The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-12

step Of the rain on the earrcs.root lou'swuip
on The gate. You rAnsackcd tho barn. ~
ard for apples. ana The neiehboring woods %.
nuts; aud every thing around The Ola
homestead Is OF interest 10 You. 1 tell You o.
house are many mansions when we talk
mansions. we think OF Canteworth, ana "
park, nine miles IN circumference, ana ~ con
seryAtory that nstonishCs tho world: iis gal
leries OF art. that contain tho triumpns q
Chnntrcy. Conova. and Ihorwalosen; OF ~
KINGS aud the Queens who have walked -
stately halls. or. lying over the heather, hAN'
hunted the grouse. but all the dwelling place
Of ID ukts. and Princes. and Queens are as moth
ing % The family man1 sed iAs, ,h airfsay aw
lifted the pillars. and swung the doors, am
planted the parks. Angles walk there, and thu
Il millionaire. and the lowiiesI a King and The
tamcst word he speaks Is an anthem. and the
shortest life an eternity.
IL took Paxton 20 build for Chntsworth a
covering for the wonderful flower. Nictora
kegia, i've feet In diameter. but our lily OF tnt
valley shall need no shelter from the blast, anc
Ia the open gardens OF God shall put forth IL
fun bloom. and all heaven shall come TO look At
H. and its aroma shall be as though the cher
uhim had swung before the throne q thousan
ccnHers. have not seen IL yet am In fur
eign land Hut my father is waiting for me 4
come home. have brothers and sisters there
Ia The bible have letters from there. tellin
me what fine place a ia II matters not mnel
TO me whether am rich or poor, or whether ths
world hates me or loves me, or whether 30 Is
lana or oy seaifo may lift my eyes az last o.
the family mansion, IL Is not frau house
built in "a month, soon 20 cruInblc, but an ole
mansion which Is as firm as the day y was
built Its walls are grown with the ivy 81
many ages, ana the urns al the gateway art
n-bloom with the century plants ~ eternity
The Queen OF Sheba hath walked lis hills, ant
Esther and Marie Antoinettc, and Lady Hunt
ington and Cecil, and Jeremy Taylor, and
Samuel Rutherford, aud John Milton, and the
widow who gave two mites, and the poor men
from the hosplial-theSc last two perhaps out
shining all the Kings and Queens Of eternity.
a family mansion means reunion
some OF your families arc very much
scattered. Tho children married, ana
went OF 90 ST. Louis, or Chicago, or
Charleston; but perhaps once year you come
togeth9r al the old place How you wake up
The old piano that has been silent for years
tfather and mother do not play ON ~ How
you bring out the old relies, and rummngc The
garrett and open old serap.books, and shout,
ana laugh, ana cry, ard talk over old times,
ana, although you may be forty-hve years Of
age, act as though you were sixi1eni Yet soon
az The steamboat wharf But how Will We act
~ the reunion in the old family mansion Of
heaven IL Il good while since you parted al
the door OF the grave. There will be Grace and
Mary. aud Martha. and Charlie, and Lizzie, and
all the 0arlinCs Of your household not pale, n2d
sick, and gasping for breath, as when you saw
them last but their eyes bright with The lustrc
o. heaven, and their cheek roscate with the
hush OF celestial summer.
What clasping OF haudsl What cmbracings'
what coming together OF lip 10 iip What tears
OF joy You say II thought there were no
tears IN heaven There must be- for the bible
says that: God shall wipe them away" and
II there wore no tears there, how could he wipe
thom away lhoy cannot be tears OF gricf or
tears OF disappointment They must be tears
OF gladness. Christ viii come and say. what
child OF heaven, Is IL too much for thecf Dost
thou break down under the Rladness OF this re-.
unionf Then 1 viii help thee" And. with his
one arm around Us and the other arm around
our loved one, he shall hold Is up In the eternal
jubilee.
While speak some OF you, with broken hearts.
can hardly hold your peace. You feel as " you
would speak out and say. 20 blessed day speed
on. Toward thee press with blistcrcd feet
over the desert way MY eyes fail for their
weeping. faint from listening for feet that viii
not come. and the sound Of voices that viii not
speak Speed on, . day OF rcunioni And then,
Lord Jesus, be not angry with me after l have
just once kissed thy blessed feet. turn around
10 gather 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 communicating with hcaycn'
was at Mount Vernon and went into the
dining room In which our first President enter.
tanned the prominent men OF this aud other
| lands. 10 was very interesting spot But oh,
| the hnnqucting-hal Of the mansion OF which
speak Spread the table, spread IL wide;
| FOR a great multitude arc 20 sit at
g. From the Tree by tho River gather
tho twelve manner ~ fruits for that table.
Take the clusters from the heavenly vineyards
aud press them into the golden tanllards FOR
that table. On baskets carry IN tho bread OF
which, u man eat ne shall never hunger. Take
all The shot.tofn flags Of earthly conquest, and
cntwine them among the arches Let David
come with his harp and Gabriel with his
trumpet ana Miriam with the timbrcl; for the
prodipals are at homo. and the captyes are free,
heaven ana tho redeemed OF earth TO come and
dine