Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-19

, eplrliual propor.sons. sou say, NOW
asefnl that mau must her But yoi iisia
amid all biz rlendor 81 faculties there
is some prejudice. some whitn, some evil
habit that great many people do not
| notice. but that you have happened to
notice. and it is gradually spelling that
mans character--it is gradually going
to injure his entire influence. Others
may not see it. but you are anxious in
regard to his welfare. and now you dis
cover IT, A dead fly In the ointment. A
spider in the palace.
TOLL FOR THE HIGHER.
Again. my text teaches me that per-
severance will mount into the kings
palace. II must have seemed long
distance for that spider to climb in Solo
mons splendid residence, but it started
at the very foot Of the wall and went up
over the panels of Lebanon cedar, higher
and higher. until it stood higher than the
highest throne in all the nations--the
| throne of Solomon. And so God has de.
creed it that many of those who are
down in the dust of sin and dishonof
shall gradually attain to the Kings
palace. We see it in worldly things.
Who is that banker in Philadelphia
Why, he used to be the boy that held
the horses of Stephen Girard while the
millionaire went in to collect his divi.
dends. Arkwright tolls on up from
barber's shop until he gets into the pal
ace of invention. Sextus V tolls on up
| from the office Of q swineheyd until he
gets into the palace of Rome. Fletcher
tolls on up from the most insignificant
family position until he gets into the
palace of Christian eloquence. Hogarth,
engraving pewter pots for living, tolls
on mp until he reaches the palace OF
world renowned art.
And God hath decided flat though
You may be weak of arm aid slow OF
tongue. and be struck thro. gb with a
great many mental and neral deficits,
by his almighty grace You sliall yet ar
rive in the Kings palace-not such an
one as is spoken of in the te-.t--not one
of marble--not one adorned with pillars
of alabaster and thrones of ivory and
fagons Of FURNISHED gold--but palace
Of heaven are the cupbearers.
The spider crawling up the wall OF
Solomon's palace was not worth looking
after or considering as compared with
the fact that we, who are worms Of the
dust, may at last ascend into the palace
Of the King Immortal. By the grace OF
God may we all reach it. Oh, heaven is
not dull place. It is not wornout
mansion, with faded curtains and out
landish chairs and cracked ware. No;
it is as fresh and fair and beautiful as
though it were completed but yesterday.
The kings of the earth shall bring their
honor and glory into it.
A palace means splendor of apart.
ments. Now, ! do not know where
heaven is, and do not know how it
looks, but if our bodies are to be resur-
rected in the last day think heaven
must have q material splendor as well
as IL spiritual grandeur Oh, what
grandeur OF apartments when that
divine hand which plunges the sea into
blue, and the foliage into green, and
sets the sunset on fire, shall gather all
the beautiful colorg OF earth around his
throne, and when that arm which lifted
the pillars Of Alpine rock, and bent the
arch Of the sky, shall raise before our
soul the eternal architecture, and that
hand which hung with loops of fire the
curtains Of morning shall prepare the
upholstery of our kingly residence!
THE PALACES OF GOD.
a palace also means splendor of asso-
Citations. The poor man, the outcast
cannot get into Windsor castle. The
sentinel of the queen stands there and
cries "Haltl' as he tries to enter. But
in the palace of which speak we may
all become residents, and we shall all be
princes and kings. We may have been
beggars, we may have been outcasts, we
may have been wandering and lost as
we all have been, but there we shall take
our regal power. What companionship
in heavenl TO walk side by side with
John and James and Peter and Paul
and Moses and Joshua and Caleb and
Ezekiel and jeremiah and Micah and
Zechariah and Wilberforce and Oliver
Cromwell and Philip Doddridge and Ed
ward Payson and John Milton and Eliza
beth Fry and Hannah More and Char
lotte Elizabeth, and all tho other kings
and queens OF heaven. Oh, my soul.
what companionshipl
A palace means splendor OF banquet
There will be no common ware on that
table. There will be no unskilled mu-
sicians ut that entertainment There
will be no scanty supply of fruit or bev-
uage. There have been banquots spread
that cost million of dollars each; hut
who can tell the untold wealth Of that
banquet? do not know whether Johns
description of it is literal or fgurative
A great many wise people tell me it is
figurative: but prove it! do not know
but that it may be literal. lido not know
but that there may be real fruits plucked
from the tree of life.
do not know but that Christ referred
IA the real juice of the grape when he
said that we should drink new wine in
ear Fathers kingdom, but not the in
toxicating stuff Of this worlds brewing.
do not say it is so; but have as much
night for thinking it is 80 as you have
fsu thinking the other way. AT any rate,
ii will be glorious banquet. Hark!
lie ohariots rumbling in the distance,
really believe the guests are coming
now. Tho gates swing open, the guests
d;smount, the palace is filing, and all
the chalices. flashing with pearl and
amethyst and carbuncle, are lifted to the
lips of the myriad banqueters, while