The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY SEPTEMBER o. 1896.


But mark well and underscore with
heavy dashes of the pen the order of the
gates. Gate of carbunCle before gate or
pearl Isaiah the prince saw the one gate
centuries before St. John the exile saw the
other. The one you must push open me
other stands open. Gate of SAVIOR
atonement before the gate of divine par
don. Gate of poverty before gate Of af-
huence. Gate of earthly trial before gate
or heavenly satisfaction. Through mucn
tribulation you enter the kingdom of God
II you ever enter it all all. But heaven
will not be so much OF heaven TO those
who had everything in this world. A man
who had everything in this world enters
heaven, and the welcoming angel appoints
such newly arrived soul 10 a mansion,
and says: GO in and live there. That
mansion is yours forever. That man
thinks to himself, "Why, l have for many
years lived in a mansion; mansion Is
no novelty to me" The welcoming an
gel appoints some one prOspered OF earth
to the honors of heaven, the coronets and
thrones. The soul thinks to itself: l
had more honors on earth than l could
appreciate, and crowns are heavy things
to wear, anyhow The welcoming angel
appoints some prospercd soul of earth to
a fine landscape in the heavenly country
and says: Walk there and enjoy your
self" The soul thinks to itself: The
place / owned on the Hudson" or, The
picturesque, and then L cannot see the
sunset on the river, for it is here ever
lasting day and the sun never sets. Inc
welcoming angel says to some newly-ar-
rived soul, Listen now to the music; the
orchestra of heaven is about to render
one of the best oratOriOs." The soul would
think, why, / have been hearing the
best music for thirty years on earth. AL
most every winter / heard in the Academy
of Music the Creation the Messiah
and Jepthah.' 1 have heard all the great
living prima donnas and some who are
dead" Let the welcoming angel then say
to a prospered soul of earth, go now and
rest; this is the everlasting rest why,
the soul would think, Il am not tired;
why do / want to rest? | have not done
stroke of work for the last twenty years.
/ spent my winters in Florida and my
summers in the Adirondacks, and am
not in need of rest" My hearers, heaven
will not be so much N a heaven for those
who had no struggle on earth But when
those who had a hard push with the red
gate of my text, the gate of carbuncle,
come to the gate of pearl and find 1t wide
open, they will say, why, how strange
this is This is the first gate of valua-
found open" And the welcoming
angel will say to some Chris
tian mother who reared a large fam
lily of children and prepared them for use
fulness and heaven, GO where you please
and sit down on what velvet bank or
cushioned throne you may prefer" And
l hear the newly-arrVed soul saying, "Oh,
my! What a good thing it is to rest. +
was so tired. l was tired for forty years.
Angel tell me, is this an unbrOken rest?
Can 1t be that there are no sick children
to take care of? My head was so tired,
planning for the household on small
means my eyes were so tired with sewing
1r,g4 Oh afoa n dol
work that made me stoop for SO many
hours. There was nothing in the universe
l so much needed rest. Now | have it,
Blessed Jesus Blessed heaven! Blessed
rest!' Then the welcoming angel will
say to some Christian that on earth was
| deaf and had not heard voice of song or
voice of friendship, "Hark now to the
choirs in white as they are about to join
in the opening piece of the Temple Wor-
ship" and as the baton swings and as the
deft fingers begin to feel the pulses of the
| harp, and lips of martyrs breathe on the
| soft lutes of praise, l hear the surprised
| soul, just entered heaven, saying, Music!
| Why, that is the first 1 ever heard Will it
| keep on? Tell them not to stop. What is
| the name of that anthem? why, l never
| heard anything like that. ] never heard
anything at all'' And little child, long
| ago in heaven, pulls at the white robe and
| says Mother" and she turns around,
/
your voice. on earth l saw your smile
and felt the coil of your blond curls on
| your childish brow, but / never heard
| your voice. even in play or prattle, and I
am confused to know which is the best
! music that which the angels of Cod rem
| der or the voice of you, my darling. Mu-
| sic I read about it, and saw the notes
! in the music-book, and I saw the fingers
| of pianists and organsts run up and
down the snowbanks of the keyboard, but
1 never thought it would be anything like
this. Music!" Then the angel will say to
a lifelong invalid: did you ever breathe
air like this? Such balm! Such tonic!
Such immortal life in every respiration
| Did you ever have any climate on earth
| like this climate of heaven?" And the
soul says: This is the first time in many
long year l have been freed from pain.
| AS I passed through the river by that gate
| the last ache left me, and l am well,
| gloriously well, everlastingly well. have
| swallowed the last bitter draught 1 have
felt the last cut of the knife. l have pass
| ed the last sleepless night, and now l
realize the beauty of what st. John said
in Revelation: There shall be no more
| pain" And then the martyrs and the
| prophets and the apostles will take up
| the chorus, and all the recovered invalids
from earth will join in the triumphant
| refrain that surges to and fro. from east
| gate of heaven to west gate. Chorus: ''No
| more pain, no more pain; no more pain,
no more pain!'
My hearers, it will be great heaven
for all who get through, but the best
| heaven for those who had on earth moth
| ing but struggle. Blessed all those who,
| before they entered the gate of pearl,
| passed through the gate of carbuncle!