The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-23

brated than any other expatrlated one
Of earth or heaven.
At our hes, estate we are only Pill.
grlms and strangers here. Heaven IL
our home" Death will never knock
at the door OF that mansion. and In all
that country there Is not a single grave.
How glad parents are In holiday time
TO gather their children home againl
But have noticed that almost always
there Is a son or daughter absent-ab-
sent from home. perhaps absent from
the country. perhaps absent from the
world. Oh, how glad our heavenly Fa-
Their will be when He gets all His chill
dren home with Him In heavenl And
how delightful Il will be for brothers
and sisters to meet after long sspafa-
toni Once they parted at the door OF
the tomb; now they meet at the door
OF Immortality. Once they saw only
Through a glass. dsrkly;' now II Ia
face TO face" corruption. incorrup'
ton; mortality, Immortality. Where
are now all their sins and sorrows ana
troublesY Overwhelmed In the Red Sea
OF death while they passed through
dryshod.
Gates OF pearl capsiones OF ame-
thyst. thrones Of dominion do not stir
my soul 40 much as the thought OF
home. Once there. let earthly sorrows
howl like storms and roll like seas.
Homel Let thrones rot and empires
wither. Homel lot the world die In
an earthquake struggle and be buried
amid procession OF planets and dirge OF
spheres Home! Let everlasting ages
roll In irresistible sweep Homel No
sorrow. no crying No tears. No
death. But home. sweet home; home.
beautiful home. everlasting home, home
with each other. home with angels
home with God.
one night. lying on my lounge when
very tired. my children all around
about me In full romp and hilariiy and
laughter-on the lounge. half awake
and half asleep. I dreamed this dream;
I was in a far country i was not
Persia. although moro than Oriental
lu1urlance crowned the cities. Il wAa
not the tropics. although more than
tropical fruitiulness filled the gardens.
d vas not Italy. although more than
Italian softness filled the air And l
wandered around looking Tor thofns
and nettles. but I found that noue OF
them grew there. and ! saw the sun
rise. and / watched 10 SEQ Il Get.
but Il sank not And ! saw the
people IN holiday attire, and ! said;
when will they put on this and put
ON workmen's garb and again delye In
the mine or swelter at the forget" But
they never put on their holiday attire.
And | wandered In the suburbs Of the
city 20 hnd the place whore the dead
slecp. and I looked all along the line
OF the beautiful hills. the place where
the dead might most bllssiully sleep.
and saw towers and castles. but not
. a mausolcum or a monument or white
slab could see. And ! went into the
J chapel OF the great town and ! saida
, Where do the poor worship and where
7 are the hard benches on which they
sltf" And the answer was made me;
b .Wo have no poor In this country."
, And then wandered out TO nnd the
novels OF the destitute. and | found
mansions OF amber and ivory and gold.
e but not a tear could see. not a sigh
q could | hear. and I was bcwildored and
Q | sat down under the branches OF a
b great tree and said where AN II
And whence comes all thia scene ?,
D And then out from among the leaves.
n and up the fowcry paths. and Across
Q the hrlght streams there came a beau
I tiful group. thronging all about me.
p and a. | saw them come I thought I
: knew their step. and as they shouted
3 Thought knew their voices. but then
/. they were 90 gloriously arrayed In APP
+ parel such rs I had never before Wit
? messed. that I bowed as stranger %
I stranger. hut when they agdn
h elapped their hands and shouted, wei.
n come. WELCOMED the mystery all van
i ished. and found tina, time had gone
d and eternity had come. and We were All
e together again In our new home IN
II heaven. And looked around and
n said: Are we an herel" and the voices
y Of many generations responded, "Al
a hcrel" And while tears Of gladnesi
J. were raining down our cheeks. and th'
p, branches Of the Lebanon oedars wer'
o clapping their hands. and the tower
e OF the great city were Ginning thei
u welcome we all together began 10 leai
n and shout and sing; Home. home
o home!"