Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-01

faces covered up with their wiA;s. while
they cry, Holy, holy, is the Lord God Al
mightyY' Did not David see thousands and
thousands Did not one angel Stay 1856. 900
men in Sennacherb's army? And shall they
not bp the chief harvesters at the Judgment?
Ihme is II line of loving, holy, mighty
angels reaching to heaven. ! suppose they
reach from here to the very gate, and when
an audience is assembled for Christian wor.
snip the air is full of them. If each one of
you has guardian angel how many celes.
tials there are here! Thea crowd the place,
they hover, they fit about. they rejoice
Look That spirit is Just come from the
throne \ moment ago it stood before
ohrlst aud heard the doXology of the glor
fed Look Bright immortal, what news
from the golden city? Speak, spirit blest
The response conree melting on the air,
Come, for all things are now ready An
gels ready TO bear thG.tidings angels ready
10 drop the benediCton, angels ready tC
klhdle the Joy. They have stood in glory
they know oil about it. They have felt the
JOY that is felt where there are no tears and
no graves; immortal health, but no invalid
ISM; songs, but no groans; wedding bells,
but no funeral torches-cyes that never
weep, hands that never blister heads that
h,
ships that are never weakened.
BAD BUSINESS FOR JOHN MILTON.
Ready, all of them! Ready thrones, prin
elpaitleo and powers! ready seraphim and
cherubim' Ready. Michael the Archange
Again, your kindred in glory are all read '
for your coming. | pronounce modern
splrtualism a fraud and a sham. If John
Miltona and George WHITEHEAD have no bet.
t1 m lar. ttal, Ia Il
rattle the leaves, they had better stay at
home in glory. While believe that modern
spiritualism is bad, because of its mental
and domestic ravages, common sense Ell
lightencd by the word Of God, teaches H.
that Our friends in glory synpathize with
our redemption.
This Bible says plainly there il 10Y in
heaven among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth. And if ANGELS re
1oicc and know of it, shall not our friends
standing among them, know it, Some Of
these spirits in glory toiled for your redemp
ton. When they came to die, their chief
Grlct was that you were not Il Christian
They said, Meet me in heaven" and put
their hand, out from the cover and said.
"G0odby.' Now, suppose yOu should cross
over from a sinful life to a holy life Sup
pose you ,hosld be born into the kingdom.
suppose you should now say: Farewell,
o Gec"itfu world Get thee gone, my sin
Fic upon all the follies! O Christ, help me
or perish take thy promise. believe
thy word. enter thy service
suppose you should say and do this.
Why, the angel sent to you would shout
upward, He is coming,' and the angel,
posing higher in the air, would shout it
upward, He is coming" and it would run
up all the line Of light from wing to wing
Feld from trumpet to trumpet until it
reached the gate, and then it would fash
to the house OF many Mansions and ii
would find out your kindred there, and be-
fore your tears of repentance had been
wiped from the cheek and before you had
finished your first prayer your kindred 10
glory would know of it, and another heaven
would he added to their JOY, and they
would cry: My prayers are answered. An.
other loved one saved. Give me harp
with which 70 strike the JOY. Saved, saved,
saved
If [ have shown you that "all things are
ready" that Christ is ready; that the Holy
Spirit is ready; that the church is ready;
that the angels in glory are ready; that
your glorilied kindred are ready, then with
all the concentrated emphasis OF my soul !
ask you if you are ready? You see my subject
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