Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-18

halls precious stoned. and on that hill are
pavilions deeply dyed and tasscled and
arched, the FIRE OF eolored gArdsns cooled
by the snow OF white architecture. birds
In arahesquc so natural to life that while
you cenEot hear their voices you Imagine
you sea tho tlutter OF their wings while you
are passing, walls pictured with trlumphal
procession. rooms that were called 'al.
cove Of light" and hall OF victory, mar
bic, white and black, like mixture OF
morn and night alabaster and mother Of
pearl and lacquer work.
Standing before u, the eye climbs from
step to latticed balcony, and from latticed
balcony to oriel, and from orlel TO arch, and
from arch to roof, and then desoends on
ladder Of all colors and by stairs OF perfect
lines TO tropical gardens OF pomegranate
and pineapple. Seven stories Of rssplend.
Ont architectural But the royal castle
provided for you, II You viii only take !.
on the prescribed terms, Is grander than
all that, and though an abandoned castle
while Christ was here achieving your re-
demption, is again occupied by tho 'chlcf
among ten thousand, +" and some OF your
own kindred who have gone up and walt
Ing for you arc leaning from the balcony.
The windows Of that castle look of on the
Kings gardens whore immortsls walk
linked In eternal friendship, and tho ban
quoting hall Of that castle has princes and
prinoosses at tho table, and the wine Is
tho new vino OF the kingdom, " and the
supper is the marriage supper Of the Lamb,
and there are fountains Into which no tear
ever fell, and there Is music that trcmbles
with no grief, and tho light that falls
upon that scene is never boclouded, and
there Is the kiss Of those reunited inter
long separation. More nerve will we have
there than now, or We would swoon away
under the raptures. Stronger vision will
we havo thoro than now, or our oyoslght
would be blinded by tho brillianoe Stron.
gor ear will we have there than now, or
under the roll Of that minstrolsy, and the
clnppinR Of that acolamation, and the
boom of that hallolninh we would be deaf
enod.
Worth OF the Ransom.
Glorious gospel You thought religion
was straitiackot; that 1t put you on tho
limits; that thereafter you must go cowed
down. No, no, no. II is to be Consolidated.
BY tho cleansing power of the shed blood
of Golgotha set your faces toward the
shining pinnacles. Oh, II does not matte
much what becomes Of us hero--for ut the
longest our stay is short-it we can only
land there, You SEQ there nro SO many
do want to meet there. Joshua, my IA
yorite prophet, and John among the evan
gelists, and Paul among the apostles, aud
! Wyelif among the martyrs, and Bourda.
loue among the preachers, and Dante
among the poets, and Havolook among tho
heroes, and our loved ones whom we have
80 much missed since they loft us, so many
darlings Of the heart, their absence some.
times almost unbearablc, and, mentioned
In this sentence last OF all because want
the thought climHctoric, our blessed Lord
without whom we could never redch the
old castle at ALL He took our place He
purchased our ransom. He wopt our woes
Iie suffered our stripes Ha died our
death. Ho assured our resurrection,
Blessed DO his glorious name forever!
Surging To his ear be all the anthomsl
Facing him be all the thronrsl
Oh, want TO see II, and / will see IL
the day Of his coronation. On throne
already, mothinks the day will come when
In some gront hall Of eternity all the ma
tons Of earth whom ho has conquered by
his grace will assemble ngnln to crown
him Wide and high and immense and
upholstered MS with tho sunrise and sun
sets of thousand years, great audience
room OF heaven Like the leaves Of an
Adirondack forest the ransomcd multi.
tudes, and Christ standing on high place
surrounded by worshipers and subjects.
They shall come out Of the farthest past,
led on by the prophets; they shall come
out Of tho early gospel days, led on by the
apostles; they shall come out OF tho cen.
turtles still ahead Of us, led on by cham
pions of the truth, heroes and heroinos yet
to bo born.
And then from that vastost audience
sver assembled in all tho universe there
will go up tho shout; Grown himl
Crown himl Crown himl" and the Fn-
Their who long ago promised this, his only
begotten Son, II win give thee tho heath
en- for thino inheritance and the uttormost
parts OF the oarth for thy possession,
shall set tho crown upon tho forehead yet
SCARED with oruoi1xion brnmblo and oil
tho hosts OF heaven, down ON tho levels
and up In the galleries, will drop on their
knees, Crying; Hall king Of enrthl King
OF heaycnl King OF saintsl King OF Re-
raphsl Thy kingdom Is an everlasting
kingdom, and to thy dominions there shall
be no ond Amen and amenl Anon and
nmen"