The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-21
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ard while the millionaire went in to col
leet his dividends Arkwright tolls on
up from barbers shop until he gets
into the palace Of invention. Sextus V.
tolls on up from the Office Of swine
herd 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 elo-
quence Hogarth, engraving pewter
pots for living, tolls on up until
he reaches the palace Of world renowned
art. And God hath decided that
though you may be weak Of arm and
slow Of tongue, and be struck through
with great many mental and moral
deficits, by His almighty grace you shall
vet arrive in the Kings palace-not
such one as Is spoken OF in the text
not one OF marble-not one adorned
with pillars of alabaster and thrones OF
ivory, and hagons Of FURNISHED gold
but place in which God is the King
and the angels of heaven are the cup
bearers The spider crawling up the
wall of Solomon's palace wss not worth
looking after or considering as com
pared 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. o, heaven Is not dull place. 1t
is not worn out mansion with faded
curtains and outlandish chairs, and
cracked ware. No; 1t is as fresh and
fair, and beautiful as though it were
completed yesterday. The kings OF the
earth shall bring their honor and glory
into 1t.
A palace means splendor Of apart
ments. Now, do not know where
Heaven is, and do not know how it
looks, but, II our bodies are to be resur-
rected in the last day, think Heaven
must have material splendor as well
as a spiritual grandeur. o, what
grandeur Of apartments when that
divine band which plungos the sea into
blue, and the foliage into green, and
sets the sunset on fire, shall gather all
the beautiful colors 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 be-
fore 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
residencel
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 HALT" as he tries to enter. But
in the palace Of which l speak we may
ali become residents, and we shall all
be princes and kings We may have
been beggars, we may have been out
casts we may have been wandering
and lost as we all have been, but there
we shall take our regal power What
companionship in Heaven! 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 Zachariah, and Wilber-
force, and Oliver Cromwell, and Philip
, Dodridge, and Edward Payson, and
, John Milton, and Elizabeth Fry, and
Hannah Moore, and Charlotte Eliza
/ beth, and all the other kings and queens
Of Heaven. o my soul, what com
: panionship.
| A palace means splendor OF banquet.
1 There will be no common ware on that
3 table. There will be no unskilled mu
sicians at that entertainment There
Q will be no scanty supply OF fruit Of
D beverage. There have been banquetI
e spread that cost million of dollar
Z each; but who can tell the untolC
I wealth of that banquet lido not know
4 whether Johns description Of 1t II
r literal or hgurstiye. A great many
a wise people tell me 1t Is fgurative; bu'
q prove IL. do not know but that I
may be literal I do not know but tina
: there may be real fruits plucked from
A the tree of life. do not know but tina
4 Christ referred to the real juice Of tn
grape when he said that we SHOULD
8 drink new vino In our Fathers king
b dom, but not the Intoxicating stuff o
r this worlds brewing. do not say 1t l
0 20; but Ihave As much right for thinking
d so as you have for thinking the othe
4 way. At any rate It will be gloriou
o banquet. Harkl the chariots rumblinl
], in the distance. / really believe tn
p guests are coming now. The gate
r swing open, the guests dismount, tn
o palace is filling, and all the chalice
!, flashing with pearl and amethyst an,
d carbuncle are lifted TO the lips Of tn
myriad banqueters, while standing Il
+ robes Of snowy white they drink to tn
g honor of our glorious King. "oh," yo
: say, 'that Is too grand place for yo
i and for me-" No, 1t is not. II a spider
It according to the text, could crawl up o
|. the wall Of Solomon's temple, shall no
= our poor souls, through the blood o
|. Christ, mount up from the depths o
n their sin and shame, and finally reac
! the palace OF the eternal King? "Wher
II sin abounded, grace shall much NOR
Il abound, that whereas sin reigned unit
u death, even so may grace reign throug
c Righteousness unto eternal life by Jesu
Christ our Lord" One fash Of that con
ing glory obliterates the sepulcher.
II Years ago, with lanterns and torche
e and a guide, we went down In the Man
d moth cave Of Kentucky. You ma
" walk fourteen miles and see no SUI
u light. II is stupendous place. Son
,s places the roof Of the cave hundre
/, feet high The grottoes filed wit
, weird echoes, cascades falling from Il
q visible height 10 invisible dept
y stalagmites rising up from the floor I