Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-10
A VISION OF HEAVEN,
REV. DR.. TALMAee's ELOQUENT SER
MON AT THE TABERNACLE.

MON AT THE TABERNACLE.
He Dreams Marvellous Dream of Heaven
and Describes What He Saw There This
Saints who Are Great In Hesesn--Ssmes
Not In the Directory.
BRooKLyN, Feb. 4. In the Brooklyn
Tabernacle this forenoon the hymns, the
Scripture lesson and the prayers. as well
as the sermon. were about the future
world more than about this world.
Rev. DIR. Talmage took for his subject
"A Vision of Heaven" The text being
Ezekiel i, 1. Now it came to pass as
was among tho captives by the river
of Chebar that the heavens We're opened
and | saw visions of Col. .
Expatriated and in far exile on the
banks of the river Chehar. au affiueut
of the Euphrates sat Ezekiel. 1t was
there he had an immortal dream, and IT
is given to us in the Holy Scriptures.
lie dreamed of Tyre and Egypt He
dreamed of Christ and the coming
heaven This exile seated by that river
Chehar had more wonderful dream
than you or | ever have had or ever will
have seated on the banks of the Hudson
or Alabama nr Oregon OF Thames or III,
her on Danube.
But we all Rave had memorable
dreams, some Of them when we were
half asleep aud half awake. so that we
did not know whether they were born
of shadow or sunlight, whether they
were thoughts let loose and dIsarranged
as in slunber. or the imagination of
faculties awake
Such "A dream had this morning II
was about half past ), and tho day was
breaking II was dream of God. a
dream of heaven Ezekiel bad his dream
on the banks of the Chebar; | had my
dream not far from the banks OF the
llnhson The most of tho stories Of
heaven were written many centuries
ago. and they tell us how the place
looked then, or how il will look can.
turtles ahead, Would you not like 10
know how il looks now That is what
am going to tell you. was there this
morning. ! have just got back. How
!! got into that city Of the SIN ! know
not Which of the IL gates entered is
to me uncertain Bnt my FIRST remem-
brancc of the scene is that ! stood on
one Of the main avenues. looking this
way and that, lost i'll raptur"s. and the
air so full of music and redolenco and
laughter and light that knew not
which street to take. when an angel of
God accosted me and offered to show
me the objects of greatest interest, and
to conduct me from street to street. and
from mansion to mansion and from tenn
pie 10 temple. and from wall to wall, |
said to the angel How long hast thou
been in heaven? and the answer came
Thirtytwo years according to the
earthly calendar.
There was secret about this angels
name that was not given me. but from
the tenderness and sweetness and affec-
ton and interest taken in my walk
through heaven and more than all in
the fact of 80 years residence the num-
Der OF years since she assembled think
II was my mother. Old age and decrep
itude and the tired look were all gone
bnt think it was she You- see ! was
only on visit to the city and bad not
yet taken up residence, and could
know only Ill part.
THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN.
/ looked i'll for - few moments at the
great temple. Oul brilliant and lovely
Scotch essayisl Nj. Drnmmond. says
there is lao church i'll heaven, but he did
not look ior II Ola the right street.
st. John was right when III his Patmos-
ic vision, recorded IN the third chapter
of Revelation, he speaks of the temple
Of my God. " | saw it this morning, the
largest church ever saw, rs big as all
the churches and Cathedrals of the earth
put together, and it was tlfonged. Oh,
what multitude! | had never seen So
many people together. All the audiences
Of all the churches Of all the earth put
together would make poor attendance
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