The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-02-08

ana bntimer AMI Ridley and Po.ycarr. whom
1the hames refused TO destroy as they bent
outward till \ spear did the work. and soms
Of the Albigerses aud Hugueuots and conse.
Grated Qunkers who ware slain for their re.
i llgion. They had on them many scars hui
tnelr scars were illumined. aud they had on
their faces look OF especial triumph.
| Then we passed along Song row. ani wa
met some OF the old gospel singers. "Taat is
| Isaac Watts" said nv attendant Az we
Z came up to him. he asked me ifthe churches
on earth were still singing the hymns he
composed Mt the house Of Lord and Lady
Abner. TO whom he paid visit or thirty.six
\ years. and ] told him that many OF the
I churches opened the Sabbath morning SER
/ vices with his old hymn. Welcome. Sweet
I Day OF Rest" and celebrated their gospel
trlumpbs with his hymn. Salvation. Oh the
Z joyful Song |" aud often roused their devo-
itons by his hymn. "Cone, We That Love
the Lord"
While We were talking he Introduced mo
to another OF the song writers and said.
I This is Charles Wesley who belonged on
earth 10 different church from mine, but
we are all now members Of the same church.
the temple Of God aud the Lamb" And I
told Charles Wesley that almost every sab
hath we sang ono ot his old hymns. Arm OF
ihe Lord, Awake or. Come. Let Us Join
our Friends Above" or. "Loye Divine. All
Love Exceling." And while we vers taIk =
ING on that street called song row. Kirk
White. tho ,ycnsumptive college student now
everlastngly well. came up. aud we talk
over his old Christmas hymn. ''when Mar
shaled On the Nightly plain.' And William
Cowner came M. now entirely recovered
from his religious melancholy and not look.
ing as II he mad ever I'm dementa attempted
suicide. and we talked over the vide earthly
celebrity and heavenly power Of his old
hymns. "When | Can Read NV Title Clear"
and There l. Fountain Filled With
Blood"
And there We met Gecr..o W. Rathuua O;
wondrous Brooklyn pastorate. and told him
OF how his comforting hymn hal bsen sung
At obsequies all around the worl1--"it Is
Not Death 20 Die Aud Topiady came up
and asked about whether the church was
still making use oi his old hymn, Rock of
Ages. Cleft For Me- Aud we also met on
song row Newton and Hastings ani Mont
gomery and Horatio Bonar. anl We heard
floating from window to window snatchas Of
the old hymns which they started on earth
and started never TO die.
But. say some Of my heerhrs 'dld Won
SEQ anything of our friends In helveuY' Oh
yes. did. "Did YOU see my children ;here?'
says some one. land are there any marks OF
their last sickness stlll upon themY" Ibid
eethem. but there was no plllor. no cough,
no fever. no lunguor. about them They are
All well aud ruddy aud songiul and bound
nS with eternal mirth. They told ne 20 give
their love TO YOU that they thought OF YOU
hour by hour. and that when they could bc
excused from the heayealy Fairgrounds they
came down, and hoverej over YOU. ani
kissed your cheek. and filed your dream
with their glad faces. and that they would be
~ the gate 10 greet you when you ascended
10 be with them forever
"But. say other voices ''lid YOU sec our
gloriiied iricnisg' Yes, 1 saw them. and
they are well in the land across which no
pneumonas or palsies or dropsies Of typhoids
ever sweep. The aroma blows over from or
chards with trees bearing twelve manner OF
fruits. and gardens compared with which
Chatsworth Is n desert The climate IL n
mtnging OF AN earthly June and October-
tha balm OF the one and the tonic of the
other The social life In that realm where
tnev are IS superb and perfect. No contro-
versies or Jealouses or hates but love. uni
versal love. everlasting love. And theytold
meto toll you not TO weep Tor them fortheir
happiness knows no bound, aud IL Is only "A
question oiNme when you shall reign with
them IN the same palace and Join with them
in the same exploration of planets and the
sametour OF worlds
But yonder ~ this assembly "a an up-
rned lace that seems TO ask how about the
= tf9se in heaven "Do my departed
'nH'n shildr"ra or hr-1 they lost
4. . viyacity.
venerable out OF their nature2' Well from
what saw I think childhood has advanced
to full maturity OF faculty, retaiuing all the
residence OF childhood, aud that tue aged
had retreated to midlfe. freed from all de-
cadence but still retaining the charm of the
venerable. In other words, II was fully de-
veloped and complete life Of all souls,
whether young or old.
Some one SAYS. "Will you ell u what most
impressed you in heayeu2' | will. | was
most impressed with the reversal OF earthly
con ltlons. | knew. ot course, that there
would be- differences OF attire aud residence
la heaven. Tor Paul had declared long ago
that souls would then differ ''ds one star dit
fered from another as Mars from Mercury,
rs Saturn from Jupiter. But al every step In
ms dream In heaven | was amazed to see
that some who were expected to be higu in
heaven were low down. and som" who were
/ expected TO be low down were high up. You
| thought. for instance. that those born OF
| pious parentage. and OF naturally good dis
/ position. and OF brilliant faculties, and Of all
STYLES OF attractiveness will move in the hign-
/ est range of celestial sIlenlor and pomp.
/ No, no. l found the highest thrones. the
brightest coronats, the richest mansions
were occupied by those who had repro
bate father or bnh mother, and who
inherited the twisted natures %
ten generations OF miiscreants, and who
had compressed in their body all the de
prayed appetites and all evil propensities
but they laid hold OF Got's arm, they cried
for especial mercy. they conquered sever
devils within and seventy devils without am
were washed in the blood OF the Lamb. ant
hy so much as their contest was terrific An,
awful aud proliS their victory was consuni
mate aud resplendent and they have takel
laces immeasurlbly higher than those o
good parentage. who could hardly help be
ing good. because they had ten generation
OF preceding piety to ald them. The steps b.
which many have mounted 10 th" highes
places in heaven We're made out OF the era
dies OF corrupt parentnge. When saw that
said to my attending angel THAT is iair
! that is right. The harder the struggle th
/. more glorious the reward
, Then pointed to one OF the most colon
: naded and grandly domed residences ia "a
the city and said "Who lives theref' an
the answer was The widow who gave tw
mites" "And who lives theref" and III
answer was. The psnitent thief TO who
CHRIST said. This day shalt thou be with NJ
in paradise. "Anl who lives there?
:, said. aud the answer was. The blind beggS
!. who prayed, Lord that my eyes may
opened.
y Some of those professors OF religion VIII