The Monitor-register., 1896-05-08

you want a throne? Select it from the
million diminished elevations. Do you
want a crown? Pick it out of that moun
tain of diamonded coronets. Do you
want your old church friends Of earth
around you? Begin to hum an old re-
vival tune, and they will flock from all
quarters to revel with you in sacred rem
iniscence. All the earth for those who
are here on earth at the time of conti-
mental and planetary distribution and
all the heavens for those who are there.
Conspicuous Souls.
That heavenly distribution Of spoils
will be a surprise to many. Here enters
heaven the soul Of a man who took up
a great deal of room in the church on
earth, but sacrificed little, and among
his good works selfishness was evident.
He just crowds through the shining gate,
but it's a very tight squeeze, SO that the
doorkeeper has to pull hard to get him
in, and this man expects half of heaven
for his share of trophies, and he, would
like Il monopoly of all its splendor and
to purchase lots in the suburbs, SO that
he could get advantage Of the growth of
the city. Well, little by little he gets
grace of heart, just enough to get him
through, and to him is given a second
hand crown which one of the saints
wore at the start, but exchanged for a
brighter one as he went on from glory
to glory. And he is put in an old house
once occupied by al angel who was hurl-
ed out of heaven at the time of satan's
rebellion.
Right after him comes a soul that
makes a great stir among the celestials,
and the angels rush to the scene, each
bringing to her a dazzling coronet. Who
is she? Over what realm ON earth was
she queen? In what great Dusseldorf
festival was she the ~cantatrice? Neither.
She was an invalid who never left her
room for 20 years, but she was strong
IN prayer, and she prayed down revival
after revival and pentecost after pente-
cost upon the churches, and with her
pale hand she knit many a mitten or
tlppet for the poor, and with her con-
trivances she added joy to many a holt
day festival, and now with those thin
hands so strong for kindness and with
those white lips SO strong for supplica-
ton she has won coronation and in
thronement and jubilee. And Christ
said to the angels who have brought
each a crown for the glorified invalid:
mo, not these. They are not good
enough. But in the jeweled vase at
the right hand side Of my throne there
is Il that l have been preparing for
her many a year, and for her every
pang I have set an amethyst, and for
her every good deed / have set a pearl.
Fetch it now and fulfill the promise I
gave her long ago in the sickroom, BE
thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a CROWN"
But notice that there is only one Be-
ing in the universe who can and will
distribute the trophies of earth and
heaven. 1t is the Divine Warrior, the
Commander In Chief of the Centuries,
the Champion of Ages. the Universal
Conqueror, the Son of God, Jesus. You
will take the spoils from his hand or
never take them at all. Have his friend
ship, and you may defy all time and
all eternity, but without it you are a
pauper, though you had a universe at
| your command. We are told in Reyela-
ton that Jacobs 10 sons were SO hon
ored as to have the IL gates of heaven
named after them-over one gate of
heaven Naphtali. over another gate Of
heaven Issachar, over another Dan, over
another Cad, over another Zebulon,
over another Judah, and SO on. But
| Christ's name is written over all the
gates and on every panel of the gates,
and have his help, his pardon, his inter-
| c~ession, his atonement, I must or be a
forlorn wretch forever. My Lord and
my God, make me, and all who hear me
this day, and all to whom these words
shall come, thy repentant, believing,
sworn, consecrated and ransomed fol-
lowers foreverl