Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-11-10

In the following sermon Rev. L. De-
Witt Ialmage sets forth some novel
Ideas OF the world to come. The text
Is: And | saw a new Heaven. "-Rey-
Citations, XXI, /.
The sterotyped Heaven does not make
adequate impression upon us. We
need the old story told in new style in
order to arouse our appreciation. l
do not suppose that we are compelled
TO the old phraseology. King James
translators did not exhaust all the
good and graphic words in the English
dictionary. | suppose if we should
take the idea of Heaven, and translate
1t into modern phrase, we would find
that its atmosphere is combination
of early June and of the Indian sum-
mer in October, place combining the
advantages of city and country, the
streets standing for the one, and the
twelve manner of fruits for the other;
place of musical entertainments
harpers, pipers, trumpeters, doXolo-
giles: n place of wonderful architecture
behold the temples. place where
there may be the highest forms of ami
NAL life--the beasts which were on
earth beaten, lash-whipped, and CALLED
and unblanIleted, and worked to
death, turned out among the white
horses which the Book of Revelation
describes as being in Heaven; aplace Of
stupeudous litcrature-th the books open;
a place of aristocratic and democratic
attractivcuess-the kings standing for
the one all nations for the other; all
botanical. pomological archaeological,
arhorcSccnt, worshpful beauty and
grandeur.
But my idea now is to speak chiefly
of the improved Heaven. People
SOM times talk of Heaven as though it
were an old city, finished centuries
ago, when | have to tell YOU that no
city ON earth, during the last so years,
has had such changes as Heaven. 1t
Is not the same place rs when job, and
David, and Paul wrote of it. For hun
drcdS and hundreds of years it has
been going through peaceful revolu-
ton, and year by year, and month by
month, and hour by hour, and mo-
ment by moment. it is changing, and
changing for something better. Away
back there was only one residence
=, ~. ,,,i,.o,.., tI,, ,;,loroo ,f tho
Aln,;rbt, uoo,on boa mot ,,o+ heon
.4o,.+oI ,,,,i,,. ,,o, +ho norl, oil
around about this great residences;
mi Gods s,,un,thSt;c beart after
aybila ovarfo,vn,l i'm other creations
,nd thora cam. all tbrouub this vost
country NJ immrnsity inhabited vii
l.r.s which ureyv and ENLARGED until
thr,- Joined eoch otber and became one
rro,t oor+rol rotronolis of tho uni-
yar.. e+rnataa uatpa tcmnled wa
tcrrl inhabited One anucl went forth
with . rood we are told and he meas
ur,d Heaven ON the one side, and then
he wont forth and measured Heaven
IN ~ Other side. ana thcn ~. John
tried to take the census of that city.
and b.. became SO hcNildored that he
pavc !, up.
TIL trings me to the first thought
Of lN thrmc that Heaven is vastly
inrru,pi ia numbers Noting little
under His head about the multitude
Of adults who have cone into glory
Guriry the las: 100 or 500, or 1000
YEAR. remember there are GOO .OO0,-
Ogn O. people in the world. and that
the ,nst uaioritv of people die in in
fancy How many children must have
gonr into Heaven during the last 500
or .uoO wears, If New York should
gather in one convention I .OOO, 600 pop
ulation. If London should gather in
one generation A O0O. 900 population.
what a vast increase, Rut what n
mere nothing as compared with the
500 900 600. the 100000. 900. the "mul-
titIdr that no man can number" that
have yone into that city, or course
all This takes for granted that every
child that dies goes as straight into
Heaven AS ever the light sped from a
star: and that is one reason why
Heaven will always be fresh and beau
tiful the great multitude of children
in Il PM 800 GOO 600 children in II
country. il will be blessed and lively