Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-01-27

and the long line of statuary, an
aquariums ahoat with all brigh
scales, and aviaries a-ch INT with bird
voices, and the inner doors Of the palace
were swung back by tho chamberlain,
and saw the Emperor aud Empress
and Princes and Princesses, and they
greeted me with cordi,slity of old ac-
quaintanceship, forgot all the groves
and floral bewltchment had seen out
side before entrance. And now ask,
il the outside of heaven attracts our
souls to-day. how much more
will be the uplifting when we
shall get inside and see the
King in his beauty and all the
Princes and princesses of the palaces
of amethyst? 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 amethyst? Perhaps
the ancient Hebrews were no.. after
all, SO far out of the way when they
thought that the touch CT the anne
thyst gave pleasant dreams, for the
touch of it this hour gives me a very
pleasant dream Standing on this anne
thyst, dream a dream. close my eyes
and see 1t all. We are there. This is
heaven! Not the outside but the in
side 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 Looki
Yonder is the palace of our Lord the
King. Not kept a moment outside, we
are ushered into the throne room.
Stretching out his SCARED hand. he
says, "Ihave loved thee with an ever
lasting love-" and we respond, Whom
have in heaven but thee?" But lookl
Yonder is the playground of the chill
dren. Children do not want 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 come into this romping
mirth of the eternal Fairgrounds. /
clap my hands to cheer them in their
glee. Yonder are the palaces of the
martyrs, and before their doorway the
flowers crimson as the bloody martyr
doms 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.
Yonder are the concert halls in which
the musicians of earth and heaven are
taking part-Handel with organ
and David with harp aud Gabriel
with trumpet and four and twenty
elders with voices. And an angel Of
God says to me: where shall take
your On what street of Heaven would
you like to live? What celestial habi-
tation would you like to occupy?" Aud
answered.: "Now that have got in
side of the wall made up of all man
ner 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 l toiled in the Kingdom of God
on earth. They are from my old
parishes at Belleville and SYRIA
cuse and Philadelphia and
Brooklyn, and from many places
on both osides the sea where
have been permitted to work with
them and for them. Give them the
best places you can find. 1 will help
steady them as they mount the thrones
l will help you FURNISH their coronets.
Take these my old friends to rs good
rooms as you can get for them In the
House of Many Mansions, and with
windows looking out upon the Palace
of the Great King. AS for myself any
where in heaven is good enough for
me, 'Hallelujah to the Lamb that
was Slain.'" But I awake. In the
ecstacy of the moment my foot slipped
from the layer of amethyst that So
called producer of dreams, and in the
effort to catch myself, the vision
vanished And 10! it was but dream