The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-09

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and planted tie parka Angels walk
there, and the Rood. Of all ages Tho
poorest, man In that. house is 9 million
sire,; and the lowliestia king, and the
tamest, word he speaks.is an anthem,
and the shortest life an eternity.
Il took Paxton to bnild for Chats
worth % covering for the wonderful
flower. Victoria Regia, Ave feet In d.
ameter But our Lily of Sthe Valley
shall need NO shelter from the blast, and
In the open gardens Of God shall put
forth It's full bloom, and Al heeYen
shail come 70 look at IL and It's aroma
shall be rs though the cherubim had
swung before the throne thousand
censers ! have not seen1t yet i am
In a foreign land Bnt my Father, u
waiting for me to come home. ! have
brothers and sisters there. In the BIZ
BILE have letters from there,
telling me what fine place u
Ia II matters not much 10 me whethT
or / am rich or poor. or whether the
world hates me or loves me, or whether
go by land or by sea. II only j may
lift my eyes at last on the family man
sion. II Is not .frail house built In q
month. soon 70 crumble, but an old
mansion which Is as Arm as the day y
was built It's walls are grown with the
ivy Of many ages, and the urns at tho
gateway are q bloom with the century
plants of eternity. The Queen Of Sheba
hath wal laed It's 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, ouishining 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 Lou S, or Chicago, or
Charles'owu; but perhaps once year
you come together at the old place.
How you wake up the old piano that
has been silent for yearsl Father and
mother do not play on it, How you
bring out the old relics, and rummage
the garrett and open old scrap books,
and shout and laugh. and cry. and talk
over old times, and though you may be
forty-fve years of age, act as though you
were sixteen! Yet soon IL Is goodbye N
the car window, and goodbye at the
steamboat wharf But how will we
act 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 win be Grace, and
Mary. and Martha, and Charlie, and
Lizzie. and all the darlings OF your
household-not pale. and sick. and
gasping for breath, as when you saw
them last, but their eye bright with the
luster Of heaven. and their cheel
roseate with the flush of celestial sum
mer. f
What clasping Of handsl What en-
bracingsl What coming together O.
lip to lipl What tears Of joyl You say
81 thought there were no tears II
Heaven" There must be, for the Bibl.
says that "God shall wipe them away;'
and II there were no tears there. how
could He wipe them away? They can
not be tears Of grief or tears of disap
pointment They must be tears Of glad
ness Chris will come and say:" What
child Of Heaven, Is Il too much for thee
Dost thou break down under the glad
ness of this reunion? Then will hell
thee" And. with His one arm arounC
us and the other arm around our loveC
one, He shall hold as up In the eterna
jubilee.
While ] speak some Of You will
broken hearts can hardly hold you
peace. You feel as II you would speal
out and say: 20 blessed day. speed
on. Toward thee ! press with blis
tered feet over the desert way. My eye
fail for their weeping. Ifaint. from lis
tening for feet that win not come, ant
the sound Of voices that will not speak
Speed on, o day Of reunion! And then
Lord Jesus, be not angry with me 4
after ! have Just once kissed Thl
blessed feet turn around TO gather NJ
4
the long-lost treasures OF my heart Oh
be not angry with me. One look N
Thee were heaven. But all these re
unions are heaven encircling heaven
heaven overlapping heaven, HEAVIER
commingling with heaven"
I was at Mount Vernon, and wen
into the dining room in which our frs
president entertained the prominent
men Of this and other lands II was 1
very interesting spot But OIL the ban
quoting hall Of the family mansion o
of which ! speak! Spread the table
spread II wide. for great mul
titude are to sit at H. From th,
Tree by the River gather the twelv,
manner OF fruits for that table. TAX,
the clusters from the heavenly vino
yards, and press them into the COLDER
tanl<ards for that table. On basket
carry the Bread Of which, II man eat
he shall never hunger. Take all shot
torn fags of earthly conquest and en-
twine them among the arches. LEI
David come with his harp and Gabrie
with his trumpet, and Miriam with th'
timbrel; for the prodigals are Mt home
and the captives are free, and the Faith
L-.h t-.ftoI tho ,ntxbtv rf H.ou..