Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-18
NO. 40.


and then le;s the" .'rJp forever 10 w. TIE
highest honor tbs word cOUi@ ronf-r as -
make man Roniau empe.,-. bu- 4 %
sixty-three "mperors Il allowed only &C
die peacefully in ttair beds.
The dominion of tins wori.' over mu''-
iudes is ilus rated 10. tbs NAM "f roiu- Z
many countries. ILev have th'--r pi-e.es al
money which they call soyere.. :. '-rpwHs
and half crowns, Napoleons anl half Nj
poieons. Ercdericks and double Fr'' ''Ar' =
and ducats and lsabel!inos, al O. W. =
names E.ean not SO much Us-'Glne-s IA
dominion. The most of our windows opeI
toward the exchange, toward the salon ot
fashion. toward tic god of this worst. y
Olden times the length of the English yard
was fixed by the length of th. arm of Ring
Henry l.. and we are apt to measure things
by variable standard and by tine human
arm that in the great crises Of life can give
US no help. We need, like Daniel, to open
our windows tow I'D God and religion.
But. mark you, that good lion tanner is not
standing at the window, but kneeiing while
he looks out Most photographs are taken
of those in standing or sitting posture. 1
now remember but one picture of man
kneeling, and that was David LIVINGSTONE.
who in the cause OF God and civilization
sacrificed himself. and in the heart of Africa
his servant, MaiEara, found him in the tent
by the light OF candle stuck on The top OF
4 box, his head in his hands upon the pill
low and dead on his knees Bat here Is -
great lion tanner living under the
dash of the LIGHT, AMI his hair
1isheveled by the breeze, praying. The fact
Is that man ear see farthcr On : knees
than standing on tiptoe. Jerusc'em was about
$50 statute miles from Babylon, and the vast
Arabian desert shifted its Sud between
them. Yet through that open window Dan.
.el saw Jerusalem. saw all betw'e- -. saw
beyond, saw time. saw eternity, earth
md saw heaven.
Mould 10 hn
FOUR sins to pardon. through your troubles
o comfort, through temptation t. rescue,
through dire sickness TO immortal health
through night to day, through things terres-
rial to things celestiat-you will not sa-
hem till you take Daniels posture No car
If bone to the joints of the fingers. no cap OF
,one to the icins, OF the elbow. uut cap ol
bone to the knees, made 50 because the God
Df the body was the God of the soul. and
special provision for those who want t.
pray and physiological structure joins wit
piritual necessity in bidding Us pray ard
iray and pray.
in O!den time the Earl OF Westmorean
aid he had no need to Pray because he ha g.!
:nough p!oGs tenants on his estate to pray
or him. but all the prayers of the churcia
Universal amount to rpthinS unless. like
Daniel, we pray tor our+eives. q men and
women. bounded on one side by Shadracil's
redhOt furnace and the other side by de-
yourinS lions, learn the secret of courag.
md de,iverance by looking. =. that Babv-
Onish windcw open toward he southwest.
"Oh. you say, "that is the direction of the
Arabian desert Yes but on the other sids
Df the desert is God, i Christ. is Jerusalem
s heaven.
Homers heevnn was an elysium which h,
describes as pisin at the end of the earth
or beneath, with no snow nor rainfall, aud
the sun never goes down. and Rhadoman-
thus. the justes4 OF men, rules Hesiod's
heaven is what ea calls the islands of thu.
blessed. in tie midst Of the ocean, three
times year olooming with most exquisite.
fowe-s and the air is tinted with purple,
while games AID music and horse races oc-
cupy the tima. The Scan'iinavian's heaven
was the hall 81 Walhalla, where the god
Odin gave unending wine suppers to earthly
heros and heroincs. The Mohammedau's
heaven passes its disciples in over the bridge
AESirat. which is finer than a hair anJ
sharper than a sword, and then they are let
loose into riot nf everlasting sensuality.
The American ah 'rigneS look forward TO
4 heaven of iliim table hunting grouni,
partridge and deer I'd wild duck more than
plentiful. and the hounds never off the scent,
AID the guns nerer missing fire. But the
seographer las followed the earth round
and found Eo Hv-'er's elysium. Yoya-
gers have t-aversed the deep III all direc-
lions and found Hesod's islands Of
he blessed. The Mnhammeian5 celes-
ial debauchery anu .:e In!ian's eternal
,unting ground iOr vast multtudes
have no charm. But her rolls in the Bible
heaven. No more s''u--:hat is. no wide sep
tration. No more n,l,h.--'hat is no insom-
na. No more tearS-that is. no more heart
break. No more pair-that is, dismissal OF
ancet AMI bitter draft ant miasmr and ban.
shment of nsuraCia. and catalep-es auG
.onsumDtionss All culor~ in the wall excerpt
gloomy black. All the music in the maiol
Iey because ce'ebrarisc and jubilant
River crystalline. gae crystalline and
skies crystal'in, becacs- everything is cleaI
and without doIbt. White robes, and that
means sinlssness. VialS full of odors, and
that means pure requirement Of the senses
Rain bow. and that means the storm is over.
supper, and tAat means gaddest
lestivity. Twelve rlanAer of fruits, and that
means luscious alu unending variety.
Harp, trumpet, grand march, anthem,
amen and ha!!eluiah in the same orches-
IRA. Choral meeting solo, and overture
meeting antiphon. and strophe joining dithy-
ramb, as they roll into the ocean of doxolo.
ses. And you and have all that, and have
t forever through Christ if We will let Him
With the blood of one wounded hand rub
)ut our sin, and with the other wounded
land swing open the shining portals.
Day and night keep your window open to-
ward that jerusalem. Sing aboat it. Pray
about II. Think about il. Tai, about it,
Dream about it. Do not he incppsoablt
about your friends who have go into it
Do not worry if something in your .ieart III.
1icates that you are not far OF from i'll
Do not think that wLen a Chris.
:iap dies he stops, for he goes on.
An ingenious man has taken the heavenly
urlongs as mentioned IN Revelation and mas
calculated that there will be in heaven l0c
looms sixteen feet square Tor each ascending
'oul, though this world should lose 100, ,00O.
700 yearly. But all the rooms vi heaven will
De ours, for they are family looms. and as
40 room in your house Is too gOoG .or YOU
so all the rooms of all the palace.
,f the heavenly Jerusalem vii, he free tt
Gods children, and even tho thFoneroou
will not be denied. and You may run up ih,
'Ieps OF the throne, ana put your land oI
he side OF the throne. aud sit dow" Desid,
he King according TO the promise. 'r him
hat overcometh viii grant to 81. With ",
n My throne"
But you cannot go in except As conpuer0rs
Many years ago the Turks and Cnristiaus
we're in battle. and the Christians we-= 1e.
eated. anu with their commander Stephen
lie d. toward fortress where the mother o
his commander was staying. When she
'aw her son anl his army in disgracefu
-etreat. she ha'. the gates OF the fortres.
oiled -hut, and then from the top OF the
1attlenent cried out to her son, You can.
lot enter here except n, coEqueror."
Then srephen rallied his forces anI re.
umed tn. battle and gained the DAY,
20 900 driving back 2OJ.0'o For these who
Ire defeated in battle with sin and deatt
md he'll nothing but sha - aud contenp.
'ut for those vino gain tre victory through
,ur Lord Jesus Christ the gates OF the NeT
.eruSIs!em will hoist, aIu tlcre shall be al
,0undant entrance inc the '.verastins
iinS!om o! our Lord. tO'..gu which you de
we'll 10 keep your Windows open.
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