Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-12-18


watcher OF the sSI benis over the weary,
heartslok, slumberDg earth. Whose Is this
black framed, black tasseled picture OF the
nlghti lt Is the heirloom OF our family.
Ours, the grandeur of the spring, the crys-
tails OF the snow, the coral OF the beach, the
odors OF the garden, the harmonies OF the
air.
You cannot see a large estate in one
morning. You must take several walks
around it. Ths family property OF this royal
house OF Jesus is SO great that we must take
several walks to get any idea OF Its extent.
Let the first walk bs around this earth. All
these valleys the harvests tlat wave in them
ana the cattle that pasture tue nan tnsi5
mountains and the precious things hidden
beneath them, and the crown OF glacier they
cast at the feet Of ths Alpine hurricane-all
these lakes, these islam Is tn ese continents
are ours In the secont walk go among the
street lamps OF heaven, and see stretching
off ON every side "A wilderness OF worlds. For
us they shine. For us they sang at Saw
iour's nativity. Foo us they will wheel into
line and with their flaming torches adj To
the spendor OF our triumph on the day for
which all other days were made.
In the third walk go around the Eternal
City. AZ we come near il, bark to the rush
OF its chariots ami the wedding peal of its
great towers. The bell of heaven has struck
twelve. 1t is high noon. We LOOK on upon
the chapets which never ia le the eyes that
never weep, the temples that never close, the
loved ones that never part, the procession
that never halts tue trees tnaU never witner,
the walls that never can b5 captured. tho
sun that never sets until we can no longer
gaze, aud we hide oar eyes ami exclain,
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart OF man, the
things which Col hath prepared for them
that lnva Him ~ Aa fiHaG nf glory
rise we have to retreat AMI hold fast lest we
be swept Off and drowned in the emotions OF
gladness and thanksgiving and triumph.
What think you or the family property
1t Is considered an honor to marry int
family where there is great wealth. The
Lord, tn bridegroom OF earth and heaven,
offers you His heart and His hanj, saying
In the words OF the CanticleS, Rise up, My
love, My fair one, and come away" AMI
once having put on tiny hand the sguet ring
OF His love, you will be- endowed with all thi
wealth of earth and all the honors OF heaven
Almost every family looks back TO home
stead-some country place whers you grew
up. You sat on the doorsll. You heard the
footstep Of tue rain on the garret roof. You
swung on the gate. You ransacked the
barn. You waded into the brook You
tbrashed the orchard for apes, and the
neighborng WOODS for nuts; and
everything around the old homestead
is of interest TO you. | tell you OF the old
homestead OF eternity In my Father
house. ara many mansions. When we talk
OF mansions We think OF Chatsworth and its
park, nine miles in circumference, and ia
conservatory that astonisnes the world; iti
galleries OF art, that contains the triumphi
of Chantrev, Canuva AMI ThorwadSen; oi
the kings and the que ms who have walkeI
its stately halls or, living over the heather,
have hunted the grouse. But all the dwell
ing plac ~ OF c!.E.s al nrin,eS ami Queens
are as nothing - Ule tanay mansion tua: Is
already awlit.ny on our arrival. This hani
OF the Lord Jesus l'tsi the pillars and swun ;
the doors an planted the parks. Angels
walk there, an the yois OF all ages. Tns
poorest mau in that house is a millionaire,
and the Iowlics; a kim, and tho tamest
"o't he spelSs i'll an anthem ami the short.
est llte an eternity.
1t t)oi Paxton t. buil | for ChatswortA
ac1verIng for tae won ierful flower, Vic
tora keSla, tive feet in diameter but our
IhlT Of the Valley snail nesi no shelter fro II
the blast AMI in tAr 0psn gard ans Of God
sha,l put forth its fu'l bloom, aut all heaven
shall come TO look at it, and its aroma shalt
be as though the cnerubin had swun; before
the thronea THOUSAND censerS have not
seen 1t vet. am in a foreign laai. But my
Father Is waitin for me to come homa.
nave brothers and sisters there In the
Bible have .e;tsrs from there telling me
what fine place it is II IN ltters not much
to me whether [ an rich or ,,oor. or whether
the world hates ms or loves me. or whether
90 by land or by sla. IL only nav litt NV
eyes at last or N, family mansion.
1t is not a frau house, built in A month
soon to crum5le. but an old manson which
is as firm a. the day 1t was built. Its walls are
grown with tue ivy OF many ages, anil toe
urns at the gateway are abloon with the
century plants OF eternity. The Queen of
Sheba nath Wake its halls. and Esther AMI
Marie Antoinette and Lady Huntingdon and
Cecil and Jeremy raylor and Samuel Ruth.
srford and John Milton and the widow who
yaye two mites. and the poor men from the
Rospital-theSe last two perhaps outshininr
all the kings and queens OF eternity.
A family mans on means reunion. Some
of your families are very much scattered
The children married, and went off to st.
Louis or Chicago OF Charleston: nut per.
hlps once wear YOU cone together at tue
old place. How YOU wake I'D the old piano
that has been silent for years! Father and
mother do not play in it, How you bring
ret and open old scrapboo ;s and shout and
, laugh and cry and talk over old times, and,
though you NAV be torty-fve years OF age
act as though Tou were sixteenl Yet
1T pOOdDy9 At the car WINDOW, ana
yooibye Mt the steamboat wharf. But how
will we act at the reunion in the old family
mansion of beavanP It is a good while since
you parted at he door OF the grave There
will be Grace and Mary aud Martha and
! charlie and Lizzie and ali the darlngs Of
your househo d-not pale and sick and gasp
nr for breath, as when you saw them last
hut the eve bright with tho luster OF heaven,
ana the cheek roseate with the flush OF cele5
tisl summer.
What clasping OF hands What en-
bracinpsl What coming together of lip to
In! What tears OF joyl 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 or tears OF dis
appointment. They must be tears OF gia l.
ness, Christ will come AMI say: what!
| child of heaven. is it too much for theel