The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-02-08

died by violence. beaten 70 death with full.
er's club. or dragged 10 death by mobs. or
/ from the thrust OF a sword or by exposure
on barren island. or by decspitation. All
the high mp in heaven great sufferers. aud
women more than men. Fe,icitas and NJ. Co
/ celia and ~. Agnes and st. Agatha and Sc
Lucia and women never hearI OF out
side their own neighborhood. queens OF the
needle, and the broom and the scrnbbinr
prusn. ana the washtub. and the dairy. re-
varied according to how well they did their
work, whether 10 set n tea table or govern a
Nation. whether empress or n ilkmaid
could not get over u. n In my cream
saw al this. and that some OF the most un-
known OF earth were ths most famous IN
heaven and that many who seemed the great
est failures OF earth were the greatest sue
cesses OF heaven Aud as we passed along
one of the grandest bouievaris OF heaven
there approached VS. group OF persons 40
radiant In counttnance and apparel had 10
shade my eyes with both hands because
could not endure the luster. and I said
Angel do tell me VINO they areY" and the
answer was. These are they who came out
OF great trihulation and had their robes
washed aud made white in the blood OF the
Lamb
Ny walk through the city explained a
thousand things on earth that had been 20
me insNplicable When saw up there the SUI
perior delight and the superior heaven Of
many who had on earth had Il hard with
cancers and bankruptcies and prosecutions
aud trials OF all sorts. | said. God has equal
lZed II AL ut last excess OF ench1ntment in
heaven has mors than made up Tor the de-
hcts on earth.
But said 20 my angelic escort II
must 90 now. IL IL Sabbath morning on
earth. and must preach to-day aud he in my
pulpit 10y half past 10 o'clock. Good-by,"
said TO the Attending angel Thanks for
haya 1 I ks.v
seen only in part. but nope 10 return again.
through the atoning mercy OF our Lord Jesus
Christ Good-by."
Then passed on amid chqrl9,s Of saliva
ton. aud along by conquerors' thrones and
amid pillared majes;ips aud by windows OF
agate. and under arches that had been hoist
ed for returned victors. And rs | came
toward the walls with the gates. the walls
flashed upon me with emeralds and sapphires
aud chrysoprdses and amethysts. until
tremhled under the glory. and then | heard
a holt shove, and latch lit. aud gate
swing. and they were all oi pearl and |
passed out loaded with raptures, and down
10y worlds lower and lower and lower still.
until came within sight OF the city Of my
earthly residence. and until through the
window of my earthly home the sun poured
30 strong upon my pillow that nv eyellds
felt it, and In bewildermcut IA to where
was aud wha; had seen | awokp
Reflection the Firs, The superiority OF our
heaven TO all other heavens. The Scandina-
Wan heaven The departed arc ir evsrlast-
Ing battle. except as restored after being cut
TO pieces they drink wine out OF the skulls
OF their enemies. The Aiosiem heaven AZ
described by the Koran There shall be
hours with large black eyes likes pearls hid
den in their shells" The Slavs heaven
After death tue soul hovers six weeks about
the body. and then climbs q steep mountain,
Oh the top OF which is paradise. The Tasna-
Mas heaven A spear j. placed by the dead,
that they may have something TO fight with,
and after awhile they 90 into long chase
for game OF all sorts. Tue Tahitians heaven
The departed are eating up OF the gods. The
native African heaven A laud OF shadows,
and in speaking OF the departed they say all
is done for ever The American aborgine's
heaven: Happy hunting grounds. TO which
the soul goes on a bridge of snake. "
philosophers heaven Made out
fog or an Infinite don't know. b.
and behold our heaven. which. thou
described by figures OF speech IN
and by parable of a dream in this
has for its chief characteristics 81
from all that Is vile absence iron
can discomfort presence Of all that
gratulate. No fnorptains to climb u
10 bridge no nigtt to illumine n
wipe. Scandinavian heaven. Slav
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