The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-06
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE At TIE
TABEREACLE.
"a Vision of Heaven was the Subject OF
1s.s Srrmon Drt am Of Heaven
and What Ee Saw There.

hymns, the scripture lesson and the prayers
as well as the sermon, We're about the III
tu"e world more than about this Wofid.
Rev. Dr. T2lnage took for his subject: "A
Vision Of Heaven" the text being Ezekiel
l. l.: Nov ii came too pass as was among
the captives by the river of Chebar that the
heavens were opened and L saw visions OF
Cod"
Eixpatrated and in far exile on the banks
OF the river Chebar, an afiluent or the Eu-
pirates. sat Ezekiel. II was there he had an
immortal dream, and ii is given to Us in the
holy scriptures. lie dreamed of Tyre ana
Egypt. lie dreamed Of Christ and the com
ing heaven This exile seated by that river
Chebar had q more wonderful dream than
you or l ever nave had, or ever viii have,
seated the banks Of the Hudson, or
Alabama, or Oregon, or Thames, Or il0er,
or Danube.
Tut we all have had memorable dreams,
some of them when we We're half asleep and
half awake 50 that we DID not know Whcth-
er they we're corn OF shadow or sunlight;
whether they were thoughts let loose and
ds&rcaaced as IN suniber, or the magma
ton of faculties awake.
Such dream I mad This rn1rning. IT was
about half-p2St o'cio, K, ard the day was
breaking. 1t was a dream Of God; dream
OF heaven. Ezekiel had his dream on the
banks OF the Gheh2r; / mad my dream not
FAR from tie banks OF the Hudson. The
most Of the stories of heaven were written
many centuries ago, and they tell us how
the place looked then or how it win lock
centuries ahead. Wound you not like to
Know how Il lOoiyS now? That is what | ON
goirs to tell you. / was there this morning.
| have just got back. How I got into that
city of tho sun | know not Which of the
twelve gates | entered is to me uncertain.
But my first remembrance CT the scene is
| that | stood on one of the main avenues,
looking this way and that. lost in rapture,
and the air full Of music and reioleu1e,
and laughter and light that l knew not
winch street to take, when an angel of
COD acco&tCd me and of3rGd to show me
the objects of greatest Interest and to con-
duct me from street to ftrcct. ana from
mansion to mansion, and from temple to
temple, and from wall to wall / said to the
angel no" lo0g hast thou been in heav-
en- and the answer came. "Thirty-tWo
years according to the earthly calendar"
TheTe was secret about this angels name
that was not HiVe1 me, but from the ten
dNrHeSi, ana sweetness, ana affection, and
Interest taken in MY Wal; through heaven
aut more than all IN the fact OF thirty
two years residence the number Of wears
since She aSCended, think il yyaS my moth
er. Old age, and ticcr2pitudc and the tired
i TX were al gone, but [ think it was She
y ~ SEQ, was Only on Il visit to the cry
end had net yet taken up residence, and
could fVloW only III part.
l Looked in for = foW moments at the
creaL temple. oar brilliant and .ovely Scotch
2S$ayist, Nlr. DrumIOGi, saws there is 10
church IN heaven, bat he Gid not look for ii
On the ri@ht street. Saint Johu was right
when in bis Iat3nosic vision. recorded in the
= ri chapter Of EaVc!at.uuS be speaks of
"Tlo Tcoarie Of Cod l saw ii this morn
in"; the l@y%eat church ] ever sew; as big
IS al tha churches and cat1edr,lis OF the
earth r&t together, ana it was thronGei.
OIL VIVA, Il multitude! had never seen SO
~; '',s,i,.se o. .it
vs'tli tt '5o,,isss,. ,'; =
! ~ 1tt'I3 '}' hP't" ore tH3t immediately
' I'< ~ ''4l'',h' : nc fashion was white.
~ ~ "h.'a' save One am NE head-dr9N7
was q i'iaha 81 rose, and nv and mi%no-
Eeit'' i.'.i4'-" #i1h Sreen leaves cl'!'ed from
,2' reg h2.&ens' aud bound together with
'...t'.% - Hol0'
81" some young men with rims
on inc iHteF or inc ri&nt hand, and. SAID to
'''t gree A.+'-%-"t ai'@F ny lloSe rings
'A 'af I.@set5 oi The Il&"t hands, ana i
WI tii& '''-o ih1se "ao wore taen were
P|3.'- SONS ana once led swine IN the
".i't-5 .'.Ss' ana tiNtd on husES, but they
came H''"'' ana NE fejolciA% father said
i,ot q li"@ tll hiS i3:ld.'
i'L Sdid Tree Was one exception to this
i,t@-i'2l 81 Nt-te ieIt<CinS &ii the alGltO-
rum &hu cieaH up through al the galleries.
~ was the attire OF the One who presided
in that immense temple Thechi2feat, the
might est the loVal4eSt person in all the
place. Ills checks seemed to be flashed with
Infinite beauty and Ills forehead q
morning Sky, and His lips We're cIOqlence
ohEIDo}ent But lis attire was Of deep col
ofs. Ihey suggested the carnage through
which lie had passed, and s2id to my at
tending angel, What is that crimson role
shat lie WCarS" and ! vas told, "'fhey are
DYED garments from Eazr&h," and He trOd
the Wine press alone
soon after / entered this tomple they be-
gan 10 chant the celestial litany. 1T was I'M
like anything / had ever heard for sweet
ness or hover, ana I have heard the most
of the graft organs, ANA the most of the
great oratlrs. ! said to my accompanying