Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-04

am glad that my text puts undnr
Heaven Tor thirty minutes.
you would see great picture, W, "nq
u sheet Of paper into scroI nn Ya
through 1t, or join your foroGn"u 100
your thumb and look through thnsI
between, and the picture become, 'Nc
intense. so this masterpiece of HAM, aO
by st. John is more impressive whoa
take only thirty minutes of it ~ a'n
Now we have something that W. "M
come nearer to grasping and it is oa 'a
Heaven. When we discuss anon u
multitudes of Heaven, it mist ho ~,
nervous shock to those who h,r '"lV
their lives been crowded by manv NJ.
and who want quiet Heaven NV r.0p
last thirty-tive years | have been W.
of the time in crowds and under n m,
scrutiny and amid excitemcnts a p"o
have sometimes thought fol few waa
! after | reach Heaven l would nkn ~
| down in some quiet part of the roa,
with few friends, and for lttla wl
try comparative solitude.
Then there are those whose hearn.
so delicate that they get no satisfa"s;
when you describe the crash Of q
eternal orchestra and they feel like
ing, as the good woman in Hudson
Y, said, after hearing me speak Of .,
mighty chorus of Heaven. "Thatmn
q great Heaven, but what will becomo
my poor head?'
Yes, this half hour of my text is = -,
experience. "There was silence in Hs.H
for half an hour" You will find tho
habitants all at home. Enter the Kin"
palace and take only q glimpse far
have only thirty minutes for all Heav0
SIS that Jesus?" yes" just nns
the hair along His forehead is the m.'
of a wound made by bunch of twists
brambles, and His foot on the throne n
on the round of His instep another maI
of wound made by spike, and a Se,
on the palm of the right hand and sad
on the palm of the left hand But wb,I
n countenance What smile What
| grandeur! What loneliness! What,
overwhelming look of kindness All
grace! Why, He looks as if He had r
deemed world! But come on, for on
time is short. DO you see that row
palaces? That is the Apostolic rO1
Do you see that long reach of arche
tural glories? That is Martyr row. \
| you see that immense structure? TIL,
| is the biggest house in Heaven; that
! 1.-The House of Many Mansions" Do v
see that wall? Shade your eyes again
it's burning splendor, for that is the wa
of Heaven, jasper at the bottom an
amethyst at the top.
OIL
heart of the great metropolis? That
| the river concerning which those VII
once lived on the banks of the HLdsO
or the Alabama, or the Rhine, or II
Shannon, say, 1--WE never saw the ia
of this for clarity and sheen" That
the chief river Of Heaven-so bright |
wide, SO deep. But you ask, "WhercaI
the asylums for the old?" | answc
1.-THE Inhabitants are all young
"NVhere are the hospitals for the lamel
"They are all agile?' "Whcre are Ii
intirmaries for the blind and deaf
"rhev ali see and hear "Where al
the almshouses for the poor?" 1.-The
are all multimiIiionaires." ''Whep al
the inebrlate asylums?" "Why, thcl
are no saloons" "Where are the gray
yards?" "Why, they never die"
Pass down those boulevards of 90
and amber and sapphire and see tho
nterminable streets built by the Arch
tect of the universe into homes, over tl
threshold of which sorrow never step
and out Of whose windows faces Ond
pale with earthly sickness, now lOd
rubicund with immortal health. 'V~
let me go in and see them! you say. NJ
you cannot go in. There are those thel
who would never consent to let "a
| come uD. You say, "Let me stay mel
in this place where they never part
No, no. Our time is short, our thr
minutes are almostgone. Come on! v
must get back to earth before this ha
hour of heavenly silence breaks up
! in your mortal state you cannot emu
the pomp and Splendor and resonant
when this hour of silence is ended.
The day will come when you can
! Heaven in full blast, but not now. la
now only showing you Heaven at u
dullest half hour of all the cterhlIH
Come on! There is something in Il
celestial appearance which makes
think that tho half hour of silence
soon be over. Wonder are the VIII
horses being hitched to charots al
| yonder are seraphs lingering harps is
about to strike them into harmony, ~
yonder are conquerors taking down IN
the blue halls of Heaven the trumpeS
victory.
Remember, we are mortal yet,
cannot endure the full roll OF heaven
harmonies and cannot endure even
silent Heaven for more than nan
Hark! the clock in the tower OF hedS
begins to strike and the hall houl
ended. Descend! Come back .u ",
down! till your work is done Snop4J
little longer your burdens, tlsnn..
little longer your battles. Weep ~,
longer your griefs. And theh
Heaven, not in it's dullest hall ho"t'
in its highest polnp, and instead I" IL. 10
ing it for thirty minutes. take IL WV
without end. .h,
But how will you spend the nrS' -, ~
hour Of your heavenly citizensnIp a
you have gone in to stay? Ai'oi
prostration before the throne III "Ol''
of Him who made it possible 1or ;V "o
get their at all, l think the RESI- VI y,
first half hour in Heaven will DC pIhS
in receiving your reward il you j"
been faithful. I have a strange 0oT
full book containing the pictures w. 'ror
medals struck by the English oo ,bs
ment in honor OF great battles' .ha
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