Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-06

WOIilH III IlutiSoll, ". L., Silu, aftcl
hearing me speak of the mighty
chorus of heaven. That must be /;
great heaven, but what will bccom,
of my poor head!"
Yes, this half hour of my text is {
still experience. There was silcnc,
in heaven for half an hour" Yor
will find the inhabitants all at home.
Enter the Kings palace and take only
a glimpse, for we have only thirty
minutes for all heaven. is that
Jesusl" Yes" just under the hail
along his forehead is the mark of {
wound made by bunch of twisted
brambles. and his foot on the thron,
has on the round of his instep another
mark of wound made by spike
and scar on the palm of the right
hand and scar on the palm of tn,
left hand. But, what ii countc
nance! What a smile! What gran
deurl What lovelincss. What an
overwhelming look of Kindness and
grace! Why, he looks as if he had
redeemed world, But come ON. fol
our time is short Do You Scc that
row of palaces? That is the Apos
tolic row. Do you see that long
reach of architectural glorics: That
is Martyr row. Do you see that i'm
mense structure? That is the biggest
house in heaven; that is the Hous,
of Many Mansions. Do you see thai
wall? Shade your eyes against it.
burning splendor, for that is the wal
of heaven, Jasper at the bottom ant
amethyst at the top.
See this river rolling through tn,
heart of the great metropolis: Tha'
is the river concerning which thoS,
who once lived on the banks of til,
Hudson, or the Alabama. or tn,
Rhine, or the Shannon, say, wv,
never saw the like of this for clarity
and sheen" That is the chief river
of heaven-so bright, SO wide. st
deep. But you ask. Where are tn,
asylums for the old" | answer
''The inhabitants are all young
Where are the hospitals for tn,
lamel" They are all agile "Wher,
are the infirmaries for the blind ant
deafl" They all see and hear.
Where are the almshouses for tn,
poorl" They are all multimillion
aires Where are the inebiiat,
asylums2" Why, there are NJ
saloons. Where are the grave
yartisl" why. they never die.
Pass down those boulevar1s of gold
and amber and sapphire and see thos,
interminable streets built by the
Architect of the universe into homes
over the threshold of which sorrow
never steps. and out of whose win
dows faces. once pale with earthly
sickness, now look rubicund with i'm
mortal health. "Oh. let me go III
and see them you say. No. you
cannot go in There are those there
who would never consent To let YOU
come up You say. Let me stay
here in this place wse,rc 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 ont We must get
back to earth before this half houi
of heavenly silence breaks up, for i'll
your 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 :s some
thing in the celestial appearance
which makes me think that the half
hour of silence will soon be over.
Yonder are the white horses being
hitched to chariots. and yonder are
seraphs lingering harps as if about
/ to strike them into harmony. 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 of heaven
ly harmonies and cannot endure even
the silent heaven for more than halt
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 yOul
work is done. Shoulder little longer
your burdens. Fight little longer
your battles. Weep little longer
your griefs. And then take heaven
not in its dullest half hour, but in IL
mightiest pomp, and instead of tax
ing it for thirty minutes. take il
world without end.
YOUR FIRST HALF HOUR.
But how will you spend the first
half hour of your heavenly citizen
ship after you have gone in to stay
After your prostration before the
throne in worship of him who mad,
it possible for you To get there III all
| think the rest of your first hall
hour in heaven will be passed III IT,
ceiving your reward if you have beeI
faithful | have n strangely beauti
full book containing the pictures oi
the medals struck by the Englisl
government in honor of great bat
ties; these medals pinned over th'
heart of the returned heroes of III,
army on great occasions. the roya
family present-the Crimran medal
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