Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-05

RrOoklyn Tabernacle THIS IOreuOOu Ouo
HYMNS. the Scripture lesson and the
pravers as we'll as the sermon, we're
abopt tho future world more than ABOUT
this world. Rev DR.. Talmage. took ior
his subject. "A vision Of Heaven,
the text being: Ezekiel /. l: Nov IL
came 10 pass as was among the cap
lives by the River OF Cheoar that the
heavens were opened and / saw Visions
OF God"
Expatrlated and 10 far exile on the
hanks OF the River Chebar, an aluuent
OF the Euphrates, sat Ezekiel IL was
there he had an immortal dream, ana IL
Is slven 10 US in tue Holy Scriptures
lie dreamed OF Tyre and Egypt lie
dreamed OF Christ and tue coming
heaven. This exile seated by that river
Chebar had q more wonderful uIeau
than you or ] ever have had or ever
will have, seated on the banks OF tne
Hudson, or Alabama, or oregon or
Thames. or Ti0or, or Danube.
But we all have had memoraole
dreams. some OF them when we were
half asleep and half awake, so that we
did not know whether they were porn
of shadow or sunlight; whether they
were thoughts Leu loose and disaTrangsd
As in. slumber. or the imagination OF
faculties awake.
Sncb dream had this morning. IL
was about half.past i've, aud the cay
was breaking. 10 was a dream Of Gods
a dream OF heaven. Ezekiel hao MS
dream on the banks of the CheOar; 4
had nv dream not far from the banks
of the Hudson. The most Of the stories
OF heaven were written many centuries
ago. aud they tell MS how the place
looked then, or how 10 will look CEN
turtles ahead. Would you not ike 10
know how 10 looks nOw2 That Is wnat
AM GOING TO TELL YOU.
I was there this morning. / have just
COT back. How rot into that city oil
sun know not. Which of the twelve
Gates entered Is 20 me uncertain. But
nav first remembrance Of the scene Is
that i stood or one OF the main avenues,
looking this way and that, lost ia rapt-
ures. and the air SO full OF music ana
redolence and laughter and light, that
] knew not which street % take, when
an angel of God accOsted me ana
offered 10 show me the objects OF
greatest interest, and 10 conduct
me from street 20 street, and from
mansion 20 mansion aud from
temple 20 temple. and from wall TO wall
] said 70 the angel, Glow long hast
thou been i'm heaven9' aud the answer
came. "Thirty-tw0 years according 20
the earthly calendar" There was
secret aboui this angels name that was
not given me, but from the tenderness
and sweetness, and affection, AID Ia
tsrast taken in my walk through ecay-
en-. and more than an the isct0i thirty
two years' residence, the pamber of
wears since she assembled think 10 was
my mother. Old age and Gecrepitude,
aud the tired look u e all gone, but 1
sbiol--i. - ..--ll see, / was only
.ls,.-s0 the city, and bad not yet
.asen up residence, aud could know
only iu part.
looked IN for few moments at tho
great Temple. Our brilliant and lovely
Scotch essayist, Mr.. Drummoud, says
there is no church 90 heaven, but he did
not look for it on theright street. Saint
John was right when in his Patmoslc
vision, recorded in the third chapter OF
Revelation, he speaks of The Temple
of my God" saw 30 this morning; the
largest church ever saw; as big as all
the churches and cathedralS Of
TIE EARTH PUT TOGETHER,
and 70 was thronged. Oh, what a mutt
itudei I had never seen so many pee
Ole together. an the audiences Of al
The churches 10 all the earth put to-
gether would make poor attendance
a ..rN. al. boa a. h Ia "a
was fashion 10 attire aud head-creSS
iat Immediately tOoS my attention.
be fashion was white. All Tn white,
save one. Aud the head-drcss was 81
garland OF rose. and lily, and mig0io-
rette, mingled with green leaves cuiied
from toe Royal Gardens, and bound to-
gethcr with bauds OF gold.
Aud / saw some young mon with A
rims on the finger OF the yicht hand,
md said to my accompanying angel
Why those rings on t0e augers OF the
rht haudS'" and / was told that those
wore them were prodigal sons, and
fed swine TO the wilderness, aud
on huSks, bat they came home,
be rejoicing Father said, put q
d his hand.
20 said there was one exception 20
S fashion OF white pervading all the
auditorium and clear up through all the
galleries. To wss the attire OF the One
who presided 10 that immense Temple.
THE chiefest, the mighucSt, the love-
Hest person 10 an the place. his cheeks
seemed 20 De flushed with initiate
beatty and his forehead was a morning
Ky. and. his lips we're eloQuence om-
bipotent But his attire was OF deep
kolors. They suggested the carnage
through which he had passed, and
said 20 my attending angel, "Nhat is
that crimson robe that he wears?' aud
] was told, They are dyed garments
from Borrah," and He trod the wiCe-
press alone"
Soon after I entered this temple they
began 20 chant the celestial litany. il
was unlike anything had ever heard
for sweetness aud power, and / have
heard the most OF the great organs, aud
the most Of the great OratOrios. said
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1iY ACCOMPANYING ANGEL,
''Who is that standing yonder with the
haro9" and the answer was, David ~
and said, "Who is that sounding
that trumpet9" and the answer was
'.Gabriel.n And / sas6, "Who is that
at the organP" aud the answer was,
'Randelr And the music rolled on
until 70 came 20 q doXOlogy eXtoling
Christ himself. when all the worship
pers. lower down and higher up, a
thousand galleries OF them, suddenly
dropped on their knees aud cnsnted,
WORTHY is the Lamb that was slain. -
Underline overpowering harmony fell
hack. 4 said. LET us 90. ThiS is too