The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14

cO!oQaO61 anu gfSQQly OonSC TSS!u6u-
ces in all the city and said, ''Who lives
there?" AMI the answer was, The
widow who gave two mites" "And
who lives there?" and the answer was,
"rhe peaitent thief to whom Christ
said, This Gay shalt thou be with ne
in paradise" "And who lives there?'
| SAID, ard the answer was, The blind
beggsr who PRAYED, Lord, that my eyes
may be opened
Some Of those professors of religion
who we're famous on earth | asked
about, but no Que could tell me any
thing concerning them. Their names
were not even IN the city directory OF
the New Jerusalem. The fact is that
suspected some of them had not got
there at all. Many who had lC talents
were living on the back streets OF
heaven, whi.e many with one talent
had residences fronting on tue king S
park aud back lawn sloping to the
river Clear as Crystal, and the highest
nobility OF heaven were guests at their
table, and often the white horse of him
who hath the moon under his feet"
champed its bit al their doorway. 1u-
finite capsMe of earthly conditionsl All
social life in heaven graded according
to earthly struggle and usefulness as
proportioned to talents given!
as I walked through those streets I
appreciated for the first time what
Paul said to Timothy, "If We suffer,
we shall also reign with him." 1t sur
prised me beyond description that all
the great of heaven we're great suffer.
ers. "Not alp" Yes, all. Moses. him
of the i,5 sea, great sufferer. David,
him of Absalom's unfilial behavior and
| Ahithophel's betrayal, and q nations
dethronement, great sufferer. Eze,
kie!, him OF the captivity, who had the
dream on the banks OF the Chebar,
great sufferer. Paul, him OF the dis
eased eyes, aud the Mediterranean
shipWreck, and tae Mars Hill deTiSion,
| and the Mamert;ne ep6ungeonment,
and the whipped back, aud the head
mans ak on the road 20 Ossia, a great
sufferer. Yea, all the apostles after
lives of suffering died by violence
J beaten to desth with fuiler's club, OF
| dragged to death by moos, or from thu
tt-ast Of the sword, or by exposure On
! barren island, or by decapitaiicn.
| All The high up II heaven great sui
:s7eTs and women moT- thaa men
FeliciFas and s.. Cecilia and st. Agnes
and st. Agatha and s.. Lucia and
women never heard of outside their
own neighDorhood, queens OF needle
aud the broom, and the scruobiug brush
and the wash tub, and the diary, re-
waTd-d according to how Well they
cid their work, whether to set q tea ia
BILE or govern nation, whether en-
press Cr milkmaid.
I could net get over 1t as IN my
dream saw al this, and that some OF
the most unknown of eartl we're the
most famous 10 heaven, aid that many
who seemed the greats s. failures OF
earth were the greatest successes OF
heaven. And AS we passed along Ont
of The grandesJ boulevards OF heaven
there approached US group OF persons
so radiant III countendGco and appare!
| had to shade my eyes with both haGds
because could not endure the luster
aud SAID, angel! do tell me who they
are?" and the answer was, "Tnese art
they who came out OF great trihulatIoI
and had their robes washed and made
white ID the blood of the Lamb"
My walk through the city explained
thousand things on earth that hac
been to me mex plicab:e. When sax
up there the superior delight and the
superior heaven vi many who had or
earth bad it hard with cancers aDc
bankruptcies and prosecutions snG
trials of all sorts, I said: "God has
equaliz4d it all at last. Excess of en-
chantment II heayen has more thai
made up for the deficits on eartn."
But" | said TO my angelic ecort, s.
must SO now. It is Sabbath morning
on earth, AID l must preach today anc
he in my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock
; "Goodby" I SAID to the ATTENDING angel
"Thanks for what you have shown Inc
/ know have seen only in part, but
hope to return again through the atom
iug mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Goodby."
Then I passed on amid chariots o1
| salvation, and along by conquerers
thrones, aud amid pillared majesties
and by windows of agate, and nndel
arches that had been holsted for re
turned Yicters. And as came toward
the walls with the gates, the walls
flashed upon me with emeralds snC
sapphires and chrysoprases and am
etbysts until I trembled under the
! glory, and then heard a bolt shove anG
a latch lift and a gate swing, and they
were all of pearl, and I passed out
loaded with raptures, and down by
worlds lower and lower and lower still
I 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 bewllder.
ment as to where was and what l had
seen 1 awoke.
| Reflection the first: The superiority
of our heaven to all other heavens
The scandinavian heaven. The depart.
ed are in everlasting battle except as
restored after being cut to pieces
They drink wine out Of the skulls OF
their enemies. The Moslem heaven as
described by the Koran. ''There shall
be houris with large black eyes like
pearls hidden in their shells" The
Slav's heaven: After death the soul
hoyers six weeks about the body and
then climbs steep mountain, on the
top of which is paradise. The Tasma'
mans heaven: A spear is placed by the
dead that may have sometning to fl fght
with, and after awhile they go into
long chase for game of al sorts. The
Tahitian's heaven: The departed are
eaten up of the gods. The native AT.
rican heaven: a land of shadows, and
in speaking of the departed thev Sag,
"All is done forever" The american
aborigine's heaven: Happy hnnfing
grounds. to which the soul goes on a
bridge of snake. Tie philosophers
heaven: Made out of 3 ;hick fcg or an
in6nite don't know. Bat hearken and
behold our HEAVIER, which, though
mostly described by figures If speech
IN the Bible add oy parable ct a dream
iu this discourse, has for its chief char
ac;erlstics separation from all that is
vile, absence from all that can discom-
fort, presence or all that can gratulate.