The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-19
CELESTIAL HOLIDAY.
Al Nations Throng Around Chrlsrs
Imperial Throne.
IN. Muititudes Dressed In Robes OF white
rnIte Their Voices In Sweet SYM
phony-Dr. TalnhaEe's sermon.


rho orcat Shoreditch tabernacle In
A.. east of London, where Rev. w. Cuff
beaches, was thronged almost To suffo-
zion. and the large Congregational
sh,,rch In the Hackney district could
- hold half the people who tried 10
~ into Il, though II was on Monday
evening that DIR. Talmage preached
.here. Outside London the eagcrness
~ hear him has been quite rs intense.
=. liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham,
r,awe and Hanley, no church could be
sound large enough to accommodate the
.rdiences and DIR. Tnlmage preached
4, the halls I'm which the great POI
i,tical conventions are held and
,he capacity of these was tested TO the
v,most. Since his arrival, he has
orenched seven times each week. The
sermon selected for publication this
,veel Is from the text Rev. vii. o, 10:
"After this | bcheld, and, 10, II great
multitude which no man could num-
bcr of nil nations, and kimlrcds, and
neople. and tongues, stood before the
tbrone. and before the Lamb clothed
with white robes, and palms in their
hands. and cried with II loud voice,
SAYING: Salvation 10 our God which sit
teth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb
II is impossible to come in contact
with ANYTHING grand or beautiful in
ar,. nature or religion, without being
nrofted and elevated. We go into the
mr., gallery. and our soul meets the soul
~ the painter. and we hear the hum of
his forests and the clash of his conflicts,
and see the oud-blossoming of the sky
and the notwithstanding of the ocean;
and we come out from the gallery bet
ter men than when we went in. We go
into the concert of music and are lifted
into cnchantmcnt; for days after our
soul seems to rock with very tumult
OF 10Y, rs the sea; after II long stress of
weather, rolls and rocks and Surgcs u
great while before it comes back TO its
ordinary calm.
On the same principle it is profitable
to think Of Heaven, and look off upon
that landscape of JOY and light which
~, John depicts; the rivers Of gladncss,
the trees of life, the thrones of power,
the comminglings of everlasting love.
wish this morning that l could bring
Heaven from the list of intanglcs, and
make il seem To you rs it really is-thc
great fact in all history, the depot of all
ages. the parlor of Gods universe.
This account in my text gives pict-
ure OF Heaven as il Is on a holiday.
Now IL II man came 10 New York for
the first time on the dav that kosSuth
arrived from hungary, and he saw the
arches lifted, and the flowers flung IN
the streets, and he heard the guns
booming. he would have been very fool
ish TO suppose that that was the ordi-
nary appearance of tho city. While
Heaven is always grand and always
beautiful, think my text speaks of
gala day in Heaven
II is time of great celcbration--pcr'
haps of the birth or the resurrection oi
Jesus: perhaps of the downfall OF some
despotism; perhaps because of the rush
ing in of the millennium. know not
what; but it docs seem Ia me in reading
this passage n If it were holiday III
Heaven: after this hohcld, and, 10,
great multitude, which no man could
number of all nations, and llindred>
and people, and tongues, stood bcfor,
the throne. and before the Lamb, cloth
cd in white robes, and palms IN then
hands; and cried with loud voice, say
ing, Salvation to our God which stitch
upon the throne, and unto tho Lamb
shall speak to you ot tho gIoriued II
Heavcn--thcir number, their antorcd
ents, their dress, their symbols, an'
their song. But how shall | begin 10y
telling you OF the numbers OF those II
Heaven? have seen curious estimate
by an ingenious man who calculate
how long the world was going 10 last
and how many people There are in oacl
generation. and then Sums up the whol'
matter, and Says he thinks thoro Wall ID
twcnty-Scvcn millions OF souls in glory
have no faith in his estimate. sim
ply take Shc plain announcement ~ Ia
teSt-it IA - great multitude, when m
man can number"
Every few years m this couhtry W
take census OF tho population. and !
lsvery easy 10 tell how many peopI
there are In city or In nation; On
who shall give tho census OF tho grea
nation OF the saved? II Il quito easy I
tell how many people there are In dii
ferent denominations OF Christians
how many Baptists and Methodists an
Episcopalians and Presby terians; OF a
The denominations of Christians w
could make an estimate suppose the.
We're gathered in one great audienc
room; how overwhelming the spectacle
But II would give no idea Of the greu
audience room OF llcavcn-thc mutt
tnde that bow down and that INT II