Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-11-23

GeorE" Coos nan. the mystery Oh u g
AT last made manifest: Luther and Nagia-
Iepe. the daughter he ben0aned: John
Howard and the prisoners whom ne Cos
peiized, and multI.udes without nufnotr
who, once so weary and go sad, parted On
earth. bat gIoriously met In heaven Among
all the rooms OF that house there IS DO one
that more clrartnres my soul than that
reception ronm. ''In M Fatherp mousse
are many rooms
Another room in our Fathers house, il
the throne room. We belong = tsle roEal
family. The blood Of King Jesus tolys III
our veins. 50 we have Alright to enter tho
throne room. 1t II no easy thing on earth
to get through even the outside door q =
king residence. During the Franco-ber-
man war. one eyentIde in the summer or
1-7O. stood studviug the exquisite Scuip-
turing Of the gate Of the Tuiieries. Paris.
Lost ia admiration 81 the wonderful art OF
that gate. | knew not that | was exciting
suspicion. Lowering my eyes 70 the crowds
Of people. | found myself being closely IN
-ppcteI ~ the government officials. who
from nv complexion, judged meto bea Ger
: manand that for som" belligerent purpose
| might he examining the gates q the pa!-
ace. Ny explanation in very poor French
did not satisfy them. and they followed ne
long distances until [ reached my h0t-l
and were not satisfied until from my lati-
lord they found that | was only an inoITen-
eiye Anericau. The gates Of earthly pal
aces are carefully guarded, and If 50, how
much more The throneroom. 4 dazzling
place is it for mirrors and all costly art.
n one who ever saw the throneroom OF
the first and only Napoleon will ever for
get the letter y embroidere3in purple and
gold on the upholstery Of chair and win
dow, the letter y Silded on the wall. the
letter Y chased on the "halices, the letter
flaming from the ceiling. What Il con-
Migration Of briiliance the throneroom
Of Charles Inmanuc! Of sardinia, Of
Ferdinand Of Spain, OF Elizabeth OF
England, Of Bonitace OF Italy. But
the thrOnerOom Of our Fathers house
hath Il glory .clipsing all the throne
rooms that ever saw s%ceLter wave or crown
glitter or foreign ambassador bow. for orr
Fathers throne is a throne Of grace. i
throne Of merry. i throne OF holiness, a
throne Of justice. 4 throne OF universal
dominion. "" need not stand shiyerinS
and covering before it. for our Father says
we may yet one day como up and sit on it
beside Him. ITO him that OvcrcOmeth
will / grant TO sit with Ne in My throne
You see, we are princes aud rrincesses.
Perhaps now we move about incOgnitO, as
Peter the Great in the sarb Of "A ship car
penter at Amsterdam or az Queen TirZal
in the dress OF 4 peasant woman seeking
the prophet for her child'S cure, but it
Will be found out after 4 while who we are
when we get into the thrOnerOOm. Aye,
we neel not wait until then. We may by
lraver and song and spiritual uplifting
this moment enter the throneroom. o
King. live forever. We touch the scepter
and prostrato ourselves at Thy feet.
Another room in our Fathers house is
the music room. st. John and other Bible
writers talk 50 much about the music Of
heaven that there must be music there,
1, perhaps not such as on earth was thrum-
med from trembling string or evoked by
touch Of ivory key; bht, II not that. then
EsOmethinG better. There are so many
Christian harpists and Christian composers
u,f ~ br;stin, roe ~ iSt apl briltip n hvn.
nolOgists that have gone up from earth,
there NUS be for them some place Of es-
pecial lelectation. Shall we have music
in this world OF discoris and no music III
the land of complete harmony?
In that music room Of our Fathers house
YOU will soma day meet tho CID masters,
Mozart and Handel and Mendelssohn and
Beethoven. and DOddridge, whose sacred
, poetry was as remarkable as his sacred
prose, aud James Montgomery and William
Cowper, at last got rid OF his spiritual mel
ancholy, and Bishop Heber, who sang OF
/. "Greenland's icy mountains and midas
coral strand and DR.. Rallies, who wrote
of High in yOuder realms Of light" and
Isaac Watts, who went to visit Sir Thomas
b. Abnev and wife for Il week, but proved
/ himself so agreeable a guest that they
made him stay thirty-six years, and side
$ by side Augustus Toplady. who has got
=, over his dislike for Methodists, and
a Charles Wesley. freed from his dislike for
\ >tf n TN|i 'si'A 'tS
, sweet as a soncmaker as he was great
as aapreacher and the author OF The
v Village Hymns" and many who wrote
in verse or song. In church or by eventide
q cradle. and many who were passiOnately
fond OF music, but could make none them
selves. the poorest singer there more than
any earthly prima donna and the poorest
n players.there more than any earthly Colt
schalk. oh. that music room, the head.
quarters Of cadence and rhythm, sym.
'f,nny nnl nh1nf nSalJn and mi n n
Il May we be there some hour when Haydn
4 sits 1T the KEYS Of one Of his own OratoriOs
and David the p.almist fingers the harp,
i and Miriam Of Red sea banks ciapo the
II rymhats, and Gabriel puts his lips to the
trumpet and the four aud twenty elder.
= chant, and Lind and Parepa render match
o less ,!uet in the music room of the oI,
heavenly homestead. In my Father:
n house arc many rooms"
Another room III our Father house vii
be the family room. 1t may correspond
l. somewhat with the family room on earth
le At morning and evening, you know, tina
90 IS the place We now meet. Though ever,
q member Of the household have a separate
+ room. in tho family room they all gather
& and Joys and sorrows ana experiences o
if all styles are there rehearSed. Sacred roou
= IN all our dwellings. whether il be luXuri
9 Gus with ottomauS and divans and book
~ in Russian lids standing in mahogany cas-
u. or there ha only a few plain chairs and
III - diiF- 80 lut. ldllllF ROOM On Ul5i VII
"a he The place whore the kinsfolk assem-
III bio and talk over the family expert
ut "nrco - earth. the weddings, tn
- births. I'll" burialS. the teatal day, o
III Christmas and Thanksgiving reunion
Will he children departed remain chi
lran there Will the aged remain age
ht there: on. no. Everything is PEI
Fl i, 4 there. Til" child will 50 aheadto Sior
III lied maturity. and the aged will 60 hac
Of to G~loriiicI maturity. The rising sun {
Al the IN" Will rise II meridian, AMI ii
~ descending sun Of The other will return :
81 meridian. However much " love 90
49, children on "a-tl. We would consider il
.at domestIr disaster II they ~:aid chi!ireI
"A and 80 We re1oirH III their growth her
- And when We meet IN the family room
mi our latherSehou~e we viii b. glad til:
~ thsv have c-aGily and cleriousIv mature.
3, whtie oar parents. WAC We're aged an il
IA firm here. W. sisaiI pe CAD 10 lind r
stored t. the most agile and sic Drous in
.ur mortality there.
ny / hope none 8: IL viii he diSappoint,
III abesit getting there. Their. i a room (