The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-26

aid. and sardonyx. and chrisoprasus. and
sapphire mountain Of light, Il cata-
ract Of color. a sea OF glass and a city
like the sun
st. John bids US lock again. and We see
thrones; thrones Of the prophets, thrones
of the patriarchs. thrones Of the angels,
thrones Of the apostles. throes Of the mar
tyrs. throne of Jesus-thrOne OF God. And
We turn round TO see the glory and II IS
Thronesi Thrones, Thrones
81. John bids us look again. and we see
The great procession Of the redeemed pass
ing; Jesus. on a white horse, leads the
march, and all the armies Of salvation
following on white horses. Infinite calva-
cade passing. passing; empires pressing
into line. ages following ages DISPENSE
tion tramping on after dispensatiOn. Glory
in the track OF glory. Europe, Asia, Al
RIGA, and North and South America press
ing into lines Islands Of the sea should
er TO shoulder. Generations before the
flood following generations 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
ali ensigns flung out. and all chimes rung,
and all hallclujahs chanted, and some cry,
GLORY TO God most high and some "Ho-
sauna to the Son Of David" and some:
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
till all exclamations Of endearment and
homage in the vocabulary Of heaven are
exhausted and there come up surge after
surge of "Amenl Ameni Amen
Eye hath not seen it, ear hath not heard
IT," Skim from the summer waters the
brightest sparkles, and you will get no
idea of the sheen of the everlasting sea.
Pile up the splendors of earthly cities,
and they would not make a stepping
stone by which you might mount to the
city of God. Every house Is palace. Ev-
cry step triumph. Every covering Of the
head a coronation. Every meal is a ban
Quet Every stroke from the tower is
Wedding-bell. Every day is a jubilee. ev-
cry hour a rapture. and every moment
an ecstacy. Eye hath not seen IT,, ear
hath not heard it,"
l remark further, we can get no idea
on earth of the reunions of heaven. II
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, viii 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 ten or fifteen 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
How you have changedr But, Oh when
you stand before 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 can
not now imagine: How you have
changedr' In this world we only meet
to part 1t Is good-by, good-by. Fare
wells floating in the air. We hear II at the
rail-car window, and at the steamboat
wharf-good-by. Children lisp II, and
old age answers II. Sometimes we say it
in a light way-"good-by; and some
times with anguish in which the soul
breaks down. Good-by! All! that is the
word that ends the thanksgiving ban
quet; that Is the word that comes in to
close the Christmas chant. Good-by.
good-by! But not 50 in heaven. Wei
comes in the air, welcomes at the gates,
welcomes at the house of many man
sions-but, no good-by. That group is con-
stantly being augmented. They are going
up from our circles of earth to join it
little voices to join the anthem-little
hands to take hold of It in the great home
circle-little feet to dance in the eternal
! glee-little crowns to be cast down before
the feet of Jesus Our friends are in two
groups-a group this side of the river,
and group on the other side of the river.
| Now there goes one from this TO that, and
another from this to that, and soon we viii
all be gone over How many of your
loved ones have already entered upon
and pencil, do you think l could put them
all down? All, my friends, the waves Of
| Jordan roar so hoarsely, we cannot hear
| the joy on the other side where their
group is augmented. 1t is graves here
and collins and hearses here.
little child's mother had died, and
| they comforted her. They said: your
mother has gone to heaven-don't cry"
and the next day they went to the grave
yard, and they laid the body of the
mother down into the ground and the
| little girl came up to the verge of the
grave, and, looking down at the body
of her mother. said, rs this heaven?'
/ Oh! We have no idea what heaven is
1t is the grave here-it is darkness here
but there is merry-maKing yonder Me-
| thinks when a soul arrives, some angel
takes 1t around to show it the wonders
/ of that blessed place. The usher-angel
says to the newly arrived: These are
/ the martyrs that perisned at Piedmont;
| these were torn to pieces at the Inqusi-
ton; this is the throne of the great Je-
hovah this is Jesusl' II am going to
see Jesus" said dying negro boy. 81
am going to see Jesus" and the mission
] airy said, You are sure you will see
| himY' "Oh! yes; that's what / want to
go TO heaven for" But" said the mis-
| sionary, suppose that Jesus should go
away from heaven--what then?" II
boy But If Jesus went down to hell
what them" The dying boy thought for a
moment, and then he said, 'Massa, where
Jesus is there can be no hellr' Oh, to
stand in his presence! That win be heav-
en-! Oh, to put our hand in that hand
which was wounded for us on the cross
to go around amid all the groups of the
| redeemed and shake hands with proph.
cts, and apostles, and martyrs, and witt
our own dear beloved ones. That will
be the grand reunion; we cannot imagine
it now, our loved ones seem so far away
When we are in trouble and lonesome
they don't seem to come to us. We go or
the banks of the Jordan and call across Il
them, but they don't seem to hear. W.
say, rs ii well with the child? is it wei
with the loved ones?' and we listen t
hear if any voice comes back over the
waters. Nonel none! Unbelef says
They are dead and extinct forever" but
blessed be God. we have Bible thai
tells us different. We open 1t and find thai
that they are neither dead nor extinct
that they were never so much alive as
now-that they are only waiting for oul
coming. and that we shall join them on the
other side of the river. Oh. glorious re
union; we cannot grasp it now. Eye haiti
not seen, nor ear heard. neither have en-
tered into the heart of man the things