Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-02-05

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them, and they are we'll in the land
across which no pneumonias or palsies
or dropsies or typhoids ever sweep. The
aroma blows over from orchards with
trees bearing IL manner of fruits, and
gardens compared with which Chats
worth is desert. The climate is a
lmingling of an earthly June and OctO-
berthe balm of the one and the tonic
of the other. The social life in that
realm where they are is superb and per-
feet. 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 hap
piness knows no bound, and it is only a
question of time when you shall reign
with them in the same palace and join
with them in the same exploration 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 ages Of those in heaven. do my
departed children remain children, or
have they lost their childish vivacity?
Do my departed parents remain aged,
Or have they lost the venerable out of
their nature?" Well, from what I saw
/ think childhood has advanced to full
maturity of faculty, retaining all the
residence of childhood, and that the
aged had retreated to midlife, freed
from all decadence, bit still retaining
the charm Of the venera ble In other
words, it was fully developed and com
plete life of all souls, whether young or
old.
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Some one says, "Will you tell us
what most impressed you in heaven?" l
VIII. was most impressed with the re-
versal of earthly conditions. l knew, of
course, that there would be differences
of attire and residence in heaven, for
Paul had declared long ago that souls
would then differ as one star differed
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 expected TO be low down
were high up. You thought, for in
that those born OF pious parent
age, and of naturally good disposition,
and of brilliant faculties, and Of all
styles of attractiveness will move in the
highest range of celestial splendor and
pomp. No, no. 1 found the highest
thrones. the brightest coronets, the rich
est mansions, were occupied by those
who had reprobate father or bad mother,
and who inherited the twisted natures OF
10 generations of miscreants, and who
had compressed in their body all de-
PRAYED appetltes and all evil pro-
pensities, but they laid hold of Gods
arm, they cried for especial mercy, they
seven devils within and sew
enty 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 consum-
mate and resplendent, and they have
taken places immeasura bly, higher than
those OF good parentage, who could hard
~ help being good, because they had 10
of preceding piety to aid
them. The steps by which many have
mounted to the highest places in heaven
were made out of the cradles of cor
rupt parentage. 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 col
onnaded and grandly domed residences
n all the city and said, WHO lives
5here?' and the answer was, 1.-The widow
who gave two mites ''And who lives
5here?' and the answer was, "The peni
5ent thief to whom Christ said, This day
shalt thou be with me in paradise"
And who lives there?' l said, ana the
was, ''The blind beggar who
prayed, Lord, that my eyes may be
opened ,"
NAMES NOT IN THE DIRECTORY.
Some of those professors of religion
who were famous on earth asked about,
but no one could tell me anything con-
,erning them Their names were not
wen in the city directory of the New
Jerusalem. The fact is that / suspected
ome of them had not got there at all.
Many who had ten talents We're living
N the back streets Of heaven, while
many with one talent had residences
ronting on the Kings park, and back
avn sloping to the river clear as crys-
al, and the highest nobility Of heaven
we're guests at their table, ana often the
White horse of him who ''hath the moon
lnder his feet champed it's bit at their
doorway. Infinite capsize of earthly
onditions! All social life in heaven
:raded according to earthly struggle and
Lsefulness as proportional to talents
iven!
AS I walked through those streets APP
reciated for the first time what Paul
aid to Timothy, eff we suffer, we shall
lso reign with him." It surprised me
eyond description that all the great of
eaven were great sufferers. ''Not alp
yes, all. Moses, him of the Red sea,
reat sufferer. David, him of Absalonl's
nflial behavior, and Ahithophel's be-
rayal. and a nations dethronement,
reat sufferer. Ezekiel, him of the cap