Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-05-08

heaven filed with whole generations Of
kindred, and they shall never be driven
out. Many Of the victors from earth
have already got their palaces, and they
are pointed out TO those newly arrived.
Soon after our getting there we will ask
to be shown the apostolic residences,
and ask where does Paul live and John,
and shown the patriarchal residences,
and shall say, "Where does Abraham
live or jacob" and shown the martyr
residences and sag, "Where does John
Huss live and Ridley" We will want
to SET the boulevards, where the chariots
Of conquerors roll. will want 10 see
the garden where the princes walk. We
will want 10 see Music row, where
Handel and Haydn and Mozart and
Charles Wesley ard Thomas Hastings
and Bradbury have their homes. out Of
their windows. ever aud anon, rolling
some snatch Of an earthly cratorio or
hvmn transported with the composer.
We will want TO see Revival terrace,
where Whitefeld and Nettlcton and
Payson and Rowland Hill and Charles
Finney and other giants Of soul reaping
are resting from their almost supernat-
ural labors, their doors throngcd with
converts just arrived, coming to report
themselves
But brilliant as the sunset and like
the leaves for number are the celestial
homes yet 70 be awarded when Christ
to YOU and millions Of others shall di-
vide the spoil What do you want there:
You shall have it. An orcha-1: There
1t is-l2 manner Of fruits, and fruit ev-
cry month. Do you want river scenery?
Take your choice on the banks Of the
river, in longer, wider, deeper roll than
Danube or Amazon or Mississippi, if
mingled in one, and emptying into the
sea of glass, mingled with fire. Do you
want your kindred back again: Go ont
and meet your father and mother, with
out the staff or the stoop and your chill
dren in n dance Of immortal glee. Do
YOU want a throne? Select il from the
million FURNISHED elevations. Do you
want a crown: Pick it out Of that noun
want your old church friends Of earth
around You? Begin 70 hum an Old re-
yival tune and they viii flock from al
quarters TO revcl with you in sacred roip-
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 ale there.
Conspicuous Souls.
That heavenly distribution Of spOils
will be a surprise 10 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 selfShness was evident
He Just crowds through the shining gate,
but it's a very tight squeeze, 50 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 a 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 70 get him
through and to him is given a second
hand crown which one Of the saints
wore at the start, but exchanged for
brighter one as he went on from glory
to glory. And he IS put in an old house
once occupied by an angel whowas 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 70 the scene, each
bringing to her 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 mitten or
tippet for the poor, and with her con-
trivances she added joy 10 many holi-
day festival, and now with those thln
hands 50 strong for kindness and with
those white lips so strong for supphca-
ton she has won coronation and IN
thronement and jubilee. And Christ
said to the angels who have brought
each a crown for the gloritied invalid:
mo. not these They are not good
enough. But in the jeweled vase at
the right hand side Of my throne there
is one that have been preparing for
her many a year, and for her every
pang | have set an amethyst, and for
her every good decd l have set pearl
Fetch it now and fulfill the promise l
gave her long ago in the sickroom, BE
thou faithful unto death, and l will give
thee a crown.
But notice that there is only cne Be
ing in the universe who can and viii
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 ana
all eternity, but without it you are
pauper though you had universe at
your command We are told in kevela-
ton that Jacobs IL sons were 50 hon
ored as to have the ~ gates Of heaven
named after them-Over one gate ot
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-
cession, his atonement, must CT 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
The Final Triumph.
What a day it will bel This entire
assemblage would rise 70 its feet If you
could realize il, the day in which Christ