Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-11
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Ism OF the text. let US join hands. and so
up 20 this majestic homestead and see
for ourselves. As we ascend the golden
omen the front door. and we are usherec
TO the right into the reception room O.
the old homestead. That Is the frs
place where we first meet fhe 'vclco-
Of Heaven. There must be q pi-ce
where the departed spirit ente :. and
place In which AZ confronts the inhab-
itants celestial The reception room
Of the newly arrived from this world
what scenes IL must have witnessed \
since the first guest arrived. the vic
tim OF the first fraticide. pious Abel /
In that room Christ lovingly greets all
newcomers. He redeemed them, and !
He has the right 20 the first embrace on
arrival. What minute when the
sscended spirit frst sees the Lord. Bet
ter than all We ever read about Him or
talked about Him or sang about Him In
AL the churches and through all our
earthly lifetime will IL be. Just for ons
second, 20 see Him. The most raptur-
ous idea we ever had Of Him on sacra-
mental days or at the height OF some
great revival or under the upiifted
baton OF an oratorlo - a bankruptcy OF
thought compared with the first fash
Of His appearance IN that reception
room. At that moment when YOU con
front each other. Christ looking upon
you and you looking upor Chris. there
will be an ecstatic thrill and surging O {
emotion that beggar all descripticn.
Look. They need no introd uction.
Long ago Christ chose thsss. rcpentant
sinner, and that repeutant sinner chose
Christ MiRhtiest moment OF m inn
mortal history-the first Kiss OF Hcav-
eni Jesus and the SOUL The soul and
Jesusi
But now into that reception room
pour the glorifed kinsfolk. enough OF
earthly retention 10 let YOU know them.
but without their wounds or sieknesses
or their troubles-see what Heaven has
done for theml-sO radiant. 40 gleefr..
so transportingly lovely They call you
by name. They greet you with an ar
dor proportioned 10 the anguish of your
parting and the length Of your &C para
ton. Father Motherl There j. your
child. Sistrrsl Brothersi Friendsl
wish you JOY. For years apart. togeth
er again in the reception room OF th'
old homeVesd. You see. they will know
YOU are coming. There are 20 man,
immortals filing all the spaces betweeI
here and Heaven that news like tha
flies like lightning. They will be thcr
in an instant. Though they were Il
some other world on errand from God
, a signal would be thrown out tina
would fetch them. Though you Nigh
at first feel dazed and overawCd n
their supernal splendor. all that fee
, ing will be gone at their first touc
OF Heavenly sGlutation. and we VIII say
4 "Oh. my lost boy" "Oh. my lost con
: panioni" "Oh. ms lost friend Are W
. here together" What scenes in tbs
reception room OF the old homestea
;. have been Witnessed There met j,
4 seph and Jacob. finding II a bright'
> room than anything they saw in Phi
:. raoh's palace; David and the little chi
!, for whom he once tasted and wcp
i Mary and Lazarus after the hear
:, break of Bethany; Timothy and gram
: mother Lois; Isabella Graham and h
n sailor son; Alfred and George Coo
man, the mystery OF the sea at Ia
"A made manifest; Luther and M2gdalen
;, the daughter he bemoaned; John Ho'
p ard and the prisoners whom he gosp'
. ixed. and multitudes without numb
~ who. once so weary and so sad, part
n on earth. but gloriously met in Heavs
IN Among all the rooms Of that bou
=. there Is no one that more eDraptuT
We my soul than that reception room -
re my Fathers house are many rooms
-. ErnN H. ii
IA is the music room. ST. John and eth
I'll Bible writers talk so much about
ip music of Heaven that there must
IN music there. perhaps not so much
al on earth Was thrummed from tire
Mt bling string or evoked by touch OF i've
Use KEY, but IL not that, then xomethi
ill better. There are SO many Christ
Ire harpists and Christian composers q
AZ Christian organists and Christian ch
listers and Christian hymnologists q
he have gone up from earth, there IN
ty- be fer them some place of especial
ru. lectstlon. Shall We have music in
ne world of discords and no music in
nd land OF complete harmony? can
sys give you the notes OF the first bar
ose the new song that Is sung in HeaV
md / cannot imagine either .he solo or
for doxology. But Heaven means mu
md and can mean nothing else. Occasion
4 u ly that music has escaped the g
out DIR. Fuller. dying at Beaufort, $
.OOC said: do you not hearT II
'eet what?" exclaimed the bystanders. -
lith musicl Lift me upl Open the
ion. dowsi"
ON In that music room OF our Faith
ala house you will some day meet the