Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-21
is the wall there is the gate of Heaven.

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ing to show you that he owns all on the
other side. Death is not q rut1ian that
| comes down to burn us out of house and
home, destroying the house of the taber-
/ nacle so that we should be home
less forever Oh, no. He is only a
black messenger who comes to tell us it
is time to move; to tell us to get out of
| this hut and go up into the palace. The
Christian owns all Heaven. s'All are
| yours" It's palaces of beauty, it's tow
ers of ssrength, it's castles of love. He
will not wall in the eternal city as a for
/ eigner in a strange city, but as farmer
/ walks over his own premises.
''All are yours All the mansions
! yours. Angels your companions. Treesof
! life yonr shade. Hills Of glory your look
| out. Thrones of Heaven the place where
! you will shout the triumph. Jesus Is
yours God is yours. You look up into
! the face of God and say ''My father"
| You look up into the face Of Jesus and
/ say, my brother" Walk out on the
battIements of Heaven and look off upon
| tho city Of the sun. No tears. No sor-
row. No death. No smoke of toiling
warehouse curling on the air. No voice
of blasphemy thrilling through that
| bright, clear Sabbath morning No din
of strife Earring the air. Then take out
your deed and remember that from
throne to throne, and from wall to wall,
and from horizon to horizon, IAN are
! yours"
Then get up into the temple of the
sun, worshippers in white, each with a
palm branch, and from high gallery of
that temple look down upon the thou
sands Of thousands, and the ten thousand
4 Il Il
and forty and four thousand, and the
i great ''multitude that no man can mum.
! ber," and louder than the rush of the
wheels, louder than the tramp of the re-
| deemed, hear q voice saying, ''All are
yours See the great procession march
ing around the throne of God. Martyrs
who went ND on wings OF flame. In
valids who went up from touches Of dis
tress. Tolers who went up from the
| workhouse and the factory and the
mine. All the suffering and the bruised
| children of God. See the chariOts OF
salvation; in them those who were more
than con0uerors. See them marching
around about the throne of God forever
and forever, and know that "all are
yours"
Dye who have pains of body that OK
haust your strength and wear out your
patience, I hold before you this morning
! the land Of eternal health and Of im-
perishable beauty and call is yourS!'
! o We who have hard work to get you!
daily bread, hard work to shelter your
| children from the storm, lift before you
! the vision of that land where they never
! hunger, and they never thirst, and God
! feeds them, and robes cover them, and
the warmth of eternal love fills them,
and all that is yours!
/ O We whose hearts are buried in the
grave of your dead-O We whose happi-
ness went by long ago-O We who mourn
/ for countenances that never will light
up aud for eyes closed forever-sit no
/ longer among the tombs, but look here!
| A homo that shall never be broken up.
Green fields never cleft Of the grave.
Ransomcd one from YOU parted long ago
now radiant with JOY that shall never
cease, and love that shall never grow
cold, and wearing garments that shall
never withcr, and know all that is yours.
Yours tho love. Yours the acclaim.
Yours the transport. Yours the cry Of
the four and twenty elders. Yours the
choiring of cherubim. Yours the lamb
that was slain.
In the vision of that glorious consum-
nation l almost lose my foothold. and
have to hold fast lest l le overborne by
the glory. The vision rose before ST.
John on Patmos, and he saw Christ in a
blood red garment, riding on Il white
horse, and all Heaven following Him on
white horses. What a procession! Let
Jesus ride. He walked the way footsore
weary and faint. Now let Him ride.
While horse of victory, bear on our
chief. Hosanna TO the Son OF David
Ride on, Jesus! Let all Heaven follow
Him. These cavalry Of God fought we'll
and they fought triumphantly. Now let
them be mounted. The pavements of
gold ring under the flying hoofs. Swords
Sheathcd and victories won, like conquer
crs they sit on their chargers. We
mounted troops of God, ride on! ride Onl
ten thousand abreast, cavalcade after
cavalcade. No blood dashed to the
lips. No blood dripping from the fet-
locks. No smoke of battle brcathed
from the nostri. The battle is ended
| the victory won!
Oh. if there be any present who are
vet enemies of the cross Of Christ, / be.
seech them at once to be reconciled ia
God. Rememb Der if you are not found
among that white robed army who fol.
low the Saviour in His victorious march
your pbEG lHuSt Ot Will IuOSc
whom it is said. s'The Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from Heaven in flaming fire,
taking vengeance on those that know
not God, aud obey not the Gospel of ouI
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be pun.
ished with everlasting destruction from
the presence Of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, when He shall come
to be gloritied in His saints. and to Ee
admired in all them that believe"
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