Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-02-10

cows ami the small ears o. corn devoure.
the seven large ears. and AWFUL famine was
predgured. Pilates wife, amid clouds o.
richest upholstery, hat startling dream,
because OF which sne sent \ message IN hot
haste TO courtroom 70 keep har husband
from enacting & il ilcIai outrage. Bus
Jacob, at Bethei. with pillow OF mountain
rock had a bissiul dream OF ths ladder
angel poisoning.
Bunyan, with MS head ou hard plank OF
Bedford's jail, saw the gates of the Celes-
tial city. St. John, On tas barreuess island
OF the Il yean Sea, IN his dream heard trun-
pets ana saw cavalry men on white horses
and new heaven and a nav earth. No
amount of rough pillow can disturb the
night vision of Il saint, an no amount or
amethystine cnarm can delectate the dream
OF miScraant.
But some one will say, why have you
brought US TO this amethyst rhs top row OF
the foundation o. the heavenly wall, il you
are not able to accept the theory OF the an
Gent Greeks, said that the amethyst
was charm against lntox cation. or II you
are not willing to accept the theory OF the
ancient Hebrews that the amethyst was .
producer OF pleasant dreams: My answer Is,
l have brought you TO the TOD row. the
twelfth layer of the foundation of the heav-
emily wall OF 1870 miles OF circnng amethyst
to put you in a position whore you can get q
new idea of heaven; to let you see that
after you have climoei up twelve strata
of glorv you ara only at the base OF the
ment of soul, look far down ami look far
up and to force upon you the conclusion
that il all our climbing has only shown us
the foundations Of this wall, what must tine
wall itself be, and if this is the outside OF
heaven. what must the inside be; and If all
this is figurative, what must the reality be-
Oh, this piled up magnifcencs Of the heav-
emily wall! On, this eternity of decora-
ton! Oh, this opalescent, horascent,
prismatic miracle OF architectural What
"a n -
the blue OF skies, and the surf of seas, and
the green of meadows and the upholstery of
autumnal forests, and the fire of August
sunsets. All the splendors OF earth and
heaven dashed into tnos5 twelve rows of
foundation wall All that, mark you, only
typical of the spiritual giories that roll over
heaven like the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
swing in one blllow.
Do you not see that it was impossible
that you understand a hun dredth part OF the
uggestiveness OF that twenty first 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 soma
OF the frozen ight in its turquoise, aud
feeling with your own finger the hardness
of it's sapphire, and shielding your eyes
against the shimmering brillancs in its
beryl, and studying the 1900 miles OF emer-
aid without a flaw? Yet all this only tho
the outside; not the wall itself, out only the
foot Of the wall, for my text says, The
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
onel Get down a palm branch If you can
reach onei Why, it makes us all feel like
crying out with James Montgomery:
When shall these eyes thv heaven built walls
And pearly gates behold?
Oh, my soul! If my text shows US only
the outside, what must the inside be? While
riding last summer through the emperor's
park near St Petersburg, was captivated
with graves transplanted from all zones
and 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, I
said: "This is beautiful never saw any
thing like this before"
But when [ entered the palace and saw
the pictured walls, and the long line of stat
uary, and aquariums adoat with all bright
scales, and aviaries a-chant'with bird voices,
and the inner doors of the palaces were
swung back by the cham berlain, and saw
the emperor and empress and princes and
princesses, and toey greeted me with cor
diality of old acquaintanceship, forget all
the groves and floral bewitchment / had
seen outside before entrance. And now
ask, if the outside Of heaven attracts our
souls to-day, how much more will be the up
in His beauty and all the princes and
princesses Of the palaces Of amethyst
Arc 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 amethyst Perhaps the
ancient Hebrews were not, after ALL so tar
out of the way when they thou yht that the
touch of the amethyst gave pleasant dreams,
for the touch of it this hour gives me very
pleasant dream. Standing on this amethyst
l dream dream. l close my eyes and sea
it 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 we'll. Looki Yonder is the
place of our Lord the King. Not kept a
throneroom. Stretching out His Scared
hand He says, 81 have loved thee with an
everlasting love-" and we respond. NV nom
have I in heaven bat Thee%'
But, look Yonder is the playground OF
the children. Children do you want throne.
A throne would not lit child. There they
are on the Fairgrounds OF heaven-the chill
dren. Out OF the sick cradle OF earth they
came into this romping mirth OF the eternal
Fairgrounds, l clap my hands to cheer
them in the glee. Yonder are the palaces or
the martyrs, and before their doorway the
flowers, crimson as the bloody martyrdoms
through which they waded up into glory.
Yoader is Apostolic row, and the highest
turrets is over the home OF Paul. Here Is
Evangelist place. Yonder are the concert
halls in which the musicians OF eartn ana
heaven are taking part-Handei with organ,
and David with harp. and Gaorlei WIN