The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-05-19
THE NEW JERUSALEM
Dr.. Talmage Lifts the Curtain from
Eternal Felieities.
TAs GIorie. OF Heaveu Sarpass the
CORPrehensisn Of b Ftatte
Mind-TAxre wIn BE No
PsrtiaE There.

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PsfiiaE There.
tCopyrighL lso by Louis KloESehl
Washington. Nay Is
In this discourse Dr.. Talmage lifts
the curtain from eternal feheities and
In an unusual way treats Of the Heaven
ly world. Text, l. Corinthians, S;s:
Eye hath not seer nor ear heard.
neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath pre-
pared for them hat love Him"
The city Of Corinth has been called
~the Paris of antiquity Indeed. for
splendor the world holds no such won
der to-day. II stood on an isthmus
washed by two seas the 4 sea bring
ing the commerce Of Europe. the other
sea bringing the commerce Of Asia.
Prom her wharfs. in the construction
Of which whole kingdoms had been abb
sorbed. war g1lleys with three banks
Of oars pushed out and eonfounded the
navy yards Of all the word. Huge
handed machinery. such as modern in
ventiOn cannot equal lifted ships from
the sea On sne side and transported
them on trucks across the isthmus and
set them down in the sea on the other
side.
The revenue officers of the city went
down through the olive groves that
lined the beach to collect 3 tariff from
all nations. The mirth Of all people
Eported in her iSthmian games. and the
beauty OF all lands sat in her theaters,
walked her portieoes and threw itself
on the altar Of her ~stupendous dissipa-
tons Column and statue and temple
bewis6ered the beholder. There were
white marble fountains into which
from apertures at the side there rushed
waters everywhere known for health
giving qualities Around these basins,
twisted into wresths Of stone. there
were all the beauties Of sculpture and
architecture, while standing. as IL TO
guard the costly display. was a statue
Of Hercules Of FURNISHED Corinthian
brass. Vases Of terra Gotta adorned
the cemeteries of the 6ead-vases so
costly that Julius Caesar was not salts
Aed until ne had captured them for
Rome. Armed officials. the Corintharli,
paced up and down to zee that no stone
was defaced, no pedestal ov~srthrown,
no bas relief touched. From the edge
of the city a bill arose, with its mag
niHceni burden OF columns. towers and
temples 1000 slaves waiting at one
shrine), and a citadel so thoroughly
impregnAble that Gibraltar is a heap
Of sand compared with il. Amid all
that strength and magnifcence Corinth
stood and dehed the world.
Oh. il Was not to %rustics. who had
never seen anything grand, that Paul
uttered this text. They had heard the
best music that had come from the best
instruments in all the world: they had
heard songs floating from morning por-
ticoes and melting in evening groves;
they had passed their whole lives
among pictures and sculpture and
architecture and Co~rinthian brass,
which had been nodded and shaped I'M
til there was no chariot wheel in which
it had not sped. and no tower in which
II had not giittered. and no gateway
that ii had not adorned. All, It was a
bold thing for Paul 10 stand there amid
all that and say: "All this is nothing.
These sounds that come from the tenn
pie Of Neptune are not music compared
with the harmonies of which / speak.
These waters rushing In the basin Of
Pyrene are not pure. The statues Of
Baoehus and Mercury are not exquisite.
Your citadel Of Aerocorinthus is not
strong compared with that which Of
fer 10 the poorest slave that puts down
his burden at that brazen gate. You
Corinthians think this is a splendid
city. You think you have heard all
sweet sounds and seen all beautiful
sights, but tell you eve hath not seen
o ear heard. neither have entered
into the heart Of man. the things which
God hath prepared for them that love
Him"
You see, my text sets forth the idea
that, however exalted our ideas of
Heaven, they come far short Of the
reality. Some wise men have been cal
eulAting how many fur!sngs long and
wide is the new Jerusalem. and they
have calculated how many inhabitants
there are on the earth. how long the
earth will probably stand, and then
they come 10 this estimate: That aft
er all the nations have been gathered
TO Heaven there will be room for each
soul, . room 10 feet long and Is feet
II would not be large enough
for you. II would not be large enough
for me. am glad 10 know that no hui
man estimate is sufficient TO take the
Eye hath not seen. nor
EAR heard" nor arithmeticians calcu-
lated.
first remark that we can get no idea
Of the health OF Heaven. When you
were q child, and you went out in the
morning. how you bounded along the
road or street-you had never felt sor-
OF sickness, Perhaps later you
ielt q glow in your cheek and a spring
IN your step and IN exnberRnce Of spir-
Is and q clearness OF Y that made
you thank God you were permitted
10 live. The nerves were harp strings
the sunlight was a doNology, and
he rustling leaves were the rustling
the robes Of a great crowd rising up
o praise the Lord. You thought that
Tou knew what Il was TO be well, but
here is no perfect health on earth.
The diseases Of past generations came
10 Us. The airs that now float
ipon the earth are not like those which
above Paradise. They are
with impurities and distem-
,ers. The most elastic and robust
iealth Of earth, compared with that
those experience before whom
be gates have been opened. Is nothing
'ut sickness and emaclation. Look at
hat soul standing before the throne.
u earth she was a lifelong invalid.
zee her step now and hear her voice
low. Catch. IL you can, q breath Of
hat celestial air. Health In all the
,ulses-bealth Of vision. health Of
immortal health. No racktnE
'ough, nj sharp pleurisies, no eonsum-
ng @ievers, no exhausiing pains no hos
Of wounded men. Health swing |
ng in the air. health flowing in al the
tresms, health blooming on the banks.
10 headaches. no side aches, no back
That child that died in the
Of Group. hear her voice now !
in the anthem. That old man
hat went bowed down with the infrm-
lies Of age. zee him walk nov with ,
he step Of an immortal athlste-for !
yer young agaln. That night when ,
he needlswomSn tainted away In the I
srrst, a wave Of the heavenly air re- /,
gseitsted her forever. For everiast- 4,
years to have neither ache. nor 4,