Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-11

Mansard, the great arcnlpccls ana Nne
architect took of his hat before the king /
"Put on your hat" said the king, "for the
evening Is damp and cold" And Mansard,
the architect. the rest Of the evening kept /
on his hat The dukes and marquises
standiag with bare heads before the king
expressed their surprise at Mansard, but
the king said, Il can make duke or a
marquis, but God only can make a Man
sard." And ! say to you. my hearers, God
only by his convicting and converting grace
can make Christian, but he is ready this
very half hour to accomplish it.
A WAY or STUDYING HEAVEN.
Again, my text suggests a way Of study
ing heaven so that we can better under
stand it. The word eternity" that we
handle so much is an immeasurable word.
Knowing that we could not understand
that word the Bible uses IL only once. We
say. Forever and ever" but how long is
forever and everf" am glad that my
text puts under our eye heaven for thirty
minutes. As when you would see great
picture you puta sheet Of paper into scroll
and look through it, or join your foretinger
to your thumb and look through the circle
between, and the picture becomes more
intense, so this masterpiece Of heaven by
St. John is more impressive when we take
only thirty minutes of it ut time. Now
we have something that we can come near
er to grasping, and it is quiet heaven.
When we discourse about the multitudes
of heaven it must be almost nervous
shock to those who have all their lives
been crowded by many people and who
want quiet heaven.
| For the last thirty-five years have been
much of the time in crowds and under
| public scrutiny and amid excitements, and
| have sometimes thought for few weeks
| after / reach heaven | would like to go
down in some quiet part of the realm with
a few friends and for little while try
comparative solitude. Then there are
those whose hearing is SO delicate that
they get no satisfaction when you describe
| the crash of the eternal orchestra, and they
feel like saying, as good woman in Hud-
son, N. Y, said, after hearing me speak Of
the mighty chorus of heaven, THAT must
be great heaven, but what will become
of my poor headP" Yes, this half hour of
my text is still experience.
"There was silence in heaven for half an
hour" You will find the inhabitants all
at home. Enter the Kings Palace and
take only a glimpse, for we have only
thirty minutes for all heaven, "Is that
| Jesus?" "Yes." Just under the hair
along his forehead is the mark of a wound
made by u bunch of twisted brambles, and
his foot on the throne has on the round of
his instep another mark of wound made
by spike, and a scar on the palm of the
right hand, and scar on the palm of the
left hand. But what countenancel What
a smile What GRANDEUR What a love.
linessl What an overwhelming look OF
kindness and grace! Why, he looks as il
he had redeemed worldl But come on
for our time is short. Doyou see that row OF
palaces? That is the Apostolic row. Dc
you see that long reach of architectural
gloriesS That is Martyr row. Do you see
that immense structure2 That is the big
pest house in heaven; that is "the House
of Many Mansions" Do you see that walli
Shade your eyes against it's burning splen
, dor for that is the wall of heaven, jasper
at the bottom and amethyst at the top
. See this river rolling through the heart Of
the great metropolisS That is the river
concerning which those who once lived Oh
the banks of the Hudson, or the Ala
, bama, or the Rhine, or the Shannon
say, 1--WE never saw the like of thi.
: for clarity and sheen" That is the
chief river of heaven-so bright, 81
wide, so deep But you ask, "Where arr
/, the asylums for the old?" answer, "Tht
inhabitants are all young" "Where art
0 the hospitals for the lame?" '"They arr
3 all agile" Where are the infirmaries fol
. the blind and deaf2" "They all see ant
hear" ''Where are the almshouses fo
Q the poor9" ''They are all multimillion
7 aires" "Where are the inebriate asy
lums9" "Why, there are no saloons.
"Where are the graveyards?" "Why
, they never die" Pass down those boule
r wards of gold and amber and sapphire ant
e see those interminable streets built by tn,
| Architect of the universe into homes
4 over the threshold of which sorrow
4 never steps, and out of whose win
/ dows faces, once pale with earthly sick
r ness, now look rubicund with immorta
: health. "Oh, let me go in and see them?'
0 you say. No, you cannot go in. There ar
those there who would never consent to le
e you come up. You say, Let me stay herr
1 in this place where they never sin, wher
they never suffer, where they never part.
: No, mol Our time is short; our thirty min
! utes are almost gone. Come on! Venus
r get back to the earth before this half houl
e of heavenly silence breaks up, for in you
: mortal state you cannot endure the poml
: and splendor and resonance when this hal
t hour of silence is ended.
s The day will come when you can se'
+ heaven in full blast, but not now an
4 now only showing you heaven at the dull
4 est half hour of all the eternities. Com
on! There is something in the celestial ap
: pearance which makes me think that th
r half hour of silence will soon be over
r Yonder are the white horses being hitchet
r to chariots, and yonder are seraphs finger
r ing harps as if about to strike them int
t symphony, and yonder are conquerors tax
r ing down from the blue halls of heaven th
n trumpets of victory.
g Remember, we are mortal yet, and can
}, not endure the full roll of heavenly har
= monies and cannot endure even the silen
g heaven for more than half an hour. Hark
the clock in the tower of heaven begins t.
u strike and the half hour is ended. De
scendl Come backi Come down till you
T work is donel Shoulder little longe
. your burdensl Fight little longer you
battlesl Weep little longer your griefs
And then take heaven not in its dulles
half hour, but in its mightiest pomp, an
u instead Of taking it for thirty minute
9 take it world without end.
l. YOUR FIRST HALF HOUR IN HEAVEN.
n But how will you spend the first hal
!, hour of your heavenly citizenship afte
q you have gone in to stay2 After you
e prostration before the throne in worship {
't him who made it possible for you to gt
e there at ALL think the rest of your firs
Is half hour in heaven will be passed in r.
y ceiving your reward if you have been faitl
full I have strangely beautiful boo
% containing the pictures of the media
It struck by the English government in hone
u of great battles; these medals pinned ov'
Vt the heart of the returned heroes Of I'll
Vt army on great occasions, the royal fami
n