The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14
AT The TABERNACLE.
REV. ER. TAlMAGE PREACRES ON A
VISION OF HEAVEN.

VISION OF HEAVEN
The Eloquent Preacher Sps>k. OF Impres-
ssons of Heaven-What He Saw In
Dream-A Glowing Description-TA"
L>sson and the Exnorestioa.
BRo< KLYN. Feb. 4-In the Brook
lyn Tabernacle this forenoon the
hynns, the Scripture lesson and the
nrsyers. as we'll as the sermon. were
abuut the future world more than about
this world. Rev Dr.. Talmsge took tor
his subject "a Vision of Heaven the
text being Ezekiel i, l, Nov II came to
pass as I was among the captlves by the
river Of Chebar that the heavens were
opened, and saw visions Of God"
Expa.riated and in far exile on the
banks Of the river Chsbar, an afiuent o'
the Euphrates. sat Ezskiel. It was
there he had an imm ortal dream, and i
is gwen to Us in the Holy Scriptures
he dreamed of Tyre and Egypt. He
dreamed of Christ and the coming HEAVIER
This exile seated by that river Chebal
had q more wonderful dream than yor
or 7 ever have had or ever will have
seated Oh the banks If the Hudson OF
Alabama or Oregon or Thames or Tloel
or Danube.
But we all have had memorable dreams
some of them when we were halt asleep
and half awake, so that we did rot kno"
whether they were born Of shadow o.
sunlight; whether they were Thoughts
let loose and dlsarraDged as 10 SLUMP Der
or the imagination Ct faculties awake.
Such dream had this morning! l!
was half past 5, and the day was break
ing, It was dream of Coda dream
of heaven. Ezekiel had bis dream or
the baks OF the Chebar. / had nv dream
not far from the banks cf the Hudson
The most of the stories Of heaven were
written many centuries ago. and they
tell us how the place looked then CT
how it will look centuries ahead. Wou!c
you not like to know how it LOOKS now!
That is what I am going to tell you: !
was there this morning. have Jasl
got back. How l got mo that city o
the sun I know not.
Which Of the IL gates I entered IS t.
me uncertain. Butmy first stremenorance
of the scess is that stooo on one OF the
main avenues, looking this way and that
lost in raptures, and the air so tnll o.
music and redolence and laughter an'
light that knew not which street tc
take. when an angel of God accosted me
end offered to show me the objects o.
greatest interest, and to conduct ne from
street to street, and from mansion tc
mansion, and from temple to temple
and form vail to wall. said to th'
angel, How long hast thou been II
hsayens'' and the answer came, ''Thir
ty two years, according to the earth'!
calendar"
There was secret about this anger;
name that was not given me, but IRON
the tenderness and sweetness aId atsc
t,on and interest tak.n in ny wall
through heaven, and more than all IN tot
fact OF so years. residence-the numoe'
of wears since she ascenoed-l think |
was my mother. Old age and decrepi
trde and the tired look were all gone
but I think it was she. You see, va!
only On visit to the city and had no
yet taken up residence, and coule
know only in part.
Hooked IN for a few moments at th'
great temple. Our brilliant and lovsl,
Scotch essaYist, Mr.. Dcummond, says
there Is no church in heaven, bus be dc
not look tor it on the right street. St
John was right when In his Patmosla
vision, recorded in the third chapter O.
Revelations, he speaks OF ''the temple o
my God" I saw it this mornlng-tnt
largest church I ever saW, as big as al
the churches and catbsdrals of the eartt
put together-andi it was throneed. Oa
what 8: multitude! had never seen 81
many people together. All the audience
ofall the churches fall the earth put 10
sether would make poor attendance
compared with that assemolage.
There was fashion in attire ant
hesddress that Immediately took my at
tention. The fashion was white. Al
In white save one. And the headdress
was . garland Of rose and lily and mig
noneste, mingled with green leaves cullei
from the royal gardens and bound to
gether with binds of gold.
And saw some young men with
ringon finger of the right hand aud sale
to my accompanying angel, why thoss
rings on the fingers OF the right hands"
aad I was told that these who were them
were prodls al sons and once fed swine II
the wilderness and lived on husks, bu
they came home, and the rejoicing father
said, ssPlt ring on his hand"
But T said there was enc exception to
this fashion OF white pervad8iag all the
auditorium and clear up through all the
galleries. It was the attire OF the one
who presided in that immense temple
the chiefest, the mlghtest the loyelI
est person in all the place: HIS
cheeks seemed to be flushed
with infinite beauty, and his lips
were elcquencs omnipotent. But his
attire was OF deep colores. They sug'
gested the carnage through which he
had passed, and said to my attending
angie, ''What is that crimson robe that
tha. he wears?" and was told, "They
are dyed garm ents form Bozrah," ano
s.He troo the wine press lone."
Soon after I entered tots temple they
began to chant the celestial litany. 1t
was unlike anything I had ever heard
for sweetness or power and have heard
the most of the great organs and the
most of the great oratorios. I SAID to
my. accompanying angel, ''Who IS that
standing yonds with the harp?" and
the answer was, "Dayid." And l said
"Who is that sounding that trumpet"
and the answer was, Gabriel" And I
said, ssWho is that at the organ?" and
the answer was, "Handle.' And the
mns:c rolled on till it came to 8 doxclogy
-extolling Christ himself, when all the
worshipers lower down and higher up
thousand galleries of them, suddenly
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