The Red Cloud chief., 1894-02-16

sortH WERE the grsateSt successes OF
heaven. And as we passed along one of
The grandest boulevards Of heaven there
approached MS n group of persons so
radiant incouutenanco and apparel | had
to shade my eyes with both hands be-
cause / could not endure the luster, and
| said, "Angel, dotell me who they are!'
and the answer was, These are they
who came ont Of great tribulation and
bad their robes washed and made white
in the blood Of the Lainb!'
E9UAIEiED AT LAST.
My walk throplh the city explained a
thousand thilgs IN earth shat had been
to me inexplicalin. WhcnI saw up there
the superior delight and the superior
heaven of many who had on earth had
1t hard with cancers and bankruptcies
and prosecutions and trials of all sorts.
l said, God has equalized it all at last;
excess OF enchantment in heaven has
more than made up for the deficits on
earth"
But" said I to my angelic escort, II
must go now. II Is Sabbath morning OH
earth. and l must preach today and BIO
n my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock.
Goodby," l said to the attending angel.
THANKS for what you have shown me.
l know l have seen only in part, but I
hope to return again, through the atom
ing mercy Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
4oodby."
Then l passed on amid chariots of SAL
walton, and along by conquerers' thrones,
and amid pillared majesties, and by win.
dows Of agate, and under arches that had
been hoisted for returned v~ictors. And
as / came toward the walls with the
gates, the walls flashed upon me with
emeralds and sapphires and c~hrysoprascs
and amethysts, until l trembled under
the glory, and then I heard O bolt shove,
and a latch lift, and a gate swing, and
they were all of pearl, and l passed out
loaded with raptures, and down BY
worlds lower and lower, and lower still,
until l came within sight of the city Of
my earthly residence, and until through
the window Of my earthly home the sun
poured so strong upon my pillow that
my eyelids felt 1t, and in bewilderment
as to where l was and what I had seen I
awoke.
Reflection the First-Thesuperiority Of
u heaven to all other heavens. The
Scandinavian heaven: The departed are
in everlasting battle, except az restored
after being cut topieces; they drink wine
out of the skulls Of their enemies. The
Moslem heaven as described by the Ko-
ran: "There shall be hours with large
black eyes likes pearls hidden in their
shells" The Slav's heaven: After death
the soul hovers six weeks about the body.
and then climbs asleep mountain, on the
top of which is paradise. The Tasma-
mans heaven: A spear is placed by the
dead, that they may have something to
fight with, and after awhile they go into
a long chase for game Of all sorts. The
Tahitian's heaven: The departed are eat
en- up Of the gods. The native African
heaven: Aland Of shadows, and in speak
ing of the departed they say all is done
forever. The American aborigine's heav-
en-: Happy hunting grounds, to which
the soul goes OF q bridge Of snake. The
philosophers heaven; Made out Of a
thick fog or an infinite don't knovl
But hearken, and behold our heaven,
which, though mostly described hy fig
ures Of speech in the Bible and by para
BILE Of a dream in this discourse, has for
its chief characteristics separation from
all that is vile; absence from all that can
discomfort; presence Of all that can gratu-
late. No mountains to climb; no chasms
to bridge; nc night to illumine; no tears
to wipe. Scandinavian heaven, Slav's
heaven, Tasmanian heaven, Tahitian
heaven, African heaven, aborigines'
heaven, scattered into tameness and dis
gust by q glimpse Of st. Johns heaven,
Of Paul's heaven, of Christ's heaven, Of
your heaven, of my heaven!
THE SILVER OF TEARS.
Reflection the Second-You had better
take patiently and cheerfully all pangs,
a~ffronts, hardships, prosecutions and tri.
ais Of earth, since, if rightly borne, they
insure heavenly payments of ecstasy.
Every twinge of physical distress, every
lie told about you, every earthly subtrac
ton, if meekly borne, will be heavenly
addition. II you want to amount to any.
thing in heaven and to move in its best
society, you must be perfected through
suffering" The only earthly currency
worth anything at the gate of heaven is
the silver Of tears. At the top of all
heaven sits the greatest sufferer, Christ
Of the Bethlehem %van and of
Pilates oyer and terminer, and of the
Calvarean assassination.
What he endured. oh, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell?
Oh, ye of the broken heart, and the dis.
appointed ambition, and the shattered
fortune, and the blighted life, take com.
fort from what l saw in my Sabbath
morning dream!
Reflection the Third and Last-How
desirable that we all get there! Start this
moment with prayer and penitence and
faith in Christ, who came from heaven
to earth to take us from earth to heaven.
Last summer, n year ago, l preached
one Sabbath afternoon in Hyde Park.
London, toa great multitude that no man
could number. But l heard nothing
from 1t until a few weeks ago, when
Rev. Mr.. Cook, who for 90 years has pre-.
sided over that Hyde Park outdoor meet.