Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-02-09

''5ui," said to my angelic Escort. 81
must 10 now. II Is sabbath morning on
earth. and must preach to-day and be IN my
pulpit By half pasI 10 o'clock. Good-hy' l
Said 10 the attending angel. Thanks FOR
what you have shown me. know have
seen only in part but hope 10 return again,
through the atoning mercy Of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Good-hy"
Then passed on amid chariots OF sasva-
Ion. and along by eonquerOrs' thrones, and
amid pillared maies:ies, and by windows OF
agate. and under arches that had been hoist
Ell Tor returned yictors. And AS ! came
toward the walls with the gates. the walls
flashed upon me with emeralds and sapphires
and chrysoprase5 and anethyst7, until
trembled under the glory, and then | heard
Il bolt shove. and a latch lift. AMI Il gate
swing. and they were all OF pearl, anu
passed out loaded with raptures, and dowa
by worlds lower and lower, and lower stu.
until / came within sight OF the city Of my
earthly residence and until through tho
window OF my earthly home the sun poured
50 strong upon my pillow that my cHehds
felt IL, and In bewilderment "a TO where
was aud what had seen / nwokr.
Reflection the First The superiority nt our
heaven to all other heavens. The Srandina-
vian heaven The departed are IL evcrlast-
ing battle, except As restored after being cut
TO pieces they drink wine out OF the skulls
OF their enemies. The MOSlcm heaven NJ
described by the Koran There shall b"
hours with large black eyes likes pearls hid
den In their shells. The Slavs heaven
Alter death the soul hovrrs six weeks about
the body, and then climbs steep mountain,
ON the tcp Of which is paradise. Tho Tasma-
| MAS heaven 4 spear il placed 10y III" dead,
that they may have something to light with,
and after awhile they 70 INTO long chase
Tor game Of all sorts The Iahitian : heaven
The departed are eating mp Of the gods. lno
native African heaven land OF shadows.
and ia speaking OF the departed they say all
is done for ever. The American uhorlSinc
heaven Happy hunting grounds 10 which
| the soul goes on Il bridge OF snake. ! no
| philosophers heaven Made out OF III *
| fox or an lnhnite don't know But hcarken
and behold our heaven. witch. though mostly
| described by figures OF speech In the Bible
! n!.l bv parable Of Il dream In this dis 'OurSe,
| has for its chief characteristics separation
! from all that IL vile absence from All that
/ can discomfort presence Of all that eau CON
! gratulate. No mountains to climb no chasmS
/ To bridge no night 70 illuminc no tears 10
/ wipn. Scandinavian heaven. SlGy heaven
/ Tusmanian heaven Tahitau heaven. African
| heaven, u1Origin'~ heayrI. scattered into
! tamcncss AMI disgust by slimps' 81 ~.
! Johns heaven, OF Pauls heaven. OF Christ -
| heaven, OF your heaven, of my heaven
Reflection thu Second You hadbettcr taSe
| patiently an ! cheerfully all pungs, Gifron.s,
| harlships prosecutions and trials of earth,
! since, ii rightly hornn they insure heavenly
| payments Of ecstasy. Every twtnsc @! phys
| zeal distress, every lie told about you, every
earthly subtraction, il m"ckly borne, will be
| heavenly addition. II you want 10 amount
| to anything in heaven and to move IN H. best
society. You must be perfected through SUI
| fc-ine." The only earthly currency worth
| anything at the gate OF heaven IS the silver
| OF tears Al the top 81 NIL heaven sits the
| greatest sufferer. Christ %. the Bethlehem
! caravanslry and of Pilates oyer and term
| inrr. and OF the Calyarcan assassination.
What II endured, Oh. wac can tet
10 save our souls from ieIu. and hr'
Oh. We Of the broken heart, and the dIsap-
/ pointed ambition. and the shattered fortune
I aud the highted life. tax" comfort from
/ what | SAW in my Sabbath morning dean
/ Reflection the Third an Last How de-
/ sirahlc that we all get there Start this
moment with prayer and p'nitcnce and faith
! In Christ, who came from heaven to earh
| to take US from earth 10 heaven.
| Last summer. year ago, preached one
| Sabbath afternoon IN Hyde PLrS. London, to
| n great multitude that no man could number.
| But | heard nothing from IL unth II few
| weeks ago, when Rev. Mr.. Cook, who !oI
! twenty-five years has presided over that
! Hyde Park OItloor meeting told mo that
! last winter, going through hospital IN Lon
! dCu, he saw a dying man who's face bright
! encd as he told him that his heart was
| changed that afternoon under nay SO mon in
| Hyde ParS. and all Was bright nov Il. hi.
! departure from earth 10 heaven.
Why may not the Lord bless this Is well ~
! that? Heaven rs dreamed about 1t, and ~
! read about 1t. is so benign Il realm vou can.
not any Of you afforl 10 miss H. on, will 1t
not bctransccndenty glorious after the strug-
gle OF this lie is over 10 staui II III that eter-
nal safety Samuel Rutherford, though they
! viciolsly burned his book AMI unjustly ar
rested him for treason wrote Of that csles-
lial spectacle:
The King thFfr IN HIS beauty,
Without "A vci /, seen,
II were well spent Ioutnfy,
Though seven deaths lay between.
The Lamb with ~, Ir Say
Doh GA Mount Zion stahi
AMI story, glory dwc"th
n luunDurl', land