The Penn's Grove record., 1891-12-11

and the cattle that pasture then-al ths,e
mountains and the precious things hidden
beneath them, and the crown Of glacier thsy
cast ct the feet Of the Alpine hurricane
these lakes these islanis, these contin snts,
are ourx In the second walk go among ths
street lamps Of heaven, and see stretching
Of ON every side Q wilderness Of worlds. For
us they shine. For Is they san : at a Say.
iours nativity. For US they will wheel into
line and with their flaming torches ali to
the spiendor OF our triumph on the day for
which all other days were made.
In the third walk 60 around the Eternal
City. As we come near it bark to the rush
il chariots and the wedding peal OF its
great towerz The bell Of heaven has struck
twelve. It IL high loon. We look of upon
the chap;ets which never fade, the eyes that
weep the temples that never close, the
loved ones that never part the procession
that never halts, the trees that never w1ther,
the walls hat never can be captured. the
sun that never ssts, until we can no longer
gaia and we hide our eyes n exciaim,
nEye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have eutered into the heart OF man, the
things which God hath prepared for them
that love Him. As these tides Of glory
rise we nave to retreat and hold fast lest We
be swept of and drowned in the emotions Of
giadness and Thanksgiving and triumph.
What think you Of the family property
It Is considered an honor to marry intoa
family where there d great wealth. The
Lord. tn /, bridegroom o Hearth and heaven,
ofers you His heart and His hand, saying
In the words of the Canticles, "Rise up, My
love NY fair one, and come away" and
once having put on thy hand the slgnet ring
OF His love, you will be endowed With all the
wa.lth Of earth and all the onors Of heaven
stead-soms country place where you grew
mp. Yoa NJ on tbs doorsIll. You heard the
footstsp Of the rain on the garrett roof. You
swung On the gate. You ransacked the
barn. You waded into the, brook. Ycu
thrashed the orchard for apples, and the
woods for nuts; and
everything around the old homestead
homssAasd Il eternity. In my Fathers
hon > VI many MANSIONS. When we talk
n mansions we think of Chatsworth and its
,oark, nine miles in circumference, and its
Conservatory that astonishes the world; its
galleries Of art that contains the trimnphs
Of Chantrey, Canova and Thorwaldsen; Of
the kings and the queens who have walked
have hunted the grouse. But all the dwell
ing places Of dukes and princes and queens
are a. nothing to the family mansion that Is
awaiting on our arrival. The hand
Of the Lord Jesus lifted the pillars AMI swung
the doors and planted the parks. Angels
walk there. and the gods OF all ages The
poorest man in that house is a millionaire,
word he speaks In an anthem and the short
est life an eternity.
II took a Paxton 70 build for Chatsworth
q covering for the wonderful flower, Vic
toria Regfa, i've feet In diameter. 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
rnno tn lnaI atk onA ffa am ahan
BE- although the cherubim had swung before
the thronea thousand censers. I have not
seen II yet. lam In q foreign land. But my
Father is waiting for me TO come hons. l
have brothers and sistsrs thera In the
l have letters from there, telling me
what . fine place 1t Is. It matters not much
to me whether I am rich or poor, or whether
! 60 by land or by sea, II only / may lift my
eyes At last on the family mansion.
It h not . frail house, built In a month,
soon to crumble, but an old mansion which
b a. firm - the day 1t was built. Its walls are
grown with the Ivy Of many ages, and the
at the gateway are abloom with tina
century plants Of eternity. The Queen of
Sheba hath walked It's halls, and Esther and
Marie Antoinstte and Lady Huntingdon and
Cecil and Jeremy Taylor int samuel Ruth
erford and John Milton, and the widow who
gave two mites, and the poor men from the
hos~pital-these last two perhaps outshining
all the kings and queens OF eternity.
A family mansion means reunion. Some
Of your families arc very much scattered.
The children married, and went Off to st.
Louis or Chicago o. Charleston; tut psr-
haps once Q year you come together at chs
old place. How you a up the old piano
has besn silent for yearsi Father and
do not play In IT, How you bring
out the old relics, and rummaye Che gar
ret, and open old scrapboo IS, and shout and
laugh and cry and talk over old times, and,
though you may be forty-fve years OF age,
act az though you were sixteeni Yet
soon It b goodbye at the car window. AMI
goodbye at the steamboat wharf. But how
will we act at the reunion In the old family
mansion OF heaven? 1t Is q good while since
you parted at the loo OF the grave. There
will be Grace and Mary and Martha and
Charlie and Lizzie and all the darlings OF
your household-not pale and sick and gasp
Ing for breath, as when you saw them last,
but the eye bright with the luster Of heaven,
and the check rossats with the flush Of coles
ttal summer.
What cIasping Of handsl What EN-
bracingsl What coming together of lip to
iipi What tears OF joyi You say,
thought there were no tears In heaven"
There must be, for the Bible says that Sod
shail wipe them away" and IL there were no
tears there, how could He wipe them away?
They cannot be tears OF grief or tears OF dis
appointment. They must be tears OF glad.
ness. Christ will come ami say: what!
child Of heaven, Il 1t too much for thee!
Dost thou broak down under the gladness OF
this reunionf Then ! will help thee" And,
with His one arm around US n tbs other
arm around our Lowell one. He b hold US
up in the eternal jubilee.
While 1 speax, some OF you, with broken
hearts, can hardly hold your psscs. You
feei asn you would speak out and says "oh,
blessed dayl speed on. Toward thss l press
with blistered feet over the desert way. MY
eyes fall for their weeping. l faint from
listening for feet that viii not come n the
sound OF voices that will not speak. Sp,sd
on, oh, day Of reunioni And then, Lord
Jesus, be not angry with me II after have
just once kissed Thy blessed feet l u
around to gather up the long lost treasures
OF my heart. Oh, be not angry with me!
One look at Thee were heaven. But all those
reunions are heaven eacircltng heaven
heaven overtopping heaven, heaven con-
mingling with heayenf
/ was at Mount Vernon and went into tho
dining-room In which our first Pr sident en-.
~tertainet the prominent men OF this and
other lands. It was a very interesting sPon.
But oh, the banqueting hall OF the family
mansion OF which l sp.aki Spread the Ia
BILE; spread it wide, for a great multitude
are TO sit at 1t. From the Tree by the River
gathsr the twelve manner of fruits for that
table. Take the clusters from The
beavexay vineyards and press them
into the golden tankaris Tor that
table. On baskets carry In the bread OF
which, II map ear, ne shall never hunger.
Take all the shot-torn flags OF earthly con-
quest aud entwiue them among the arches;
Let David come with his harp. aud Gabriel
with his trumpet, and Miriam with the
timbreI. for the ~prodigals are at home, and
the captives are free, anil the Father hath
invited the mighty of heaven and the To-
deemed OF earth to come and dine.
"A woman in Hancock County,
Maine, who was afraid to drive her
horse across a railroad track, was bit
terly disappointed In attempting TO go
around il.
The father OF one OF the
largest property holders In Londoa
IL buried in a glass case on top OF
one of the finest buildings in The
city.
"A cat In Texas has developed such
an affection ftr a dog that she is learn
ing TO bark go that she can converse
with hIm with gre.ter freedom.
The gauge If the Roman chariots