Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-09

and after awhile they 90 into long chase
for game OF all sorts. The Tahitian heaven
The departed are eating up OF the gods. inc
native African heaven A land OF shadows,
and in speaking OF the departed they say az
is done for ever The American aboriglne
heaven Happy hunting grounds, 10 WHICH
the soul goes on bridge OF snake. Inc
philosophers heaven Made out OF IN cN
fog or an infinite don't know. But hearhyu
and behold our heaven, which, though mostly
described by figures Of speech IN the DlOlo
and by parable Of n dream In TINS discourse,
has for its chief characteristics separation
from all that Is vile; absence from an tha'
can discomfort presence OF all that can con
gratulate. No mountains to climb no ch2sms
to bridge no night to ilumine no tears 10
wipe. scandinavian heaven, Slays heaven
Tasmanian heaven, Tahitian heaven, African
heaven. aborigines' heaven. scattered INTO
tameness and disgust by a glimpse oil -.
Johns heaven, OF Paurs heaven, Of CHRIST .
heaven, Of your heaven. Of my heaven
Reflection the Second-You had bettertako
patiently and cheerlully all panSs ahron.s,
harlships, prosecutions and trials OF earth,
since ii rightly borne, they insure heavenly
payments Of ecstasy. Every twnSe OF phys
zeal distress. every lie told about YOU every
earthly subtraction, il meekly borne, viii DO
heavenly hluNlDu. II 1Ou NhuA w ''''
TO ANYTHING in heaven and 10 mOvein Its best
society. YOU must be perfected thrOughs u =
fering." The only earthly currency worta
ANYTHING at the gate Of heaven is the silver
of tears. At the top Of all heaven sits the
greatest sufferer, Christ OF the Bethlenem
caravanslry and OF Pilates oyer ana tenn
iner. and OF the Calyarean assassination.
What n endured. on, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and heH'
On. We Of tho broken heart, an the disap-
nointsd ambition, and the shattered fortune,
and the bllghted life, take comfort from
what | saw in my Sabbath morning d;ean
Reflection the Third AMI Last-How de-
sirable that We all get there Start TINS
moment with prayer AMI penitence AMI iait.l
in Christ, who came from heaven 10 EARN
to take US from earth to heaven.
Last sumner, year ago. PREACHED ono
Sabbath afternoon in Hyde ParS. London 10
n great multitude that no man could number.
But [ heard nothing from 1t until lew
weeks ago, when Rev. Mr.. COOK, VINO Iof
twenty-five years has presided over tnlI
UvJe park outdoor meeting. told me that
iast winter going through hospital in LoI-
don. he saw dying man whose face bright
enai as he told him that his heart was
changed that afternoon under my sermon IN
Hyle PARK, and all was bright now at ms
departure from earth to heaven:
Whv may not the Lord bless this as well aa
THAR Heaven rs 1 dreamed about it, and as
read about it. is so benign realm you can.
not any of you AFFORD to miss it. On, will 1t
not be transcendently glorious after the struS'
ole Of this life is over to stand it in that eter-
nal safety? Samuel Rutherford though they
yiciously burned his books and unlustly ar
rested him for treason, wrote OF that c3le5'
lial spectacle:
The KIM there IA His beauty
Without veil, u secn'
L were a well spent journey.
Though seven deaths lay bctNe'H
The Lamb with His fair or ~
Doth on Mount Zion standi
And glory glory dwelleth
In Immanuels land.