The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-15

be low down were high up. You
thought, for instance. that those born of
plous parentage, and of naturally good
disposition, and of brilliant ,acuities.
aud Of all styles of attractiveness will
move in tho highest range of celestial
splendor and pomp. No, no!
l FOUND the highest thrones. the
brightest ooronets, the richest mansions
were occupied by those who had repro.
bate father or bad mother, and who in.
herited the twisted natures of 10 gem
eratjons Of miscreants, and who had
con- ressed in their body all deprayed
apps ties and all evil propensities. but
they laid hold Of Gods arm, they cried
for especial mercy, they conquered sew
en- devils within and 20 devile without
ana were washed in the blood of the
Lamb, and by so much as their contest
wac terrific and awful and Erolix their
victory was consnmmate and resplend-
ent, and they have taken places i'm.
measurably higher than those of good
psrentaGe,w could hardly help being
good because they had 10 generations
OF preceding piety to aid them.
The steps by which many have
mounted to the highest places in heay.
en- were made out Of the cradles of a
corrupt parentage. When l saw that.
eaid to my attending angel: "That is
lalr; tnaG Is right. The harder the
ward"
Then l pointed to one of the most
colonaded and grandly domed. d.resilen-
ces IN "a all the city and said, "Who lives
tnereI" and the answer was. "Che
widow who gave two mites" And
VINO lives there?" and tho answer was.
"the penitent thief to whom Christ
SAID, This day shalt thou be with me
IN paradise" "And who lives there ?"
l said, and the answer was, "rhe blind
oeg9ar who prayed, Lord That my eyes
may be opened"
Some of those professors Of religion
VINO were famous on earth I ask ed
about, but no one could tell me any
thing concerning them. Their names
were not even III the city directory of
the New Jerusalem. The fact Is that
suspected some Of them had not got
there at all. Many who had 10 talents
were llvlng. Oh the back streets of
had residences fronting on tue Kings
park and back lawn slopinR to the
river Clear as Crystal, and the highest
nooln6y or hrayen were guests at their
table, and often the white horse of him
VINO hath tho moon under his feet"
champed its bit at their doorway, IN
Unite capsize Of earthly conditionsl All
social life In heaven graded according
TO earthly struggle and usefulness as
proportioned to talents given!
AS walked through those streets
appIeclated for the first time what
Paul said to Timothy, "Ir we suffer,
we shall also reign with him." It sur,
prised me beyond description chat all
the great of heaven we're great suffer-
ers. "Not ALP" Yes, all. Moses him
OF She Re sea, great sufferer. David,
him or Absalom's unfilial behavior and
Ah!thophers betrayal, and nations
dethronement, great sufferer. Eze-
kiel, him OF the captivity, who had the
dream on the banks of the Chebar, a
great sufferer. Paul, him Of the dis.
eased eyes, and the Mediterranean
shlpWreck, and the Mars Hill derision,
aud the Mamertine epdungeonment
and the whipped back, and the head
mans ak on the road to Ostia, a great
sufferer: Yea, all the apostles after
lives Of suffering died by violence,
beaten to deAth with fuller's club. or
dragged TO death by mobs, or from the
Chrust OF the sword, or by exposure On
barren island, or by decapitation.
All the high up in heaven great suf-
| terers and women more than men
| Fellcltas and st. Cecilia and st. Agnes
| and st. Agatha and st. Lucia and
own neighborhood, queens of needle.
ana the broom,and the scrubbing brush,
and the wash tub, and the diary, re-
Warded according to how we'll they
ala their work, whether to set tea ia
Dle or govern a nation, whether em-
press or milkmaid.
L could not get over 1T as In my
dream saw all this, and that some Of
the most unknown of eartn were the
most famous In heaven. and that many
VINO seemed the greatest failures Of
earth were the greatest Successes Of
heaven. And as we passed along one
OF the grandest boulevards of heaven
there approached us a group of persons
80 RADIANT IN cOunCenance and apparel
L had to shade my eyes with both hands
because could not endure the luster,
and said, "Angell do tell me who they
arer' and the answer was, "These are
they who came out of great tribulation
ana mad their robes washed and made
white In the blood Of the Lamb!"
My walk through the city explained
thousand things on earth that had
been to me inexpllcable. When l saw
superior heaveC of many who had on
earth had 1t hard with cancers and
bankruptcies and prosecutions and
trials OF all sorts, 1 said: "God has
equalized 1t all at last. Excess Of en-
chantment in heaven has more than
made up for the deficits on earth"
"But." said to my angelic escort, 81
must 60 now. 1t is Sabbath morning
on earth. and l must preach today and
be In my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock,
"Goodby" said to the attending angel.
" Thanks for what you have shown me.
4! know have seen only in part, but I
hope to return again through the atom
Ing mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ"
"Goodby."
Then l passed on amid chariots of
salvation, and along by conquerers'
and amid pill ared majesties,
and by windows Of agate, and under
arches that had been hoisted for re.
turned vlcters. And as came toward
the walls with the gates, the walls
flashed upon me with emeralds and
sapphires and chrysOprases and am