The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-11

has on the round of his instep another
mark OF Il wound made by a spike, and
scar on the PLAN of the right hand,
and scare on the palm of the left
hand. But what a countenance! What
smile! What a grandeur! What a
loVellness! What an overwhelming
look OF kindness and grace! Why, he
looks as If he had redeemed a world! |!
But come on, for our time is short. Do
you see that row of palaces? That is
the Apostolic row. DO you see that
long reach iof architectural glories :?
That is Martyr row. DO you see that
immense structure? That is the big
gest house in heaven that is "the House
OF Many Mansions" Do you see that
wall? Shade your eyes against it's burn
ing splendor, for that is the wall of hea-
ven, jasper at the bottom and amethyst
at thetop. 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 Shannon say, "We 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 ?" IansYer,
The inhabitants are all young
"Where are the hospitals for the lame ?'
"They are all angile." "Where are the
inlirmaries for the blind and deaf?"
"They all see and hear" "Where are
the almshouses for the poor?" They
are all multimillionaires." "Where are
the inebriate asYlums 2" "Why, there
are no saloons" "Where are the grave.
yards?" "Why, they never die" Pass
down those boulevards of gold and am
ger and sapphire and see those inter,
mlmable streets built by the Architect
OF the universe into homes, over the
threshold of whicn sorrow never steps
and out of whose windows faces, once
pale with earthly sickness, now look
rublcund with immortal health. "Oh
let nae go in and tee 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 where they never sin
where they never suffer, where they
never part" No, no! Our times is
short; our thirty minutes are almost
gone. Come on. We must get back
to the earth before this half hour OF
heavenly silence breaks up, for in your
mortal state you cannot endure the
pomp and splendor and resonance when
this half hour of silence is ended.
The dey come when you can see hea,
ven in full iblast, but not now. L am
now onlV showing you heaven at the
dullest half hour Of all the eternities
Come on! There is something in the
celestial appearance which makes me
think that the half hour of silence vii
soon be over. YOnder are the white
horses being hitched to chariots, anC
yonder are seraphs lingering harps a.
II ABOUT to strike them into symphony
and yonder are conQuerors takins
down from the blue halls of heaven th
trumpets Of victory.
| Remember, we are mortal vet, ant
cannot endure the full roll of heaVenl
harmonles and cannot endure even tn
silent heaven for more than half a.
hour. uark! the clock in the tower O
heaven begins to strike and the hal
hour is ended. Descend! Come back
Come down till your work is done
Shoulder little longer your burdens
Fight little longer your battles
Weep little longer your griefs! Ant
then take heaven not in its dullest hal
half hour, but in its mightest pomp and
instead of taking it for thirty minute
take it world without end.
But how will you spend the first hal
hour OF your heavenly citizenship afte
you have gone in to stay? After you
prostitution before the throne in wor
ship of him who made 1t possible foI
you to get there at all, 1 think the res
OF your first half hour in heaven will
be passed in receiving your reward i
you have been faithful. l have {
strangely beautiful book containing
the pictures of the medals struck by th(
English government in honor of great
battles, these medals pinned over the
heart of the returned heroes of the
army on great occasions, the roya
family present; the Crimean medal, tht
Victoria cross, the Waterloo medal.
In your first half hour in heaven il
some way you will be honored for tn,
earthly struggles in which you won tn,
DAY. Stand up before all the roya
| mousse OF heaven and receive the in
sigma while you are announced a.
victor over the droughts and freshet
OF the farm field, victor over the temp
tatlons OF the Stock exchange, victo
over professional allurements, yicto
over domestic infelicities, victor owe
mechanics shop, victor over the store
mouse, victor over home Worriments
victor over physical distresses, Victo
over hereditary depressions, victor owe
sin and death and hell. Take the badg
that celebrates those victories through
our Lord Jesus Christ Take it in th
presence of all the galleries-saintly
angelic and divine.
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die.
| They see the triumph from afar,
| And seize it with their eye.