Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-01
HEAVEN ASITLOOKS
TaImage Tells of a Glimpse
Into Paradise.
SERMON ON A COMMON TEXT
Beautiful in Sentiment. but to0 Often
Overlooked BY the rhougtless
Reader Ct the Bible

Overlooked BY the fhougtless
Reader Ct the Bible
9nooxkrn. Jan. sl-Dr TalnAx. has OF
- bes1 p<e@@Axsg CA texts of Ssrfy<sre
teax sse0 70 lave b-na nexlscted, and acre
n . ssrnsa Ga . bss1ti.al text which PROB
ABLY wAs aever sefors selected for . dis
oou,e. RsssiaEisa vii. I. .srhsre Was
As0cs IN sesssn .-o2t tAs space Of half
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The bazis.s place In the universe Is
heaven IL - tas ENTER from waich all
GOD EnA1ssces start II il the goal at
vAisa ali gssA results arrive. The Bible
represents " Is active with Wheels ard
vfnxs A.d srrhestras and prseexsons
nssAssA - eaaEsss<a. Bat my taxi de-
sw5bs . space wAsn tAs wheels ceased to
rsti, nd the truEap~es 70 sound, and tho
.vsscss - chant Tae riders on the white
kls~s rslnsd IN tAsir ehzreerx The dox-
siegiss were Ao~Asa aid the PROFESSIONS
hAttsd The land VI arrest was put upon
al the splesasrz step, heaven cried
IN saaipotest voice. and it stopped For
sAkrsy minutes everything celestial stood
s<ia There w~s saleses in heaven for
kAA a. Asar"
From al zee can lsarn it il the oniy time
seAsr cities fer the night. for there Is no
aAxAs shase IL dses not stop for plague,
Tar the iahssbitaat never says, Il am sick. J."
It doss nos stop for bankruptcies. for its
faAAoisanss never tail Is does not stop
for tnpAasALle streetA for there are no
fallen SHOWS nsr sweeping freshets. What,
40 TO-, n -
ssd Prsfs<ssr stuart think IL was at the
time Of the destruction Of Jerusalem Mr.
Lord shiaks it wAs In the year 3ii, hseween
tae close 81 the Dioeletian persecution and
the bcsinainx Of the wars by which Con
stSAsine gained the throne. But that was
ell . guess. tAosgh = learned and brilliant
guess- l do not kaow when IL was and
do not ca<r when it WAS. but Of the fact
place, aA certain There was silence in
heavan fsr h~f an hour"
aoxoxzp s.LEycK-
And first Of al we may learn that God
add al heaven honsrei silence. The long
ess and widest dominion that ever existed
Is that over which stiffness was queen
For an eeeruity there had not been . sound.
World making was . later day occupation
EOs uaA1AA<< tA->SAc - ~ ~ " ~ ~ AaoSC vii
verse. Cod was The only being. and Al
there was 20 one 10 ssszE 70 there WAS NO
useeraace. Bar th.E SILENCE has been al
broken up Inst, works. aad it has become
n noisy uaiverse. Worlds in upheaval,
worlds In esng-lAaioa, worlds in connaara-
tioa. WORLDS in revoIution- II biologists
are rigAt-and | believe they are-thsre
has not been q moment Of silence since this
- -. ID q
and the splitsinxs, ard the upsoar. aid the
hubbab are ever In progress
: But when among tie sQpsrnals voice
cried, HUSH and for half IN hour heaven
was still, silence WAS honsred. The full
power Of silence many Of as have yet to
3earn. We an told that when Christ was
arraigned lie aaswered not word" That
silence was lsoder than any thunder that
ever shook the world. Oftensimes, when we
arc sxs.iled an misrepreseutd, the might
lss< thing to nay Is 70 say nothing, and
che mighsiest thiux - do h 70 do nothing.
Thoc people VITO are always rushing into
print - 4gse thsuaselves set right accom-
piish unfAiag bat their own ehAgrin- 81
lencsI Do right and leave the results with
verdi has ever learned are the lessons of
KSSeC1t1 -aaS4s " s9-%'V " ~ css~S&&Ac<4 ak1-
ecmplzinisgiy personal Or domestic or 30
cal sr poaisical injustice.
Stronger than any bittcr o. sarcastic or
revenxefsl asswrr was the patient sileace.
IL famous DR.. Morrison, Of Chelsea, &C
ssnpiished a. much by his aieat patience
- by his pen add tongue. He had asthma
Mat sor twenty Ave years broaght him out
NJ his couch at two o'clock each morning
M ~
remaining child BY sunssroke made in-
s2ae. The afflicted man said. AT this
moussue there Is not an inch Of my body
That is Bo< dlIed with agony" Yet, be
was cheesfui. triumphant, silens. Those
who were IN Ms presence said they felt a.
Though they were IN the gates Of heaven
On. the pS~er Of patient silsnoel Eschy-
lus. tha immortal poet. was condemned to
death far writing something that offended
The p-opls. All the pleas In his behalf
wsrs Of 10 avail, until his brother uncov-
sreA the arm Of the prisoner and showed
that hrs hand assa bcca shot OF ~ Salsmis
Thas zaicns plsa liberated him. The lsud-
- thing ca earth L. silence IL II be Of the
right kidd Ard st tbs right tune. There
w,s quaint old hymn. spelled in tho cid
style. and oace sang Ina the churches:
The race IL not forever got
BY hin Who fastest rsas%
Nor the RastsI By those peepen
That ahest with the longest guns.
q NJ friends. the tossing SEQ Of 0alilce
ssrrned mex to offend Ch<ist BY the
anesss Of noise &c made for he said 70 1t.
BE ssailF' Heaven A&s been erswniag
kinxs and qreoas sato God for many cen-
turisn. 30 heaven nrver stopped . moment
CIV any such oocurrence. but 10 stopped
thirty minutes Tor the corsnatien Of ST.
ieace There WA silence In heaven for
half - hour"
nzAvxN An ACTIVE PLACE.
x Lean aiss frsm ny text that hesvsn
.sn~ss be n evensfai sa4 active place. from
the fact shss h coud s6ord emily thirty
uinus~- II recess TAsrr have been evenss
en- earth ssd in hrzvsa shss seemed 70 de-
mad . wasls dAy or wssae week or whsis
gear for ssi~seiAl os~nsScvzsieaA II Groeius
w. right soA this silrzce occurred - The
isiuse Of tie ac~srvotssn Il Jerusalem, that
so~~s ~ss - awfal ana - prolonged that
The inhneisasss Of hesvsa could not have
Atpse jusosrs ss IL In nssy wseks
< After learfui bezsexs1s>st 81 the tive
Ffexsr-ssss Of Jerussisrs-Antonio and Hip
pscus-Aai s-e, xssn< - for lcnx while.
Ru~sa sossicr mounted ca the shoolder
- snsAher soldier harisa late the window II
tA> temple fres~ssd and the temple ~ss
ali s&~yse. and sfser covering many sscxiii-
- - The helms ~ Cd. the suilAing H.
al secaz~ . sacrifice 70 the r>xe ~ man
Tie hsn~sx - <se psepse IN THAI city dur
g. ~ hel>g~1en< vss - great that -
ss~e outlaws ~ ps~saG doorway and
fnhna~d ne sl&srs II fc,d. hey burst open
~ deer, shr.sss.snx sas Dsther 81 the