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

When I saw that, / said 10 my attending
angel; THAT IS fair that IL riEht. Tbs
harder the struggle, the more glorious the
reward
Then pointed 10 Que OF the most colon. |
nadcd and zrandly domed residences 10 all
the city and said "who lives there" and
theHnswer was. The widow who gave two
mites And WHO lives therei' and the
answer was. THE peniient thief to whom
Christ said, This day shalt ihon be with
me in paradise" And who lives therep
] said, and the answer was. "rhc blind beg
gar who prayed, Lord. that my eyes may b
opeued, D"
Some Of those professors Of religion who !
were famous on earth ! asked about, but
no one could tell me snythiug concerning
them. Their names were not even In tht
city directory Of the New Jerusalem. Tho
fact is that ! suspected some Of them had
not got there at all. Many who had 10 tai.
ents were living on the back streets q
heaven, while many with one talent bad
residences frontins On the Kings park and
a back lawn sloping 20 the river Clear Nd
Crystal, and the highest nobility Of heaven
were guests At their table. and often thu
white horse OF him who "hath the moon
nnder his feet" champed It's Bit at their
doorway. Infinite cspsi1e II earthly condi' |
oording 20 earthly struggle and usefulness
rs proportloued to talCnS giveni
As ! walked through those streets ap-
precisted for tine first time what Paui said
10 Timothy, III we suffer, We shall also
reign with him" II surprised me beyond
description that all the great Of heaven
were great sufferers Not allw Yes, all /
Moses him of the Red sen, great sufferer.
David him Of Absal5m's unnlial behavior
and Ahithophel's betrayal, aud nations
dethroneInent great sufferer Ezekiel, |
HIM Of tho captivity, who had the dream
on the banks Of the Chchar. n great suffer
er Paul him Of the diseased eyes and the
Mediterranean ehipwreck, and the Mars Hi !
derson, aud the Mamertine endungeon.
ment, aud the whipped back, and the head.
mans Ak ON the road 10 Ostia, u great buf. !
ferer, Yea, all the apostles after lives Of
suffering died by violence, beaten to death
with fullers club, or dragged TO death by
mObs, or from the thrust Of the sword, or |
by exposure on barren island or by decAp- |
itation.
All the high mp IN heaven Rreat sufferers /.
aud women more than men-felicitas and Z
st. Cecilia aud 81. Agnes and St Agatha I.
and St Lucia and women never heard OF
outside their own ncighborhoud, queens Of
the needle, and the broom, and the scrub
bng brush, mud the washtub, and thcdairy,
rewarded according To how we'll they did
their work. whether to set a tea table or
govern - nation whether empress OF milk /,
maid.
could not get over IL M In my dream
saw all this, aud that some VI the most un-
known Of earth were the most famous in
heaven and That many who seemed the
greatest failure, u earth were the greatest
successes ot heaven. And as we passed
along one OF the grandest bouleynrds Of
heaven there approached VA group OF per
sons 10 radiant ia c1untennnce and apparel
had Ia shade my eyes with both hands be.
cause could not endure the luster aud I
said, Angel do tell me who they are"
and the answer was These are they who
came out u great tribulatiou and had their |
robes washed and made white Ia the blood !
OF the Lamby
THEN HE AWOKE.
My walk through the city explained |
thousand things ON earth that had been to |
me ineVplcublc When saw up there tho |
superior delight aud the superior heaven |
~ many who had on earth had 1t hard with |
cancers and bankruptcies and prosecutions !
mud trials Of all sorts, | said: God has |
rqualizcd IL all at last Excess OF enuhunt.
ment la heaven has more than made up for |
the deficits ON earth"
i nu'' sun W .,y nnsoho escort l
",u9' w ."", ~ " o1uo"Vn morning on |
e'I'r, lnu ul"sy pr'"eh 'oIhy ana 1e ~ |
,uS puppy ny n"'l pusg ~ oe'0eh, uood'
~ sa'u W '',oh''o'i'lug "lsei il'hks
-, "u'1 you nANN SHOWN me know !
n"'e seen ou'y "a part OUT nope 70 return
Esn" tulouSu 'uo e'on,ug mercy OF our
i'0 ~ "'Su ~. 'ull7', N"o'uy'
n'n pr eu o' h'i''u enalio,s OF Hll'N'
W. un any, p'uub uy 'phl"erors throneh' ana
"m'u Pu'l'eN iN"Jo','e7 anu by windows OK
1gato' nuu uhusr arches thaI had been hoist
ca l3F tS'ulhe ,, Nletois, Ana as came TO-
WhIu vac waits win the gates, the walls
uashtu upon me with emoraids and sap
pnTes hh" IhrSNuprAseA Hnl amethysts un.
VA tl',hVleu uh''i 'ne glory and then
nohN po'u SeoIo anu latoh MT and
S"le SWING NhH tney were AL OF pearl and
) p'ss'u out loHued win rhptures' and
uoWn Wy WVr'uS lower ana lower ahd lower
N.ill' uhVl 4 cAhe Wlthln slght OF The city
OF Ply elr'h'y residence, anu until through
tno NihuoW OF my earthly home the sun
poured 50 Airnns upon my pllow That my
oyelus Ielt ~ ana IN pcwliderneht as TO
"nerse was una What hau seen hwoke.
CONCLUSIONS DRAWN.
heneoNoh thc hFS1' Tue superiority OF
our heNNch 70 All othur heavens, The scan