The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26

mont Of soul. look far down and look fas
up and 10 force upou you the conclusion
that IL all our climbing has only shown ne
the foundations OF this wall, what must the
wall itself be: and II thir Is the outside Of
heaven, what must the inside be; and II ali
this is ngurative, whist must the reality BE-;
oh. this piled no msrnihcencs Of the heav.
enly wall! Oh, this eternity OF decora.
toni oh. this opalescent Horescent
prismatic miracle OF srcbitecturel What
enthronement OF all colorsi A n,iugling OF
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 spiendors OF earth and
heaven dashed into those twelve rows OF
foundation wall. All that mark you, only
typical Of the spiritual glories that roll over
heaven like the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
swing in one billow.
Do ycu not see that IL was impossible
that you understand ahuudredth part of the
| suggestiveness OF that twenty-frst chapter
OF Revelation without going into some Of
the particulars OF the wall Of heaven aud
dipping up some Of its dripping colors, and
| running your eye along some OF its won
drous crystallizations, and examining some
OF the frozen light In its turquoise, and
| feeling with yocr own finger the hardness
OF its sapphire and shielding your eyes
against the shimmering brilliancs in its
beryl, and studying the 1900 miles OF emer-
aid without dawp Yet all this only the
outside OF heaven, AMI ths poorest part of
the outside; not the wall itself, but only the
| foot OF the wall. for my text SAYS, The
| foundations OF the wall of tho city were gar
nished with all manner Of precious stones"
Oh, get down your harp II you can play
ouei Got down palm branch II you can
| reach onel Why, it makes us all feel like
crying out with James Mont somery:
When shall These eyes thy heaven bult walls
Aud pearly gates behod9
Oh, my soull II my text shows us only
the outside what must the inside bsi While
riding last summer through the emperor's
park near St Petersburg | was captivatei
with graves transplantet from all zones,
aud the flower beds-mles this way aud
miles that way-incarnadine1 with beauty,
and the fountains bounding in such revel
with tho sunlight as nowhere elss is seen,
| said; This is beautiful 1 never saw any
| thing like this before."
But when I entered the palaces and saw
the pictured walls, and the long lins OF stat
uary, and aquariums anoat with all bright
scales, and aviaries a-chantwith bird voices,
| and the inuer doors OF the palaces were
swung back by the chamberlain, and saw
the emperor aud empress and princes aud
| priucesses and tney greeted the with a cor
diality OF old acquaintanceship, forget all
| the groves and floral bewitchment | had
| Il
ask, IL the outside ot heaven attracts our
souls to-day. how much more will he the up
| lifting when we get inside and SEQ the King
| in His beauty an1 all the princes and
princesses OF the palaces of amcthystl
Are you not glad that we did not stop in
our ascent this morning until we got to the
| top round OF the foundation wal OF heaven,
the twelfth row. the amethyst Perhaps the
ancient Hebrews were not, after all, 50 tar
out OF the way when they thou mt that the
touch OF the amethyst gave pleasant dreams,
for the touch or IL this hour gives inc very
pleasant dream. Standing on this amethyst
dream n dream. Gloss my eyes and SEQ
it all. We are there. This Il hsaveni Not
tho outside, hut the inside OF heaven.
Vita what warmth of welcome our long
ago departed loved ones have kissed us. My
How they have caanged IN looks They
were SO sick when they went away, and now
they ars 80 well. Look Yonder is the
placs of our Lori tho King. Not kept a
! moment outside we are ushsroi into tho
throueroom. Stretching out His Scared
hand He says, al have loved thee WITH an
everlasting love-" ani We respond, Whom
have in heaven but rheeg'
But, look Yonder is tho playground OF
the children. Children do you want throne.
| A throne would not tit child. There they
are on the Fairgrounds OF heaven the chil-
dren. Out of the sick cradle of earth they
came into this romping mirth OF the eternal
Fairgrounds. clap my hands TO cheer
them in the glse. Yonder are the palaces of
tue martyrs, Az S.ss0 . Mt dcwway the
flowers crimson as the bloody martyrdoms
through which they waded up into glory.
| Yonder Is Apostolic row, and tue highest
| turrets il over the home OF Paul. Here Is
Evangelist place. Yonder are the concert
halls In which the musicians of eartn and
heaven are taking part-Handel with organ,
and David with harp. AMI Gabriel With
trumpet, and four and twenty elders with
| voices.
And an angel of God says: where shall
| 1 take youy On what street of heaven
would you like to llvei What celestial
habitation would you like to occupyr' 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
sno W me where my departed loved ones are.
have seen the Lord, and next want 60
see them.
But here are those with whom toiled in
the kingdom of Col on earth. They are
from my old parishes ut Bellevillo and Syra'
cuss and Philadelphia aud Brooklyn, and
from many places ON both sides the sea
where have been permitted To work with
them and Tor them Give them the best
places you can hni. | will help steady
them as they mount the thrones. ] will help
You burnish their coronets
Take these, my old friends to rs good
rooms as you can get for them in the house
oil many inansions and with windows look
ing out upon the palace OF the great King
As for myself, anywhere in heaven is gooC
enough for me. Halleluah To the Laml
that was stain" But awake In the ecstasy
of the momont my foot slipped from tn,
layer of amethyst, that 50 called producer
OF dreams, and in the effort to eaten myself
the vision vanished. And, 10, IL was but {
dreaml