The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-23

OoA eOA "H0HO 1hn gong TO- NOW
turn to Rev. xxii:2: "And in the 4
midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, was there the tree of !
life." This surely again refers to the
city described in the proceeding
chapter. We have the tree in the /
city, and this tree was in paradise,
so must conclude that paradise is the /
city. A summing up of the argu- /
ments will perhaps fix our attention |
upon the city, as all will serve as so
many finger-boards pointing to its
walls of beauty and streets of gold.
One more line of thought to con-
slider, and then we will take a view
of the place as our home, and what
it will be to be there. The dear Lord |
said again in the fourteenth chapter
of Johns gospel, THAT where l am
there ye may be also" The first Chris
tian martyr, Stephen, said, 81 see
the heavens opened, and the son of
man standing on the right hand of
| God" "And they stoned SteDhen
calling upon God and saying, Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit" How often
We see our friends die talking to
loved ones who have long since gone
on to glory. This good man lost all
dread of the tomb and realized the
great truth that he would be received
/ into the presence of Jesus. Paul
seems to have had the same idea in
III Cor. v:6-S- Wherefore we are al
ways confident, knowing that whilst
we are at home in the body, we are
absent from the Lord. We are con-
fident, say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be pres
ent with the Lord" Now notice
where the Lord is. Rev. xxi:22-25:
"And l saw no temple therein, for
the Lord GOD Almighty and the Lamb
are the temple of it, and the Lamb is
the light thereof" To be present
with the Lord, and to be where ne is,
must be to rest in the city with the
Lamb.
DO ANY COME BACK?
You ask if any ever come back
from heaven. Moses and Elias came
back, and appeared on the mount of
TRANSPORTATION, and good old Peter
wanted to build tabernacle there.
believe in angel TRANSPORTATION.
How many of you have had things to
occur in your history that reversed
, your whole life?
, THE PLACE AS OUR HOME.
= We will now enter upon a descrip-
ton of the place itself-where l am
, going. That we may be understood,
! this place is purely spiritual, and we
will have to look at it from our hui
. man and finite surroundings, and
do the best we can to grasp its beau
q ty, standing on the known to reach
I the unknown. The spiritual world
q is to the spiritual man what the nat
ural world is to the natural man.
q Now let us look at it as though we
were in such place in the natural
q man, with such magnificent sur
4 roundings. The description giveT
h by John was intended surely to be q
q revelation of truth to US. We will
q now begin our approach to the city
n and the first that comes in sight il
y the walls. "And it had a wall grea
and high, and had twelve gates, anC
at the gates twelve angels, anC
= names written thereon, which ar,
: the names of the twelve tribes of thu
; children of Israel. On the east thre,
! gates, on the north three gates, OF
# the south three gates, and on tn
y west three gates. And the wall o
y the city had twelve foundations, ant
~ in them the names of the twelve apos
. tles'of the Lamb. And the building O
a the wall of it was of jasper. AM
u the foundations of the wall of tn
= city were garnished with all manne
~ of precious stones. And the twelv
gates were twelve pearls, every sev
"A eral gate was of one pearl" ShaI
:. we attempt to enter these gates
i, Let US be still and gaze. Poets an
:, painters all have failed to bring thi
40 scene before us. Wall so great an,
), high, foundation so beautiful an
aa varied in color, wonderful name
. written thereon, and gates of pear
40 and at them the angel guard. Sha
40 we go in? The gates are open, than
a. the Lord. "And the gates of it sha
ON not be shut at all by day, for theI
=, shall be no night there" Those al
i, gel guards at the gates have thei
;, orders from the King on his thron
n, and before we attempt an entran.
"A we would do well to examine on
90 selves and read over with care 4
ms permits anu tue Ies'i io'i'
:, there shall in no wise enter into