Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-02
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that in one flash of eternity we will catch it
all. Oh, what an observatory in which to
study astronomy heaven will be, not by
power of telescope, but by supernatural
vision, and If there be 6hnething doubtful
10, 0O0, 900 miles away by one stroke of the
wind you are there by another stroke of
the wing you are back again, and in less
time than 1 tell you catching it all in one
flash of eternity.
And geology! What place that will be
to study geology, when the world is being
picked to pieces as easily as schoolgirl in
botanical lessons pulls th1jeaf from the CO.
rollal What place to Study architecture,
amid the thrones, and the palaces, and the
cathedrals-St. Marks and st. Pauls rock
cries in comparison.
GODS OWN SCIENCE.
Sometimes you wish you could make the
tour of the whole earth, going around as
others have gone but You have not the
time; YOU have not the means. You will
make that tour yet during one musical
pause in the eternal anthem. ! say these
things for the comfort of those people who
are abridged in their opportunitics-thos
people to whom life is II humdrlm, who
toll and work, and toll and work, and as
pire after knowledge, but have no time to
EeU II, anu say. II l Hd'l iut tDI)oll ullll'S
which other people have, how would fill
my mind and soul with grand thoughts"
Be not discouraged, my friends. You are
going to the university yet. Death will
only matriculate you into the royal college
of the universe.
| What Il sublime thing it was that Dr.
Thornwcll of South Carolina, uttered in
his last dying moments! As he looked up
he said, at opens; it expands; it expands. "
Or as Mr.. Toplady, the author of Rock OF
Ages in his last moment, or during his
last hours, looked up and said rs though
he saw something supernatural, "LiGht.'
and then A. he came on nearer the dying
moment, his countenance more luminous,
he cried, Light and at the very moment
of his departure lifted both hands, some
/ thing supernatural in his countenancc as
hp cried. Light" Only another name for
sunshine.
A SELECT SOCIETY INDEED
Besides that we shall have all the pleas
urcs Of association. We will go right up
in the front of God without any fright.
All our sins gone. there will be nothing to
be frightened about There our old Chris
tian friends will troop around ms. Just as
now one of your sick friends goes away to
Florida, the land of flowers, or TO the south
OF France, ana you do not see him for Il
long while, and after awhile You meet
him. and the hollows under the eyes are all
filled, and the appetite has come back, and
the crutch has been thrown away, and he
is so changed YOU hardly know him. You
say, "Why, | never saw you look so well"
He says: Il couldn't help but be we'll.
have been sailing these rivers and climbing
these mountains and that's how got this
oil cti cit |
Oh, my friends, your departed loved ones
are only away for their health in a better
climate, and when you meet them they
will be so changed You will hardly know
them: they will be so very much changed
and after awhile, when you are assured
that they are your friends, your departed
friends, you will say: "Why, where is that
cough? Where is that paralysis? Where
is that pneumonia? Where is that con
sumptionY' And he will say: "Oh, am
entirely well; there are no sick ones in this
country. ! have been ranging these hills and
hence this elasticity. have been here now
twenty years, and not one sick one have
seen-we arc all well in this climate"
And then stand at the gate of the celes
tial city to see the professions come out
and see long procession OF little children
with their arms full of flowers, and then
see a procession of kings and priests NOV
ing in celestial pageantry-a long process
sion, but no black tasseled vehicle, nt
mourning group-and | say: How strange
it isl Where is your Grecnwoods Where i,
your Laurel hill? Where is your Westmin
ster abbey!' And they shall cry, There
are no graves here" And then listen to the
tollng of the old belfries of heaven, the ole
bcltries of eternity | listen to hear then
tai ln amt
for the dead. They only strike up sill
very chime, tower to tower, east gate t,
west gate, a. they ring out, They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat, for the Lamb which is in the midst O
the throne shall lead them to living foun
tains Of water, and God shall wipe away al
tears from their eyes"
On, unglove your hand and give it to m,
in congratuation on that scene. l feel a.
if would shout. will shout hallcluiah
Dear Lord, forgive me that | ever com
planned about anything If all this is be
fore us, who cares for anything but Goo
and heaven and eternal brotherhood? TAX
the Grape OFF the doQrbell. Your loved one
are only away for their health in Ian,
amblusial. Come, Lowell Mason; come
Isaac Watts. and give us your best hymn
about Joy celestial.
A HEAVEN on EARTH.
What is the use OF pOstponing our hcavel
any longer? Let 1t begin now, and whose
ever hath a harp, let her thrum it; an,
whosoever hath IA trumpet let him blow it
and whosoever hath an organ, let him Civ
us IA full diapason. They crowd down tn
air, spirits blessed, moving in cavalcade o
triumph. Their chariot wheels whirl il
the Sabbath sunlight. They come! Halt
armies of God! Halt, until we are read
to join the battalion OF pleasures that neye
die.
Oh, my friends, it would take a sermon
as long as eternity TO tell the joys that ar
coming TO us. | just set open the sunshin,
door Come in, all ye disciples of TIL
world who have found the world mock
cry. Come in, all ye disciples of the dane
and see the bounding feet of this heavenl
gladness. Come in, ye disciples of world
amusement and see the stage where king
are the actors aId burning worlds til
fOOtlights, and thrones the spectacular
Arise We dead in sin, for this is the morn
ing of the resurrection The joys of heay
Ell submerge our soul. Ipull out the trump