The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-20

and Babylon the capital IF the Baby
loniah monarchy, and Eondpu is the
capital OF Great britain: aid washing
ton Is the capital of our own republic,
the New Jerusalem ID the capital OF
the universe. The king lives there,
and the royal family q the redeemed
have their palaces there, and there Is
a congress of many nations and the
parliament of all the world. Yea, as
Daniel had kindred in Jerusalem OF
whom he often thought, though he left
home when a very young man, per-
haps father and mother and brothers
and sisters still living. and was kon1e-
sick to see them, and they belonged to
the high circles Of royalty, Daniel
himself having royal blood in his
veins; 50 we have in the new Jeriisa=
| lem a great dnany kindred, and we arc
sometimes homesiclx to see them, and
they are all princes and princesses, in
them the blood imperial, and we do
we'll to keep our windows open toward
their eternal residence.
1t is Joy for us to believe that
while we are interested in them they
are interested in u.s. Much thought of
| Heaven mahes one heavenly. The airs
that blow through that open window
are charged with life and sweep up to
us aromas from gardens that never
wither, under skies that never cloud,
in spring tide that meyer terminates
Compared with it all other heavens ara
dead failures.
Homer's Heaven was an elysium
which he describes as plain at the
end of the earth or beneath, with no
snow nor rainfall, and the sun never
goes down, and Hhadainanthus, the
justest of men, rules. Hesiod's heaven
is what he calls the islands Of the
blessed, in the midst of the ocean,
three times year blooming with most
exquisite flowers, and the air is tinted
with purple, while games and music
and horse races occupy the time. The
| Scandinavian's heaven was the hall
of Walhalla, where the god odin gave
amending wine suppers to earthly
heroes and heroines. Tie Mohamuie-
| dams heaven passes it's disciples in
over the bridge Al-Sirat, which Is finer
than hair and sharper than sword,
and then they are let loose into a riot
of everlasting sensuality.
The American aoorigines look for
ward to heaven of illimitable hunt
ing ground, partridge and deer and
wild duck more than plentiful, and the
hounds never off scent and the guns
never missing fire. But the geographer
has followed the earth round and
found no Homer's e1ysium. Voyagers
have traversed the deep in all direc.
tions and found no Hesiod's islands of
| the blessed. The Mohammedan's celes-
tial debauchery and the Indiap's
eternal hunting ground for vast
multitudes have no charm. But
here rolls in the Bible Heaven.
| No more sea-that is, no wide
separation. No more night-that is,
no insomnia. No more tears-that is. no
heartbreak. No more pain--that is,
dismissal of lancet and bitter draught
and miasma, and Punishment of neu-
ralgias, and catalepsies, and consump-
tions. All colors in the wall except
gloomy black; all the music in the ma
ior key, because celebrative and jubi-
ant. River crystalline, gate crystal
line, and skies crystalline, because
every thing is clear and without doubt
White robes, and that means slnlesS-
ness. Walls full of odors, and that
means pure regalement of the senses.
Rainbow, and that means the storm
is over. Marriage supper, and that
means gladdest festivity. Twelve
manner of fruits, and that means lus-
cious and amending variety. Harp,
trumpet, grand march, anthem,
amen, and hallelujah, in the same or
chestra. Choral meeting solo, and
overture meeting antiphon, and
strophe joining dithyramb. as they
roll into the ocean of doxologies. And
you and 1 may have all that, and have
it forever through Christ, if we will
let Him with the blood of one wound
ed 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 inconsolable about your
friends who have gone into it. DO not
worry if something in your heart indi-
Gates that you are not far off from it's
ecstasies. DO not think that when a
Christian dies he stops, for he goes on.
An ingenious man has taken the
heavenly furlongs as mentioned in
Revelation, and has calculated that
there will be in Heaven one hundred
rooms sixteen feet square for each as
cending soul, though this world should
lose a hundred million souls 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 Jerusalem will be free to
Gods children. and even the throne
room 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 by the King ac-
cording to the promise: ITO him that
overcometh will | grant to sit with
me in my throne"
But you cannot go in except as con-
querors. Many years ago the Turks
and Christians were In battle, and the
Christians were defeated, and with
their commander Stephen fed toward
\ fortress where the mother of this
commander was staying. When she saw
her son and his army in disgraceful re-
treat she had the gates of the fortress
rolled shut, and then from the top Of
the battlcment cried out to her son:
You can not enter here except as con-
querorl'' Then Stephen rallied his
forces and resumed the battle and
gained the day, twenty Thousand
driving back two hundred thou
sand For those who are de-