Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-22

an earthly June and October; the
balm of the one and the tonic Of the
other. The social life in that realm
where thsy are is superb and perfect.
No controversies, or jealousies, or
hates: but love. universal love. ever
lasting love. And they told me to tell
you not to weep for them, for their
happiness knows no bound and it IS
only question of time when you shall
reign with them in the same palace.
and join with them in the same explo-
ration of planets and the same tour of
worlds.
But yonder in this assembly is an up
turned face that seems to ask how
about the ares of ose in heaven.
do my departed children remain
children, or have they lost their child
sh vivacity? Do nv departed parents
remain aged, or have they lost the ven
cradle out of their nature?" Well.
from what | saw think childhood had
advanced to full maturity or faculty.
retaining all the residence of child
hood, and that the aged had relocated
to mid life, freed from all decadence
but still retaining the charm of the
venerable. In other words it was fully
developed and complete life of all
souls, whether young or old,
Some one saws: "Will You tell us
what most impressed you in lleaven2"
| will was most impressed with the
reversal of earthly conditions. knew,
Of course that there would be differ
ences Of attire and residence in Heaven,
for Paul had declared long ago that
souls would then differ 'as one star
differeth from another, as Mars from
Mercury, as saturn from Jupiter. But
at every step in my dream in Heaven
was amazed to see that some who were
expected to be high in Heaven were
low down, and some who were eX-
pected to be low down were high up.
You thought, for instance. that those
born of pious parentage, and of natur-
ally good disposition and OF brilliant
faculties, and of all styles of attractive
ness. will move in the highest range of
celestial splendor and pomp. No no.
found the highest thrones, the bright
est coronets the richest mansions were
occupied by those who had reprobate
father, or bad mother, and who in
herited the twisted natures of ten
generations Of miscreants. and who
had compressed in their body all de-
praved appetites, and al evil propensi-
ties. but they laid hold of Gods arm.
they cried for especial mercy, they
conquered seven devils within and
seventy devils without, and were
washed in the blood of the Lamb, and
by so much as their contest was terrific
and awful. and prolix, their victory
was consummate and Respondent, and
they have taken places immeasurably
higher than those of good parentage,
who could hardly help being good, be-
cause they had ten generations of pre-
ceding piety to help them. The steps
by which many have mounted to the
highest places in Heaven were made
out of the cradles of corrupt parent
age. When ! saw that, said to my
attending angel, THAT is fair; that is
right. The harder the struggle the
more glorious the reward"
Then pointed to one of the most
colonnaded and grandly-domed resi-
dences in all the city and said: who |
lives there?" and the answer was |
The widow who gave two mites"
s'And who lives there?" and the an
swer was: THE penitent thief TO
whom Christ said: This day shalt |
thou be with Me in paradise" And
who lives there?' | said, and the an
swer was: THE blind beggar who
prayed, Lord, that my eyes may be
Some of those professors of religion
who were famous on earth / asked |
about, but no one could tell me any,
thing concerning them. Their names
were not even in the city directory OF
the new Jerusalem. The fact is that | |
some of them had not got
there at all. Many who had ten talents
were living on the back streets of
Heaven. while many with one talent
had residences fronting on the Kings
park, and back lawn sloping to the
River Clear as Crystal, and the highest
of Heaven were guests at
their table, and often the white horse
Of Him who "hath the moon under His
feet, champed its bit at their door
way. Infinite capsize of earthly con-
iitionsi All social life in Heaven
graded according to earthly struggle
md usefulness as proportioned to tai
snts given!
As walked through those streets !
for the first time what Paul
aid to Timothy: IF we suffer we shall
llso reign with Him." 1t surprised me
beyond description that all the great
If Heaven were sufferers. Not alp"
les, all. Moses. he of the Red Sea. a
rreat sufferer. David, he of Absalom's
initial behavior and Ahithopheps be.
raval and nations dethronement, o
rreat sufferer Ezekiel, he of the can
ivity. who had the dream on the banks
# the Chebar, great sufferer. Paul
lie of the diseased eyes and the Medi
erranean shipwrecl1. and the Mars
ill derision. and the Mamertine en-.