Milford chronicle., 1895-02-22

lines to tropical gardens of pomegranate
and pineapple. Seven stories of resplend-
ent architectural But the royal castle
provided for you, II you will only take ii
on the prescribed terms, is gBander than
all that and, though an abandoned castle
while Christ was here achieving your re.
demption, is again occupied by the chief
among ten thousand" and some of your
own kindred who have gone up and wait
/ ing for you are leaning from the balcony.
1 The windows of that castle look off on the
I Kings gardens whege immortals walk
! linked In eternal friendship, and the ban
quoting hall of that castle has princes and
/ princesses at the table, and the wine is
the new wine of the kingdom, and the
supper is the marriage supper Of the Lamb,
and there are fountains into which no tear
ever fell, and there is music that trcmbles
with no grief, and the light that falls
upon that scene is never beclouded, and
there is tho kiss of those reunited after
long separation More nerve will we have
there than now, or we would swoon away
under the raptures. Stronger vision will
we have there than now, or our eyesight
would be blinded by the brilliance. Stron-
ger ear will we have there than now, or
under the roll of that mlnstrelsy, and the
olapping of that acclamation, and the
boom Of that haileluiah we would be deaf
ened.
Worth of the Ransom.
Glorious gospel You thought religion
was a straitiacket; that it put you on the
limits; that thereafter you must go cowed
down. No, no, no. 1t is to be castellated.
By the cleansing power Of the shed blood
of Golgotha set your faces toward the
shining pinnacles. Oh, it does not matter
much what becomes Of us here-for at the
longest our stay is short-if we can only
land there You see there are so many
do want to meet there. Joshua, my ia
vorite prophet and John among the evan
gelists, and Paul among the apostles, and
Wyclif among the martyrs, and Bourda-
lOue among the preachers, and Dante
among the poets and Havelock among the
heroes, and our loved ones whom we have
so much missed since they left us, so many
darlings Of the heart, their absence some-
times almost unbearable. and, mentioned
in this sentence last Of all because I want
the thought climactelic, our blessed Lord !
without whom we could never reach the I
old castle at all. He took our place. He |
purchased our ransom He wept our woes /
He suffered our stripes He died our |
death. He assured our resurrection.
Blessed be his glorious name foreveri /
Surging to his ear be all the anthemsl |
Facing him be all the thronesl
Oh, want to sec It, and 1 will see II
the day Of his coronation. On a throne
already, methinks the day will come when
In some great hall of eternity all the ma
lions of earth whom he has conquered by
his grace will assemble again to crown
him. Wide and high and immense and
upholstered as with the sunrise and sun
iets Of thousand years, great audience
.Oom of heaven. Like the leaves of an
Adirondack forest the ransomed multi
,udes and Christ standing on a high place
by worshipers and subjects.
they shall come out of the farthest past,
ed on by the prophets; they shall come
lut of the early gospel days, led on by the
Ipostles; they shall come out of the cen
uries still ahead of us, led on by cham
lions of the truth, heroes and heroines yet
0 be born.
And then from that vastest audience
yer assembled in all the universe there
will go up the shout; Grown himl
]rown himl Crown himl" and the Fa-
her who long ago promised this, his only
egotten son, Il will give thee the heath
n for thine inheritance and the uttermost
arts Of the earth for thy possession"
hall set the crown upon the forehead yet
CARED with crucifxion bramble, and all
be hosts Of heaven, down on the levels
nd up in the galleries, will drop on their
nees, crying: Hail king of earth King
heavenl King of saintsl King of Sc
aphsl Thy Kingdom is an everlasting
ingdom, and to thy dominions there shall
Q no endl Amen and ameni Amen and
menl"