Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-08-21

And blazing terrace upon terrace, high
Upluted: here, serene pavilion bright
In avenues disposed: there, towers
begirt
With battlements, that on their rest
less fronts
Bore Observation-Disclosures Of all gems
(b) The population of the city. Its
population includes those redeemed by
Jesus the Lamb as we'll as the angelic
habitues. To give you faint idea of
the immense number of redeemed i'm
heaven il is necessary to burden you
with few figures for which you will
pardon me, please According to sta
tisticiaR about 90 people lie every min
ute, 400 daily ana 81 ,557 900 annual
ly. They further say that five-eighths
of these are children OF immature and
irresponsible age--a total of 10 723 500.
These OF courFe, are unquestionably
saved. Now, this would leave IL 1874
I00sadults. Taking into consideration
the membership OF the church and its
relationship TO the population of the
world, we can safely count on one-third
ca of the adults dying annually, be-
ing chzistians Iris would given q
3, ,944 700 adults-a grand total Of chill
dren and adults of 23 Sos, ,2O0 saved.
fhe worlds population is estimated
at 1 800, O,OO0,0 900. Now. suppose we
trike an average of one thousand
years alone, and that average be the
pre- sent rate, we would have in heaven
% SOS ,2UO, 600 More than fifteen and
two-thirds $3.50 souls to every one
of the worlds present population
This mighty throng. passing at the
| rate OF %, 900 per hour would consume
l35 years, 2 months and 23 days in
marching pass given point And to
think that this mighty host is but the
fruits of thousand years.
Lost in wonder, John said, 81 be-
held, and 10, great multitude which
no man could number. Praise God
for the mighty hosts and beautiful
city !"
(c) The beauties of the city. For
beauty this city is incompatible. 1t
stands without parallel in earth or
| sky. A wilderness OF alabastor domes
and dazzling terraces of angel covered
mountains and crystal wsters OF gold
paved streets and many hued walls
| Hooded with the refulgent glory of the
| Great | am" it staLds out, the mar
| vel Of all worlds and the Mecca of the
faithful.
The Chaldeans boasted of the burn
| ished gates and impregnated walls of
Babylon; the Judeans of their temple
and its service; the Greeks of their
beautiful Athens and Olympus. The
modern Partisan is proud of the pa
lace lined boulevardes of fair Paris I;
the Switzer of his Alps the Italian OF
his deep blue skies mirrored in the
quiet face of the MEDITERRANEAN and
the Austrian Of the beautiful blue
Danube. But what are all of these
wondrous beauties to those of heaven?
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and crystal sea of embattled hills and
wide-sweeping plains of circular rain
bow and gates of pearl of fountains
and gates of gold. Take just one OF its
beauGies-the precious foundation
stone: There are the Jasper (purest
Idiamondl. the Sapphire (bright blue.
transparency, the Sardonyx (opaque
white and orange brown), the Cryso-
lite golden, streaked with green and
white), the Beryl (green, blue and
Yellow, the Topas (yellowish pale),
the Crysoprasus golden leek), the Ja-
lcinth (red variation). the Amethyst
i (violet or red-a very beautiful stone),
the Emerald "a bright green), the
lChalcedOry {pale Yellow and the Sar-
dins (white, alternating with dark-red
cOrnelian1 These beautiful walls
shot through with the irradiant glory
of the Central Throne" are enough in
themselves to satisfy the most fasti-
ldiOus soul And yet these constitute
but a faint part of the beauties of the
city. and, then too, these enchant-
ing beauties are scattered with a mum
ifiscent hand broadcast o'er all the
city.
"Her streets with FURNISHED gold are
paved round
Stars lie like pebbles scattered on the
ground;
Pearl MKT with onyx, and the jasper
, stone.
Made gravelld causeways to be tram
pied on
There shines no sun by day, no moor
by night,
The palace glory is the palace light;
3 There Is no. time TO measure InoJioI
2 by
< There time is swallowed in eternity"
n We note II. The mighty work dom
' to prepare the ransomed for the celes
e tial city.
a (a) The benevolent love of God i
r displayed in the design for the accom-
v pile hment Of permanent good to men /.
i (b) The beneficent love displaye
is in the execution of the plans Befor
n the morning stars sang together @
% ever the sons of God shouted for Joy, d,
from out of the mysterious and une1
!, p'ored regious of infinite space ther
y went forth the voice of Jehovah ''le
s. there be light" And instantaneous
there came into being myriads of da.
z:ing suns and Vapor covered world
;, and chaos gave space to order and al
rs itys The troubled earth, our temps
tary abiding place, wrapped in Il
I ! sWaddlinT cloths of impenetrab
of mists, and scorched and scared al
Scared by the fUrious flames was MAJ
er ready for the sons OF God. In d.
course Of time the mists Hed away al