The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-07

A STATE SENTINEL, "
lawn sloping to the river Clear as Crys-
tai and the highest nobility OF heaven
were guests at their table, and often the
white horse OF him who hath the moon
under his feet" champed its bit at their
doorway. Infinite capsize of earthly
conditionsi All social life i'm heaven
graded according to earthly struggle and
usefulness as proportioned to talents
given,
AS l walked through those streets I
appreciated for the first time what Paul
said to Timothy, IF we suffer we
shall also reign with Him. 1t surprised
me beyond description that all the great
or heaven were great sufferers. Not
all?' Yes, all. Moses, him of the Red
sea,a great sufferer David, him OF Alb
salom's unfilial behavior and Ahitho-
phels betrayal and nations dethrone-
ment, a great sufferer. Ezeldal, him of
the captivity, who had the dream on the
banks OF the Chebar. a great sufferer.
Paul, him of the diseased eyes, and the
Mediterranean shipwreck. and the Mars
Hill derision, and the Mamertine en-
dungeonment. and the whipped back. and
the headman's AK on the road to Ostia,
a great sufferer. Yea, all the apostles
after lives of suffering died by violence,
beaten to death with fuller's clubs or
dragged to death by mobs, or from the
thrust of the sword, or by exposure on
barren island. or by decapitation.
All the high up in heaven great suf-
ferers and women more than men-Fe-
licitas and st. Cecilia and ST. Agnes and
St. Agatha and St Lucia and women
never heard Of outside their own neigh
borhOod, queens of the needle and the
broom, and the scrubbing brush. and the
wash tub. and the dairy. rewarded ac-
cOrCino~ n hon xvq11 tbpvr fbof
whether 10 set tea-table or govern d
nation. whether empress or milkmaid
/ could not get over Il as in my dream
l saw all this, and that some OF the
most unknown OF earth were the most
famous in heaven and that many who
seemed the greatest failures Of earth
were the greatest successes of heaven.
And as we passed along one Of the
grandest bouleVards of heaven there ap-
preached US a group of persons so ra-
diant in countenance and apparel I had
to shade my eyes with both hands be-
cause I could not endure the luster. and
I said. Angel, do tell me who they are"
and the answer was, These are they
who came out Of great tribulation and
had their robes washed and made white
in the blood Of the Lamb
Then He AvOLe.
Ny walk through the city explained
thousand things on earth that had been
to me inexplicable. When 1 saw up
there the superior delight and the SUI
periOr heaven of many who had on earth
had it hard with cancers and bank
rupcies and prosecutions and trials of all
sorts, said: God has equalized it all
at last. Excess of enchantment in
heaven has more than made up for the
deficits on earth"
But" I said TO my angelic escort. 81
must go now. 1t is Sabbath morning on
earth. and L must preach today and be
in my pulpit by 1880 o'clock. Good
bv." / said to the attending angel.
Thanks for what you have shown me.
/ known l have seen only i'm part, but
/ hope to return again through the atom
ing mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
GOod-by'
Then 1 passed on amid chariots of sal
walton, and along by cOnQuerors' thrones,
and amid pilIared majesties, and by
windows of agate, and under arches that
had been hoisted for returned visitors.
And as I came toward the walls with
the gates, the walls flashed upon me with
emera Ids and sapphires and chrysoprases
and amethyStS until / Tembled under
the glory, and then 1 heard a OOlt shove
and a latch lift and gate swing, and
they were all of pearl, and l passed out
loaded with raptures. and down by
worlds lower and lower and lower still,
uulll came NlllllA SlSuL VI Nltt NAlS VI
my earthly residence, and until through
the window of my earthly home ~-le sun
poured so strong upon my pillow that
my eyelidS felt it, and in bewildeTment as
70 where 1 was and what 1 had seen L
awOke.
Conclusions Drawn.
Reflection the first: The superiority
of our heaven to all other heavens. The
Scandinavian heaven: The departed are
in everlasting battle except as restored
after being cut to pieces. They drink
wine out of the skulls of their enemies.
The Moslem heaven as described by the
Koran: There shall be hours with
large black eyes like pearls hidden in
their shells" The Sav's heaven: After
death the soul hOvers six weeks about
the body and then climbs a steep
mountain, on the top of which is para
disc The Tasmanian's heaven: A spear
is placed by the dead that they may
have something to fight with, and after
a while they go into a long chase for
game of all sorts. The Tahitian's heav-
en-: The departed are eaten up of the
gods. The native African heaven: a
land of shadows, and in speaking Of
the departed they say, "All is done for
ever" The American aborigine's heav-
en-: Happy hunting grounds. to which
philosophers heaven: Made out of a
thick fog or an infinite don't know. But
harlIen and behold our heaven, which,
though mostly described by figures of
speech in the bible and by parable of a
dream in this discourse, has for it's
chief characteristics separation from all
that is vile, absence from all that can
discomfort, presence of all that can graf
ulate. No mountains to climb. no chasms
10 bridge, no night TO illume, no tears
TO wipe. Scandinavian heaven, Slav's
| heaven Tasmanian heaven, Tahitian
heaven, African heaven. aborigine's
heaven, scattered into tameness and dis
gust by a glimpse of st. Johns heaven.
Of Paurs heaven, of Christs heaven, of
your heaven, Of my heaveni
Reflection the second: You had better
| take patiently and cheerfully all pangs,
| affronts. hardships, prosecutions and
| trials Of earth, since if rightly born they
| Every twinge Of physical distress, every
lie told about you, every earthly sub
traction if meekly born, Will be heaven
! ly addition. II you want TO amount to
! anything in heaven and 10 move in its
| best society you must be perfected
| through suffering" The only earthly
| currency worth anything at the gate of
| heaven is the silver Of tears. At the
/ top Of ali heaven sits the greatest suf-
| ferer, Christ OF the Bethlehem caravan
sary and Of Pilates oyer and terminer
and Of the Calvarean assassination.
| What he endureth, oh, who can tell
To save our souls from death and hell
Oh. We of the broken heart and the
| disappointed ambition. and the shattered
| fortune and the bliahtpd life take CON,