Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-03
VOL island POND VERMONT FRRRUARy . lso2

msnt OF soul, look far down and look 4,
up and To force upon you the concusio
that II all our climbing has only shown I
the foundations OF this wall, what must tt
wall itself be; and IL this is the outside Z
heaven. what must the inside be; and IL a
this Is figurative, what must the reality be
Oh, this piled up magnihcence Of the hsav
enly walli Oh, this eternity OF decora
tionl Oh, this opalescent horescent
prismatic miracle OF architectural Whai
enthronement OF all colorsi A mingiing oil
the blue OF skies and the surf of seas and
the green OF meadows and the upholstery OF
autumn,l forests, and the fire OF August
sunsets. All the splendors OF earth anC
heaven dashed into those twelve rows oil
foundation wall. ALI that marx you only
typical Of the spiritual glories that roll over
I heaven like the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean,
swing in one billow.
Do ycu not see that II was impossible
that you understand hundredth part OF the
suggestiveness OF that twenty-irst chapter
! OF Revelation without going into some of
the particulars OF the wall of heaven and
dipping up some Of its dripping colors, and
running your eye along some OF its won.
drous crystallizations, and examining some
OF the frozen light in its turquoise, and
| feeling with your own finger the hardness
OF its sapphire, and shielding your eyes
against the shimmering hrilliancs in its
| beryl, and studying toe 1900 miles OF emer-
aid without haw' Yet all this only the
outside OF heaven, an | the poorest part OF
the outside; not the wall itself, but only the
foot OF the wall. for my taxi says, "The
foundations OF the wall OF the city were gar
nished with all manner OF precious stones. "
Oh, get down your harp IL you can play
one! Get down palm branch II you can
reach onel Why, IL makes us all feel like
crying out with Jane, Montgomery:
When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls
And peArly gates behold =
Oh, my SOUL IL my text shows US only
the outside, what must the inside b.i While
riding last sum ner through the emperor's
park near st. Petersburg, was captivate1
with graves, transplante1 from all zones,
aud the flower beds-miles this way and
miles that way--incarnadined with beauty,
and the fountains bounding in such revel
with the sunlight as nowhere else Is seen,
said: This is beautiful | mover saw any
thing like this before"
But when l entered the pslacs and saw
the pictured walls AMI the long line OF stat
uary, and aquariums ahoat with all bright
scales, and aviaries a-chant,,wi bird voices
and the inner doors Of the palaces were
swung back by the cha nberlain, and l saw
the emperor and empress aud princes and
princesseS and they greeted me with cor
diality OF old acquaintanceship, forget all
the groves and floral bswitchment l had
seen outside before entrance. And now
ask, IL the outside of heaven attracts our
souls to-day, how much more will be the up
lifting when we get inside and see the King
in His beauty AMI all the princes and
prime ssses OF the palaces Of amethyst
Are you not glad that we did not stop in
our ascent this morning until we got to the
top round OF the foundation wal OF heaven,
the twelfth row. the amethystl Perhaps the
ancient Hebrews were not, after all, 50 tar
out of the way when they thou ,ht that the
touch OF the amethyst gave pleasant dreams,
tor the touch OF it this hour gives me a very
peasant dream. Standing on this amethyst
dream dream. | cIoss my eyes and sec
it all. We are there. This is heaNsnl Not
the outside hut the inside of heaven.
With what warmth OF welcome our long
20 departed loved ones have kissed u.s. Ny!
How they have chauge1 in iooksl They
were So SICK when they went away, and now
they are SO well. L0okl Yonder Is the
placs Of our Lor the King. Not kept a
moment outside we are usheret into the
tnroneroom. Stretching out His SCARED
hand He says, al have loved thee with an
everlasting love" AMI we respond, Whom
have in heaven but Fheef'
IL,
the children. Children do you want throne.
A throne would not fit child. There they
are on the Fairgrounds OF heaven-the chill
dren. Out of the sick cradle OF earth they
came into this rompiug mirth OF the eternal
Fairgrounds | clap my hands to cheer
them in the glee. Yonder are the palaces OF
the martyrs, and before their door way the
flowers, crimson as the bloody martyrioms
through which they waded up into glory.
Yonder is Apostolic row, and the highest
turrets Is over the home OF Paul. Here is
Evangelist place. Eonder are the concert
halls in which the musicians of eartn and
heaven are taking part-Handel with organ,
AMI David with harp. and Gabriel with
trumpet and four and twenty elders with
voices.
And an angel Of God says: "Where shall
| take you! On what street OF heaven
would you like to livef What celestial
habitatiou would you like to occupyr And
answer: "Now that have got inside the
wall made up Of oil manner Of precious
stones do not care where you put me. just
show me where my departed loved ones are.
[ have seen the Lord, aud next l want 70
see them.
But here are those with whom toiled in
the kingdom Of God on earth. They are
from my old parishes at Believills and Syra-
cuse and Philadelphia and Brooklyn, and
from many places on both sides the sea
where have been permitted to work with
them and for them. Give them the best
places you can find. I will help steady
them as they mount the thrones. l will help
you burnish their coronets.
Take these, my old friends to as good
rooms as you can get for them in the house
of many mansions, and with windows look
ing out upon the palace Of the great King.
AS for myself, anywhere in heaven Is good
enough for me. Halleluiah to the Lamb
that was slain" But awake. In the ecstasy
of the momont my foot slipped from the
layer OF amethyst, that 30 called producer
OF dreams and in the effort to catch myself
the vision vanished. And, 10, IL was but .
dream