Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-01
GEO. M. SHOOK & CO.

look OF kindness and grace! Why, he
looks as If he had redeemed a world.
But, come on, for our time is short. Do
you see that row of palaces? That is
the Apostolic Row. Do you see that
long reach Of architectural glorleS?
That is Martyr Row. Do you see that
immense structure? That is the big
gest 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 anne
thyst at the top. See this river rolling
through the heart of the great metropo-
lis? 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: 1--WE
never saw the like OF this for clarity
and sheen-so bright, so wide, so deep.
But you ask: ''Where are the asylums
for the old ." | answer: 1.-The inha0i-
tants are all young" where are the
hospitals for the lame?" ''They are all
agile" "Where are the inArmaries for
the blind and deaf ?" ''They all see
and hear" "Where are the aims
houses for the poor ?" "They are all
muti-milionaires." Where are the
inebriate asylums?" "Why, there are
no saloons" "Where are the grave
yards ?"
"wHY, THEY NEVER DIE"
Pass down those boulevards Of gold
and amber and sapphire and see those
interminable streets built by the Archi-
tect 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.
ooh, let me 60 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
time is short, our thirty minutes are al
most gone. Come on! We must get
back to earth before this half hour of
heavenly silence breaks up, for in yonr
mortal state you cannot 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 Of
all the eternities. Come on! There is
something in the celestial appearance
which makes me think that the half
hour OF silence will soon be over. Yon-
der are the white horses being hitched
to chsriots, and yonder are seraphs fin
gering harpS as il about to strike them
in symphony, and yonder are conquer
ors taking down from the blue halls OF
heaven the trumpets of victory. Re-
member, we are mortal yet, and cannot
endure the full roll of heavenly har-
monies, and cannot endure even the
silent heaven for more than half an
hour. Hank! 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 little longer your burdens.
Fight a little longer your battles.
Weep a little longer your griefs. And
then take heaven not in it's dullest half
hour, but in its mightieSt pOmp, and,
instead OF taking it 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 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 receiving your reward II You have
been faithful. / have strangely beau
tiful book containing the pictures OF the
medals struck by the English Govern
ment.in honor of great battles: these
medals pinned over the heart OF the re-
turned heroes of the army, on great &C.
casions, the Royal family present, and
the Royal bands playing: the Crimean
medal, the Legion of Honor the Vic
toria Cross, the Waterloo medal. In
your first half-hour in heaven In some
way you will be honored for the earthly
struggles 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 droughts
and freshets of the farm field, Victor
over the temptations of the stock-ex-
change, Victor over professional allure
mensS, Victor over domestic infelicities,
Victor over mechanics shop, Victor
over the store-house, Victor over home
worriments, Victor over physical dis
tresses. Victor over hereditary depres-
sions, Victor over sin and death and
hell. Take the badge that celebrates
those victories through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Take it in the presence Of all
the galleries, sanity, angelic and Dr.
vinel While all heaven chants: "These
are they who came out of great tribula-
/ ton 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;