The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

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-" orthy is tie Lamb that was Slain
Inder the overpowcring harmonv
= 'eII back said, Let us go. Thi, !
+ too much for mortal ears. co,, mo-
Il Dear the Overwhelming symphony
hut ! noticed as was about to t,,r,
away That on the stems of the altar w.,
something like the lachyg.naI, or tcor
bottle as had seen tin the na..tLl,
museums the Igchrymals, or to,r
bottles INTO which the OricntaIs n,o,
TO weep thcir gricf> md set them ava,
as sacred. But this Iachyrmal or tea,.
bottle, instead of carthcnw1rr nc tbo.,
the Or!cntaIS used was IuS,rous and
fiery with many spIcndors, aul it -<v,,
towering and Of grcaC capacity. And
SAID to my attending angel, "Whot !,
that great laChrym2l. or tc3r-hott1o
%un@fng on the step of the altarpo and
the angel said, why. do vGi NOT
X ow? That is the bottle TO which
David the Esalmist referred in his fftv.
! sixth Psalm, when he said. PUT thou
my teaES into thy bottle. It is full n,
/ tears from earth; tears of repantanco.
tears of bereaver@ent; tears of ioy;tcar.
VI many centuries. And thcS | saw
20" Hae"ed to the sympathetic God ;o,o
earthly sorrowa
i'ut, y | said to my angelic escort
y Iaustgo now. It's Sabbath morn.
ing on earth md must preach TODAY
fhd be IL my pulpit by 1896 O'Clock
"ood-by said t. the ATTENDING
angel "Thanks for what YOU have
shown me. | know | have seen onlv
IN part but ! hope to return again
through the atoning mercy Of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Good-bv."
RHfl@ctlon the first: The suneriorftv
OF our heaven to all otrrr heavens
The Scandinavian heaven: The de-
paced IRE in everlasting battle. ey-
cept as restored after being cut 70
pieces, they drink wine out of the
skulls r their enemies. The Moslem
heaven as described by the Korag:
There shall be Hours 18th larro
black eyes like pearls hidden in their
shells. The Slavs heaven: After
death the soul hovers six weeks about
the body and then climbs a stecn
mountain, on the top of which is para.
Use. The Tasnanian's heaven: A
spear is0laced by the dead. tnat thew
nay have something to fight with
md after awhile they 90 into \
ong chase for game of all sorts. The
iahitlans heaven: The departed are
'aten up of the gods The native At
'lcan heaven: A land of shadows, and
n speaking of the departed they say.
III IS done forever: The American !
.oorlglne's heaven: Happy hunting.
rounds, to which the soul goes on q {
ridge of snake. The philosophers :
eaven: Made ont Of a tF'c'1 fog. or ar $
lhn1te don't know. But hearken,
no behold our heaven, W hich. though
ostly described by figures of
beech in the Bible and by parable 5
a dream in this discourse, has for
chief characteristics, separation +
ON all that is vile; absence from all {
LAT can discomfort; presence of all Q,
lat can graduate. No mountains to 3
'mo' no chasms to bridge; no night q
lllumlne; no tears to wipe. Scan u
haVlan heaven, Slav heaven, Tas-
anlan heaven, Tahitian heaven ~,
'rl"an heaven, aborigines' heaven is
altered INTO tameDess and disgust {
glimpse of St Johns heaven of /
,uls heaven, Of Christ's heaven, of y
ur heaven, of my heaven ar
reflection the second: You had bet Su
take patiently and cheerfullv all III
ngs, atfronts, hardships, persecu- Il
Us and trials of earth since If
htly borne they insure heavenly
OF ecstasy. Every twinge "
physical distress, every lie told a.
'ut you, every earthly subtraction
neekly borne, will be heavenly adj HIS
lon. If you want to amount to any. OF
ng IN heaven, and to move in ite in
i society, you must be "perfected an
ough suffering" The only earthly gu
rency worth anything at the gate c ;1
heaven is the silver of tears At ~
Top OF all heaven sits the greatest
5erer, Christ of the Bethlehem cara. poi
sary and of Plate Over and Termi.
and of the Calvarnean assassination. "
" w hat he endured, oh, who can tell?
10 save our souls from death and hell. 4
We OF the broken heart, and the ma
ppointed ambition, and the shat. N
a fortune, and the blighted life wei
comfort from what | saw in NV bee
bath morning dream. 7
the third and last: How the
able that we all get there! Start
moment with prayer and penitence
faith IN Christ, who came from
ZEN TO earth to take us from earth
eaven Last summer, year ago, r
reached one Sabbath afternoon l
Hyde Park, London, to
t multitude that no man could
Der. But'I heard nothing from it
few weeks ago, when Rev. FIR.
! who, for twenty-five years has
ded over that Hyde Park outdoor
ing, told me that last winter going m
ugh hospital in London he saw Uk
ng man whose face frightened as
40 him that his heart was changed vi
afternoon under my sermon in Mas
Park, a,sd all was bright now at ALA