Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26

us. The airs that float now ON the earth
are unlike those which hoated above
! paradise. They are charged with i'm
purities and distempers. The most elias
+, tic and robust health of earth, COM
pared with that which those experience
/ before whom the gates have been opened,
is nothing but sickness and evacuation
Look at that soul standing before the
throne. On earth she W.; q lifelong in
valid. See her sfe-7 now and hear her
voice now Cat II you can one breath
of that cell ial air. Health in all the
pulses Eealth Of vision. Health of
spir Is; Immortal health. No racking
co4gh, no sharp pleurisies, no consum-
ing fevers, no exhausting pains, no hos
pitfalls of wounded men. Health swing
Ing in the air. Health flowing in all the,
streams. Health blooming on the banks.
No headaches, no sideaches, no back
aches. That child that died in the
agonies Of Group, hear her voice gov
ringing in the anthem That old man
that went bowed down with the infirm-.
titles Of age, see him walk now with
the step of an immortal athlete-forever
young again That night when the nee
dlewoman tainted away in the garnet, a
wave Of the heavenly air resuscitated
her forever. For everlasting years, to
have neither ache nor pain nor weakness
nor fatigue. Eye hath not see it, ear
hath not heard it. -
Splendors of Heaven.
remark further that we can in this
world get no just idea of the splendor
Of heaven. St. John tries to describe it.
He says, ''The 10 gates are 10 pearls, -
and that "the foundations of the wall
are garnished with all manner of pre-
cious stones. AS we stand looking
through the telescope Of St. John we see
q blaze of amethyst and pearl and emer-
aid and sardonyx and chrysoprasus and
sapphire, mountain of light, cataract
of color, a sea of glass and city like
the sun.
st. John bids us look again, and we
see thrones-thrones Of the prophets,
thrones of the patriarchs, thrones of the
angels, thrones of the apostles, thrones
Of the martyrs, throne of Jesus, throne
of God! And we turn round to see the
glory, and it is-thronesl Thrones
Thronesi
ST. John bids us look again, and we
see the great procession of the redeemed
passing. Jesus, Oh white horse, leads
the march, and all the armies of saliva
ton following on white horses. Infinite
cavalcade passing, passing; empires
pressing into line, ages following ages.
Dispensation tramping on after dispen-
sation. Glory in the track of glory. Eu
rope, Asia, Africa and North and South
America pressing into lines. Islands of
the sea shoulder to shoulder. Genera
lions before the flood following genera
lions after the flood, and as Jesus rises
at the head of that great host and waves
his sword in signal Of victory all crowns
are lifted, and all ensigns flung out,
and all chimes rung, and all halleluiahs
chanted, and some cry, "Glory to God
most hight and some, ''Hosanna to
the Son of David!'' and some, worthy
is the Lamb that was slain - till all the
ordinations of endearment and hon-
age in the vocabulary Of heaven are ex-
hausted, and there come up surge after
surge Of "Amen Amen Amenp'
Eye hath not seen it; ear hath not
heard it. - Skim from the summer wa
tiers the brightest sparkles, and you will
get no idea of the sheen of the everlast-
ing sea. Pile up the splendors of earth
~ cities, and they would not make
stepping stone by which you might
mount to the city of God. Every house
is palace Every step triumph. Ev-
cry covering Of the head coronation.
Every meal is a banquet. Every stroke
from the tower is a wedding bell Every
day is a jubilee, every hour rapture
and every moment an ecstasy. Eye
hath not seen it, ear hath not heard it. "
Reunions In Heaven.
remark further we can get no idea
ON earth Of the reunions of heaven. If
you have ever been across the sea and
met friend, or even an acquaintance,
in some strange city, you remember how
your blood thrilled and how glad you
were to see him. What, then, will be
our JOY, after we have passed the seas of
death, to meet in the bright city of the
sun those from whom we have long
been separated After we have been
away from our friends 10 or 15 years,
and we come upon them, we see how
differently they look. The hair has
turned, and wrinkles have come in their
faces, and we say, Chow you have
changed! !" But, oh, when we stand be-
fore the throne, all cares gone from the
face, all marks of sorrow disappeared,
and feeling the joy of that blessed land,
methinks we will say to each other,
with an exultation we cannot now i'm
agine, ''How you have changedl'' In
this world we only meet to part. It is
goodby, goodby. Rarwells floating in
the air. We hear it at the rail Car win
dow and at the steamboat wharf. Good
by! Children lisp it, and old age an
swers it. Sometimes we say it in light
way, 'tGoodbyl" and sometimes with
anguish in which the soul breaks down.
Goodby All, that is the word that
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