Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-09-12

Tho Mohammcdan' heaven passes its dis
ciplcs in over the bridge Al-Sirat, which
is finer than hair and sharper than
sword, and then they IRE let loose into %
riot of everlasting scnsuality.
Keep the window Open.
Tho American aborrincs look forward
to u heaven of illimitablo hunting ground,
partridge and deer and wild duck moro
than plentiful, and the hounds never off
the scent, and the guns never missing fire.
But the gcographcr has followed the earth
round and found no llomcr's clysium.
Nuyagers have travCrsCd the deep in all di
rcCtions and found no IlCsiod's islands of
the blessed. Tho Mohammcdan' celestial
dcbauchcry and the Indian eternal hunt
ing ground for vast multitudCs have no
charm But hero rolls in the l}iblo heaven
No moro sea--that is, no wide separation
No moro night--that is, no insomnia. NO
more tcars--that is, no hCartbreak No
moro pain-that Is, no dismissal of lancet
and bitter draft and miasma and Danish
mCnt of nCuralgias and cHtalCpsics and
consunIptions. All colors in tho wall OK
cCpt gloomy black; all the music in tho
major key, because CClcbratiVc and jubi-
liant. River crystalline, gate crystalline
and skies crystalline, because everything
is clear and without doubt. White robes,
and that means sinlcsclcss. Walls full of
odors, and that means purc rcgalcmcnt OF
the senses. Rainbow, and that means tho
storm is over. Marriage supper, and that
means gluddcst fcstiyity Twelve manner
of FRUITS and that means luscious and un-
ending variety. Harp, trumpet, grand
march, anthem, amen and hallcluah in
the same orchestra Choral meeting solo
and overture meeting antiphon and stro-
pho joining dithyramb, as they roll into
the ocean of doxologcs. And you and
may have. all that and have it forever
through Christ if we will let him, with
the blood of one wounded hand, rub out
our sin and with the other wounded hand
swing open the shining portals.
Day and night keep your window open
toward that Jerusalem. Sing about it.
Pray about it. Think about it. Talk
about it, Dream about it, DO not be in
consolablc about your friends who hayo
gone into it. DO not worry if something
in your heart indicates that you are not
far Off from its ccstasics. DO not think
that when u Christian dies he stops, for he
goes on.
An ingenious man has taken the hcav-
cnly furlongs as mentioned in Revelation
and has calculated that there will be in
heaven 100 rooms 16 feet square for each
ascending soul, though this world should
lose 100 600, 600 yearly. But all the rooms
of heaven will be ours, for they are family
rooms, and as no room in your house is
| too good for your children so all the rooms
of all the palaces of the heavenly Jerusa-
lem will be free to God ) children, and even
the throneroom will not be denied, and
you may run up the steps of the throne
and put your hand ON the side of the
throne and sit down beside the King ac-
cording to the promise, To him that over
Comcth will | grant to sit with me in my
THRONE
But you cannot 90 in except rs conquer
ors. Many years ago the Turks and Chris
/ tans were in battle, and the Christians
were defeated, and with their commander
stephen fled toward fortress where the
mother of this commander was staying.
When she saw her son and his army in dis
graceful retreat she had the gates of the
fortress rolled shut, and then from the top
of the battlemcnt cried out to her son,
"Iou cannot enter here except as conquer
orr Then stephen rallied his forces and
resumed the battle and gained the day,
20, 600 driving back 200 600. For those
who are defeated in battle with sin and
death and hell, nothing but shame and
contempt, but for those who gain the vic
tory through our Lord Jesus Christ Tic
gates of the New Jerusalem will hoist, ant
there shall DC an abundant entrance into
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord, to
ward which you do we'll to keep your win
QOWS ODCn.