The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-09
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the grandest boulevards of heaven Their
approached US group of persons 81
radiant in countenance and apparel Ihat
to shade my eyes with both hands be
cause could not endure the luster, ant
said, "Angel, do tell me who they are?'
and the answer was, "These are they
who came out of great tribulation anC
had their robes washed and made white
in the blood of the lamb
EQUALIZED AT LAST.
My walk through the city explained 6
thousand things on earth that had beer
to me inexplicable. When l saw up there
the superior delight and the superior
heaven of many who had on earth had
it hard with cancers and bankruptcies
and prosecutions and trials of all sorts,
| 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, 81
must go now. 1t is Sabbath morning on
earth, and must preach today and be
in my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock.
Goodby," I said to the attending angel.
Thanks for what you have shown me.
| know I have seen only in part, but I
hope to return again, through the atom
ing mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Goodby."
Then 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 victors. And
as l came toward the walls with the
gates, the walls flashed upon me with
emeralds and sapphires and chrysoprases
and amethysts, until 1 trembled under
the glory, and then heard bolt shove.
and 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 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 it, and in bewilderment
as to where l was and what had seen |
awoke.
Reflection the neutrality-suspicious. of
our heaven to all other heavens. The
heaven: The departed are
in everlasting battle, except as 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 asteep mountain, on the
-op of which is paradise. The Tasma-
mans heaven: A spear is placed by the
lead, that they may have something to
light with, and after awhile they go into
| long chase for game of all sorts. The
heaven: The departed are eat
IN up of the gods. The native African |
heaven: A land of shadows, and in speak
ng of the departed they say all is done
brewer. The American aborigine's heav-
IN: Happy hunting grounds, to which
he soul goes on bridge Of snake. The
heaven; Made out of
jhick fog or an infinite don't know.
But hearken, and behold our heaven,
which, though mostly described by fig
Tres Of speech in the Bible and by para
Die of a dream in this discourse, has for
is chief characteristics separation from |
vi that is vile; absence from all that can
presence of all that can gratu-
ate. No mountains to climb; no chasms
% bridge; no night to illumine; no tears
% wipe. Scandinavian heaven, Slav's
heaven, Tasmanian heaven, Tahitian
heaven, African heaven, aborigines'
heaven, scattered into tameness and dis
rust by glimpse of st. Johns heaven,
# Paul's heaven, of Christ's heaven, of
our heaven, of my heaven!
THE SILVER OF TEARS.
Reflection the Second-You had better
axe patiently and cheerfully all pangs
fronts, hardships, prosecutions and tri-
Is of earth, since, if rightly borne, they
insure heavenly payments of ecstasy.
very twinge of physical distress, every
70 told about you, every earthly subtrac
ion, if meekly borne, will be heavenly
EDITION. If you want to amount to any
hing in heaven and to move in its best
ociety, you must be perfected through
1ffering." The only earthly currency
-orth anything at fhe gate of heaven is
le silver of tears. At the top of all
aaven sits the greatest sufferer, Christ
{ the Bethlehem caravansary and of
Hates oyer and terminer, and of tn
alvarean assassination.
What he endured, oh, who can tell.
To save our souls from death and hell?
h, We of the broken heart, and the dis
lpointed ambition, and the shattered
rtune. and the blighted life, take COM
rt from what | saw in my Sabbath
orning dream!
Reflection the Third and Last-How
,sirable that we all get there! Start this
oment with prayer and penitence and
18th in Christ, who came from heaven
earth to take us from earth to heaven.
Last summer, a year ago, preached
e Sabbath afternoon in Hyde Park,
,ndon, to a great multitude that no man
uld number. But l heard nothing
om it until a few weeks ago, when
". Mr.. Cook, who for % years has pre-
led over that Hyde Park outdoor meet