Connecticut western news., 1895-03-14

IS universe one key gets out of tune, they plan for it's returning. No undertaking is So difficult, no post of duty fs so dis tant, no mission is so stupendous but Ut Gods command they ale gladly cb- taincd.
 A Supernal Rcpast.
 When they sit together in heaven's places, Gabriel and Michael, the arch angel, and the angel that pointed Hagar to the fountain in tho desert, and the angel ;Lat swung open the prison door of delivered Peter, aud the angels who rae to bo the reapers ct the end of the world, and the angel that stood by Paul to encourage him on the laundering corn ship of Alexandria, and the two angels that sentineied the tomb of Christ, and the four angels that St. John saw in Apocalypse at the four corners of the earth, and tho l2 angels that guard tho 12 swinging pearls, and the 20, 900 charioted angels that tho psalmist de- scribed, and more radiant than all of them put together, and mightier than all, and lovelier than all, ''The Angel of the Covenant, the cadences of his voice, tho best music that over entranc- ed mortal or immortal ears, his smile another noon risen on midnoon, his presence enough to make a heaven if there were no other attraction-I say, when they meet together in the council chambers close to the throne-ah, that will be regalement infinite. That will
 be a repast supernal. That will be an- gels food And one of my exciting an- ticipations of heaven is the prospect of seeing and talking with some of them. Why not? What did they come out for on the balcony on that Christmas night and sing for our world, if they did not want to be put in communication with us? I know the sUrenade was in Greek,
 but they knew that their words would be translated in all languages. If they thought themselves too good to have anything to do with LIS, would they havo dropped Christmas carols upon the shepherds, as bad as any of us have ever
 been? Aye! IT they sang fer mortals,
 will they not sing fjr us when we be- come ilnmortais!
 | The Man Who Laughs.
 Now, in the emerald palace of heav- en, let the cupbearers and servants of the king remove this course from the banquet and bring on another course of angels food-the last course and the best, the dessert, the continuation l of the feast, which is celebratiye jubi
 lance. You and 1 have known people l who prided themselves on never getting excited. They have cultivated the phleg- matic. You never saw them cry; you never heard them in burst of laugh ter They are monotonous and to mo in- | tolerabla. 1 am afraid of man or a woman that cannot cry; l am afraid of ! man or woman who cannot laugh. | Christ says in the book of Revelation that such people arc 10 him nauseating and cause eregureitation-(Re Revelation iii. 16)
 Because thou art lukowarm and neither l cold not hot I will spew thee out of my | mouth." But the angels in heaven have no ssolidity or unresponsiyeness. There is ore thing that agitates them into | holy warmth. We knew that absolute | ly. If their harp be hung up on the | panels of amethyst, they take it down and with delft fingers pull from among | the strings canticie They run in to 1 their neighbors on the same golden street and tell the good news. If Miriam has | there cymbals anything like thoso with which she performed on the banks of the 1 Red sea, sho clRps them in triumph, and there is festal table spread. and 1 the best of the angels food is set on it. When is itf It is when man or woman down in the world who was all wrong by the grace of God is made all right l (Luke xv, 10) ''There is joy i'll the presence of the angels of God over one ! sinner that repenteth. Why are they so happily agitated? Because they know what Q tremendous thing it is to turn clear around from tho wrong and take 1 the right road. It is because they know | the difference between swines' trough with nothing but husks and kings banquet with angels food. It is because they know the infinite, the everlasting 1 difference between down and up.
 Glad Tidings In Heaven.
 And then their festivity is catching. | If we hear the bells of city ring, we say, "What is that for?'' If we hear rolling out from m auditorium the sound of full orchestra. we say, What
 is happening here?" And when the an ! kCiS Ol NOu bdhC ob JuOiidhSO OfCA 0
 case of earthly repentance your friends
 in heaven will say: "What new thing
 has happened! Why full diapason? Why
 tho chime from the oldest towers of
 eternityy' The fact is, my hearers,
 tEere arc people in heaven who would
 like to hear from you. Your children
 there are wondering when father and
 mother will come into the kingdom,
 and with more glee than they ever
 danced in hallway ut your coming home
 at eventide they will dance the floor of
 the heavenly mansion at the tidings of
 father and mother saved. Beside that
 the old folks want to hear from you.
 They are standing at the head of the
 celestial stairs waiting for the news
 that their prayers have been answered,
 and that you are coming on to take
 from their lips kiss better than that
 which now they throw you. Calling you
 by your first name, as they always did.
 they arc talking about you and saying,
 'There is our son., or: 'There is our
 daughter down in that world of strug-
 gle battling. suffering, shining, weep
 ing. Why can they not see that Christ
 is the only one who can help and com-
 fort and save?'
 That is what they are saying about
 Al. T.