard tne po. |, step of the rain on the gsrret.ruoi You vos' 1 yn the rate You rsnsseAed tne essh o-ch' ard for apples. and the neishDoring woods 9 i4s nuts: and every thing arouna sne ,,, ns homestead is Of interest to you. .eE ySs ySsr '. the old homestead of eternity ID my 1, .s souse are many mansions. wht n we talk ,c oi rparsit us we think of Chatsvortn, su" i' park nine miles in ctrcumierenses anu iss
 servatory, that astonisnts me sv ar,rmpSs Q, Chautrey CouovA, a1d Ihorwaiostn; n; Ol s". kings and the Queens who have wainev n ,ss stately balls or ny.ns 9vsI ,he lne a%eiirgplaee of 10 uJycs snd princt s, and Queens are as bo.n ing to the fam iy aaslon that IS AIT, say rs ing our arrIvaL The hand oi tne Lela ~s Ss sd planted the parks. Angles walk tnere, sna sss good of all ages. The pe crest man ID lLe e , z Is lcnare. anu the l5wliest h1n ana she he taruest word he speaks IS an antAeni' @1 sA shortest life an eternity, ~~.~.r |. covering for the wonderfGi noWe.t t,,s =, ,n z ], Ragia hve feet in diameter But our ny oi ,ns valley shall need no shelter from the piast ano M in the open gardens of God snail put Ior % .n -, , fall bloom, and all heaven shall come .p aOos .s ii and it's aroma shall be as though the cheI ubim had swung before the throne thouss ou censers. have not seen tt yet. am ln . lOa - eign land. But my father Is waiting Tor % ne ~ come home. have brothers and sisttrs ~ t~nsIe. In the bible have letters from tnerer teillns me what q fine place it is. It matters not muSn M to me whether am rich or poor, or whether the : world hates me or loves me, or whether Bo " land or by sea fl onl nay lift my eyes al last on the family ns nsion- It Is not frai house; built in d month. soon 10 crumD Dle put an olu mansion which Is as firm as the day ~ Nts built lis walls are grown with the ivy of many ages, and the urns at the gateway are a-bloom with the century plants o' essFa.ss, .s The Queen of Sheba ha tn walked us nais. anu Esther and Marie Antoinette, and Lady Hunt, fngton and Cecil, and Jeremy Tayiori anu Samuel Rutherford, and John Milton. ana .ns widow who gave two mites, and the poor men from the hospital-these last two perhaps out shining ali the Kings and Queens or eternlty.
 A farily mansion means reunlon, mon, some ef y9gr yss ismiies ss.drss are marries T and went of to St Louis, or Chicago, or Charleston: but perhaps once year you come togethsr at the old place How you "sss ,as, up s (F'aiher nd mother do not play on H. HOW you bring out the old relies and rummage the eaTret, and open old scrap DOCKS, arg shoas ~ ' and lau gh and cry. and talk over old umes, and aIthot gh you may be forty-nye years oI age. act as though you were .ixteeni fet soon it is goodbye al the car-window, and gooa- oys al the stt amf oat harf But how VIII we aes at the reunion in the old family manslon oi hfavenl It is good while since you partt " the door of the grave. There VIII DC Graees anu Mary and Martha and Charlie, and Lizzie, ana all IT. darlfncs of your hOusehold-not pale, ana sick, and gasping for breath, as when you say them last, but their eyes bright with me iustre of heaven. and their cheek ros.ate -l 1le flush of celestial summer.
 What elasping Of handsi What emoracingsl What coming together Of lip to lip What tears of ioyl You say: I thought there ere ,h were nitle ne says that: God shall wipe them away; ana if there were no tears there, how could he wipe them away They ca a-not be tears oi grlei of tears of appointment They must be tears of gladness Christ will come and say: Wnatl child of heaven, is it too much Tor theef Dosi thou break down under the gladness Of this re. union2 Then will help thee. And, with his one arm around US and the other arm around our loved one, he shall hold US np in the eternal jubilee.
 While speak some of you, with broken hearts, ca hardly hold your peace. You feel as 1T you v< i'd sneak out and say. 70 blessed day speed on. Toward thee l press with olistered teet over the desert way. My eyes fatl Tor thelr weeping. faint from listening for feet that VIII not come and the sound Of voices that will not speak. Speed on, o day Of reunion! And then, Lord Jesus, be not angry with me after l have just once kissed thy blessed feet, l turn around to ga ther up the long lost treasures Of my heart o be not angry with me. One look at thee were heaven. But all these reunions are heaven en' circling heaven, heaven overlapping heaven, heaven commingling with heayen9
 1 was at Mount Vernon. and went into the dining-room in which our first President enter tained the prominent men of this and other lands IL was very interesting spot But on. the banQue ting-hall of the mansion or which speak Spread the table, spread il wide; for a great multitude are to sit a' 1t. From the Tree by the River gather the twelve manner Of fruits Tor that taoie Take the clusters from the heavenly vineyards and press them into the golden tankards for that table. On baskets carry IL The Bread ol which, if man eat he shall never hunger. Take all the shot tort nags of earthly conquest, and entwine them among the arches Let David come with his harp, and Gaortel with his trumpet and Miriam with the timbrel: for the prodiFais are at home. and the captiFes are Tree and the Father hath invited the mighty oi heaven and the redeemed of earth to come and diRei