Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-23

dicsm. Tho emily recipe fer pheasant dreams
isto dcfightand think right whom you are
w.ac awake Conditions @ phvaio,.i disease
may give o good man a nightmare but
mau physically well. il he bchayc himself
Alright, will not be troubled With bad
dreams.
Ncbuchalnezzar. with eagles down I'M
der his head aud Tyrian purple over &.
struggled with bad dream that made him
Shrek out FOR the soothsayers and asirolo-
gers to como and interpret e. phnmoh.
amid Oh iInarble palaces OF Memphis. was
coniounosd by dream In which lean COWS
ate up tho fat COWS, and the small ears Of
corn devoured the seven larga cars. and
awful famine was prvdglred. Pilates
wife, amid clouds Of richest upholstery,
had a startling dream. because Of which
she sent a message in hot haste to court
room % keep her husband from enacting
Judicial outrage. But Jacob, ut Bethel,
with a pillow Of mountain rock. hsd a
bliasful dream Of the ladder angel blossom
ing.
Bunyan, with bis bead on bard plank Of
Bedford Jail, saw the gates Of the celestial
city. St John, on the barronest island ol
the AEgean soa, In hts dream heard trum-
pets and saw cavalrymon On white horses
and new heaven aud q new earth. No
amount OF rough pillow can disturb the
nigLt vision Of a saint, aud no amount Of
amethystine oharR can delectate the dream
OF "A niscreant
ONLY THE nEoIaNNo.
But, some one will say, why have You
brought us TO this amethyst the top row OF
The foundation Of the heavenly wall, II You
orenot able 20 accept the theory Of the an
Client Greeks, who said that Che amethyst
was charm against intoxication, or II you
are not willing 70 Accept the theory Of the
ancient Hehrewstthat the anethyst was a
producer Of pleasant dreaiasl My answer
Is, have broaght you TO the top row. tho
twelfth layer Of the foundation OF the hcov-
emily wall Of l,J00miles OF ciycling amethyst
10 put you ia a position where you can get
a new idea OF heaven; 70 lct you sec
that after you have climbed up twelve
strata Of glory you nre only OF the base
OF the eternal GRANDEUR, ~ let You, with
enehqntmcnt u soul, look far down and
look FAR up; and to force upon you the con
cluaion that II all our climbing has only
shown Us tho foundation Of the wall, what
must the wall itself he; ahd ifsthls ~ the
outeido Of hoayan, what must the inside
be- and fan this is fguuative, what must
the reality bei Oh this piled up mag
nihcence of9the heavenly WALL Oh, this
eternity Of decorationl Oh, this opaloscent,
horescent, priErnatc miracle OF archltoc-
turel What euthronemoni Of ell coloul
A mingling Of the blue Of skieA and the
surf Of yeas, mSi.the green Of meadows, and
the upholstery OF autenlnal forests, and
the firc Of August sunsets All the SPLEEN
dors Of onrth and heuvcn dashed into those
a.
mark you, only typical OF The spiritual
glorios that ron over heaven Ike the At
lantio aud PaoiGc oceans swung in one bill
low.
Do You not see that II was impossible that
! you understand hundredth part OF the
! suggestiyeness OF that twenty-hrst chapter
Of Revelation without going into some OF
| the partioulAa VI the wall OF heaven, aud
dipping up some Of its dripping colors, aud
running your oye along some of its won.
drous crystallizationa, and examining some
| of the frozen light In its turquoise, and feel
ing with your own finger tho hardness OF
! itsRapphirc, and shielding your eyes Against
tho shimmerng brnlinnco In It's hegyl, and
| studying the 500 miles OF emerald without
flawg Yot all this only the outside o.
heaven and the poorest part OF the outsid,
!
the wall, for my text says, "The founda
items OF the wall Of the city were garuishes
with all manner OF precious stones" Oh
get down your harp, il you can play one
Get down palm branch, IL you can reach
one. Why, IL makes Us all feel like crying
out with James Montgomery
When shall thobo oYos thy heaven built walls
And pearly Eetos beholdy
THE HEAVENLY PALACR.
Oh, my soul IN my text shows us onls
the outside, Whist must the ingide be'
While riding last summer through th,
emperors park, near 81. Petersburg,
was captivatod with the gluyes, trans
planted from all zones, and the ilowe'
beds, miles this WY and miles that way
incamadined with beauty, and the foun
tains bounding In such rovel with the sun
light AZ nowhere else IL seen. said; "Thi,
IS beautiful. / never saw anything Ike
this before"
But when / entered the palace and saw
the pictured walls and the long line o.
statuary, and aquarums afioat with oil
bright scales, and ayiariCs a-chant Will
bird voices, and the inner doors Of the pal
ace were swung back by the chamberlain
aud | sAw the emperor aud empress ant
princes aud pzincesses, and they greeted m,
with eordiRlity Of old aequaintanceship
folgot all the groves and floral bewitch
nent had seen outside before entrance,
And now ash, II the outside of heaven
attracts ouF souls to-day, how much NOR,
will be the uplifting when we get iuhid,
and see the King in his beauty and all ths
princes and princesses OF the palaces d
amethysti Arc you not glad that wo did
not stop in cur ascent this morning until
We got 20 thetop round Of The foundation
wall Of heaven, the twelfth row, the am
ethyst2 pGrbaps the ancient Hebrews were
not after all so far out OF the way when
they thought that the touch Of theUmothysl
gave pleasant dreams for the touch OF Il
this hour giyo8ms very pleasant dream.
Standing ca this RuIethyst l dream O
dream. close my eyes ana see II all
We are there This Is heavenl Not tbi
outside, but the inside OF heaven With
what warmth Of welcome our long ago de
parted loved ones have kissed us. My
How they have changed In looks They
were so sick when they went away, aud
now they are so we'll LoOk Yondor s
hepalRc0 of our Lord, Che King Not kept
mamcnt outside, we are ushered into th,
throneroom
Stretching out his Scared hand he says
81 hayo loved thoe with an everlasting
love. and We respond, Whom have / IN
heayon but theefn EUt lookl Yondcr 8
tie playground Of the oaildFan Childreu
do not want q throne. A throne would not