Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19


- y this discourse pr Talmage lifts the
cUrtain from eternal felieitics aud in
- an unusual way treats of ths heaven
y world; text. /. Corinthians H.. ., Eye
bath not seen nor ear heard. neither have
entered into the heart of man. the things
which God hath prepared for them that
love him."
The city OF Corinth has been called
the Paris of antiquity" Indeed, for
spcndor the world holds no such wonder
to day. Ii stood on an isthmus washed by
two seas. the one sea bringing the COM
merce of Europe. the other SEA bringing
TAc commerce of Asia. From her wharfs,
in the construction of which whole king
doms had been absorbed. war gailcyS
with three banks OF oars pushed ont and
confoHuded the navy yards of all the
world, Huge handed machinery, such as
modern invention cannot equal, lifted
ships from the sea on one side and trans
ported them on trucks across the iSthmus
and set them down in the sea on the 9TH
cr side
The revenue officers of the city went
down through the olive groves that lined
the beach to collect u tariff from all ma
tons The mirth of all people sported in
her isihmiau games. and the beauty of all
lands sat in her theaters. walked her p1r-
ticoes and threw itself on the altar of her
stupeudouS designations Column and
statue and temple bcwildcred the behold
er. There were white marble fountains
into which from aperturcS ut the side
there rushed waters everywhere known
Tor health giving qualities. Around these
hasins. twisted into wreaihs of stone,
there were all the beauties of sculpture
and architecture. while standing, as if 10
guard the costly display. was "A statue Of
Hercules of FURNISHED COrinthan brass.
Vases of terra Gotta adorned the ccmc-
teries OF the dcad--ya 50 costly that
Julius Caesar was not satisfied until he
had captured them for Rome. Armed OIL
cials, the Cornthiarij, paced up and down
to see that no statue was dcfaCcd. no
pedestal uverthrcwn. no has relief touch
ed. From the edge Of the city hill arose,
with its magnificent burden of columns.
towers and temples q 900 slaves waiting
III one shrinet, and citadel SO thorough
~ impregnahle that Gibraltar is heap
Of sand compared with it. Amid all that
strength and maguiGccucc Corjnth stood
and detcd the world.
Oh. it was not to rustics. who had
never seen anything grand, that Pam ut
tered this text. They had heard the best
music that had come from the best ustru-
mcnts in all the world they had heard
songs floating from morning portieocs
and melting in evening groves; they had
passed their whole lives among pictures
w. ssts hsasalre and arebitccture bud Cor
,,f NJ
and sAaped until there was no hariot
wheel in which it had not sped, and no
Tower in which it had not glittcred. and
no gateway that il had mol adorned. Al
ii was a bold thing for Pau, 20 stand
there amid all that aud say: "Ali this is
nothing. These sounds thar come from
the Temple Of Neptune are not music
compared with The harmouics of which
speak. These waters rushing in thr basin
of pyrcne are not pure These statues
Of Bacchus and Mercury are not OK
quisite. Your citadel Of Acrocorinthus is
not strong compared with that which
offer TO the poorest slave that puts down
his burden ut that brazeD gaze. You
Corinthians think this is n splendid city
You think you have heard all sweet
sounds and seen all beautiful sights but
| tell you eye hath not seen nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the
heart OF man the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him"
Beyond Our Present Conception.
You see my text sets forth the idea
that, however exalted our ideas of heav-
en-, they come far short of the reality.
Some wise men have been calculating
how many ,drlongs long and wide is The
new Jerusalem, and they have calculated
how many inhabitants there are on tie
earth, how long the earth VIII probably
stand, and then they come 10 this csti.
mate: That after al The nations have
been gathered to heaven there will be
room for each soul. q room ~ feet long
and l. feet wide. It would not be- large
enough for you, 1t would not he large
enough for me. am glad 70 know that
no human estimate is sufficient 70 take
the dimensions. Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard" nor arithm"ticians cal
cuiated.
first remark that We can get no idea
of the health OF heaven when you were
n child. and you went ont in the morning,
how you bounded along the road or street
--Aou N3H never Iclt sorrow or sickness.
Perhaps later YOU felt a glow In your
cheek and a spring in your step and an
cxIberancc Of spirits and clcarncss Of
eye that made YOU thank God you were
permitted 10 live. The nerves were harp
strings and the sunligh, WAS doNoogy.
and the rusting leaves We're the rusllng
Of the robes Of a great crowd rising up 10
praise the Lord. Yon thought that yog
knew what it was to be well, but there is
no perfect health On earth. The diseases
OF past generations came down to MS.
The airs that now float upon th" earth
are not Ike those which 1oatcd above
paradise. TAey are charged with impu-
rites and aistcmpcrs. The most elastic
and robust health Of earth. compared
with that which those experience before
whom the gates have been opened. is
nothing but sickness and cmaciatiou.
Look NJ that soul standing before the
throne On earth she was "a lifelong in
valid. See her step now and hear her
voice now Catch, il ron can, one breath
Of that celestial air. Health in all the
pulses health Of vision. health ~ spirits,
immortal health No yackiug cough, 10