The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-11

utes. As when you would see great
picture, you put n sheetof paper into a
scroll and look through II or join your
forefnger to your thumb. and look
through the circle between, and the
picture becomes more intense, so this
masterpiece of Heaven by st. John 10
more impressive when we take only
thirty minutes of IL at at a time. Now,
we have something that we can come
nearer to grnsping. and IL Is quiet
Heaven. When we discourse about the
multitudes of Heaven, IL must be al
most n nervous shock TO those who
have all their lives been crowded by
many people. and who want quiet
Heaven. For the last thirty.hve
years have been much of the time
in crowds and under public scru-
tiny and amid excitements and
have sometimes thought for few
weeks after. / reach Heaven I would
like to go down in some quiet part
of the realm, with few friends, and
for little while try comparative soli-
tude. Then, there are those whose
hearing Is so delicate that they get no
satisfaction when you describe the crash
of the eternal orchestra, and they feel
like saying, as good woman in Hud-
son, N. Y, said, after hearing me speak
of the mighty chorus Of Heaven: THAT
must be a great Heaven, but what will
become of my poor head?" Yes, this
half-hour of my text Is still ex.
perience, "Therc was silence in
Heaven for half an hour" You will
find the inhabitants all at home. En-
ter the Kings palace and take only
a glimpse, for we have only thirty
minutes for all Heaven. as that Jesus"
Yes" Just under the hair along the
forehead is the mark Of wound made
by bunch of twisted BRAN bles, and
His foot on the throne has on the round
Of His instep another mark of a wound
made by spike, and n scar on the
palm of the right hand, and a scar on
the palm Of the left hand; but what a
countenance! What a smile! What q
grandeur! What n loneliness! What
an overwhelming look Of kindness and
grace! Why, he looks as If he had re-
deemed a world But, come on, for our
time is short Do you see that row Of
phlaCCo1 Ahtb 10 bhC hpOotoiS NO"s
Do you see that long reach of archi-
tectural glories? That is Martyr Row.
Do you see that immense structure9
That is the biggest house in Heaven;
that is "the House of Many Mansions"
Do you see that wall? Shade your
eyes against it's burning splendor for
that is the wall of Heaven, jasper at
the bottom and amethyst ut 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 asylums for the old?" an
swer: The inhabitants are all young"
where are the hospitals for the lame?"
"They are all agile" where are the
infirmaries for the blind and deaf?"
They all see and hear" Where are
the aims houses for the poor?" ''They
are the inebriate asylums?" Why,
there are no saloons" "Where
are the grave-yards?" "Why, they
never die" Pass down those boule-
wards of gold and amber and
sapphire and see those interminable
streets,built by the Architect of the Uni
verse into homes, over the threshold OF
which sorrow never steps, and out of
whose windows, faces, once pale with
earthly sickness, now rubicund with i'm.
mortal health "Oh, let me go in and see
them?" you say. No, you can not 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 almost gone Come on!
We must get back to earth before this |
half hour OF heavenly silence breaks
mp, for in your mortal state you car |
not endure the pomp and splendor and
resonance when this half hour Is ended.
The day will come when you can sec
Heaven in full blast, but not now.
Am now only showing you Heaven al
The dullest half hour of all the eterni.
les.
Evidently In England there arc
many ladies and gentlemen by title
who are not such in fact Names and
bearings which are found in
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