Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

IN" grave and take possession Of heaven
Sculpture will halt this side the grave be-
cause Il chiefly commentaries the forms Of
those who in heaven will be reconstructed.
and what would We want Of the sculuiured
imitation when We stand In the presence Of the
r,surrected originate Painting will halt this
side the grave because the colors IL earth
would be too tame for heaven. and what use
- have pictured on canvas the scene. which
shalt be- described O. N 10y those who were
the participants One Oi the disciples will
tell us about the Last supper" better than
Titan wtd mighty touch set up In an gallery.
The plainest saint by tongue will describe the
Last judgment" better than Michael Angelo
Win MS pencil put az upon the ceiling Of the
Vatican. Architecture will halt this side IN.
grave. for what use would there be for archi-
tert's compass aud design ia that city which
Is already built aud gdrnishel until nothing
can be adder All the Tuilerie- AMI Windsor
Castles aud st. Clouds OF the earth piled up
not equaling its humblest resden 'es; all the
st Pauls aud 81. Peters aud 81. IZaaSs ani
It. Sophias of the earth built into one
cathedral not equaling the heavenly temple
But music will PASS right on. right up and
right In. ani millions in heaven will a.
knowledge that. under God. she was the
chief cause Of their salvation. Oh, | would
like to be present when all the great Chris
tian singers and the great Christian player,
OF all the ages shall congregate in heaven.
OF course they must. like all the rest Of Us,
be cleansei aud ranspmel BY the blood Of
the slain Lamb. Alas that some Of the
great artists of sweet sound have been as
distinguished for profigacy ~ for the way
they warbed or sang or fingered the key
board or troi the organ pedal Some
who have been distinguished bassOs and So
pranos and prima dOnnas ON earth. I feel will
never sing the song OF Moses and the Lamb,
or put the lips to the trumpet with sounds OF
victory before the throng. Bnt many of thc
masters who charmed us on earth will more
nightly charm Us in heaven. Great
music hall of eternity May you and |
he there some day to acclaim when the
"Halleluiah Chorus is awakened A.
on earth there have been harmonies
made up Of other harmonies, a strain Of
music from this cantata, aud strain OF
music from that Oyertu-e and bar from this
aud bar from that. but one great tune or
theme. into which all the others were poured
"a rivers into a sea. 50 il may be given to the
mightiest soul IN the heavenly world to
gather something from all the sacred songs
we have sung on earth. or which have been
sung In all the ages aud roll them on in
eternal symphony. but the one great theme
aud the one overmastering tone that
snail carry all before 1t and upliit all heaven
from central throne to farthest gate OF pearl
and to highest capStOna 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,
II Him be glory That will be mamma
enough for all heaven to feel ON. That will
he banquet for immortals. That will be-
angels food
Now. in the emerald palace OF heaven let
the cupbearers and servants of the King re-
move this course from the banquet aud 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 hearts. They az
ford the rapid transit from world TO world.
Mnistering spirits, escOrting spirits, defend
ing 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 unconcerned for a
planet 300 times larger No. They have all
the galaNieS under their observation. Mighty
schemes of helpfulness to bc 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 au Apollyon
with one stroke of battleaX celestial They
talk these matters all over They bend toward
each other in sublime collOQuy. They have
cabinet meetings Of winged immortals. They
assemble the mightiest OF them in holy con-
sultation. They plan out stellar, lunar, solar
consolidated achievement. They vie with
each other IA to who shall do the grandest
thing for the eternals. They compose doxol-
ogieS for the temple Of the sun. They pre-
side over eoronations. II in the great organ
OF the universe one key gets out of tune, they
plan for its returning. No undertaking is SO
difficult. no post OF duty is 80 distant, no
mission is so stupendous but at Gods COM
mand they are gladly obtained.
When they sit together in heavens places,
Gabriel and Michael, the arahangel, aud 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 ran 10 the 70 be the reapers at
the end of the world, and the angel that
stood by Paul to encourage him on the
laundering c0rnship Of Alexandria and the
two angels that sentineled the tomb Of
! Christ, and the four angels that ST. John saw
in Apocalypse at the four corners OF the earth,
and the twelve angels that guard the twelve
swinging pearls, aud the 10000 char
| ioted angels that the psalmist de-
scrbed, and more "a liant than all OF
them put together and mtghtier than all. and
lovelier thah all, The Angel Of the Govern
| ant" the calences of HIS voice. the best
music that eyer entranced mortal or immur-
| tai ears, His smile another noon risen on mid
| noon, His presence enough to make heaven
| ifthere were no other attraction / say, when
they meet together IN the council chambers
| close to the throne All, that will be regale-
ment infinite. That Will be angels food.
| And one OF my nX sting anticipation,
| OF heaven lS the prospect OF seeing
and talking with some of them
| Why not2 What did they come out for on
the balcony on that Christmas night and sing
| for our world if they did not want to be put
in communication with Us? know the ser
| enade was In Greek, but they knew that their
words would be translated in all languages.
| If they thought themselves too good to have
| anything to do with us, would they have
| dropped Christ mas carols upon the shep-
| herds, as bal a. any of us have ever been?
| Aye! II they sang for mortals, will they not
sing for us when we become immOrtals?
Now, in the emerald palace of heaven, let
the eupbsarers and servants of the King re-
move this course from the banquet and bring
| on another course of angels food--the last
course and the best, the dessert, the cul-
mination of the feast, which is celebrative
| jubiance. You and | have known people
| who prided themselves on never getting
excited. They have cultivated the phleg-
matte. You never saw them cry; you
never heard them in a burst OF laugh
| ter. They are monotonous and to me in
| tolerable. am afraid of man or n woman
that cannot cry; am afraid Of man or a
woman who cannot langh. Christ says in
the book of Revelation that such people are
to Him nauseating and cause reorganization
! -(Revelation ill.,, l6) because thou art luke
warm and neither cold not hot I will spew
| thee out of My mouth" But the angels in
| heaven have no stolidty or unresponsive-
ness. There is one thing that agitates them
into holy warmth. We know that absolute
| ly. If their harp be hung up on the panels
| of amethyst, they take it down and
! with def fingers pull from among
the strings a cantIcle. They run In to their
neighbors on the same golden street and tell
the good news. If Miriam has there cymbals
anything like those with which she per
formed on the banks of the Red Sea, she
claps them in triumph, and there is festal