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fit for human abode, they may be MT
for beings different from and superior
so ourselves We are told that the
world of Jupiter is changing and be-
canning fit for creatures like the hu-
H1an race, and that Mars would do for
the human family with little change
In the structure of our respiratory or
gans- But that there is a great world
swung somewhere, vast beyond 1magl-
nation, and that it is the headquarters
CT the universe and the metropolis OF
innmensity. and has population in
Numbers vast beyond all statistics, and
appointments of splendor beyond the
capacity Of canvas, or poem, or angel
to describe, is as certain as the Bible
Is authentic. Perhaps some of the as
tronomers with their big telescopes
have already caught a glimpse OF it,
not knowing what it is. We spell it
with six letters and pronounce it
heaven
That is where Prince Jesus lived
nineteen centuries ago. He was the
Kings Son. 1t was the old homestead
of eternity. and all its castles were as
old as God Not a frost had ever chill
ed the air. Not a tear had ever rolled
down the cheek of one of its inhabi-
tant5- There had never been a head
ache, OR sideache, or a heartache.
There had not been a funeral in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. There
had never in all the land been woven
a black veil, for there had never been
anything to mourn over. The passage
Of millions OF years had not wrinkled
or crippled or bedimmed any of its
citizens. All the people there were in
a state of eternal adolescence. What
floral and pomonic richness! Gardens
OF perpetual bloom and orchards in un
ending fruitage. Had some spirit from
another world entered and asked, What
Is sin? What is bereavement? What
Is sorrow? What is death? the bright
est Of the intelligences would have fail
ed TO give definition, though to study
the question there was silence in hea-
ven for half an hour.
The Prince of whom I speak had hon
NO either prince, celestial or terrestrial,
ever enjoyed. AS he passed the street,
the inhabitants took off from their
brows garlands of white lilies and
threw them il the way. He never en-
tered any of the temples without all the
woTshipers rising up and bowling in.
obeisance. In all the professions OF the
high days he was the one who evoked
the ioudest welcome. Sometimes on
foot, walking in loving talk with
the humblest of the land, but at
other times he took chariot, and
among the twenty thousand that the
Psaimist spoke of, his was the swift
: est and most flaming; or, as when ST.
John described him, he took white
palfrey with what prance of foot, and
arch OF neck, and roll of name. and
giealn of eye is only dimly suggested
IN the Apocalypse. He was not like
other princes, waiting for the Father
To die and then take the throne. Wher
years ago an artist in Germany made
q picture for the Royal Gallery repre-
senting the Emperor William on tho
throne, and the Grown Prince as hav-
ing one foot on the step of the throne
the Emperor William ordered the pic
>tnYe changed, and said: Let the prime,
keep his foot off the throne till leave
IT."
Already enthroned was the Heavenl,
Prince side by side with the Father
What circle of dominion! What mu.-
dtades of admirers! What unend;ns
round of glories! All the tower.
chined the princes praises Of all the
Inhabitants, from the centre of the city
on over the hills and clear down to the
beach against which the ocean of i'm
1nensity rolls its pillows, the prime
Eas the acknowledged favorite Nc
wonder my text says that 'he was
rich" Set all the diamonds of tbs
earth in one sceptre, build all the pal
aces of the earth in one Alhambra,
gather all the pearls of the sea in ons
G:adem, put all the values of the earth
In one coin, the aggregate could no;
express his affiuence. Yes, st. Pau,
was right Solomon had in gold six
hundred and eighty million pounds, ani
in silver one billion twenty-nine mil
lion three hundred and seventy-seven
pounds sterling. But a greater than
Solomon is here Not the millionaire
bat the owner of all things. To de-
scribe his celestial surroundings, the
Bible uses all colors, gathering them
in rainbow over the throne and setting
the as agate IN the temple window
and hoisting twelve of them into
wall. from striped jasper at the base
10 transparent amethyst in the cap
stone, while between are green OF emer-
aid. and snow of pearl, and blue OF
sapphire, and yellow Of topaz, grey of,
chrysoprase, and fame Of jacinth. Ale
the Ieveliness of landscape in follaseq
and river, and rill, and all enchant-,
ment aqua-marine, the sea OF giasa
mingled with fire as when the sun sinks!
IN the Mediterranean. All the thrill
OF music, instrumental and vocal;
harps. trumpets. doxologies. Therd