The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-20


for her husband Toward that brida
, Jerusalem are our windows opened?
1t is Joy for us TO believe tina
while we are interested in them the,
are interested in us. Much thought o
Heaven makes one heavenly. The air
that blow through that open window
are charged with life and sweep up tt
us aromas from gardens that never
wither, under skies that never cloud,
in spring tide that never terminates
Compared with II all other heavens are
dead failures.
Homer's Heaven was an elysium
which he describes as . plain at the
end Of the earth or beneath, with no
snow nor rainfall, and the sun never
goes down, and Rhadamanthus, the
justest of men, rules. Hesiod's heaven
is what he calls the islands of the
blessed, in the midst of the ocean.
three times year blooming with most
exquisite flowers, and the air is tinted
with purple. while games and music
and horse races occupy the time. Tho
Scandinavian's heaven was the hall
Of Walhalla, where the god Odin gave
amending wine suppers to earthly
heroes and heroines. The Mohamme-
dams heaven passes its disciples in
over the bridge Al-Sirat, which Is finer
than hair and sharper than sword,
and then they are let loose into riot
of everlasting sensuality.
The American aborigines look for
ward to heaven of illimitable hunt
ing ground partridge and deer and
wild duck more than plentiful, and tho
hounds never off scent and the guns
never missing fire. But the geographer
has followed the earth round and
found no Homer's clysium. voyagers
have traversed the deep in all direc-
tions and found no Hesiod's islands Of
the blessed The Mohammedan's celes-
tial debauchery and the Indians
eternal hunting ground for vast
multitudes have no charm. But
here rolls in the Bible Heaven.
No more sea-that is, no wide
No more night--that is,
no insomnia. No more tears-that is, no
heartbreak. No more pain--that is,
dismissal of lancet and bitter draught
and miasma. and Punishment of neu-
ralgias, and catalepsies, and consump-
tons. All colors in the wall except
gloomy black; all the music In the ma
jor key, because celebrative and jubi-
amt. River crystalline. gate crystals
line, and skies crystalline, because
erything is clear and without doubt.
White robes, and that means sinless>
hess. Walls full of odors, and that
means pure regalement Of the senses.
Rainbow, and that means the storm
s over. Marriage supper, and that
means gladdest festivity. Twelve
manner Of fruits, and that means lus-
ious and amending variety. Harp,
trumpet. grand march, anthem,
men, and hallelujah, in the same Or
hestra Choral meeting solo, and
venture meeting antiphon, and
trophe joining dithyramb. as they
oil into the ocean of doxologies. And
gu and l may have all that. and have
forever through Christ, If we will
st Him with the blood OF ono wound
d hand rub out our sin, and with the
Their wounded hand swing open the
Inning portals.
Day and night keep your window
pen toward that Jerusalem. Sing
bout it. Pray about 1t. Think about
!, Talk about it. Dream about it.
10 not be inconsolable about your
lends who have gone into it. DO not
'orry II something in your heart indi-
ates that you are not far off from its
cstasies. DO not think that when a
hristian dies he stops, for he goes on.
An ingenious man has taken the
eavenly furlongs as mentioned in
evelation, and has calculat ted that
here will be in Heaven one hundred
,oms sixteen feet square for each as
ending soul, though this world should
'se hundred million souls yearly.
ut all the rooms of Heaven will be
irs, for they are family rooms; and
J no room in your house Is too
ood for your children, SO all the
,oms of all the palaces of the
eaveniy Jerusalem will be free to
DDS children. and even tho throne
'om will not be denied, and you may
in up the steps of the throne. and
1T your hand on the side of the J
lrone. and sit down by the King ac-
riding to the promise: ''To him that I
'ercometh will grant to sit with
e in my throne"
But you cannot 60 in except as con-
ierors. Many years ago the Turks
i'd Christians were in battle, and the
,ristians were defeated, and with J
eir commander Stephen fed toward u
fortress where the mother of this
was staying. When she saw I
IT son and his army in disgraceful re-
eat she had the gates of the fortress q
lied shut, and then from the top of