The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-05


ed, is nothing but sickness and ema-
citation, Look at that soul standing
before the throne On earth she was
a life long invalid See her step now
and hear her voice now! Catch, if you
can, one breath of that celestial a J..
Health in all the pulses! Health Of vi y
ion; health of spirits; immortal health.
No racking cough, no sharp pleurises.
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 sldeaches,, no backaches. That
child that died in the agonies of Group,
hear her voice now ringing in the an
them! 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 garnet, a wave of
the heavenly air resuscitated her for
ever For everlasting years, to have
neither ache, nor pain, nor weakness.
nor fatigue. Eye had not seen it,
ear hath not heard it,"
l 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 garnished
with all manner Of precious stones"
AS we stand looking through the tele-
scope Of st. John, we see q blaze of
amethyst, and pearl, and emerald. and
sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and SAP
phlre-a mountain of light. a cataract
OF color, a sea Of glass. and a CITY like
the SUM-
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 Je-
sus-throne of God. And we turn
around to see the glory and it is
Thrones! Thrones! Thrones.
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
| horses. Infinite cavalcade passing,
passing; empires pressing into line.
ages following ages Dispensation
tramping on after dispensatio Glory
IN the track of glory. Europe. Asia
Africa and North and South America
pressing into lines. Generations be-
fore the flood following generations
after the flood, and as Jesus rises at
the head Of the great host and waves
his sword in signal of victory, all
crowns are lifted and all ensigns flung
out, and all chimes are rung, and all
hallelujahs chanted, and some CRY.
GLORY to God most high" and some
"Hosanna to the Son of David" and
some, "Worthy is the lamb that was
slain''-till all the vocabulary Of heav-
en- are exhausted and there come uD
surge after surge of "Amen! Amen,
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 the earthly cities and they would
not make a stepping stone by (which
you might mount to the city of God,
Every house is a palace Every step
a triumph. Every covering of the head
a coronation. Every meal is a ban
Quet. Every stroke from the tower a
wedding bell. Every day is jubilee,
every hour rapture, and every mo-
ment an ecstacy. Eye hath not seen
it, ear hath not heard it,
l remark further, we can get nc
idea on earth Of the reunions OF heav.
en-. 1t you have ever been across the
sea and met a friend, or even an &C
Qualntance, 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 il
the bright city of the sun those from
whom we have been long separa ted
After we have been away from Oul
friends ten or fifteen years. and we
come upon them we see how diffecen1
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 cares are gone from the
face, all marks of sorrow disappeared
and. feeling the joy of that blessed
land, methinks we will say to eacl
other, with an exultation we cannon
now imagine: "How you have
changed" In this world we only
meet to part. It is good-by, good-by
FareWellS floating in the air. We
hear it at the rail car window and a
the steamboat wharf-good-by. Chill
dren lisp it and old age answers it
Sometimes we say it in a light way
''good-by;" and sometimes with an
guish in which the soul breaks down
Good-by! All! that is the word tina
ends the Thanksgiving banquet; tina
is the word that comes in to close the
Christmas chant. Goodbye! good-by
But not so in heaven. Welcomes il
the air, welcomes at the gates, vel
comes at the house of many mansion:
but, no good-by. That group is con
stantly being augmented. They arr
going up from our cities of earth t.
join it|ittle voices to join the an
them-little hands to take hold of i
in the great home circle-little feet tt
dance in the eternal glee-little crown:
to be cast down before the feet o.
Jesus. Our friends are in two group!
"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, ant
soon we will all be gone over How
many of your loved ones have already
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