The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-02-09
l VISION OF HEAVEN.
Dr.. Tslmage Describes q Dream
land Voyage.
The Heavens Were Opened and I Saw
Visions of God"-There l. . Church
In Heaven. the Largest
Ever Seen.

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In q recent sermon preached al
Brooklyn. Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
took for his subject: "A Vision OF
Heaven" the text being: Ezekiel 1:
Now it came to pass as was among
the captives by the river of Chebar
that the heavens were opened and l
saw visions of Cod DIR. Talmage
said:
EXpatriated and in far exile on the
banks of the river Chebar, an affluent
of the Euphrates. sat Ezekiel 1t was
there that he had an immortal dream,
and it is given to us in the Holy Script
ures. He dreamed of Tyre and Egypt
He dreamed of Christ and the coming
Heaven. This exile seated by that
river Chebar had more wonderful
iream than you or l ever have had, or
ever will have, seated on the banks of
the Hudson, or Ala ALBANIA, or Oregon, or
Thames, or Tiber, or Danube.
But we have all had memorable
dreams, some of them when we were
half asleep and half awake, so that
we did not know whether they were
born of shadow or sunlight; whether
they were thoughts let loose and dis
arranged as in slumber, or the imagin-
alton of faculties awake.
| Such dream had this morning 1t
was about $50, and the day was break
ing. 1t was dream of God; dream
of Heaven. l was there this morning.
| hnx, - 1~,a 7 go
that City of the Sun l know not.
Which of the twelve gates l en-
tered is to me uncertain. But
my first remembrance of the scene is
that l stood on one of the main
avenues, looking this way and that.
lost in raptures, and the air so full of
music and redolence, and laughter and
light, that knew not which street to
take, and when an angel of God &C
costed me and offered to show me the
objects of greatest interest, and to con-
duct me from street to street, and from
mansion to mansion, and from temple
to temple. and from wall to wall, 1
said to the angel: How long hast thou
been in Heaven?' and the answer
came: "Thirty-two years according to
the earthly calendar" There was a
secret about this angels name that
was not given me. but ON the tender
ness, and sweetness. and affection. and
interest taken in my walk through
Heaven, and more than all in the fact
of thirty-twoyears' residence. the num-
Der of years since she assembled, think
it. was my mother. Old age, and
decrepitude, and the tired look were
all gone, but think it was she.
looked in for a few moments at the
great temple. Our brilliant and lovely
Scotch essayest, Mr.. Drummond, says
there is no church in Heaven, but he
did not look for it on the right street
Saint John, in his Patmosic vision,
recorded in the third chapter of
Revelation speaks of 1.-THE Temple
of my God" l saw it this morning;
the largest church l ever saw; as big
as all the churches and cathedrals of
the earth put together, and it was
thronged. Oh, what multitude
There was a fashion in attire and head
dress that Immediately took my atten-
ton. The fashion was white. All in
white, save one. And the head-dress
was a garland of rose, and lily, and
mignonette, mingled with green leaves
culled from the royal gardens, and
bound together with bands of gold.
And 1 saw some young men with
ring on the finger of the right hand,
and said to my accompanying angel:
why those rings on the fingers of the
right hand?" and was told that those
who wore them were prodigal sons,
and once fed swine in the wilderness
ami lived on husks, but they came
home, and the rejoicing Father said:
Put a ring on his hand"
But said there was one exception to |
this fashion of white pervading all the |
and clear up through all
the galleries. 1t was the attire of the |
One who presided in that immense |
temple. The chiefest, the mightiest,
the loveliest person in all the place. |
His cheeks seemed to be flushed with |
infinite beauty, and His forehead was q /
sky, and His lips were elo-
quence omnipotent
Soon after entered this temple they |
began to chant the celestial litany. 1t
was unlike anything had ever heard
for sweetness or power, and I have
heard the most of the great organs and
the most of the great oratorios- said
to my accompanying angel: "Who is
that standing yonder with the harp?"
and the answer was, 'David!' and l
said: "Who is that sounding that trum-
pet3" and the answer was, 'Gabriel!'
And said: ''Who is that at the orgap?"
Ind the answer was, ''Handel!' And
he music rolled on till it came to q
loxology extolling Christ Himself,
when all the worshipers, lower down
md higher up thousand galleries of
hem. suddenly dropped on their knees
md chanted, Worthy is the Lamb
hat was slain"
But noticed as was about to turn
way that on the steps of the altar was
like the lachrymal or tear
,ottle, as had seen it in the earthly
the lachrymals, or tear-bOt-
les into which the OrientalS used tn |