Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-23

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without Aa~s VI sil tbs oEa'f the s'Ast-
aide of heaven, AMI tbs poorest Iesrt q
the outside; Mt Itas wall igsslf. btsE oniy
tbs foot q the wal. fer my text says, it'e
Foundations ot the wakl of the caty were
garnishea with AL manner q precious
stones Oh, gst down your harp u you
can Yl.sy onal Get down palm branch
il you csn reach one. Shs. 1t makes us
all lssl he crying out With james Mont
gcnery:
Wien shall these eyes thy heaven salts AIS
And pcAriy gates b~aeids
On, ny souil II my text shows as only
the outside. what Inust the inside b's
While riding last summer through the
efnneror's park, near st. Peters burg, l
wac caP;is4tei with the groves. trans
planted from all zones. and the Hover
beds-nilas this way and miles that way
-inearnaained with beauty, and the
fountains bounding in such revei with
the SUNLIGHT as nowhere else Is seen,
said: This is beautiful. ! never saw
ANYTHING Ike this BEFORE
| But when / entered the palace and saw
the pictured walls. and the long line Of
| statuary, and aqnariulns afoat with all
bright scales, and ayiaries a-chant with
bird voices. and the inner doors OF the
palace were swung back by the cham
| berlain, and saw the emperor and en-
press and princes and princesses, and
they greeted me Will. a cordially Of old
mountaineering, forget al the groves
and floral bewitchment l had seen out
| side before entrance. And now ask, II
the outside Of heaven attracts our souls
today, how much more will be the up
lifting when we get inside and see the
King in his beauty and all the princes
and princesses of the palaces Of anne
thyst?
Are You not glad that we did not stop
in our ascent this morning until we got
to the top round of the foundation wall
of heaven, the twelfth row, the anne
thyst? Perhaps the ancient Hebrews
were not, after all, so far out of the way
when they thought that the touch OF the
amethyst gave pleasant dreams, for tho
touch of it this hour gives me very
pleasant dream. Standing on this anne
thyst dream dream. close my eyes
and see i. all. We are there. This is
heaven! Not the outside, but the inside
of heaven.
With what warmth of welcome our
long ago departed loved ones have kissed
us. My! How they have changed in
looks! They were so sick when they
went away, and now they are so well.
Look! Yonder is the palace OF our Lord
the king. Not kept q moment outside
we are ushered into the throneroom.
Stretching out his SCARED hand he says,
81 have loved thee with an everlasting
love-" and we respond, ''Whom have l
in heaven bot theeF
CHILDREN IN HEAVEN.
But, look! Yonder is the playground
of the children. Children do not want a
; throne. A throne would not fit child.
There they are ON the Fairgrounds Of
heaven-the children. Out Of the sick
cradle of earth they came into this
romping mirth Of the eternal play
grounds clap my hands to cheer them
in the glee. Yonder are the palaces of
the martyrs, and before their doorway
the flowers, crimson as the bloody mar
tyrdoms through which they waded up
into glory. Yonder is Apostolic row,
and the highest turret is over the home
Of Paul. Here is Evangelist place. Yon-
der are the concert halls in which the
musicians of earth and heaven are TAX
ing part-Handel with organ, and David
with harp, and Gabrielwith trumpet, and
four and twenty elders with voices.
And an angel of God says: Where
shall l take you? On what street of
, heaven would you like to live? What
celestial habitation would you like to
: occupy" And | answer: "Now that /
have got inside the wall made up of all
|. manner of precious stones do not care
! where you put me. Just show me where
my departed loved ones are. have seen
the Lord. and next want to see them.
But here are those with whom toiled
in the kingdom Of God on earth. They
, ara from my old parishes at Belleville
/ and Syracuse and Philadelphia and
Brooklyn, and from many places on
; both sides the sea where have been per-
mitted to work with them and for them.
4 Give them the beet places you can find.
: viii help steady them Gs they mount
. the thrones. / will help You FURNISH
their coronets.
Take these, my old friends, to as good
, rooms as You can set for them in the
/ house of many mansions, and with win
. dows looking out upon the palace of the
. great King. rs for myself. anywhere in
heaven is good enough for me. Halle
luiah to the Lamb that was slain" But
awake. In tao ecstasy of the moment
!. my foot slipped from Tie layer of anne
thyss, that 50 called producer of dreams.
!, and in the effort to catch myself the
/, vision vanished. Aud. 10. it was but a
dream,
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