The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-08

present, added together would not equal
the census OF that great metropolis.
Walking along a street, you can, By
the contour OF the dress, OF OF the face
guess where a man comes from You
say; That is a Frenchman; that IS
Norwegian; that IS an American" Bur
the gates that gather in the righteous
will bring them in irrespective Of nation
ality. Foreigners sometimes get home
sick Some Of the ccndcrest ana most pa
thetic stories have been told OF those who
left their native cline and longed for it
until they died. But the Swiss, coming
TO the high residence Of heaven, VIII not
long any more for the Alps, standing
amid the eternal hills. The Russian will
not long any more for the luxuriant
harvest-ield he left, now that ne hears
the hum and the rustic Of the harvests
Of everlasting light. The royal ones
from earth viii not long TO go back
again 10 the earthly court now that
they stand in the palaces Of the sun.
Those who once lived among the groves
Of spice and oranges viii not long TO re-
turn now that they stand under the
trees Of life that bear twelve manner Of
fruit
While ! speak an ever-increasing throng
is pouring through the gates. They are
going up from Senegambia, from Pata-
gonia, from Madras. from Hong Kong
WHAT" you say, do you introduce all
the heather into glOry?" l tell you the
fact is thu a majority Of the people in
those climes die in infancy, and the iu-
tents all 90 straight into eternal life
and so the vast majority of those who die
in China and India, the vast majority Of
those who die in Africa. go straight into
the skies-they die in infancy.
one hundred and sixty generations have
been born since the world was created,
and so / estimate that there must be fif-
teen thousand million children IN glory.
If at a concert 1900 children sing, your
soul is raptured within you. O, the trans
port when fifteen thousand million little
ones stand up in white before the throne of
God, their chanting drowning out all the
stupendous harmonies of Dusseldorf, and
Leipsic. Pour in through the twelve
gates o! We redeemed banner lifted, rank
after rank, saved battalion after saved
battalion. until all the city Of God shall
hear the tramp, tramp. Crowd all the
twelve gates Room yet. Room on the
thrones. Room in the mansions. Room
on the river bank Let the trumpet of
invitation be sounded until all earths
mountains hear the shrill blast and the
glens echo it. Let missionaries tell it in
pagoda and corpOrteurs sound it across
the western prairies. Shout il to the Lap
lander on his swift sled; halloo it to the
BedOuin careering across the desert. News,
Newsl 4 glorious heaven and twelve gates
to get into II! Hear Il! O you thin
blooded nations Of eternal winter-on the
north, three gates Hear it, o you bronzed
inhabitants painting under equatorial
heats-on the south, three gates.
But ! notice when John saw these gates
they We're open-wide open. They will
not always be so. After awhile Heaven
viii have gathered up all its intended pop
ulation, 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. Aus
tria in, and the first gate shut. Russia
in, and the second gate shut. Italy in,
and the third gate shut. Egypt in, and
TIE 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 in, and the ninth
gate shut. Hindoostan in, and the tenth
gate shut Siberia in, and the eleventh
gate shut All the gates are closed but
one. Now, let America so in with all the
islands of the sea and all the other ma
tons that have called on God. The cap
tiVes all freed. The harvests all gath
cred. The nations all saved. The flash
ing splendor of this last pearl begins to
move on its hinges. Let two mighty an
gels put their shoulders to the gate and
heave IL to with silvery clang II is done.
1t thunders. The twelfth gate shut
once more l want to show you the gate
keepers. There is one angel at each one
of those gates. You say that is right. OF
course Il is. You know that no earthly
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 de-
fences 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 he'll
would go up after awhile, and heaven,
instead of being a world of light and joy,
and peace and blessedness, would be a
world of darkness and horror. So l am
glad to tell you that while these twelve
gates stand open to let great multitude
in there are twelve angels TO keep some
people out. Robespierre cannot go
through there, nor Hildebrand, nor Nero,
nor any of the debauched of earth who
have not reoented of their wickedness.
If one of these nefarious men who de-
spised God should come to the gate, one
of the keepers would put his hand on his
shoulder and push him into outer dark
ness. There is no place in that land for
thieves and liars, and whoremongers, and
defrauders, and all those who disgrace
their race and fought against their God.
If mser should get in there, he would
pull up the golden pavement. If house
burner should get IN there, he would set
fire TO the mansion. If a libertine should
get in there he would whisper his abOm-
nations standing on the white coral of
the seabeach. Only those who are
blood washed and prayer-lipped viii get
through. o. my brother. if you should at
last come IN to one of the gates and try
to get through, and you had not a pass
written, written by the crushed hand of the
Son of God. the gate-kecper would with
one glance wither you forever.
There viii be a password al the gate of
heaven. DO you know what that pass
word is? Here comes a crowd of souls up
to the gate and they say: Let me in,
let mo in. 1 was very useful on earth.
endowed colleges, 1 built churches, and
was famous for my charities; ana having
done so many wonderful things for the
world now l come up to get my reward"
a voice from within says: Il never
knew you" Another great crowd comes
up, and they try to get through. They
say: I'VE were highly honorable on
earth, and the world bowed very lowly be
fore us: We We're honored on earth, and
now we come to get our honors in heaV-
en-" and a voice from within says: Il
never knew you" Another crowd ad-
vances, and says: I'VE were very moral
people on earth. very moral indeed, and