The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09

est inansionsi were occupied by those
who had reprobate father OF bad mother,
and who inherited the twisted natures OF
10 generations Of miscieahts; and who
had compressed In their body all de.
PRAYED appetites and all evil pro-
pensities, but they laid hold of Gods
arm, they cried for especial mercy, they
conquered seven devils within and sew
enty devils without and were washed in
the blood Of the Lamb, and by so much
as their contest was terrific and awful
and prollx their victory was consum-
mate and respondent, and they have
taken places immeasurably higher than
those of good parentage, who could hard
ly help being good, because they had 10
generations Of preceding piety to aid
them. The steps by which many have
mounted to the highest places In heaven
were made out of the cradles of cor.
rupt parentage. When / saw that,
said to my attending angel: "That l.
fair; that is right. The harder tne
struggle the more glorious the reward. :
Then pointed to one Of the most col
onnaded and grandly domed residence
in all the city and said, "Who live
theres" and the answer was, 1.-THE widow
who gave two mites" Sand who lives
there" and the answer was, "The peni
tent thief to whom Christ said, This day
shalt thou be with me in paradise
"And who lives thereY' said, and the
answer was, 1.-THE blind beggar who
prayed, Lord, that my eyes may be
opened"
NAMES NOT IN THE DIRECTORY.
| Some Of those professors of religion
who were famous on earth asked about
but no one could tell me anything con
corning them. Their names were no,
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 ten talents were living
on the back streets of heaven, while
many with one talent had residences
fronting on the Kings park, and back
lawn sloping to the river clear as crys-
tai, and the highest nobility of heave;i
were guests at their table, and often the
white horse of him who "hath the moon
under his feet" champed its bit at then
doorway. Infinite capsize of earthly
conditionsl All social life in heaven
graded according to earthly struggle and
usefulness as proportiened to talents
givenl
As walked through those streets ap
preciated for the first time what Paul
said to Timothy, IF we suffer, we shall
Also reign with him." 1t surprised me
beyond description that all the great of
heaven were great sufferers. mot ALI?
Yes, all. Moses, him Of the Red sea, a
great sufferer. David, him of Absalom's
unfilial behavior, and Ahithophels be-
trayal, and nations dethronement, a
great sufferer. Ezekiel, him of the cap
tivity, who had the dream on the banks
Of the Chebar, a great sufferer. Paul,
him of the diseased eyes, and the Medi-
terranean shipwreck, and the Mars Hill
derision, and the Mamertine endungeon-
ment, and the whipped back, and the
headman's ak on the road to Ostia, a
great sufferer.
Yea, all the apostles after lives Of suf-
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with fuller's club, or dragged to death by
tnobs, or from the thrust Of sword, OF
by exposure on barren island, or by
decapitation. All the high up in heaven
great sufferers, and women more than
men, Felicitas and St. Cecilia and st.
Agnes and st, Agatha and st. Lucia and
women never heard of outside their own
heighborhood, queens of the needle, and
the broom, and the scrubbing brush, and
the washtub, and the dairy, rewarded &C.
cording to how well they did their work,
whether to set a tea table or govern a
nation, whether empress or milkmaid.
could not get over it, as in my
dream / saw all this, and that some Of
the most unknown of earth were the
most famous in heaven and that many
who seemed the greatest failures Of
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earth were the greatest successes O,
heaven. And as we passed along one Of
the grandest boulevards of heaven there
approached us group Of persons SC
radiant In countenance and apparel | had
to shade my eyes with both hands be.
cause could not endure the luster, and
said, angel, do tell me who they are?'
and the answer was, "These are they
who came out Of great tribulation and
had their robes washed and made white
in the blood of the Lambr'
EQUALIzED AT LAST.
My walk through the city explained q
thousand things on earth that had beer
to me inexplicable WhenI saw up there
the superior delightNnd the superior
heaven of many who had on earth had
1t hard with cancers and bankruptcies
and prosecutions and trials Of all sorts
l 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 l to my angelic escort, 81
must go now. 1t is Sabbath morning or
earth, and l must preach today and BE-
in my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock
Goodby," said to the attending angel
Thanks for what you avesshown me
| know have seen only in part, but
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 hai
been hoisted for returned victors. Ani
as came toward the walls with thu
gates, the walls flashed upon me with
emeralds and sapphires and chrysoprasel
and amethysts, until trembled under
the glory, and then heard bolt shove
and latch lift, and gate swing, ant
they were all of pearl, and I passed ou
loaded with raptures, and down BY
worlds lower and lower, and lower still
until came within sight Of the city O
my earthly residence, and until through
the window Of my earthly home the SUI
poured so strong upon my pillow tina
my eyelids felt 1t, and in bewildermen
as to where was and what had seen
awoke.
Reflection the First Thesuperiority O
our heaven to all other heavens. TIL,
Scandinavian heaven: The departed ar,
In everlasting battle, except as restored
after being cut topieces; they drink win,
| ont of the skulls of their enau,iee TIL