The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-10-19

| standing before the throne. On earth
she was a lifelong invalid. See her
step now and hear Eer voice now!
| lestial air. Health in all pulses!
Health of vision; health of spirits; i'm
mortal health. No racking cough, no
sharp pleurisies, no consuming fevers,
no exhausting pains, no hospitals of
wounded men. Health swinging in
the air; health flowing in all the
streams; health blooming on the
banks. No headaches, no sideaches,
no backaches. That child that died in
the agonies of the Group. hear her
voice now ringing in the anthem!
That old man that went bowed down
with the infrmities of age, see him
walk now with the step of an immcr-
tai athlete-forever young again!
! That night when the needlewoman
tainted away in the garnet, wave OF
the heavenly air resuscitated her for
ever. For everlasting years. to have
neither ache, nor pain, nor weakness.
nor fatigue. Eye hath not seen it.
ear hath not heard it."
remark, further, that we can in
this world get no just idea Of the
splendor of Heaven. ST. John tries to
describe it. He says: ''The twelve
gates are twelve pearls" and that
1.-The foundations of the wall are gar
nished with all manner of precious
stones" As we stand loofing through
the telescope of st. John, we see blaze
! Of .,notIrct ard ,>oor1 and oroorc 1E
and sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and
sapphire-a mountain of light, ca ia
ract of color, sea of glass, and city
like the sun.
st. John bids MS look again, and we
see thrones, thrones of the prophets,
thrones of the patriarchs, thrones of
the angels, thrones of the apostles,
thrones of the martyrs, throne of Jesus
| throne of God. And we turn ronnd
to see the glory and it is-Thrones!
Thrones! Thronesi
st. John bids us look again, and we
see the great procession of the re-
deemed passing; Jesus, on a white
horse, leads the march, and all the
armies of salvation following on white
horses. Infinite cavalcade passing,
passing; empires pressing into line.
ages following ages. DispensatioI
tramping on after dispensation. Glory
in the track Of glory. Europe, Asia,
Africa and North and South America
pressing into lines. Islands of the sea
shoulder to shoulder. Generations
before the food following gen.
eratious after the flood, and as
Jesus rises at the head of that
great host and waves His sword
in signal of victo-y, all crowns are
lifted. and all ensigns flung out, and
all chimes rung. and all hallelujahs
chanted, and some cry: ''Glory to God
most hight and some: "Hosanna to
the Son of Dayid;" and some: Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain"-till all
EXPLANATIONS of endearment and hom-
age in the vocabulary of Heaven are
exhausted, and there come up surge
after surge OF "Amenl Amen! Amen!'
Eye hath not seen it, ear hath not
heard it." Skim from the summer wa
tiers the brightest sparkles, and you
will get no idea of the sheer of the
everlasting sea. Pile up the splendors
of the earthly cities. and they would
not make stepping stone by which
you might mount to the city OF God.
Every house is palace. Every step a
triumph. Every covering of the head
coronation. Every meal is a ban
quet. Every stroke from the tower a
wedding bell Every day is a jubilee,
every hour a rapture, and every mo-
ment an ecstacy. Eye hath not seen
1t, ear hath not heard it."
/ remark. further, we can get no idea
on earth of the reunions Of Heaven. II
you have ever been across the sea, and
met friend, or even an acquaintance
in some strange city, you remember
how your blood thrilled and how GLAD
you were to see him. What, then, will
be our joy, after we have passed the
; seas of death, to meet in the bright
City Of the Sun those from whom VIZ
have been long separated! After we
have been away from our friends ter
or fifteen years, and we come upor
them. we see how differently they look
The hair has turJied, and wrinkles have
} come in their faces. and we say: "Hov
you have changed" But oh, when you
, stand before thesthrone, all cares gon'
! from the face. all marks of sorrow dis
appear. and feeling the Joy of tina
blessed land, methinks we will say t,
each other, with an exultation we cal
not long imagine: "Iiow you hav'
changed" In this world we only NEE
, to part. 1t is good-by, good-by. Fare
| wells floating in the air. We hear i
i at the rail-car window, and at tn,
, steamboat wbarf-good-by. Children
. lisp it, and old age answers it. Some
. times we say it in light way
| "good-by;". and sometimes with an
: guish in which the soul breaks down
| Good-by! All! that is the word tina
, ends the Thanksgiving banquet; tina
i is the word that comes in to close tn
: Christmas chant. Good-by! good-by
. But not so in Heaven. Welcomes in tn
' air, welcomes at the gates, welcome
t at the house of many mansions-but
, no good-by. That group is CONSTANT.
: being augmented. They are going n
from our cities of earth to join it
) little voices to join the anthem-littl
{ hands to take hold of it in the grea
l home circle-little feet to dance il
, the eternal glee-little crowns to b
/ cast down before the feet of Jesus
Our friends are in two groups grou
= this side Of the river, and group o.