The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06

you were permitted to I'VE. In
nerves wore harp strings, and the sun
light was doxology, and the rustlins
: leaves were the rustling of the robes Q
a great crowd rising up to praise thu
Lord. You thought that you knew
what it was to be well, but there is nj
: perfect health on earth. The diseases
of past generations come down TO us
The airs that float now on earth are
unlike those which fioated above Par
adise. They are charged with i'm
purities and distempers. The most
elastic and robust health on earth,
compared with that which those expe-
rience before whom the gates have
been opened. is nothing but sickness
and emaciation. Look at that soul
standing before the throne. On earth
she was lifelong invalid. See her
step now and hear her voice now!
Catch, if you can, one breath of that ce-
lestial air Health in all pulses!
Health Of vision; health of spirits; i'm
mortal health. No raclsing cough, no
sharp pleurisies, no consuming fevers,
no exhausting pains, no hospitals of
wounded men. Health swinging in
the air; health flowing in all the
streams: health blooming on the
banks. No headaches, no sideaches,
no bacl1aches. That child that died in
the agonies of the Group, hear her
voice now ringing in the anthem!
That old man that went bowed down
with the infrmities of age, see him
walk now with the step of an immor-
tai athlete-forever young again!
That night when the needlewoman
tainted away in the garnet, Il wave of
the heavenly air resuscitated her for
ever. For everlasting years. to have |
neither ache, nor pain, nor weakness, |
nor fatigue. Eye hath not seen it,
ear hath not heard it,"
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 twelve
gates are twelve pearls" and that
''the foundations of the wall are gar
nished with all manner of precious
stones" AS we stand looking through
the telescope of St John, we see blaze
of amethyst, and pearl, and emerald,
and sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and
mountain of light, a cata-
ract of color, a sea of glass, and city
like the sun.
st. John bids us look again, and we
see the great procession of the re-
deemed passing; Jesus, on a white
horse, leads the march, and all the
armies of salvation following on white
lorses. Infinite cavalcade passing,
passing; empires pressing into line,
lges following ages. Dispensation
on after dispensation. Glory
n the track of glory. Europe. Asia,
africa and North and South Ama.ica 6
'ressing into lines. Islands of the sea
boulder to shoulder. Generations 9
'efore the flood following gem !
rations after the flood and as 1;
esus rises at the head of that +
reat host and waves His sword
4 signal of victory, all crowns are I
fled, and all ensigns flung out. and 3
Ii chimes rung, and all hallelujahs q
hanJed, and some cry: ''Glory to God a
lost high;" and some: "Hosanna to
he Son of David" and some: worthy !,
the Lamb that was slain"-till all n
Sclamations of endearment and hom- y
&c in the vocabulary of Heaven are O
and there come up surge h
ter surge of ''Amenl Amen! Amen" I,
remark, further, we can get no idea r.
] earth of the reunions of Heaven. If v
III have ever been across the sea, and il
ct friend, or even an acquaintance, 81
some strange city, you remember o
wv your blood thrilled and how glad Z
III were to see him. What, then, will 81
J our joy, after we have passed the W
as of death, to meet in the bright n
ty of the Sun those from whom we C;
i've been long separated After we v
i've been away from our friends ten 81
fifteen years, and we come upon il
em. we see how differently they look. S
he hair has turned, and wrinkles have "
me in their faces, and we say: "How n
~ have changedw But oh, when You Of
and before the throne, all cares gone A
ON the face. all marks of sorrow dis IL
'pear, and feeling the joy of that al
essed land, methinks we will say to W
oh other. with an exultation we can
1T long imagine: How you have sc
anged." In this world we only meet 4
part. 1t is good-by, good-by. Fare I'll
ellis floating in the air. We hear it m
the rail-car window, and at the es
wharf-good-by. Children al
'p it, and old age answers it. Some NJ
mes we say it in a light way 81
.ood-by;" and sometimes with an cl
lish in which the soul breaks down. OF
bobby! Ali that Is the word that NJ
Ids the thanksgiving banquet; that III
the word that comes in to close the al
lristmas chant. Good-by! good-byl OF
1T not so in Heayen Welcomes In a.. | q;