Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-10-18

What were all earthly music ~ Him when
the hundred AM forty ani four thousand on
one side aud eheruhim aud sarapbim and
/ Arehaneels stand onthe other side. aud ALT
! space between Is nliet with the doxologies
! 81 eternal iubi'ee-.he hoSanna Of a r.
deemed earth, the halleluiah Of unfaIlan
angels. song after song rising about the
throne Of God and Of the LamhY In that
! pure, high place, let Him hear Ne. Sion.
harps OF heaven. that our u1or cry may be
heard o nv Lord Jesus. il will not hurt
Thee for one hour 10 step out from the
shining thr0nE. They will make il all ua
when Thou goest hack again. Come hither.
blessed One, that Va NAV kiss Thy fea..
Our hearts. too long withheld. We now sur
render into Thy keeping. When Thou
goest back, tell IL to all the imm1rtals that
the lost are found. and let the Fathers houss
ring with the music and the dance.
They have sOmo old wine in heaven, not
used except in rare festivities. Ia this world
those who are accustomed to use wine on
great occasions bring ont the beverage and
say: This wine is thirty wears old" or
''forty years Old" But the wine Of heaven
is more than eighteen centuries ola. II was
prepared at the time when Christ troll the
winepress alone. When such gravious sim
ners rs we come back. methinks the cham
berlain OF heaven cries out 10 the servants:
"Ihis Is unusua! iOyi Bring up from the
vaults Of heaven that oId wine. Fill all the
tankards Let all the white ROBBED guests
drink TO the immortal health Of those new
born sons and daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty" There is joy in heaven among
the angels OF God over one sinner that re-
penteth," and God grant that that one may
be YOU!
Again. to have right heart it must be a
forgiving heart. An old writer says, "To
return good for evil is Godike; good for
good is manlike; evil for good devillike."
Which of these natures have WEI Christ will
have nothing to do with us as long as we
keep any old grudge. We have all been
cheated and lied about There are people
who dislike us so much that II we should
come down to poverty aud disgrace thew
would say: "Gooi for him! Didn't | tell
you SOP" They do not understand us I'm
sanctifed human nature SAYS: "Wait till Won
get good crack at him. and when at last
You Ind him in tight place give it 10 him.
tIay nm alive. No quarter. Leave not
rag OF reputation. JUMBO him with both
feet. Pay him in his own coin-sar,asm for
sarcasm. scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse
But. my friends, that is not the right kind OF
heart. No man ever did 50 mean a thing
toward us as we have done toward God. And
five cannot forgive others how eau we ex-
pect God to forgive US? Thousands Of men
have been kept out Of heaven by an unior-
giving heart
Here is someone who says: 81 will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and lot; l will forgive that man who
overreached me in a bargain: | will forgive
that man who sold me u shoddy overcoat:
forgive them-all but one. That man | can
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
my hands of him. II my going to heaven
depends on nv fOrgiying him, then | will
stay out" Wrong feeling. III man lie to
me once | am not called TO trust him again.
II a man betray me once | am not called to
put confidence in him again. But | would
have no rest if / could not offer sincere
prayer for the temporal aud everlasting
welfare Of all men, whatever WEAKNESSES
and outrage they have inflicted upon me- II
You want to get your heart right, strike
match and burn up all your old grudges, and
blow the ashes away. III you forgive not
men their trespasses. neither will Your
Heavenly Father forgive you your tres
passes"
An old Christian black woman was going
along the streets Of New York with q basket
of apples that she had for sale. A rough
sailor ran against her and upset the basket,
and stood back expecting to hear her scold
frightfully, but she stopped down and picked
up the apples, and said: "God forgive you,
my son, as do The sailor saw the mean
ness OF what he had done. aud felt IN his
pocket for his money. and insisted that she
should take ii all Though she was black
he called her mother, and said Forgive
me, mother, | will never do anything so
mean again" All there is power in a for
giving spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way Of conquerinG men like that
| Of bestowing upon them your pardon.
| whether they will accept it or not
! Again, right heart is an eXpectant heart. Ii
I is poor business to be building castles in the
air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't spoil
| your comfort in the small house because YOU
expect larger one. Don't fret about your
income when it is SO or a per day because
| you expect to have after awhile $40 per dav,
or $4,000 year because you expect it to be-
800 900 year. But about heavenly things,
! the more we think the better Those castles
/ are not in the air, but on the hills and we
| have deed Of them in our possession. I
like to see q man all full Of heaven. He
| talks heaven. He sings heaven. He prays
heaven. He dreams heaven. Some of us in
our sleep have had the good place open to
| us. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We
heard the click of the hoofs of the white
| horses on which yctors rode, and the clap
| ping OF the cymbals OF eternal triumph, And
| while in our sleep we were glad that all our
| sorrows were over and burdens done with.
the throne Of God grew winter and winter
| and whittier till we opened our eyes and saw
| that it was only the sun Of earthly morning
| SlilllillS Ou OuE pllchs ~ udNtu IlGll neart
| you need to be filled with this expectancy.
1t would make your privations aud annoy
ances more bearable.
In the midst Of the city of Paris stands a
statue OF the good out broken hearted Jose
prime. L never imagined that marble could
be smttten into such tenderness. 1t seems
not lileless. IT the spirit Of Josephine be
disentabemanlea, the soul Of the empress has
| taken possession of this figure. | an not
vet satisfied HAT II iG g
press on the arm seems to need but the
pressure of the finger to indent it. The
figures ut the bottom of the robes, the rufle
ut the neck, the fur lining on the dress. tho
embroidery Of the satin. the cluster of liv
and leaf and rose in her hand. tho poise o.
her body as She seems to come sailing out Of
the sky, her face calm, humble. beautiful,
but yet sad-attest the genius of the saulp-
for and the beauty of the heroine he cee-
brates. Looking up through tho riffs OF
the coronet that encirclos her brow, I
could see the sky beyond, the great heavens
where all wOman's wrongs shall be righted.
and the story OF endurance and resignation
snail be told to all the ages. The rose and
the lily in the hand of Josephine will never
drop their petals. Believe not the recent
ISLANDERS upon her memory. The children Of
God, whether they suffer on earth in palaces
or in novels. shall come to that glorious rest.
. heaven, sweet heaven, at thy gate we set
Gown all our burdens and griefs! The place
will be full Here there are vacant chairs at
the hearth and at the table. but there are no
vacant chails in heaven. The crowns all
worn; the thrones all mounted. Some talk
OF heaven as though it were very hand
some church. where a few favored spirits
would come III and sit down on finely cush.
toned seats all by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No. no! "I saw n
great multitude that no man could number
staining before the throne. He that talked
with me had golden reed to measure the
city, and it was 10000 furlongs"-that is
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