Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-21
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE,S sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "A Vision of Heaven"

EKpatriated and in far exile on the bank
ot the river Chebar, an afIluent Of the Eu
phratss, sat Ezekiel 1t was there he had al
immortal dream, and it is given to US in tn.
HoIy Scriptures. He dreamed of Tyre an,
Egypt. He dreamed OF Christ and the com
ing heaven. Thy5 exile seated by that rive
Inebar, hars more wonderful cream thai
you or ever have had or ever will ba-
seated on the banks of the Hudson or Ala
Dana or Oregon or Thames or Tlber O
Danube.
But We all have had memorable dreams
zone zone OF them when we were half asleep an
nan awake, so that We did not know whatha
they were born Of shadow or sunlight
whether they were thoughts let loose sur
nisarranscd rs in sldmber, or the imaSina
lion oI faculties awake.
such dream 1 had this morning. It was
ABOUT hali-past ), and the day was breaking
II was dream Of God. dream OF heaven,
Ezekiel had his dream on the banks Of the
thebar had my dream not far from the
banks OF the Hudson. The most of the stories
OF hecFen were written many centuries ago.
ana they tell rs how the place looked then
or how it viii look centuries ahead Wouli
you not ike TO know how il looks now Tgtr
ls what am going ts tell you. / was there
ms morning. / have Just got back How
Eot INTO that city Of the sun 1 know NOT.
"hich OF the twelve gates 1 entered is TO me
uncertain. Eut my first remembrance of the
scene Is that l stood On one of the main ave
hues, looking this way and that lost in ra9-
lures, and the air 50 full Of music and re- 40
renee and laughter and light that knew not
winch street TO take, when an angel OF God
itsosted me and offered to show me the o.
JtcIs OF greatest interest, and conduct mo
from street to street, and from manson to
mansion. and from temple to temple an 1
from wall 20 wall. l said 10 the angel .sHow
long hast thou been in heaven" and the an
sWeT' "Ihiry-two years according TO the
earthly calendar"
Ihere was secret about this angels name
that was not given me, but from the tender
ness and sweetness and affection and inter
est taken in my wax through heaven. and
more than all IN the fact Of thirty-two wears
IeslHehoe, the number of years sin 20 she
assembled, / think it was my mother. Old
age and decrepitude and the tired look were
an gone, but think it was she. You see. [
was only on visit to the city and had not
yer taken up residence, and 1 could know
only in part
looked in for few moments at the great
tehple- Our brilliant and lovely Scotch es-
9tyi7t, Sir. DrummOnd, says there is no
thuFch IN heaven, bat he did not loo, for il
on the right street. ST. John was right when
IN ms lAtmosic vision. recorded in the third
chapter OF Revelation. he speaks Of ..fg..
lgug.' OF my Go H. / saw it this moruiy..
ne 4hrSest church ever saw 20. biz a. all
lhe churches aud catheIrais of the earth uu,
together, and it was thr5ngeI on what a
Huiluuie! hal never seen 50 many pao-
PIE together. All the audiences OF all rhe
churches OF all the earth put together would
make poor attendance comDarad y,F :, Tho
hssemhla<e. There was n fashion in att ra
ana headdres7 that Immediately took NV AZ
'sLlioh. lhe fashion was white All in
Nhlie. save one. And the heaIdrsss was n
garland OF rose and lily anl mignonettp
mingled with green leaves culIed from the
royal gardens and bound together with bands
OF gold.
And saw some young men with n ring on
'he inger of the right hand and said TO nv
accompanying angel. "Why those rigas on
me myers of the right hands," and l was
lold that those who wore them were prodi-a!
sons and once fed swine in the wilderness
and lived on husks, but they came homo ami
jhe rejoicing father said, Put ring on his
hand
bur SAID there was one exception to this
'asnIon oI white Psrvading all the auditorium
ana clear up through all the galleries. 1t
was the attire Of the one who presided in
that immense tempIe-the chiefest. the
mGhtest, the loyeliest person in all the
place. His cheeks seemed to be flushed with
infinite beauty, and his forehead was n
morning sky, and his lins were eloquence
omhlpotent. But his attire was OF deep
"olprS. They suggested the carnage tbrorrh
which he had passed, and l said to nv at
lending angel. What is that crimson robe
mat he years. and | WIS told. They ara
dyed garments from Bozran,' aud He trod
the wine press alone"
Soon after entered This temple they be-
gan to chant the celestial Iitanv, 1t was nm
Ike anything | had ever heard for syearuess
and power, and hHr7e heard the most sweet
OF the great organs and the most OF :h.
great orltorios. l said TO my ACCOMPANYING
angel VINO is that standing yOnder with
,Le HaIp' and the answer was, "DayidI'
ana SAID, who is that sOun5iu. that
irumpetI and the answer was Gabriel r'
ana l said, who Is that at the o-gany. and |
the answer was "HandeI!' And the music
r2iel on TIL It came TO a dOEOiOcv evt0lIiu- |
Ihrist Himself, when all the worshipcrs. |
IyWer Gown AMI higher up, thousand gal |
lerleS or them. suddenly droDpei on their
knees and chanted, "Worth is the Lamb that |
was slain. Under the overpoweriny har- |
mony fell back l said Let us 20. This J
Is too much Tor mortal ears. I cannot bear |
the overwhelming SYMPHONY"
But noticed as was about to turn away |
l NAT on the steps Of the altar was sometime |
ike the la"hVrmai or tear bottle. as I had /
seen II IN the earthly muSems, the lachrv- |
mas, or tear bottles, into which the orien- !
iaIs used TO weep their g-iefs ana set them |
away as sacred. But this lachyrmaI, or tear
Do.tIa' IN stead OF earthenware, as those the
"iteultl. used, was lustrOus and fiery with
many spiontors, and it was towering and OF
great capacity. And said 10 my attcnIiD, |
anger, what is THIS great lachrvmaI. or
lt'T .oIL', standing on the step Of the altar
NM the angel said: why. don't You know? !
L iHt ls the bottle TO which David. the psalm
7'' referred ln this !ity-siyth psalm when ne
Said, 'Iut thou my tears into thy bottle II
IS Iul OF tears from earth-tears OF repan- |
'h''' tears OF bereavement tears Of iov |
ears %. many CENTURIES And then ! -qw |
1oW sacred tothe sympathetic God are Garth
" sorrows.
As was coming out Of tho ternpIe say |
all along the pictured walls there wera
shelves, and golden vials were hein, set up
on an those shelves. And said "Whv the |
setting up Of all these vals ut this timay
Lsey seem just now TO have been fl!leI,"
lAd the attending angel said, ''The week OF
prayer all arnunI the earth has Just closed !
ana more supplications have been made than |
have been made for long while, ami these |
new yiais, newly set up, are what the Bible
'peaHS OF as golden Was full OF o5or-. |
which are the prayers ofsaints." And saiI
o the accompanying angel, "Ctn it be posi-.
bic tAat the prayers OF eurth are,syortnv O. |
being kept in such heavenly shape?" "Thy.'
'ald the angel, "there is nothing that =. !
moves heaven as the prayers OF earth. an |
h"y are * up in sight OF these inHn.tr |
'uitudes, amt, more than all, in the sight |
'i Christ, and lie cannot forget them. an.
hey are before Him world without end -
Then We came out, and as the temple is al
ways open and some worship at one hour
mi others at other hours We passed down
ne street amid the thrOnEs coming TO an |
going rom the great temple. And we passed
liong through a street called Martyr place. | .
md we met there or saw sitting mt the WIN
lows, tine souls OF those who on earth Wen, |
through ire and blood and under sword and ! ,
atk. We saw John Wyclif, whose ashcs
we're hy decree Of the council of CoastEnr,
brown into the river. and Rogers, who
'atled his hands in the fire as though il ma |
'een water, aud Bishop Hooper and McKai
rIH 1.r-s--r- -r.r pgYr--rz-- I
nc flames refused 70 destroy as they bent n
VI ward tlii spear did the work, and som,
I the Aihicenses and Huguenots and couse I p
Fa'ei QI1kers who were slain for their re- q
S'on. They had on them many scars. bu q
i'iT scars were illuminad, and they had OF -
lclr taces look OF especial triumph. ti
-71n we pissed along Song row. anl W. c
l0t some otthe Old gospel singers. sTboti.
-'2' Waits sail nv attan liant A. W. Il
lm' up 20 him, ho ssEsI me ifthe CHURCHES a
' earth were stu singing tho h,~,"- b. a.
imposed at the house OF Lord and T,alv e.
..r. 10 whom ha nail vi I &c