Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-10

! earth were tne 4catest successes Of
heaven. And as W. passed along one Of
! the grandest boulav lrds Of heaven there
approached us d group of persons SO
radiant in countena,ice and apparel | had
! to shade my eyes with both hands be-
cause could not endure the ulster, and
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"
EQUALIzED AT LAST.
My walk through the city explained
| thousand things on earth that had been
to me inexplicable When saw up there
the superior delight and the superior
heaven of many who had on earth had
1t hard with cancers and bankruptcies
and prosecutions and trials of all sorts.
| said God has equaized it all at last;
excess of enchantment in heaven has
more than made up for the deficits on
earth"
''But,' said l TO my angelic escort. ~
must go now. 1t is Sabbath morning on
earth, and | must preach today and be
in my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock.
! Goodby.' said to the attending angel.
Thanks for what you have shown me.
/ know | have seen only in part. but
| hope to return again. through the atom
ing mercy Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
| Goo1by"
| Then passed on amid chariots Of sal
vation. and along by conquerers' thrones.
and amid pilared maiesties, and by win
dows of agate. and under arches that had
been hoisted for returned victors And
rs ] came toward the walls with the
| gates. the walls flashed upon me with
emeralds and sapphires and chrysoprases
and amethysts, until | trembled under
the glory. and then heard q bolt shove,
and latch lift, and IA gate swing, and
they were all Of pearl. and | passed ont
| loaded with raptures. ahd down by
worlds lower and lower, and lower still.
until came within sight of the city of
my earthly residence, and mt through
the window of my earthly home the sun
| poured so strong upon my pillow that
my eyelids felt it, and in bewiiderment
as to where l was and what had seen
awoke.
Reflection the First-Thesu periority of
our heaven to all other heavens. The
| Scandinavian heaven: The departed are
in everlasting battle. except as restored
! after being cut topeces they drink wine
| out of the skulls of their enemies. The
Moslem heaven as described by the Ko-
ran There shall be hours with large
| black eyes likes pearls hidden III their
shells" The Slav's heaven: After death
the soul hovers six weeks about the body,
and then climbs steep mountain. on the
top of which is paradise. The Tasma-
| MINIS heaven: A spear is placed by the
| dead, that they may have something to
| fight with, and after awhile they go into
a long chase for game of all sorts. The
Tahitian's heaven: The departed are eat
| en- up OF the gods. The native African
| heaven: A land of shadows, and in speak
| ing of the departed they say all is done
| forever. The American aborigine s heav-
en-: Happy hunting grounds, to which
| the soul goes on 4 bridge of snake. The
! philosophers heaven; Made out of
thick fog or an infinite don't know
| But hearken, and behold our heaven.
| which, though mostly described by fig
| ures of speech in the Bible and by para
| BILE of a dream in this discourse, has for
its chief characteristics separation from
all that is vile: absence from all that can
discomfort; presence of all that can gratu-
! late. No mountains to climb no chasms
to bridge, no night to illumine; no tears
to wipe. Scandinavian heaven, Slav's
heaven, Tasmanian heaven, Tahitian
heaven. African heaven, aborigines'
heaven, scattered into tameness and dis
of Paufs heaven, of Christ's heaven, of
| your heaven, of my heaven,
| THE SILVER OF TEARS.
| Reflection the Second-You had better
take patiently and eheerfully all pangs.
| affronts, hardships, prosecutions and tri-
ais of earth, since. if rightly borne, they
insure heavenly payments of ecstasy.
| Every twinge of physical distress, every
! lie told about you, every earthly subtrac-
ton, if meekly borne, will be heavenly
| addition. If you want to amount TO any
| thing in heaven and to 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 all
heaven sits the greatest sufferer. Christ
| of the Bethlehem caravansary and of
Pilates oyer and terminer, and Of the
1 Calyarean assassination.
| What he endured oh. who can tell.
To save our souls from death and help
| Oh, We of the broken heart, and the dis
| appointed ambition. and the shattered
fortune, and the blighted life. take com
morning dreami
Reflection the Third and Last-How
| desirable that we all get there, Start this
moment with prayer and penitence and
faith in Christ, who came from heaven
! to earth to take us from earth to heaven
Last summer. a year ago, | preached
one Sabbath afternoon in Hyde Park.
London, to great multitude that no man
could number. But / heard nothing
from it until few weeks ago. when
Rev Mr.. Cook, who for 90 years has pre-
1 sided over that Hyde Park outdoor meet
| ing, told me that last winter, going
through a hospital in London, he saw
dying man whose face frightened as he
\ told him that his heart was changed that
afternoon under my sermon III Ilyd
Park, and all was bright now at his de-
/ parture from earth 10 heaven.
Why may not the Lord bless this as
well as that Heaven as dreamed about
| it. and as | read about it, is SO benign
realm you cannot any Of you afford to
miss it. Oh. will it not be transcendent-
ly glorious after the struggle Of this life
is over to stand in that eternal safety
\ Samuel Rutherford. though they vicious
~ burned his books and unjustly arrest
cd him for treason. wrote Of that eeles-
tial spectacle.
The King there in his beauty.
Without veil, is seen:
IL were well spent journey.
Though seven deaths lay betw cen.
The Lamb with his fair army
Doth on Mount Zion stand.
And glory. glory dwelielh