The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-02-08
men with q ring
al and said TO
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tue hulsers OF tue rignt hands?' VAS
told that those who wore them were ,gal
sons aud once fed swine In the wldE. ness
and lived on husss. but they came home. and
the rejoicing father said, "Put ring on his
hand
But lsaid there was one exception 20 this
fashonpf white peryaiingall the auditorium
and clean no through all the galleries II
was the attire OF the one who presided In
that immense temple-ths chieiest. the
mtghtlrst, the fnveliest person in all the
place. Hts cheeks seemed TO be- flushed with
Infinite beauty. anN his forehead was u
morning SKY. and hiA lips were eioquenc-
omuipOteut. But his attlre WIS OF deep
colors They suggested the carnage through
/ which he had passed. aud said to my AZ
tending angel. What Is thai, crimson robe
that mo wears aud was toN, "They are
/ dyed garments from Bozrah,' 1hPd III" troi
| the wine press alone
soon after entered this temple they H.
gan to chant the celestial litany. IL was ui-
like anything had ever heard To- Sweetness
/ and power. and have heard the mos SWEPT
/ oi the great organs and the most pf tae
great oratorios. said 10 my accomplishing
angel, "Who is that standing yonder will
the harpI' and the answer was, "Dayidl
And said. "Who Is that sounding th3t
trumpet and the answer was "GaDrielI
And / said. "Who is that ~ the organ aIi
the answer was Handel AMI the music
Christ Himself, when all the worshipen,.
lower down and higher up. a thousand "a !
lerles OF them, suddenly dropped on the z
knees aud chanted, Worth il the Lamb tb II
was slain" under the oyerpowering ha =
mony fell back. | said Let us go IN /
| Is too much Tor mortal ears cannot be. d
the overwhelming symphony"
But | noticed a. | was about to turn aw,
Mat on the steps ot the altar was somrthuI.
like the lachNrmd. or tear bottle. as [ Y,
seen II In the earthly musems. the lBchl y
mails, or tear bottles. into which the orie a
tails used 70 weep their griefs and sci tht n
away as stcrsd. But this lachyrmal or te q
bottle. in stead OF earthenware. as tnosct n
orientals used. WAS lustrous aud fiery wi /
many spientors. and II was towering and o
great capacity And said TO my attendi u
angel. what is that great lachrymal. 0
tear bottle standing on the step OF the altar 2
and the angel said "Why, don't YOU kno,S
That is the bottle 10 whcn David, the psairn
ist, referred IN this fty-slxth psalm wnen \
sad, Put thou my tears into thy bottle.
Is lull o! tears from earth-tears OF rept u
e tance, tears OF bereavement, tears OF j y
a tears OF many centuries" Aud then | s.
: how sacred tothe sympathetic God are ear
iy sorrows.
< As was coming out OF the temple ST.
h all along the pictured walls there wei
I shelves, and golden vials were being set /
on all those shelves. And said "Why b
setting mp of all these vas at this tln'
4 TAey seem Just now to have been flllesi,
4 and the attending angel said. "rhe week
q prayer all around the earth has just clos y
!, and more supplications have been made Il q
II have been made for long while, and tbs:
Is new yials. newly set up, are what the Bib
T. speaks OF rs golden Was full OF ode r
~ which are the prayers oisaints. And IL,
= to the accompanying angel, "Can be po IS
$, bic that the prayers OF earth are worthy
|. being kept in such heavenly shape" "Why
said the angel. there Is nothing that
moves heaven as the prayers OF earth, a
they are set up in sight OF these infih
- multitudes, aud. more than ALL In the sit,
~ OF Christ. and He cannot forget them, Al
rs they are before Him world without end. |
le Then we came out, and as the temple Is
a. WAYS open and some worship at one hd
and others at other hours We passed do
10 the street amid the throngs coming 10 \
~ going from the great temple. Aud we pas
Ms along through street called Martyr piu
"A and we met there. or saw sitting ~ the W
=" dows. the souls OF those who on earth W
in through fire ani blood and under sword q
IS rack. We saw John wyclif whose as
NJ were by decree OF the council OF Constal
thrown into tho river. and Rogers.
bathed his hands In the iirs AZ though u
been water. aud Bishop Hooper and Mel