Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-20

do you wonder that Paul was 50 glad
snen niaTtyr6om gsye him chance To
20 over and make discoveries Ia that
blessed country
hope soas day. By the grace of God,
% 20 over and sse for nyself, bar nos
aow. No vel I4an. no pros2ered m@a.
thiak, wants 70 go low. Bat the time
wlll come, Ehink, when l shall ~ over.
| want 70 see what they do there AID
want 10 see how they do il. do rot
WAIT 70 be looking Through the gates
slar forever. / want them 10 swing
Wide open. There are ten thousand
things | want explained--about you,
about myself. about the goyernmsnt CT
this world. about God. about everything.
We start II a plain path OF what We
know and IL minute come up against
a high wall Of what We DO not know.
wonder how IL LOOKS over there. Some
body tells me IL Is like = paved city
paved with gold-snd another man tells
me il is like fountain. and it is like
tree, and il is like triumphal process
sion, and the next man meet tells me
il is all fgurarive. l really want 20
know, after the body 10 reSurrected,
what they wear and what they eat, and
| have an immeasurable curiosity 10
know what il Is, and how it is and
where IL is.
Columbus risked his life 10 find this
continent. and shall we shndder 70 go
out on voyage Of discovery which shall
reveal vaster and more brilliant coun-
Try? John Franklin riskei his life to
find passage between icebergs, and
shall we dread TO find passage TO eter-
nal summer, Men in Switzerland travel
up the heights Of the Matterhorn with
alpenstock and guides and rockets and
ropes, and getting half way up stumble
and fall down in y horrible massacre.
They just wanted 10 say they had been
on the tops Of those high peaks. And
shall we fear to go out for the ascent Of
tho eternal hills which start a thousand
miles beyond whore stop the highest
peaks Of the Alps when in that ascent
there Is no peril:
A man doomed to die stepped on the
sca:fold and said in Joy, Now in ten
minutes ] win know the great secret"
One minute after the vital functions
ceased, the little child that died last
night knew more than Jonathan Ed
wards or st. Paul himself before he
died. Friends, the exit from this world,
or death, if you please to call it, to the
Christian il glorious explanation.
WE SHALL BEE EYE TO EYE.
It Is demonstration. 1t is illumina-
ton. 1t Is sunburst. 1t is the opening
Of all the windows. 1t is shutting mp
the catechism Of doubt ard the unroll-
ing Of all the scrolls Of positive and ac-
curate information. Instead Of stand
ing Ut the foot Of the ladder and looking
up it is standing at the top Of the ladder
and looking down. 1t is the last mys-
terry taken out of botany and geology
and astronomy and theology.
Oh, will il not be grand to have all
questions answered? The perpetually
recurring interrogation point changed
for the mark of exclamation. All nd
dies solved. Who will fear to go out on
that discovery, when all the questions
are to be decided which we have been
discussing sll our hves2 Who shall not
clap his hands in the anticipation Of that
blessed country, if it be no better than
through holy curiosity, crying, "The
time Of my departure is at hands"
remark again. we ought to have the
joy Of the text, because, leaving this
world, we move into the best society Of
the universe. You see great crowd
of people in some street, and you say:
"Who is passing there? What general,
what prince is going up there?" Well, I
see q great throng in heaven. say:
Who is the focus Of all that admira-
ton? Who is the center of that glitter
ing company" Il Is Jesus, the cham
pion Of all worlds, the favorite of all
ages.
Do You know what is the first ques-
ton the soul will ask when it comes
Through the gate Of heaven? think the
first question will be, Where is Jesus,
the Saviour that pardoned my sin, that
carried my sorrows, that fought my bct-
ties, that won my victoriesy' Oh, radiant
onei how would like to see thee! thou
of the manager, but without it's humilia-
tons: thou Of the cross, but without its
pangs; thou Of tho grave, but without
its darkness.
ALIVE WITH JESUS.
The Bible intimates that we will talk
with Jesus in heaven just rs q brother
talks with . brother. Now, what will
You ask him first7 l do not know.
can think what would ask Paul first il
saw hin in heaven. think / would
like 10 hear him describe the storm that
came upon the ship when there were two
hundred and ssveuty-five souls on the
vessel. Paul being che oply man on board
cool enosgb*p deecribc the storm. There
is q fascination about ship aud the sea
that never she'll get over. and think I
would like to hear him talk about that
first.
But when / meet my Lord Jesus
Christ, Of what shall l first delight to
hear hiso speak? Now think what it
is. shall first want to hear the tragedy
II his last hours. and then Luke's &C
count of sRe crucihxion. and Marks &C
count Of tbs crucifixion, and Johns &C.
Count Of the cruci6xion will be nothing,
while fre<n the living lips Of Christ the
s,cry shall he. told of the gloom that fell,
and the devils that arose, and the fac,
that upon his endurance depended the
rescue of . race; aud there was dark.
ness in the sky. and there was dark
ness in the soul. and the pain became
more sharp, and the burdens becsme
more heavy. until the mob began 70
swim sway from the dying vision Of
Christ. and the carsiag Of the mob came
10 his ear more family. and his hands