The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-03

car on the palm Of the right
land, and scar on the palm
+ the left hand. But what counten-
Incel What stnile! Wfhta GRANDEUR
What lovelinessl What an over
Shslming look Of kindness and gracel
Why, he looks as II he had redeemed q
world. But come on, for our time is
hort, Do you see that row VI palacepP
That is the Apostolic Row Do you see
that long reach of architectural gloriesP
That is Martyr Row. Do you see that
immense structure? That is the biggest
house in Heaven, that is "the House OF
Many Mansions" DO you see that
wall? Shade your eyes against Its burn
ing splendor, for that is the wall Of
Heaven, jasper at the bottom and am
ethyst at the top. See this river
rolling through the heart of the great
metropolis? That is the river con-
cerning which those who once lived
on the banks OF the Hudson, or
tho Alabama, or the Rhine, or the
Shannon, say: 1--WE never saw 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 oldF'
l answer: "The inhabitants are all !
young" "Where are the FC.r,t,,s
for the lame'" "Th:Sy are all agile"
"Where are the in6rmnries for the
blind and deaf?" 'They all see and
hear" where are the almshouses
for the poor?" "They are all
multi-millionaires" "Where are the
inebriate asylums?" "Why there are
no saloons" "Where are the grave
yardsP" why, they never die" Pass
down those boulevards of gold and
amber and sapphire and see those
interminable sire cts built by the
Architect of the universe into homes,
over the threshold of which sorrow
never steps, and out of whose windows,
faces, once pale with earthly sickness,
now look rubicund with immortal
health. 20, let me go in and see them?"
you say. No, you can not go in. There
are those there who would never con-
sent to let you come out again. You
say: LET me stay here in this place
where they never sin, where they never
suffer, where they never part" No,
no! Our time is short, our thirty min
utes are almost gone. Come onl
We must go back to earth be-
fore this half hour of heavenly
silence breaks up, for in your NOR
tai state you can not endure the pomp
and splendor and resonance when this
half hour of silence is ended. The
day will come when you can see
Heaven in full blast but not now / am
now only showing you Heaven at the
dullest half hour ofall eternities. Come
onl There Is something in the celestial
appearance which makes me think that
the half hour of silence will soon be
over Yonder are the white horses be-
ing hitched to chariots, and yonder are
seraphs lingering harps rs If about
to strike them into symphony, and yon-
der are conquerors taking down from
the blue halls Of Heaven the trumpets
Of victory. Remember, we are NOR
tai yet, and can not endure the full roll
OF heavenly harmonies and can not
endure even the silent Heaven for
more than half an honr. Hark! the
clock in the tower of Heaven begins TO
strike, and the half hour is ended De.
scend! Come back! Come down! till
\ your work is done. Shoulder little
longer your burdens Fight little
longer your battle. Weep little longer
your griefs. And then take Heaven not
in its dullest half hour but in the might.
lest pomp, and, instead OF taking it for
thirty minutes, take II world without
/ end.
But how will you spend the first half.
hour of your heavenly citizenship after
you have gone in to stay? After your
prostration before the throne In wor.
ship OF Him who made IL possible for
you to get there at all, ! think the rest
Of your first half-hour in Heaven will
be passed in receiving your reward II
you have been faithful have
q strangely beautiful book con-
tanning the pictures OF the medals
struck by the English government in
honor of great battles; these medals
pinned over the heart of the returned
heroes Of the army on great occasions,
the royal family present, and the royal
hands playing; the Crimean medal, the
Legion OF Honor; the Victoria cross the
Waterloo medal In your first half hour
in Heaven in some way you will be hon.
ored for the earthly struggles in which
you won the day. STAN up before all
the royal house OF Heaven and re.
ceieve the insignia while you are an
nounced as Victor over the droughts
and freshets OF the farm field, Vic
tor over the temptations OF the stock
exchange, Victor over professional al
lurements, Victor over domestic infelici-
ties, Victor over mechanics shop, Vic
tor over the storehouse, Victor over
home worriments, Victor over heredit.
ary depressions. Victor over sin and
death and hell. Take the badge that
celebrates those victories through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Take 1t In the pres.
ence OF all the galleries sanity, angelic,
and divinel While all Heaven chants:
These are they who came out OF great
tr,balation and had their robes washed
and made white in the blood of the
Lamb"
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die,
Thav 400 t1ra friufnuh from afar