The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-28

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10y Ills almighty grace you shall yet
arrive In the Kings palace not such
n one rs n spoken OF In the text
not one of marblc-not one adorned
with pillars ot alabastcr and thrones
OF ivory, and ilagons OF FURNISHED gold
but palace In which God is the king
and the angels of licnvcn are the cup
bearers The spider crawling up the
wall of Solomon's palace was not worth
looking after or considering, M COM
pared with the fact that we, who arc
thu worms OF the dust may AZ last as
cend into the palace OF the King inn
mortal. by the grace of God may we
all reach IT, oh. Heaven is not u dull
place IL IL not worn out mansion
with faded curtains and outlandish
chairs and cracked ware. No; II Is rs
fresh and fair and beautiful as though
il were completed but yesterday. The
kings OF the earth shall bring their
honor and glory into IT,
Apalace means splcndor Of apartments
Now. do not know where Heaven IL,
and do not know how IL looks, but, II
our bodies are To be rcsurrccted In the
last day. think Heaven must have u
material splcndor rs we'll as n spiritual
grandeur. OH what grandeur of apart.
mouts when that Divine hand which
plungcs the sea into blue, and the foli-
age into green, and sets the sunset on
fire, shall gather all the beautiful colors
Of earth around His throne, and when
that arm which lifted the pillars of
Alpine rock, and bent the arch OF the
sky, shall raise before our soul the
eternal architecture. and that hand
which hung with loops Of fire the cur
,ainS OF morning, shall prepare the up.
holstcry of our lSingly rcsidencel
\ palace also means spicndor OF Az
sociations. Tho poor man, the outcast
can not get into Windsor Castle. The
sentinel ~ the queen stands there and
cries Halt" as he tries To enter but
in the palace OF which | speak we may
all become residents, and we shall NIL
loo princes and kings We may have
been bcggnrS, we may have been out.
casts we may have been wandering
aud lost rs we all have been, but there
we shall take our regal power What
companionship in Heaven! To walk
side by side with John, and James, and
Peter. and Paul. and Moses, and Joshua,
and Caleb. and Ezekiel, and jeremiah,
and Micah, and Zuchnriah, and WILDER
force. and Oliver Cromwell. and Philip
nodridgc and Edward paysou, and
John Milton. and Elizabeth Fry, and
| Hannah More, and Charlotte Elizabeth.
! and all the other kings and queens of
Heaven. Oh, my soul, what u compan.
ship!
A palace means splcndor OF banquet
/ There viii be no common ware ON that
/ table. There will be no unSldlled
/ musicians at that entertainment There
will bc no scanty supply OF fruit or boy
eragc. There have been bnnquctS
spread that cost n million of dollars
/ each, but who can tell the untold wealth
/ OF that banquet? DO not know whcth-
or Johns description of il Is literal or
iigurativc. \ great many wise people
! tell me IL is igurativc; but prove H. !
| do not know but that IL may he lit
cral. do not know but that
there may bc real fruits pluckcd
| from the tree of life, | do not know
! but that Christ referred To the real
! Juice of the grape when lie said that
wo should drink new wine IN our
! Fathers kingdom. but not the intoNi'
eating stuff OF this worlds brewing
do not say that it is 50; tut have as
much right for thinking il is 80 rs you
have for thinking the other way. AZ
any rate it will bc glorious Banquet
/ L., A.. A
really believe tho guests are coming
now. The gates swing open, the guests
dismount, the palace is filling, aud al
the chaliccs flashing with pearl and
amethyst. and carbuncle arc lift
cd "a the lips 81 the myriad ban
quctcrs, while standing in robes OF
snowy white they drink 10 the honor OF
our glorious King, "Oh, you say, "tha;
Is too grand place for you and ioI
me-" No it Is not. II a spider, accord
ing TO the text, could crawl up on the
wall Of Solomon's palace, shall not our
poor souls, through the blood Of Christ
mount up from the depths OF their sir
and shame, and finally reach the palace
az the eternal King? Where sir
nbounded grace shall much more
abound. that whereas sin rcigned unit
death, even so may grace reigi
through righteousness unto eternal life
hy Jesus Christ, our Lord" One iinsi
Of that coming glory oblitcratcs tbs
scpulchcr.
Years ago, with lanterns and torches
and a guide, we went down into tn
Mammoth cave ~ Kentucky. You maj
walk fourteen miles aud see no sun
light. II i a stupendous place. Som'
places the root OF the cave Is n hundrc'
feet high. Tho gIottoes filled viii
I'LL hoo .,.,ud.s falling from