The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-11-05

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70 modern phrase, we woAld find that
its atmosphere is q combination of
early June and OF the Indian summer
! n October, a place combining the ad.
vantages Of city and country, the
streets standing for the one, and the
IL name Of fruits for the other; q
place Of musical entertainments
harpers, pipers, trumpeters, doxolo.
gies; a place Of wonderful architecture
behold the temples! q place where
there may be the higher forms Of ami
NAL life-the beasts which were on
earth beaten, lash-whipped, and CALLED
and unblanketed. and worked 10
death, turned out among the white
horses which the Book Of Revelation
describes as being in Heaven; q place
OF ~stupendous literature-the books
open; a place Of aristocratie and demo-
cratic attractiveness-the kings stand
ing for the one, all nations for the
other; all botanical, genealogical,
arborescent worshipful beauty and
grandeur.
But my idea now Is 10 speak chiefly
Of the improved Heaven. People some
times talk Of Heaven as though 1t we're
an old city, finished centuries ago,
when ] have TO tell you that no city on
earth, during the last 50 years, has
had such changes as Heaven. Its not
the same place as when Job, and David,
and Paul wrote Of IT, For hundreds
and hundreds Of years 1t has been go
ing through peaceful revolution, and
year by year, and month by month,
and hour by hour, and moment BY mo-
ment, 1t Is changing, and changing
for something better. Away back
there was only one residence in the
universe the residence Of the Al.
mighty. Heaven had not yet been
started. Immensely was the park ali
around about this great residence; but
Gods sympathetic heart after awhile
overlooked in other creations. and
there came, all through this vast coun-
try Of immensely. inhabited villages,
which grew and enlarged until they
Joined each other, and became one
great central metropolis Of the ant
verse, streeted, gated, tempted. wa.
tered, Inhabited. One angel went
forth with a reed, We are told, and he
measured Heaven on one side, and
then be wenth forth and measured
Heaven on the other side; and then
St John tried 70 take the census Of
that city, and he became SO bewildered
that he gave 1t up.
That brings me to the first thought
OF my theme-that Heaven is vastly
improved IN numbers. Nothing little
under this head about the multitude
OF adults who have gone into glory
during the last 100, or 300, or 1000
years, ! remember there are 1900, 600.
600 Of people in the world, and that
the vast majority Of people die in in
fancy. How many children must have
gone into Heaven during the last 500
or 1000 years! II New York should
gather In one generation of loco, 900
population, IL London should gather
in n generation 1000, 900 population.
what a vast increase. But what a
mere nothing as compared with the
zoe, 600, 900, the 1900, 900. 900. the "mul.
titude that no man can number" that
have gone into that city! OF course.
all this takes for granted that every
child that dies goes as straight into
Heaven as ever the light sped from a
and that Is one reason WHY
Heaven will always be fresh and beau.
tiful-the great multitude OF children
in H. Put 600, 900, 900 children in a
country, 1t will be a blessed and lively
country.
But add to this, II yon will, the great
OF adults who have gone
glory, and how the census Of
Heaven must upl Many year. ago
3 clergyman stood in u New England
and said that he believed that
The vaet majority Of the race would
be destroyed. and that not morr
than one person out Of 1000 persons
would be finally saved. There hap
.ened 10 be about 1000 people in the
village where ne preached. Next Sab
bath two pers'r we're heard discussing
the subject, Oni wondering which one
OF the ?, 900 people in the village would
hpally reach Heaven, and one thought