Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-08

it, Let missionaries tell it III pagoda
and colporteurs sound it across the west
ern prairies. Shout it to the Laplander
on his swift sled. Halo it to The Bed
ouin careerlng across til desert. News,
news! A glorious heaven and 10 gates
to get into It'll Hear it. o you thin blood
ed nations CT eternal winter-on the
north three gates! Hear it, o you
bronzed inhabitants painting under
equatorial heats-on the south three
gatesi
But l notice when John saw these
gates they were open--wide open. They
will not always be so. After awhile
heaven will have gathered up all it's
intended population and the children of
God will have come home. Every crown
taken. Every harp struck. Every throne
mounted All the glories of the universe
harvested in the great garner. And
heaven being made up, of course the
gates will be shut. Russia in, and the
second gate shut. Italy in, and the
third gate shut. Egypt in, and the
fourth gate shut. Spain in, and the fifth
gate shut. France in, and the sixth gate
shut England in, and the seventh gate
shut Norway in, and the eighth gate
shut Switzerland i'll, and the ninth
gate shut. Hindustan in, and the tenth
gate shut. Siberia in and the eleventh
gate shut. All these gates are closed but
one Now, let America go in with all
the islands Of the sea and all the other
nations that have called on God. The
captives all freed. The harvests all gath
cred. The nations all saved. The fash
ing spIendor of this last pearl begins to
move on it's hinges. Let two mighty an
gels put their shoulders TO the gate and
heave it to with siIvery clang. 1t is
donel 1t thunders! The twelfth cato
shut!
Open and Wide.
Once more [ want to show you the
gatekeepers. There is one angel at each
one Of those gates. You say that is right.
Of course it is. You know that no earth
ly palace or castle or fortress would be
safe without a sentry pacing up and
down by night and by day, and if there
were no defenses before heaven, and the
doors set wide open with no one to guard
them, all the vicious of earth would go
up after awhile, and all the abandoned
of hell would go up after awhile, and
heaven, instead of being world of light
and joy and peace and blessedness,
would be world of darkness and hOr-
ror. So / am glad to tell you that, while
these - gates stand open to let a great
multitude in, there are IL angels to
keep some people out. Robespierre can
not 90 through there, nor Hildebrand,
nor Nero, nor any of the debauched of
earth who have not repented of their
wickedness If one of those nefarious
men who despised God should come to
the gate one of the keepers would put
his hand on his shoulder and push him
into outer darkness. There is no place
in that land for thieves and liars and
whOremongers and defrauders, and all
those who disgraced their race and
fought against their God. If q miser
should get in there, he would pull up
the golden pavement. If a house burner
should get in there, he would set fire to
the mansion. If a libertine should get
in there, be would whisper his abomina-
tions standing OH the white coral of the
seabeach Only those who are blood
washed and prayer Tipped will get
through. Oh, my brother, if you should
at last come up to one of the gates and
try to get through, and you had not a
pass written by the crushed hand of the
son of God, the gatel5eeper would, with
one glance, wither you forever.
There will be a password at the cato
of heaven. Do you know what that
password is? Here comes q crowd of
souls up to the gate, and they say: Let
in ot, / vow rf.Of1 n SNr,
earth endowed colleges, I built church
es and was famous for my charities,
and having done so many wonderful
things for the world l come up to get
my reward - A voice from within says,
II never knew you" Another great
crowd comes up, and they try to get
through. They say: 1--WE were highly
honorable on earth, and the world bow
ed very lOwly before US. We were hon
ored on earth, and now we come TO get
our honors in heaven. And voice
from within says, II never knew you. -
Another crowd advances and says, "Wo
were very moral people OH earth, very
moral indeed, and we come up to get
appropriate recognition. " A voice an
swers, 81 never knew you. :"
Tho Entrance Fee.
After awhile see another throng APP
proach the gate, and one seems to be
spokesman for all the rest, although their
voices ever and anon cry, 'Amen,
amen!' This one stands at the cato
and says: "'Let me in. Twas n wanderer
from God. 1 deserved to die / have
come up to this place. not because de-
serve it, but because 1 have heard that
there is a saving power in the blood of
Jesus" The gatekeeper says, THAT is
the password, Jesus! Jesus!'' And they
go in and surround the throne, and the
Cry is, Worthy is the Lamb that was