Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-01

home.
Enter the kings palace and take only a
glimpse, for we have only thirty minutes
for all heaven. SIS that Jesus 20 Yes. -
Just under the hair along his forehead is
the mark OF wound made by bunch of
twisted brambles, and his foot on the
throne has on the round of his instep an
other mark of a wound made by q spike,
and scar on the palm of the right hand,
and scar on the palm of the left hand.
But, what countenance! What q smile
what grandeur! What a loneliness
What an overwhelming look of kindness
and grace! Why, He looks as if He had re-
deemed world! But, come on, for our
time is short. Do you see that row of pal
aces That is the apostolic row. Do you
see that long reach of architectural glories2
That is martyr row. Do you see that i'm
mense 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 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 Shan
non, say: I'VE 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 asy-
lums for the old?" I answer: 1.-The inhah-
hospitals for the lame2' "They are all
agile" Where are the infirmaries for the
blind and deafl'' 'sThey all see and hears
Where are the almshouses for the pooEz"
They are all multl-millionaires. Where
are the inebriate asylums?" why, there
are no saloons" Where are the grave
yardS2" why, they never dien
Tar.1c IF nd
amber and sapphire and see thoses utter
minable streets built by the Architect of
the universe into homes, over the threSh-
old OF which sorrow never steps, and+eut
OF whose windows faces, once pale with
earthly sickness, now look rubicund with
immortal health. "Oh, let me go in and see
them!" you say. No, you cannot 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 minutes are almost gone.
Come on! We must get back to earth be-
fore this half hour of heavenly silence
breaks up, for in your mortal state you can
not endure the pOmp ana 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 of all the eternities. Come on!
There is something in the celestial appear
ance which makes me think that the half
hour of silence will soon be over.
HOnder are the white horses being
hitched to chariots, and yonder are seraphs
lingering harps as if about to strike them
into symphony, and yonder are cOnquerors
taking down from the blue halls OF heaven
the trumpets of victory. Remember we
are mortal yet, and cannot endure the full
roll af bp.lvaulv h1pDgDuias and oarrOt on
dure even the silent heaven for more than
half an hour. Hark! the clock in the
tower of heaven begins to strike, and the
half hour is ended. Descend! Come back!
Come down! till your work is done.
Shoulder a little longer your burdens.
Fight little longer your battles. Weep a
little longer your griefs. And then take
heaven not in its dullest half hour, but in
its miGhtiest pomp, and, instead of taking
1t for thirty minutes, take it 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 worship of
him who made it possible for you TO get
there at ALL think the rest of your first
half hour in heaven will be passed in re-
ceiving your reward if you have been faith
fuL l have strangely beautiful book con-
tanning the pictures OF the medals struck
Dy 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 bands 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 honored for the earthly strug-
giles in which you won the day.
Stand up before all the royal house of
heaven and receive the insignia while YOU
are announced as victor over the drouths
and freshets of the farm field, victor over
the temptations of the stock exchange.
victor over professional allurements, victor
over domestic infeiicities, victor over me-
channels shop, victor over the storehouse,
victor over home worriments, victor over
physical distresses, victor over hereditary
depressions, victor over sin and death and
he'll. Take the badge that celebrates those
victories through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Take it in the presence of all the galleries,
sanity, angelic and divine! While ali
heaven chants: These are they who came
out of great trlbulation 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;
They see the triumph from afar
And seize il with their eve