The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-29
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
HEAVENLY SCENES.
A Place OF Peacs, Music and Song, usaltt
and Com fort.

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.trm ~7ins to hs1v,~' I an co.n- ~
t,,van, Heaven, u ,rvpn' Vs7vrn" Tness
,-e the last wo- y us'e-a q fsw davs AGO
Az NV precious vile ~ shs asren lai 10 be
vi.h God forever, AMI T. T. not natural as
-eU ~ Christianity aunrNpri1.c that our
,s.u-hts be- much dirhsts toward the glorj-
Al. residences Of which 81. Paul speaks in
n,tevt have chosen?
The c'iv ~ Corinti has haan cnllcl tho
r,-,. NJ antiquity. IE3eel for splendor the
v,r,i holds no sues won ,prtp-iay. Its,oo |
an m is.hmus washed 10y two seas. the ons
-, bringing the commerce ot Europe. the
sits- the commerce of Asia. From her
rliryrs. In the construction OF which whole
tr.i1ms bad been absorbe' war callevs
vNh three banks ~ oars pushed out aud
,,n,ounicd the navy wards oi nil thu world.
ggcp banded machinery. such a. modern
invention cannot equal. lifted ships from the
ga or ons side ant transported them on
,-,,t. trross the istbmus anil set them down
IN the .oa on the other side. Tho revenue
SN.pfs o' the city went down through the
dive groves that lined the beach to collect q
n-.1 ffom all Nations.
Tan mirth OF MI people sportri in her
Itlmian games, aud the beauty OF all lands
al in her theatres. walked her porticoes and
threw itself on the altar Of her s.upenious
5isspations. Column aud statue and temple
b,vilderad the beholder. There were white
marble fountains into which. from apertures
Il the side. there rushed waters everywhere
kn5wn for health giving qualities. Around
| ,ha.e basins. twisted into wreaihs Of stone.
there were all the beauties OF sculpture and
| architecture. while standing. IA IL to guard
,hs costly display, was a statue OF Hercules
| n hGrnished Cor,uthlau brass. Vases OF
terra Gotta adorned the cemeteries OF the
| l,,t-vasss so costly that Julius Cesar was
10, satisfied until he had captured them for
Rome. Armed officials. the "C)rinthiarii." "
T pi'ei mp and down to see that no statue was
dshrci. no pedestal overthrown. no has re-
| III touched. From the edge OF the city n
| hill arose. with its magnificent burden OF
oGmns and towers and temples 1000 slaves
Awaiting at one shrine). and citadel so
h1r5ughlv impregnable that Gibraltar IL q
| hap oi sand compared with II. Amid all
| that strength and magnincence Corinth
| stood and deHed the world
Oh, Il was not to rustic- who had never
,.en ANYTHING grand that 81. Paul uttered
| MI. text. They had heard the best music
| that had come from the best instruments in
| Al the world. They hal heard songs noat-
! iag from morning porticoes and melting in
evening groves. They had passed their
whole lives away among pictures and
| sculpture and architecture and Corinthian
| has. which had been nodded and shaped
until there was no chariot wheel In which IL
| had not sped. and no tower in which IL had
10, gttered, and no gateway that 1t had not
| alomAl.
Al, It was a bold thing for Paul to stand
there amid all that and say: "Ali this is
nothing. These sounds that come from the
temple OF Neptune are not music compared
vi,h the harmony of which speak. These
waters rushing In the basin OF Pyrene are not
pure These statues OF Bacchus and Mer-
uy are not exquisite. Yon citadel OF
A'rocorinthus Is not strong compared with
,ha, which offer to the poorest slave that
puts down his burden at that brazen gate.
You, Corinthians, think this Is a splendid
city. You think you have heard all sweet
sounds and seen all beautiful sights. but l
pl you "eye hath not seen. nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart OF man
the things which God hath prepared forthem
that love Him."
You see my text sets forth the idea that
however exalted our ideas maybe OF heaven,
they come far short Of the reality. Some
wise men have been calculating how many
iurongs long aud wide is heaven. and they
have calculated how many inhabitants there
arc on the earth: how long the earth will
probably stand. and then they come 10 this
estimate-thst after all the nations had been
gathered to heaven there will be room for
each soul. room 16 feet long ali Is feet
vide. II would not be large enough for me.
an Glad TO know that no human estimate
ss1tii'ent to take the dimensions. EVE
halh not sep, nor ear heard nor arithmetic
ei'dlate3.N
first remark that we can in this world get
10 itea0 the health OF heaven. When you
we're child and you went out in the morn
ne, how you bounded along the road or
Nreet-you had never felt sorrow or sick
he''' Perhaps later-perhaps in these very
sumner days-you felt glow in your
cneeS, and spring in your step, and an eX-
LJeyance OF spirits. and u clearness of eye,
taNt made YOU thank God you were permit
,htolNe. The nerves were harp strings.
aad the sunlight was a doXology, and the
nNling leaves We're the rustlius Of the robes
o. a great crowd rising up 70 praise tho
Lorj. You thought that you knew what il
Vi' 10 be we'll. but there Is no perfect health
% earth. The diseases OF past generations
cone down TO US. The airs that lloat now
oa the esth are unlike those which noated
aooye paradise. They are charged with i'm
llriieS aud distempers. The most elastic
rl robust health OF earth. compared with
'lN which those experience before whom the
sA'e' have been opened, il nothing but sick
LES and emaciation. Look at that soul
NAnlln; before tn, throne. On earth she
vas lifelong invalid. See her step now and
tear her voice nowl Catch, ii you can. one
p'eath OF that celestial air. Health in all the
EA'e'' Health Of vision. Health of spirits.
immortal health. No racking cough, no
warp pleurlsies. no consuming fevers. no
elnauStlng pains, no hospitals OF wounded
sel. Health swinging in the air Health
a9.lhg In all the streams. Health blooming
ihe banks. No headaches, no sideaches,
% oa'Saches. Tha. child that died in the
Sohles OF Group, hear her voice now ringing
Tue anthem! That old man that went
gSed down with the inilrmities OF age, see
r,s -,I wax now with the step of an immortal
l@e-lorever young again! That night
aaea the needlewoman tainted away In the
sHte', wave ofthe heavenly air resuscitat-
neF forever. For everlasting years, to
,,Io ~, neither ache nor pain nor weakness nor
s9e. Eye hath not seen 1t, ear hath not
remark further that we can in this world
no Just idea OF the splendor OF heaven.
yohh tries TO describe il. He saws. 9Th,
.,bae gates are twelve pearls" and that
vtS to foundations Of the walls are garpishei
., u "I manner OF precious stones" As we
,oS"a Sua looking through the telescope OF 81.
,d Su we see blaze OF amethyst aud pearl
ri emerald and sardoayXa and chrysopfasIIs
aapphire, mountain OF light. a catA--
mn O'eo'or, II sea OF glass aad city lIke the
:" John bids MS look again. AMI VS. see
M rs,,, thrones OF the prophets. thrones of