Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-09-20

names mean not 50 much usefulness as i
dominion. The most Of our windows open 4
toward the exchange. toward the salon OF 4
fashion. toward the god 81 this world In I
olaen times the length OF the English ward .
was lXel by the length 81 the arm 81 King /
! Henry l., and We are apt TO measure things 4
by a variable standard and hy the human I
arm that In the great crises of life can give I
rs no help. We need. like Daniel, to open /
| our windows toward God and religion.
But mark YOU. that good lion tanner sn0t !
/ standing nj the window, but kneeling while /
| he looks out. Most photographs are taken !
! of those in standing or sitting posture. / /
| now remember but one picture Of a man |
kneeling, and that was David Livingstone. |
/ who in the cause OF God and civilization 4
sacrificed himself. and in the heart OF Africa |
/ his servant. Mawara. found him in the tent |
| by the light OF candle stuck on the top Of |
box his head in his hands upon the pill !
/ low and dead on his knees. But here ia a 4
great lion tanner living under the |
dash OF the light, and his hair |
disheveled by the breeze. praying. The fact |
/ is that a man can see farther on his knees
than standing on tiptoe. Jerusalem was about |
$50 statute miles from Babylon, and the vast |
Arabian desert shifted its sands between
| them. Yet through that open window Dan
/ iel saw Jerusalem. saw all between it, saw
/ beyond saw time, saw eternity, saw earth
/ and saw heaven.
! W oNll You ike 10 see lub way through
/ your sins to pardon. through your troubles
| to comfort through temptation to rescue.
/ through dire sickness TO immortal health,
/ through night to day. through things terres-
/ trial To things celestial-yOu will not sea
/ them till you take Daniels posture No can
/ Of bone TO the Joints OF the fingers. no cap Of
bone to the Joints of the elbow. hut cap OF
bone to the knees, made so because the God
: of the body was the God OF the soul. and
. panppiql Nsisi for VII ~ IN
/ pray and physiological structure joins with
/ spiritual necessity in bidding US pray and
pray and pray.
In olden time the Earl Of westmoreland
said he had no need to pray because he had
. enough piouS tenants on his estate TO pray
for him. but all the prayers of the church
/ universal amount To nothing unless. like
/ Daniel. we pray for ourselves. O men and
/ women, bounded on one side by Shadra"h's
redhot furnace and the other side by de-
y0uriuc lions. learn the secret Of courage
and deliverance by looking at that Baby-
lonish window open toward the southwest.
"Oh, Won say, "that is the direction Of the
Arabian desert Yes, but on the other side
Of the desert is God, is Christ, is Jerusalem,
Is heaven.
The Brussels lace is superior to all other
lace, So beautiful. so multifOrm. so eypcn-
sive-400 francs a pound. All the world
seeks it, Do you know now it is made? The
spinning is done in a dark room, the only
light admitted through a small aperture,
and that light falling directly on the pat
tern. And the finest specimens Of Christian
character | have ever seen or ever expect to
see are those to be found in lives all Of whose
windows have been darkened by hereavr-
ment and misfortune save one. but under
that one window Of prayer the interlacing
of divine workmanship went on until il was
fit 10 deck II throne, a celestial embroidery
which angels admired and God approved.
But it is another Jerusalem toward which
wenow need to open our windows. The eNiIed
evangelist OF Ephesus saw it one day as the
the surf Of the Icarian Sea foamed and
splashed over the boulders at his feet, and
. his vision reminded me Of n wedding day
when the bride by sister and maid was hav-
ing garlands twisted for her hair and jewels
strung for her neck Just before she puts her
betrothed hand into the hand OF her
afllanced. al. John. saw the holy city. New
Jerusalem, coming down from God out OF
heaven prepared rs a bride adorned for her
husband" Toward that bridal Jerusalem
are our windows opened?
We would do well to think more ofheayen.
II is not a mere annex OF earth. 1t is not
desolate outpost. As Jerusalem was the cap
ital of Judea, and Babylon the capital of the
BabylOuian monarchy, and Lpubon Is the
capital Of Great Britain, and Washington is
the capital OF our own Republic, the New
Jerusalem is the capital Of the universe The
King lives there. and the royal family Of the
redeemed have their palaces there, and there
IS Il congress ofmany Nations and parliament
OF all the world. Yea, as Daniel had kindred
in Jerusalem Of whom he often thought,
though he left home whenu very young man,
perhaps father and mother and brothers and
sisters still living, and was homesics 70 see
them. and they belonged to the high circles
OF royalty, Daniel himself having royal blood
in his veins, so we have in the New Jerusa-
, lem great many kindred, and we are some
times homesick to see them and they are all
princes and prInCesses. in them the blood
l lmuerlal, and We do we'll to keep our windows
open toward their eternal residence.
II Is Il Joy Tor Us to believe that while We
are interested in them they are interested II
4 lis. Muna thought Of heaven makes on,
e heavenly. The airs that blow through thai
u open window are charged with life, anl
; weepup to Us aromas from gardens tha
never wither, under skies that never cloud
in Il sprinc-tide that never terminates. Com
: pared with II all other heavens are dead fail
: urrs.
5 Homors heaven was an eyslum winch h,
: describes a. n plain at the end OF the eartt
v or beneath with no snow nor rainfall, and
:: the sun never goes down, and RhadoI- i
;! thus the busiest OF men, rules. Hesiod'
Is heaven IS what he calls the Islands OF thu
y hcs,ed, IN the midst Of the ocean, three
o times Il year blooming with most exquisite
g flowers, and the air ~ tinted with purple
u u while games and music and horse races oc-
> cupy the time. The Scandinavian's heaven
-, was the hall of Walhalla, where the god
~ Odin gave unending wine suppers to earthly
., herOS and herOineS. The MOhammedHn
u heaven passes its disciples in over the bridge
- Al-Sirat, which is finer than hair and
y, sharpprtha a sword, and then they are lei
- loose into a riot Of everlasting sensuality.
-, The American aborignes look forward to
- q heaven of ilIimitable hunting ground
g partridge and deer and wild duck more thar
- plentiful. aud the hounds never oft the scent
- aud the guns never missing fire. But the
AZ groyrapher has followed the earth round
IL and found no Homer's elysium. NOya
u, gers have traversed the deep iii all direc
y. y, tious and found no Hesiod's islands o
. the blessed. The Mohammedan's celes
II tial debauchery and the Indians eterna
~ hunting ground for vast multitude
- have no charm. But here rolls in the Bibl
20 heaven. No more sea-that is. no wide sep
T.. Hration. No more night-that is, no insom
-, MIA. No more tears-that is. no more heart
~ break. No more pain-that Is, dismissal o
u lancet and bitter draft and miasma and ban
- iShment OF neuralcias and catalepses an
-, consumptOns. All cOlOrs in the wall eNcep
~ gloomy black. All the music in the majo
a. key because celebrative and iubilant.
70 River crystalline. gate crystalline an
~ skies crystalline because everything is clea
w. and without doubt White robes, and thu
y means snIssness. Walls full Of odOrs, an
az that means pure regalement Of the senses
w. Eainbow and that means the storm is owe
40 Marriage supper and that means gladde'
n. festivity. Twelve manner of fruits, and tina
III means luscious and unending variety
of Harp, trumpet. grand march, anthem
IS amen and halleiuiah in the same crches
Ter ira Choral meeting solo. and overture
in meeting antiphon. and strophe joining dithy
ramb as they roll into the ocean of doXolc
1 l. LII ~.