Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-01

raVAy On. y WHO hzve seen s4llzng up
azd down TIE roagA se-s II ssFTss -ssd
sia. LET lzs pells cat 10 ven another conts-
neat, yea. @netker wsrla, tsat Yea Ray
yourselves a2e = r@Ys1ro1s world, al
that = rAs waxl5 hzlf hear sf wA.<h We
Bow study On. st sail fer 1T here Is Tia
saip Aza acre are sEe CON- posses.
In eEzer words, make tkis half hour. BE-
gsnaing ss tseaty Klinas<s q twelve By
nay saseA, tie srzndest sAh boar Of yoar
he AID bssszne Christian Pray for
regensz4sed spirit. Loais XIV. while
walking Ia the garcea at Versailles rast
AaRs4sd. TIE great architect. and the
architecs teex on AIS bat ssfere the hing.
PUT en- ycax kat. said the king, for the
evening 10 DAMP AID cold. And Nsnsara,
the architect. tire rest Of the eysaing keps
on his hat The dukes and mAxqaises
standing with bare heads before the king
expressed their surprise al A2assrd, but
the king said. Il csa make duke or
niarga.s. but God only can make Man
sarsi." And s.y 10 you. my hearers, God
oaly By bis conyietiag aid converting grace
eau Iaske a Christian, but &c is ready this
very half hour 10 accomplish il.
NAY Oh STUDYING HEAVEN.
Again, my text suggests a way Of study
ins heaven so that We can better under
stand Is. The word eternity" that we
handle 30 much is an iElmeasarahie word
Knowing that We eoald not understand
thai werd the Bible uses it only once. We
say, Forever and ever" but how long is
forever and ever" am glad that my
text puts under our eye heaven for thirty
inmates. As wnen you would see great
picture you put sheet Of paper into scroll
and look through it, or join your forefnger
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 at time. Now
we have something that We can come near
er TO graspiae, aud it is quiet heaven.
When we discourse about the multitudrs
OF heaven il must be almost u nervous
shock 10 those who have al their lives
been crowded by many people and who
want quiet heaven.
For the last thirty-fve years have been
much Of the tiae in crowds and under
public scrutiny and AMID excitcments, and
| have sometimes thought for u few weeks
after | reach heaven | would like to 20
down in some quiss part OF the realm with
a few friends and fer 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, rs "a good woman in Hud-
son, n. T., said, after hearing me speak Of
the mighty choras of heaven, That must
be great heaven, but what will become
OF my poor head?" Yes, this half hourzof
my text is Q still experience.
There was silence in heaven for half an
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at home. Enter the Kings Palace and
take only a glimpse, for we havs only
thirty minutes for all heaven. us that
Jesus" YES" Just under tho hair
along his forehead is the mark Of wound
made by bunch Of twisted 5rambles, and
his foot OF the throne has on the reurd Of
his ins.ep another mark Of wound made
by spike, and 4 scar en- the palm Of the
right hand, aad scsr On the palm O; ths
left hand. But what countenancel What
smile! What a GRANDEUR What love
illness! What an overwhelming lsok Of
kindness and grace! Why, he looks as if
he had redeemed n worid But come on,
for oar time is short. Do you see that row of
palaces, That is the Apostolic row. Do
you see that leag reach OF architectural
glories, That is Martyr row. DO you see
that immense structure. That is the big
gest house in heaven; that is ''the House
of Many Mansions" DO You see that wall!
Shade your eyes against its burning splen-
dor for that is the wall of heaven, jasper
q. the bottom and amethyst at the top.
See this river rolling through the heart of
the great metropoiiSs That is the river
concerning which these who once lived on
the banks of the Hudson, or the Ala
basna, or the Rhine, or the Shannon
say, 1--WE never sew the like OF this
for clarity and sheen" That is the
chief river of heaven-so bright, SO
wide, SO deep. But you ask, where are
the asylums for the old?" answer, THE
inhabitants are all young" Where are
the hospitals for the lanes" They are
all agile" Where are the irirmaries for
the blind and deafy" "They all see and
hear" -"Whero are the alrishouses for
the poorT They are ell multimillion-
aires." "Where are the inebr;ate asy-
lur,s" why, there are no saloons"
Where are the gray-yards" why,
they never die" Pass down those boule-
wards of geld and amber and sapphire and
see those interrninable streets built by the
Architect of the universe into homes,
over the threshold OF which sorrow
never steps, and ont Of whose win
dcws faces, once pale with earthly sick
ness. now look rvbicund with immortal
health. "Oh. let me so in and see thens"
you say. No, you cannot so in. There are
those there who wsuld n.ver consent to let
you come up. You say, let me stay here
in this place where they never sin, where
they never suffer, where they never part"
No, mol Our tisnc is short, our thirty min
utes are almost gone. Come on! We must
4 81 r,r n; h,l
OF heavenly silence breaks up. for in your
mortal state you canso. endure the poap
and splcndor and resonance when this half
hour Of silence Is ended
The day viii come when you can sec
heaven in full blast. but not now. / am
now only showing ysu heaven at the dull
est half hour Of ali the etcrnities. Come
on, There IL something in the celestial APP
pesrznce which makes rae think that the
half hour OF silence will sson be over
YoDder are the white horses being hitched
to chariets. and yeadr- are serapss singer
I ing harps IS II about to STRIKE them into
sympncny, and yonSer are coneuerors tax
I ing dewn from the blue halls Of heaven the
trumpets Of victory.
Remember. we ars Mortal yct and car
not endure the full rsll Of heavenly har-
monies and cannot ersare even the silent
f heaven Tor more thaA hall an hour. Hank
the clock in the tower q heaven begins to
strike and the half hour Is ended. De-
scendl Come back Come down I'LL yeur
wol.. Il denei Sheslder little longer
gour buvdensi Fight little longer year
battlesl Weep a litslc longer your griefs.
+ And then take heaven not in its aullcst
half hear. but in its rsizhtiest pSnp. and
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