Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15

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when they meet together in the council
chambers close TO the throne, all, that will
be regalement inhnitel That will be a re-
past supernal. That will be angels food.
And one of my exciting anticipations Of
heaven is the prospect Of seeing and talk
ing 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 usy / know the ser
enade was in Greek, but they knew that
their words would DO translated in all Ian
guages. II they thought themselves too
good to have anything to do with us,
would they have dropped Christmas carols
upon the shepherds, as bad as any of us
have ever beeng Aye If they sang for
mOrtals, will they not sing for us when
we become immortalsf
Celebrative JubiIanoe.
Now in the emerald palace Of heaven
let the cupbearers and servants Of the
King remove this course from the banquet
and bring on another course of angels
food, the last course and the best-the
dessert, the elimination Of the feast, which
Is eelebrative jubilance. You and have
known people who prided themselves on
mover getting excited, They have Guilt
waited the phlegmatic You never saw
them cry; you never heard them In a burst
Of laughter They are monotonous and to /
me intolerable 1 am afraid of a man or /
a woman that cannot cry. I am afraid of /
man or a woman who cannot laugh. /
Christ says in the book of Revelation that /
such people are to him nauseating and
cause regurgitation-( Revelation iii, 16)
q" Because thou art lukewarm and neither
cold nor hot l will spew thee cut Of my
mouth. - But the angels in heaven have
no stolidity or unrosponsiveness. There is
ono thing that agitatos them into holy
warmth. We know that absolutely. II
their harp be hung up on the panels Of
they take it down and with
deft fingers pull from among the strings q
canticle They run in TO their neighbors
on the Same golden street and tell the
good news. II Miriam has there cymbals
anything like those with which she per-
formed on the banks Of the Red sea, she
'laps them in triumph, and there is a
iestal table spread, and the best of the
lngcls food is set on it. When is iti 1t
Is when a man or woman down in the
world who was all wrong by the grace Of
God is made all right Luke XIV, lO)
There is joy in the preseno of the angels
4 God over one sinner that repenteth. -
Why are they so happily agitatedg Be
ause they know What a tremendous thing !
t is to turn clear around from the wrong
nd take the right road. 1t is because they
now the difference between swines
rough with nothing but husks and /,
lngs banquet with angels food. 1t is
ecause they know the infinite, the ever
lsting difference between down and up.
Time of Festivity.
And then their festiyity is catching, If
'e hear the bells Of city ring, we say !,
What is that for?" II we hear rolling
ut from an auditorium the sound of a :
III orchestra, we say, What is happen y
lg hereS And when the angels of God y
Ike on jnbilance over a case of earthly =
'pentance your friends in heaven will u
": What new thing has happened? Why -
Ill diapason2 Why the chime from the / =;
dest towers of eternityg" The fact is, u y
y hearers, there arc people in heaven who =
Ould like to hear from you. Your chill -
'en there are wondering when father and "
other will come into the kingdom, and y,
ith moro glee than they ever danced in -
10 hallway at your coming home at even y.
dc they will dance the floor of the heaY- =,
ily mansion at the tidings of father and :.
other saved Besides that the old folks ~
ant to hear from you. They are stand y,
g at the head of the celestial stairs wait. a. q.
g for the news that their prayers have " "
en- answered, and that you are coming 20
to take from their lips a kiss better y.
an that which now they throw you. "l nJ
illing you by your first name, as they al ",
lys did, they are talking about you and "a
ying, There is our son, =" or: There is
r daughter down in that world of strug-
,, battling, suffering, SHINING, weeping.
by can they not see that Christ is the
ly one who can help and comfort and as az,
YEP" IL
That is what they are saying about you, ,'e Le
d, if you win this hour in one prayer Of ~ ~
render that will not take more than a ~ -
ond to make decide this, then sWifter -. 4a
IN telegraphio dispatch the news would -
eh them, and angels of God who never ,ls ,ns
would join your glorifed kindred in -, -
and the caterers Of heaven o., -,
uld do their best, and saints and seraphs wa
Q by side would take angels food
,ry be 10 God for such possibility Oh,
it this moment there might be a rush
heavenl
Spirit and the Bride say, Come, ~
eioicing saints re-echO, Come. tne
D tnints, who thirsts, who will may come. De
by Saviour bids thee come. era