The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-01

place He proposes 70 transport yog r
| His garments smell Of uyrrh. ana
and cassla. out Of the ivory 5sls.,.t
| What a place heaven must bel
cries OF the French. the win1sor a.. u
the English, the Spanish AlhHr1h-s
Russian kremlin, are mere dungtr-. =
pared with IT. Not so many ,asii. -
either side thu Rhine as on loff -, O.,
the river Of God-the ivory palace y z
for the cngels. insuffersbly brizb, . n
fire-eyed. teynpest-charioted IDs M. -
martyrs. with bloQd-rcd robes fro-r p. u.
the altar: ore for'the King. the s..-
His palace thR crown 0f the rhgr Z =
tant, me for the singers. wh5 Ia
one hundred and forty and four ,h51..,.-,f. y.
one for you, ransousd from sin. -,
ille. plucked from the burning 6h i.
ivory palaces. '-'
ftlHmined for q Great victory
To-day IL seems TO me as II re 50.
dcws OF those palaces were g,g-.-.-
for some great victory. and I look ID,
see. climbing the stairs OF lvorv -
walking on floors cf ivory, and ra.y-.
from the windows OF ivory. sora rI..-s
we knew and loved on earth. Yes IT,
them. There are father end mother -.
eighty-two years and seventy-ri-a vs,..
as when they left Us. but h'f.rs -.
yOUng as when on their marriage a.
And there are brothers and sisters -.
rier than when We used 20 rcr-1 49,.
the meadows together. The cough o..
The cancer cured. The erysipeIas hss,.,
The heart-break over. on. N.-r ..
they are In the ivory palaces, ana Va.
dear little children that went on. r.
you-Christ did not let one Of then, a.
as he lifted them. He DID not wrench ,.rr
Of them from you No. They wen, a.
from one they loved well, 10 one ws-~
they loved better.
If l should take your little cAHd s-s
press its soft face against nv 80.
cheek. I might keep IL a little while -.
when you. the mother, came ar-r.
would struggle 10 20 with Won a.,
so you stood holding your diving So
when Jesus passed by IN the room. ana ~
little one sprang out 10 greet him Th,.
is all Your Christian dead did r.,
down into the dust, and the gravr' a.
the mud. Though 1t raincd all that f1rsr5'
day'and the water came up 20 the Whess,
Eub as you drove out 70 the cemetery =
made no difference to them. for thav stsr.
PED from the home here 70 the hors
there right Into the ivory palaces All
well with them. All Is well.
Route TO ths Grand Mansions.
'Tt IS no, a dead weight tha, YOU ~
when you carry a Christian on, Is.r.
makes the bed up soft with velvet MON.
iIes, and he says, Put her down her.
very gently. Put that head which VII
never ache again on this pillow % hals.g.
Jahs. Send UP word that the procasslo,
IS coming. Ring the bells. Ring Ors-
your gates We ivory palacesr And 8
your loved ones are there. They are iu,,
as certainly there, having died IN Christ
as that you are here. There Is only ore
thing more they want Indeed. there I.
one thing In heaven they have not "a.
They want It, What Is #? Your com.
Fany. But oh, my brother. unless Won
change your tack you cannot reach tina,
harbOr You might as well take 'fs
Pacific Railroad, expecting IN
that direction to reach Toronto. as %
90 on In the way some OF you ara going
and yet expect TO reach the ivory nj.
aces Your loved ones are looking our n
the windows Of heaven now. and vet yog
seem 10 turn your back upon them Yog
10 not seem 90 know the sound 8f their
voices as well as you used 20. or 90 b.
moved by .he sight Of their dear faces
'aH louder We departed onesl Call l0uIar
rom the ivory palaces!
when ] think Of that place. and think
pf my entering IL. 1 feel awkward. I feel
as sometimes when / have been exposed
20 the weather and my shoes have tar7
bemired, and nv coat Is soiled. and ny
hair is disheveled, and / stop I'm front al
some hne residence where ] have an ~.
rand, l feel not tit 10 so in as | am, AMI
slt among the guests.
Waves of Thy Salvation.
- s-oV
need 70 be washed, We need n be re-
nabiltated before we 20 into the ivory
palaces. Eternal God. let the surgfs "
Thy pardoning mercy roll over us, II
want not only 20 wash my hands and ny
'eet, but, Ike some skilled diver. stan.-
ng on the pierhead. who leaps into ,hs
wave and comes up at a far-distant Point
rom where he went in. so / want to 20
lown, and so ] want to come up. Oh.
esus, wash me In the waves Of Thy sal.
'atiOn,
And here I ask you n solve a ,vs.
cry that has been depressing me Tor
hirty years. have been askln; Il II
Ioctors of divinity who have been study
ng theology half a century. and th-y
lave given me no satisfactory answer I
lave turned over all the books IN my r.
'Idry, out got no solution TO the yI-s-
Ion. and to-day / come and ask y0d fYr
N explanation. BY what logic was Th-lst
induced To exchange the ivory palaces u
ieaven for the crucifiKiOn agOnias Z
arth2 | shall take the first thousIni
million years In heaven to study out 1nat
'roblem: meanwhile. and now. taking II
IS the tendeTest mightiest OF az f4rrs
hat Christ did come. that Re came with
pixies In his feet, came with th0rrs IN
lis brow. came with spears I'm his hear.
o save you and 70 save me. God so loved
he world that He gave his only bsg0tfea
on. that WhOs0cver belicveth ~ Him
hould not perish, but have everlasting
lie. Oh, Christ whelm all our souls
With Thy compassion, Nov them down
Ike summer grain with the harvesting
ickle Of Thy gracei Ride through to-
ay the cOnquerOr Thy garments smell
1g of myrrh, and aloes. and cas5la, out
I the ivory palacesr