The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-08-28

ing cough, no Sndrp pleurlSleS, 10 COLI
suming 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 backaches. That child that died in
the agonies of Group, hear her voice
now ringing in the anthem! That old
man that went bowed down with the
infirmities of age, see him walk now
with the step of an immortal athlete
forever young again! That night when
the needlewoman tainted away in the
garret, wave of the heavenly air re-
suscitated her forever For everlast-
ing 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 splcndor
of Heaven. st. John tries to describe
it. He says: THE twelve gates are
twelve pearls, and that "the founda-
tions of the wall are garnished 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 sapphire-a
mountain of light, cataract of color,
a sea of glass, and city like the sun.
st. John bids us look again, and we
see thrones; thrones of the prophets,
thrones of the patriarchs, thrones of
the angels, thrones of the apostles,
thrones of the martyrs, throne of Jesus
throne of God. And we turn round
to see the glory and it is-Thrones!
Thrones! Thrones!
st. John bids us look again, and we
sec thegreat procession of the redeemed
passing; Jesus, on white horse, leads
the march, and all the armies of saliva
tion following on white horses Inf
mite cavalcade passing, passing; en-
pires pressing into line, ages following
ages. Dispensation tramping on after
dispensation Glory in the track of
! glory. Europe, Asia, Africa and North
and South America pressing into lines.
| Islands of the sea shoulder to shoulder.
Generations before the flood following
generations after the flood, and as
Jeius rises at the head of that great host
and waves his sword III signal of vic
! tory, all crowns are lifted, and all en-
signs flung out, and all chimes rung,
and all hallcluiahs chanted, and some
cry; Glory to God most high" and
some 'lIosanna TO the Son of David"
and some "Worthy is the Lamb that
was sluin"--till all ordinations of en-
dearment and homage IN the vocabu-
larry of Heaven are exhausted, and
there come up surge after surge of
amen! Amen! Amen!"
Eye hath not seen it, ear hath not
heard it." Skim from the summer
waters the brightest sparl1les, 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 u stepping-stone by which you
might mount to the city of God. Every
house is palace. Every step tri-
umph Every covering of the head a
coronation. Every meal is a banquet.
Every stroke from the tower is wed.
ding-bell. Every day is jubilee, every
hour rapture, and every moment an
ecstacy. Eye hath not seen it, ear
hath not heard it.
Iremarll 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 IN acquaintance,
in some strange city, you remember
how your blood thrilled, and how glad
YOU were to see him. What then will
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 cur 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 changed" But, oh, when you
stand before the throne, all care gone
disappeared, and feeling the joy Of
that blessed land, methinks we will say
to each other, with an eXultation we
cannot now imagine, How you have
changedn In this world we only meet
to part, 1t is good-by, good-by. Fare
wells floating in the air. We hear it al
the rail-car window, and at the steam
boat wharf-good-b Children lisp it
and old age answers it. Sometimes we
say it in Il light way-''good-by;" anC
sometimes with anguish in which the
soul breaks down. Good-by! All! thai
is the word that ends the Thanksgiving
banquet; that is the word that come;
in to close the Christmas chant. Good
by! good-by! But not so in Heaven
Welcomes in the air, welcomes at the
gates welcomes at the house of many
mansions-but, no good-by. THAI
group is constantly being augmented
They are going up from our circles o
earth to join it-little voices to ioir
the anthem-little hands to take hold o
it in the great home circle-little fee
to dance in the eternal glee - LITTLE
crowns to be cast down before the fee
of Jesus. Our friends are in twogroup
"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 soor
we will all be gone over. How many o
your loved ones have already entered
upon that blessed place? If | should
take paper and pencil; do you think
could put them all down? Ali my
friends, the waves of Jordan roar 81
hoarsely, we cannot hear the joy on th'
nthnr side 1vhera thair crrnl1rn is nun