The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-04


not understand that word. the Bible
uses it only once. We say, ',for evel
and ever" But how long is 'for eve
and ever?" am glad that my tex
puts under our eye Heaven for thirty
minutes.
For the last thirt y-fivc years have
been much of the time in crowds anC
under public scrutiny and amid excite
ments, and have sometimes thought
for few weeks after 1 reach Heaven
would like to go down in some quiet
part of the realm, with few friends,
and for n little while try comparative
solitude Then, there are those whose
Nearing is so delicate that they get no
Rsatisfaction when you describe the
crash of the eternal orchestra, and
they feel like saying, as a good wo-
man in \ Hudson, N. Y, said, after
hearing me speak of the mighty cho
rus of Heaven: THAT must be
great Heaven, but what will
become of my poor head?" Yes, this
half no ur of my text is still expert
ence. There was silence in Ell .aven
for half an hour" You will find the
inhabitants all at home. Enter the
Kings palace and take only glimpse.
for we have only thirty minutes for all
Heaven. SIS that Jesus?'' Eyes" Just
under the hair along the forehead is the
mark of wound made by bunch Of
twisted brambles, and His foot on the
throne has on the round top of His in
step another mark of a wound made by
a spike, and scar on the palm of the
right hand and a scar on the palm of
the left hand.
But, what conntenance! What a
smile! What a grandeur! What love-
illness! What an overwhelming look of
kindness and grace! Why, he looks as
if he had redeemed worldl But come
on, for our time is short Do you see
that row of palaces? That is the Apos-
tolic row. Do you see that long reach
of architectural glories? That is Mar
structure? That is the biggest house
in Heaven; that is ''the house Of many
Do you see that wall?
Shade your eyes against its burning
splendor for that is the wall of Heaven,
jasper at the bottom, and amethyst at
the top See this river rolling through
the heart of the great metropolis? That
is the river concerning which those who
once lived on the banks of the Hudson,
or the Alabama, or the Rhine, or
the Shannon say: eve never saw the
like of this for clarity and sheen"
That is the chief river of Heaven--so
bright, SO wide, so deep. Pass down
those boulevards Of gold and amber
and sapphire and see those intermina-
BILE streets 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 in and see them," you say.
No, you cannot go in. There are those
there who would never consent 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
lime is short, our thirty minutes are
almost gone. Come on! We must get
back to earth before this half hour of
heavenly silence breaks up, for in your
mortal state you cannot endure the
oomp and splendor and resonance when
his half hour of silence is ended. The
lay will come when you can see
Heaven in full blast, but not now. I
I'M now only showing you Heaven at
he dullest half hour of all eternities.
come on! There is something in the
celestial appearance which makes me
hink that the half hour of silence will
Don be over
Yonder are the white horses being
litched to chariots and yonder are
Graphs lingering harps as if about to
trike them into symphony and yonder
re conquerors taking down from the
,iue halls of Heaven the trumpets of
ictorY. Remember we are mortal yet |
nd cannot endure the full roll of |
harmonies and cannot endure |
ven the silent Heaven for more than |
alf an hour. Hark! the clock in the |
over of Heaven begins to strike and |
he half hour is ended Descend |
'ome back! Come down! till your work
done. Shoulder little longer your
'urdens. Fight little longer your
'attles Weep a little longer your
rief. And then take Heaven not in
IS dullest half hour, but in its might
EST pomp and instead of taking it for
hirty minutes take it world without
nd.
But how will you spend the first half
our of your heavenly citizenship after
on have gone in to stay? After your
rostration~ before the throne in wor-
hip of Him who made it possible for
on to get there at all, think the rest
( your first hour in Heaven will be
assed in receiving your reward il you
ave been faithful Ihave a strangely
eautiful book containing the pictures
[ the medals struck by the English
overnment in honor of great battles;
lese medals pinned over the heart of
ne returned heroes of the army, on
reat occasions, the royal family present
nd the royal bands playing; the
rimean medal the Legion of Honor,
ne Victoria cross, the Waterloo medal
a your iIrst ha'f hour in Heaven in
ONE way you will be honored for the
arthly struggles in which you won the
az. Stand up before all the royal
ouse of Heaven and receive the in
gnia while you are announced as
ictor over the droughts and freshets of
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