The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-15

nightly charm AS in heaven. Grea
music hail of eternity! May you and
be there some day to acclaim when the
"Halleluiah Chorus" is Weakened. Al
on earth there have been harmonies
made up of other harmonies, strain d
music from this cantata, and strain
of music from that overture and bal
from this and bar from that, but one
great tune or theme into which all the
others were poured as rivers into sea,
so it may be given to the nightiest SOU
in the heavenly world to gather some
thing from all the sacred songs we have
sung OH earth, or which have been sung
in all the ages, and roll them on in eter-
nal symphony, but the one great theme
and the one overmastering tone that
shall carry all before it and uplift all
heaven from central throne to farthest
gate of pearl and to highest capstone OF
amethyst will be, unto him who loved
us and washed us from our sins in his
own blood, and made us kings and
priests unto God and the Lamb, to him
be gloryl" That will be mama enough
for all heaven to feed on That will be
banquet for immortals. That will be
angels food
| Mighty Enterprises.
Now, in the emerald palace of heav-
en-, let the cupbearers and servants of
the king remove this course from the
| banquet and bring on another course of
angels food, which is laying out of
mighty enterprise. The Bible lets us
know positively that the angels have
our worlds affairs on their heart. They
afford the rapid transit from world to
world. Ministering spirits, escorting
spirits, defending spirits, guardian
spirits-yea. they have all worlds on
their thought We are told they sang
together at the creation, and that i'm
piled not only the creation of our world,
but of other worlds. Shall they plan
only for our little planet and be uncon-
cerned for planet 800 times larger?
No. They have all the galaxies under
their observation. Mighty schemes of
helpfulness to be laid out and executed,
shipwrecked worlds to be towed in,
planetary fires to be put out, demoniac
hosts riding up to be hurled back and
down. These angels of light unhorse an
Apollyon with one stroke of battleax
celestial. They talk these matters all
over. They bend toward each other in
sublimest colloquy. They have cabinet
meetings of winged immortals. They
assemble the mightiest of them in holy
consultation. They plan out stellar, lu-
mar, solar, consolidated achievement
They vie with each other as to who
shall do the grandest thing for the eter-
nails. They compose doxologies for the
temple of the sun. They preside over
coronations. If in the great organ of the
universe one key gets out of tune, they
plan for its returning. No undertaking
tant, no mission is so stupendous but |
at Gods command they are gladly OBJ
tanned.
Superna1 Repast.
When they sit together in heavens
places, Gabriel and Michael, the arch
angel, and the angel that pointed Hagar
to the fountain in the desert, and the
angel that swung open the prison door
of delivered Peter, and the angels who
rae to be the reapers at the end of the
world, and the angel that stood by Paul
to encourage him on the laundering corn
ship of Alexandria, and the two angels
that sentineled the tomb of Christ, and
the four angels that st. John saw in
at the four corners of the
earth, and the 10 angels that guard the
10 swinging pearls and the 10000
oharioted angels that the psalmist de-
scribed, and more radiant than all of
them put together, and mightier than
all, and lovelier than all, 1.-The Angel
IF the Covenant" the cadences of his
voice, the best music that ever entranc-
I'D mortal or immortal ears, his smile
another noon risen on midnoon, his
presence enough to make a heaven if
there were no other attraction-I say,
when they meet together in the council
chambers close to the throne-ah, that
will be regalement infinite. That will
Do repast supernal That will be an
gels food. And one of my exciting an
'lcipations of heaven is the prospect of
seeing and talking with some of them.
Why not? What did they come out for
IN the balcony ON that Christmas night
md sing for our world, if they did not
want to be- put in communication with
is? know the serenade was in Greek,
nut they knew that their words would
20 translated in all languages. If they
hought themselves too good to have
to do with JUS, would they I
AVE dropped Christmas carols upon the
hepherds, as bad as any of us have ever
'een? Aye! If they sang for mortals,
will they not sing for us when we be-
ONE immortals?
The Man Who Laughs. .
Now, in the emerald palace of heav. !
n, let the cupbearers and servants of :
be king remove this course from the
anquet and bring on another course =
angels food-the last course and
he best. the dessert, the elimination !.
the feast, which is celebrative iubi.
,nce. You and have known people .
Tho prided themselves ON never getting :.
xcited. They have cultivated the phIeg. II
latic. You never saw them cry; You a
ever heard them in a burst of laugh
IT. They are monotonous and to me in a 2.
'lerable. l am afraid of a man or a !. =,
oman that cannot cry. I am afra;d &c u