The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-02-02

ment of soul, look far down an looh !a
11p and to force upon you the cohc.us'on
that if all our climbing has only SHOWN us
the foundations of this wall, what must 'ne
wall itself be: and if this is the OUTSIDE o,
heaven what must tho inside be-; ana II an
this is figurative Whist must the realisy ne
Oh, this piled up magnificence Oh Tue heis
enly walt Oh, this eternity o. uecola
toni Oh, this opalescent, liore W.
prisrnatic miracle OF architecture! " nay
entbronement of all colorsl A minghnS o,
the blue of skies and the surf OF seas ahd
tbe Green of meadows, and the upholstery vi
a,1tuuinal forests, and the lire oil AuIu'IS
sunsets. All the spiendors OF earCh anIi
heaven dashed into t1ose twelve rows VI
foundation wall All that, mark you, only
t,,nical If the snirituat glories that roll over
hos ven like the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
swing in one billow. ..;L,,
no ven not see that it was Impossible
that YOU understand hun iredth part OIL Tue
suggestiveness of that twenty-1rst chapteee
of Revelation without going into some oi
the particulars of the wall OF heaven ana
dipping up some of its dripping coiofs' anu
running Your eye along some OF It's won
drous crystallizations, and examining SOM
of the frozen light in its turquoise, anu
feeling with your own finger the haraness
of its sapphire and shielding your eye
against the shinmarin2 briilauc, III iu'
bervl and studying the 1903 miles OF emer-
aid without a flaw? Yet all this only the
outside OF heaven, and the poorest part OF
the outside: not the wall itself, but only the
foot OF the wall, for my text sayS, lhe
foundations of the wall of the CITY were gar,
nished with all manner Of precious stones.
Oh. get down your harp If you can play
oneI Get down PAIN branch if you can
reach onel Why, it makes us all feel Ike
CRYING out with James Montgomery:
When shall these eyes th7 heaven butt walls
And peary gates behold?
Oh. my SOUL If my text shows US only
the outside, what must the INSIDE o'E WINE
riding last summer through the emperors
park near st. Petersburg, was captlFaOel
with graves. transplautel from all zones,
and the flower beds-mlleS this way ana
miles that way-incarnadlned with beauty
and the fountains bounding In such Te'e5
with the sunlight as nowhere else IS seen, l
said: "This is beautiful. never saw any
thing like this bafora."
But when | entered the palace anu saw
the pictured walls, and the long line OF stat
uary, and aquarium5 ahoat WIN an priSh'
scales, and aviaries a-chant,with bird voices,
and the inner doors of the palaces were
swung back by the chamberlain, anu saw
the emperor and empress aud princes ana
princesses, and they greeted me with cor,
dialty OF old acquantanceship, forget all
the groves and floral bewitcament L had
seen outside before entrance. Ana now
ask il the outside of heaven attracts our
souls today, how much more viii be the Mp
lifting when we get inside and see the h'ng
in His beauty AMI all the princes anu
prime esses of the palaces of amethyst?
Are you not glad that we did not stop III
our ascent this morning until we got TO Uae
top round of the foundation wa OF heaven,
the twelfth row, the amethyst Perhaps the
ancient Hebrews were not, after an 80 ttr
out of the way when they thou 5ht tnat the
~ Il. 49, mia l=nV1
for the touch of it this hour gives me very
pleasant dream. Standing on this amethyst
[ dream a dream. c.os9 my eyes AMI seq
it all. We are there This is heaven! NoG
the outside, hut the inside OF heaven.
With what warmth OF welcome our long
ago departed loved ones have kissed us. MY
How they have clangel in looks! lhey
were SO sick when they went away, ana NJ"
they are so well. L)ok Yonder Is Inc
place of our Lori the King. Not kept
moment outside we are ushere mo IN,
throneroom. Stretching out His scarre1
hand He says, 81 have loved thee with an
everlasting love" AMI We respond, Whoh
have | in heaven bu5 IheeE'
Bur, look Wonder is the playground OIL
the children. Children DO You want throne
A throne would not fit child. There they
are on the Fairgrounds OF heaven tine cAli-
dren Out of the sick cradle of earth they
came into this romping mirth OF the eternal
Fairgrounds. | clap my hands TO chesr
them in the glee. Wonder are the palaces oil
the martyrs, and before their doorway the
flowers. crimson as the bloody martyriomS
through which they waded up INTO glory.
Yonder is Apostolic row, and the hlghest
turrets is over the home OF Paul. Here ls
Evangelist place. Wonder are tho concert
nails in whicA the musicians OF earth ana
heaven are taking part--Handel with organ,
AMI David with harp, and Gabriel win
trumpet, ami four and twenty elders with
voices.
Ana an angel of God says: "Whero shall
| take YOU? Ga what street of heaven
would you like to live? What celestial
habitatiou would you like to occupJy' Ana
| answer: Now that have got inside the
wall made no of al manner OF precious
stones | do not care where you put me. just
show me where my departed loved ones are.
| have seen thu Lord, an next want to
see them.
But here are those with whom toiled in
the kingdom of Col Oh earth. They are
from nv old parishes at Bellevile AMI SYRIA
cuse and Philadelphia and Brooklyn, ami
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 iini. | will help steady
them as they mount the thrones. l VIII help
you burnish their coronetS.
Take these, my old friends, 10 as COOL
rooms as you can get for them in the house
of many mansions and VITA windows look
ing out upon the palace OF the great King.
As for myself, anywhere in heaven is good
enough for me. haileiuiah to the Lamb
that was slain" But | awake. In the ecstasy
of the momont my foot slipped from the
layer OF matnys, that 50 called producer
OF dreams, ana in the effort to catch myself
the vision vanished. And, 10, it was but
dream!