The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-09

tunico Of Egyptian byssus, 80 whne,
transparent, and imponderablo 40 to be
characterized an woven air." All his
garments smell Of myrrh, casgia and
aioea Els table IL o succession OF BAN
quota Tho sound OF revelry never
ceaaes. Dancing women. professional
5estnrs md jugglerH, rru present for this
entertainment Of his guestA who coma
IN ceaseiess stream 80 AT
Dives marble porter 10 chuise, Lazarus
L. tossed down BY hiD unsympathiEins
carriers. He a poverty and distress in
caynatn. His nnrne 10 the modern syn
onym for foul and contagious disease.
Ho 10 hopeless, helpless; at tho last
notch Of the social scale; scarcely above
the hyena-like Roavongeru with whom
he fights for the offal thrown out These
mongrel ours take liberties with his
person which he Is powerless 10 resent,
and which remind him OF the time so
near at hand when they WILL strip his
flesh from his bones when his body is
cast upon the city dump. The
same event happens to Dives and Laz1-
rus. Both die. Here the parable lifts
the curtain upon the Invisible" How
marvclous! Instantaneously the confIi-
tion OF each is reversed. The transpo-
sition Is complete He who In life hid
need of nothing. would now give q
kingdom for drop OF water. He is
stripped bare. His misery Is not re-
lieved by his company. only aggravated.
Ho has laid up rothing for eternity but
rcmorse. Tho "roundless lash" OF con-
science fnlls upon his soul m hs cries In
the agony Of despair. II knew my duty,
and I did II notl" Tho remedilessness
OF I'll Tho gunwins worm will never
do. This eIoruoIntlng flre will never be
quenched. ACROSS tho canyon
that divides Gehenna from Paradise,
see o lordlIer banquet spread than ever
graced tho grand salon OF Dives mar
BILE vllla-Abraham. Father Of all the
Faithful. reclining as symposiarch ut
head OF that festnl-board.
Jerusalem tho golden, Isl
With milk and honey. blest.
Beneath thy contemplation
know not, o know not
What social Joys aro there;
What rndiancy OF glory.
What light beyond compared"
Next to Abraham in tho posi-.
ton OF guest of honur--so near. In fact,
to the patrtarchal host that he can fair
t,yf l., la
so-rcclIncs-Do not our eyes deceive
us7 Can It DO possiblc7 It's he; the
very Same: the beGgar from Divcs' cato!
How came he her7 When he died, an
gcl bands. on snowy wings, carried him
hithcr to his, eternal homo. Hs has en-
tered upon tho enjoyment OF the impcr-
ishablc. inexhaustible riches he laid up
In heaven 80 VOL may this four
fold picture. with It's Etur.lIng reverses
md antithcses. command the absorbed
attention OF cvery pilgrim to thu invi,i-
bio country from which there Is no re-
turni Here is no rigid science Of escha-
toioEy. no cast-tron categorical System;
but In living oolor5, In impcrlahablr
mosaic, by the D.vtncnt Master.hnnd,
tho opposite destinics OF human rouls
aro put In marvellous juxtarosition. He
who rs in tho vorirst nirh of HE. rncr OF
pleasure, or stress Of affairs. with ono
glance ut this picturs Of eunity, can
teo the relative outcome OF godly and
goddess lfe--an ouscomo etcrnally diver
gent. the width OF tho universe apart.
- The tramp OF the wuyside. men
tally dcGoi.nt, unused; to uchias,ic
purslts. han here no Institute OF thco-
losy in ronderous tome thruss into his