The Penn's Grove record., 1892-09-23

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grand thing to look at. You ses sous man
with great intellectual and spirltual pro-
portions. You say, How useful that uau
must ber But you ind amId ali hj1 splau.
dor of faculties there Il some prejodtcS
some within, some evil habit that . lf11t
SaSs h osSDls Il g mot @st,c cst's Z RI r |. %s sss5 slS
spelling that mans charsctsr-ie h grA4-
ually going to injurs bis entire in1uences
| Others may not seei 1t, but you are anxious
in regard to his welfare, and now yoa die.
cover It A dead 6y In the ointmsnt. 4
spider in the palace.
Again, my text teaches me thst psrssve
rance will mount into tbs kine,s palace. Il
must ave seemed Q long distance for that
| spider 10 climb In Solomon's eplsndid resi-
dence, but 1t started at the very Soot q the
wall and went up over the panels Of Ieha-
non cedar, higher and higher, until IL stool
higher than the highest throne n al thc M
tions-the throne OF solomon. And - God
has decreed IT. that many OF fhoss b are
| gradually attain to tbs KfnGs palace. W.
Who y that banker IN Philadelphia
WIZ, he used TO be the boy that heid ~
horses of Stephen 9iEnf6 while ~ utt4u1'
airs went in to collect lis fdivtdeHds. Arr
til he gets into the palace OF tnyentton,
Sextus v tolls on up from the of1ce q :
swinshsrd until he gets into The paiAos OF
Rome. Fletcher tolls on up from me most
Insignificant family position until - fet1
into the palace of Christian eioqusuces Ho-
garth. engraving pewter pots tor : hvlng,
tolls on up until he reaches the palace OF
world renowned art.
The spider crawling up the wall * Solo,
mons palace was not worth looking after o.
considering as compared with ~ fact thai
we who are worms Of the dust, may - i9se
ascend into the palace Of ths KiEs Immor'
tai, By the grace OF God may ~ III leach
It.. Oh. heaven is not q dull places q Y
and ~outlandish chairs md cracked ware,
No, 1t Is as fresh and fair and tsautiful q
though 1t were completed but yesterday.
b kings of the earth shall bring their honor
and glory into ii.
I do not know but that Christ referred to
the real juice of the grape when Be said that
kingdom, but not the intoxicating stuff d
this worlds brewing. / d o not cay " II -,
but 1 have as much right TOR thiukiu1 II h
20 as you have for thinking the other way.
Al any rate, It will be . glorious banQuse.
Harki the chariots ~rumbling 10 the distsncA
1 really believe the guests are coming now.
IN gates swing open, the guests dismouut.
the palace Is filling, and All the chAlIceS
flashing with pearl and amethyst and car.
buncle, are lifted to the lips Of the myriad
banqueters, while standing In robeeo Of snowy
white they drink to the honor Of q giorf-
Gus King.
.Oh. you say, that is too grand q plac,
for you and me-" No, IL Is nok- II spider,
according to the text, could crawl up on thi
wall of Solomon's palace, shall not our pooF
souls, through the blood OF Christ, moune
up from the depths Of their sin and shame
and finally reach the palace Of the etsrnal
King!
Years ago, with lanterns and torches snd
. guide, we went down 10 b Mammoth
fourteen miles and see NO Sunlight. II
is q stupendous place. Some places the
roof Of the ave ID . hundred fest
high. The grottoes Allied with welrd
echoes: cascades falling from invisible height
to invisible death. Staiagmites rising up
from the floor OF the cave; zaiactitss de-
scending from the roof or ths cavA Joining
mighty's sculpturing. There are rossttes OF
amethyst In halls Of gypsum. Az the guide
carries his lantern ahead Of you zoe shsiows
have an appearances supernatural and $3.50
trail. The darkness 10 Fearful
Two people getting lost from their guide
mented, and for years sat in their insanity.
You feel like holding your breath a. you
walk across the bridges that seam 70 span
the bottomless abyss. The guide throws his
calcium light down into the navernA and
the light rolls and tosses from rock to rock
and from depth to depth, making At every
plunge a new revelation of the awful power
that could have made such q placs a. that.
A sense OF suffocation comes upon you ~
you think that you are two hundred and
fifty feet in a straight Inns from ths summit
surface of the earth.
The guide after awhile takes you into Whaa
Is called the .'star chamber;;n and then 10
says to you, ''Sit here;'' and then be- takcl
the lantern and goes doTn under the rocks
and 1t gets darker n darker until The
might is so thick that the hand an inch from
the eye is unobservablsL And then, BY
kindling one of the lanterns and placing IL
in a cleft Of the rock there. 10 Z reelection
cast on the dome OF the cave, int thers are
stars coming out in constsliations-a bril-
liant night heavens-and you i~nsoiuntar1y
exclaim, beautiful beautifutss
Then ne takes the lantern down in othAk
depths Of the cavern and wandsrs on and
wanders of until he comes up from behind
the rocks gradually, and II ssems hks Tie
dawn Of the morning until IL gets brighter
and brighter. The guide Il Z skilled ven.
I~triloquist, and he initiates the voices OF the
morning, and soon the gloom - ~ gone and
you stand consratulattns yoursslf over the
We'll, there are . great many people who
look down into the grave - . great Cavern.
| They think It Is . thousand miles subterran-
eous, and all the echoes seam 70 be the voices
OF despair, and the cascades seem to BE- the
falling tears that always fatl, and the gloom
of earth seems coming up In stalAgmits.
and the gloom Of the eternal world neems
descending In the staiactito. making pill
lars Of indescribable horror. Tbs grave
is no such place IS that TO NE, thank aodi
Our divine guide takes us down into the
great uaverns and We havs ths lamp 70 our
lest and the light to u path, and all tie
echoes In the riffs Of the rock are antbsma
and all the falling waters are fountains ok
aviation. and after awhile Ne box mp and
bsholdI the cavern OF the tomb has become
Q kings star chamber.
And while We are looking At the pomp Of
II an everlasting morning begins to risa and
al the tears Of earth crystaIiixs into stalag-
mite. rising up in = pillar 20 The one hide
and al the gloriss OF heaven poem to b. de-
scsnding in Z stalactite. making : pillar on
the other side, AMI You push against tho
gate that swiugs between the two pillars,
and Is that gate flashes open y0u dnd " a.
ons Of the twelve gates which arc twelve
pearls. Blessed be God that through this
dospel the mammoth cave Of the aepuicher
has become the illuminated star ohambsr OF
the Kiugl Oh, the patacssi the etornai
raiaca<f tine Kiuesa ualacHHl