Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05

BRooKLiN, Feb I'm the Brooklyn Tab
srnacle this forenoon the hymHs, tue Scrip
turs lesson and the prayers, a. well as the
sermon, were about the future world more
than about this world Rev. DR., ralmAgc
took for his subject "A Vision Of Heaven"
the text being Ezekiel |. /. "Now Il came to
pass as ! was among the captivcs by the
river OF Chebar that the heavens were open
ed. and saw visions Of God "
Expatriated and IN far exile on tho banks
Of the river Chebar. an affluent Of the
Euphrates, sat Ezekiel. II was there he
bad an immortal dream and It Is given 10
us In the Holy Scriptures He dreamed OF
Tyre and Egypt lie dreamed Of Christ
and the coming wen. This exile seated
by that rias.- Csstss-isr5 a ITsft-wdlsierf1l
= dream than you or I ever hHye had or ever
will have seated on the banks Of the Hud-
son or Alabama or Oregon or Thames or
Tiber or Danube
But we all have had memorable dreams,
some Of them when we we're half asleep and
half awake 80 that We did not know
whether they werc born Of shadow or sun
light whether they were thoEghts LET loose
and disarranged as In slunbsr or the imAg-
: ination Of faculties awake.
AHEAuriFuL DREAM
Such dream had this morning twas
half past g. aud the day was breaking IL
was dream Of Coda dream OF heaven.
Ezekiel had his dream on the banks Of the
Chebar | had my dream not FAR from tue
banks Of the Hudson. The mos, Of the sto-
\ req OF heaven were written many centuries
Ngo, and they tell vs. how the place looked
gen or how 10 will look centuries ahead
N<uld you not like 70 know how 10 looks
noyN That Ia what Am going 10 toll YOU
waSShere this morning. 1 have just gus
iEoow%
Which . DE 70 gates entered is TO mo
uncertain. NJ my inst remembrance uf
the scene is thN stood on one Of ,he main
avenues, lookinAthis way and that, lost ia
rapturss, and theNr so full Of music and
redolence aud lauiA,or and light that
knew not which strtN to take, when an
angel OF God aroosted NJ and offered W
show me the objects Of MAtesi interest,
and 10 conduct me nom stresN ostreoi, and
from mansion to mRuAlon, and Nxm temple
10 temple, and from wall 10 VAIN said to
the angel, How long hast thou \en In
heavcnr and tbs Auswsr came, "Nty
two years, according 10 the earthly caN-
dAr"
There vas secret about this angels
nAmo that WAS not given mo, but from the
tenderness aud sweetness and affection
and interest taken in my walk through
heaven, aud more than all in the fart OF 10
years residence the number " yearA since
she ascendsd 4 think II was my mother.
Old age and decrspitude and tho tired look
were all gone, but think II was sho. You
see, WAS only on a visit to the city and
had not yet taken up residence, and could
know ouly in part.
looked IN for a few moments nj the great
temple. Our brilliant and lovely Scotch ~.
AayiNt, Mr.. Drummond, shys there b. no
church Ia heaven, but he did not look for 10
on the right street, st, John was right when
in his Pntmosic vision, recorded la thu third
chapter Of Revelation, he speaks OF "ths
temple Of my God" Bsw 10 this morning
the largest church ! ever saw, as big a.
all the churches and cathedrnls " the earth
put togvther-And II was thronged. Oh,
what "a multitudel had never seen 80
many people together All tho audlcnceao Of
all the churches Of all tho earth put togeth.
er would makea poor attendance compared
with Tint assenbngc
There wis fashion IA attire and head.
dress that Immediately took my attention.
Tho fashion was white All In white save
one, Aud the headdrcss was garland Of
rose and lily and mignonettc, mingled with
green leaves culled from tho royal gardens
aud bound together with bands Of gold.
Aud saw some yonng men with ring
on the finger " the right hand aud said TO
my accompanying angel, "Whythose ripua
ON the fingers OF the right handsi" aud /
was told that those who wore them wprs
prodigal SONS aud once fed swine In thu
wilderness and lived on huska, but they
came home, and the rojoioiuG father said,
"Put ring on hia hand
the cELHsTlAL STORY.
But said there WAS one exception othla
fashion Of white pcrvuding all the audi.
forum md elenr up through all the gal
Tories, IL was tho ATTIRE Of the ono who
presided ia that immense tnmple-the
chieiest, the miRhtiost, tho lovellest person
In all tho place. His che0ks seemed 10 be
flushed with inlnite besuty, and his lips
were eloquenoe omnlpotcnt. But hlHattira
was of deep colou, They suggested the
carnage through which he had passcd, and
said TO my attending angel, "what is
that crimson robe that he woarrfn aud I
was told, "They are dyed garmentA from
Bo1rah," aad He trod the wine press
Alone.n
Soon after entered this tcmplc they be-
gau 10 chant tho celestial litany, IL was un.
like anything 1 had ever heard for sweet
ness or power aud have hesII the most Of
the great organs and the most Of the great
oretoriOA ] said 90 my accompanying an.
gel, who IL that standing Jonder with tho
hArpi' and the answer was, "David.H And
said, Who Is that Sounding that trum-
petl'' and the answer was, Gabriel" And
said, WHO Ia that at the organi" and the
answer was, -HAndeln And the music
rolled on VII II oeuo to daxology extoll.
ing Christ himself, when all the worShlp.
ers lower down and higher up, a thousand
galleries ofthem, suddenly dropped on their
knees and ehanted, "worthy il the Lamb
that was slain" Under the overpowerlnx
harmony fell back, said; LET as no
This istoo much for msvtal ears. Icanpot
bear the overwhelming symphony
But noticed aa was about totnrp away
that on the steps Of the altar was something
Ike the lAehryrnal, OF tear battle, as had
heen fefHeAs>earthly museums, tho laohry.
mails, or tear bottles, into which the oriun.
tAls used 70 weep their Eriefs and sot them
away ~ sacred. But this laehrynal. or
tear bottle, instead Of earthenwAro As thoss
the orientals used, was lustrous aad fery.
with many nplendor. and II was towering
and Of great capacity Aud said to my
attending angel. What Is that great ZACH.
rymal, or te0r bottle standing on the steu
Of tho ltarf' and the angel said, 'Nbv. do
you not knowi That IA the bsttie 10 which
DAVID, the rsalmist, peierrod In M aftv.
niNlh n4alm when he nall sI1,tt tt,.,, -.