Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11

stay'3i years. and side 10y side Augustus
Toplady. who has got over his dislike for
McthodstS. ami Charles Wesley. freed
from his di>likr for CalVinistS. aud
George W. Ecthunr. n sweet rs ;, ui:-
maker as h. WAS great preacher aud
the author Of "fhc Niingc Hymns. aud
many who Woete ia vci,,, or song. III
church or by cvrniide cradle. and Aauy
who were passionately fond ri music. but
could make none themselves. The poorest
singer there more than any earthly priina
donna and the poorest players there more
than any earthly Gottschalk. oh. that
music room. the headquarters of cadence
and rhythm. symphony and chant. psalm
and antiphon. May we bc there SOM"
hour when Haydn sits NJ the keys of one
Of his own oraturins. and David The
psalmist fingers the harp. and Miriam 81
the Red sea- banks clapS the cymhals, aud
Gabriel puts his lips To the trumpet and
the four and twenty elders chant. and
Lind and l'arcpa render matchlcSs duct
in the music room ~ the old heavenly
homestead. In my Fathers house are
many rooms.
Room For the Family.
Another room in our Fathers house will
be the family room. Ii may correspond
somewhat with the family room on earth.
At morning and evening. you know. that
is the place We now meet. Though every
member Of the household have Il separate
room. in the family room they all gather.
and joys and survowS and experiences uf
all STYLES are there rchcaiscd. Sacred
room in all our dwellings. whether il bc
luxurious with uttnmanS aud diyanS ami
books in Russian lids standing in mahr'.
any case or there he only few plain
chairs and cradle. so the family room
on high will he the place where the kins
folk assemble and talk over the family
experiences Of earth. the weddings tn.
births. the hurialS. the feStal days Of
Christmas and Thanks giving reunion.
Will the children departed remain chill
drcn there? Will the aged remain aged
there? oh. no. Everything is pcrfc
there. The child will 20 ahead 60 glnriii"d
maturity. ard the aged will 90 back 10
gloriiicd maturity. The rising sun az the
one will rise 10 meridian. and tie Z,
scendng sun Of the other will return 70
meridian. However much we love our
children on earth. we would consider il u
domestic disaster If they Staid children.
and so we rejoice nj their growth here.
And when We meet in the family ruum ~
our Fathers house will bc glad Il;
they have grandly aud glori"usly matur-
ed, while our parents. who were aged and
iniirm here. we shall be- glad tu find re-
stored To- the most agile and vigorous i'm
mortality there II 10 or II or ~ years
Ice the apex of physical aud mental life
on earth. then the heavenly childhood
will advance 10 that. and the heavenly
old az" will retreat To- that. When W.
join them in that family room. We ail
have much 10 tell them. We shall want
to know of them. right away. such things
as these: Did you see us in this ear that
or the other struggle? bid you know
when we lost our property and synpl-
thize with MS? Did you know We had
that awful sickness? We're you hove" n.
anywhere around MS when we plunged
TO that memorable accident? Did yr1
know Of our hacksiding? Did Won In nv
of that moral victory? Were You pleased
when we started for heaven? bid Won
celebrate the hour Of orr converse n
And then. whether they know il or not
we will toll them all. But they will have
more 10 tell us than "" tn tell them.
Ten years on earth may lac very event
full. but what must he the biography 81
ten years in heaven? They will have Ia
tell us the story OF coronaiionS. story Of
news from all immcnsity. story of con
querors and hicrarchs. story of wrecked
or ransoned planets. story Of angelic vie
tory over diaholic revolts, Of extinguish-
ed suns. of oblitcratel considerations. Of
new Galaxics kindled and swung. Of
stranded comets. Of worlds on fire. and
story Of Jehovah's majestic reign. Ii in
that family room Of our Fathers house
we have 50 much 10 tell them OF what
we have passed through since we parted.
how much more thrilling and arousing
that which they have To- tell us of what
they have passed through since we part
ed. Surely that family room will be one
OF the most favored rooms in all our Fa.
TIERS house. What long lingering there
for we shall never again be in a hurry
Let me open window" said hum
BILE Christian servant to Lady Rallies.
who. because of the death of her child
had shut herself up in a dark room aud
refused to see any one. You have been
many days in this dark room. Are you
not ashamed to grieve in this manner
when you ought to be thanking God FOR
having given You the most beautiful child
that ever was seen. and. instead of lcav
ing him in this world till lie should he
worn with trouble. has not God taken
him To- heaven in all his beauty? Leave
of weeping ana lei me open window"
So io,ssSy | am trying Ia open upon IN"
darkness of earthly separation the win
dows and doors and rooms Of the heaven
ly homestead. ''ln my Fathers house
are many rooms"
The Invitation to All.
How would il do for my sermon To
leave you in that family room today? |
am sure there is no room in which You
would rather stay than in the enrap;urcd
circle of your assembled and clarified
kinsfolk. We might visit other rooms in
our Fathers houSe. There may be- pie
ture galleries pencilcd not with earthly
art. but by some process unknown in this
world. preserving for the next world the
brightest and most stupendous scenes az
human history. and there may bc lines
and forms If earthly heauty preserved
whittier and chaStcr and richer than We
nctian sculpture ever wrought-roons
rooms. majestic rooms. opalcSccnt rooms.
amcthysiinc rooms. In my Fathers
house are many rooms
! hope none Of Ms win hc disappointed
about getting there. There * n room
for us il we will go and take il. but in or
der 20 reach il il is absolutely necessary
that we take the right way. and Christ is
the way. and We must enter M the right
door. and Christ i the door. and W. must
start in time ana the only hour you a .
sure of is the hour the clii. K now strikes
and the only second the on" your wal h
Is now ticking. ! hold in my hand y inll
az letters inviting Won all To max" that
your home forever. Tho New Testament
is only roll 81 letters inviting you. ne
the spirit of them practically says: Ny
dying yet immortal cai!d IN ea tnlA neigh
borhoOd. have built for you gscat res
idence. II is full Of rooms. have FIR
nishcd them rs No palace was ever fur.
nishcd. Pearls are nothing cmc. aids are
nothing. chrysnprasus is moth NJ. ilumin
ed panels of sunrise mud sunset nothing.
the aurora OF the northern heavens moth.
ing. compared with the spcndor with
which have garniiurcd them. Bur yoi
must bc clean before Won can enter tkc.c.