St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-06-16
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the step OF an immortal athiete-fof-
ever young again.. That night when
the needlewonan tainted away in the
garret, q wave of the heavenly air re-
suscitated her forever. For everlast-
ing years to have neither ache, nor
pain. nor weakness, nor fatigue, Eye
hath not seenit ear ha th not heard it. ?
/ remark further that we can in this
world get no just idea Of the splendofs
of Heaven. John tries to describe then.
He says ''the. - gates are II pearlss'
and thst foundations of the wall
are garnished with all manner of pre-
cious stones" As we stand looking
through the telescope of st. John we
see. blaze Of amethyst and pearl and
emesald md ssardonyx and chryso-
pGasuss al sapphire, q mountain Of
light l acatarcrof color, a sea of glass
and q city like the sun. John bids ps.
look again, and we see thrones
thrones of the patriarchs, thrones ef
she angels thropes of the apostles,
thrones of the martyrs, throne of
Jesus-throne of God. And we turn
round to see the glory. and it is thron<s,
thrones. thrones!
) John bids us look again and see the
great procession of the redeemed pass
ing. Jesus, on a white horse, leads
the march, and all the armies ofs
Heaven follow on white horses. In
finite cavalcade passing. passing; em-
pires pressing tntoline. .ageS following
ages. Dispensation tramping after
dispensation. Glory in the track of
glory. Europe, Asia, Africa, North
and South America pressing into lines.
Islands Of the sea shoulder to shoul-
der. Genefstiens befert the flood fol-
lowing generations after the flood,
and as Jesus rides at the head Of that
great host and waves his sword in
signal-ef victory, all crowns are lifted
and an ensigns swung out and all
chimes rung and all halleluiahs chant
ed, and some cry, "Glory to God most
high!" and some. "Hosanna to the
son Of David!" and some, "Woxthy In
AIS lAmb that Nas SHARP tinzall ex-
clamations of endearment and hom.
age in the vocabulary of Heaven are
.exHaustd, and there comes up surge
fafters surge Of "Amenl Amen! and
Ameni" Eye hath not seen it, ear
hath not heard it." Skim from the
summer waters the brightest Sparkles,
and you will get no idea of the sheen
of the everlasting sea. Pile up the
,splendor Of esrthly 4tie, and they
GsqA not make ! tapping stone by
God. Every house is q palace. Every
step is triumph. Every covering Of
the head q coronation. Every meal is
. banquet. Every stroke from the
tower is a wedding bell. Every day il
q jubilee, every hour . rapture and
every y.npnent an ecstasy. Eye hath
not seen it, .eas heth not heard it."
remark further, we can get NO
idea OF the reunions of Heaven. II
ssypu ghase Sssf been sacro4s the seas
and met 1 friend Of even an acquaint-
ance in some strange land, you re-
member how your blood thrilled and
how glad you were to eehim. What
will be our joy after we have passed
the seas of death to meet in. the bright
city Of tie Lord those A0m whom we
have long been separated. After we
hare been away fFom. our friends ten
or fifteen years and we come upon
them we see how differently they look
Their hair has turned, and wrinkles
have come in their faces, and we say:
"How you have changed" But, oh,
whengwe stand before the thyones all
fesrF sgone from the faces all, marks
OF tdfow disapfeAfed ma djeeKng the
fdy 81 that blessed lind, snsethhks we
WIN say to each ether with an exulta-
ton we, cannot now imagine: "How
you have changeds"
In this world we only meet to part.
It is good-by, good-by. Farewells
floating in the air. We hear it at the
rail car window and at the steamboat
wharf-good-by. Children lisp it, and
old age answers it. Sometimes we say
it in. . light way-''good-by" - and
sometimes with anguish in which the
soul hrealxs doWn-good=hyl All, that
il the word that ends the thanksgiv-
ing banquet; that is the word that
comes in to close the Christmas chant.
Good-by, good-by. But not so in Heav-
en-. Welcomes in the air, welcomes at
the gates, welcomes at the house of
many mansions, but not good-by.
That group is constantly being aug
mented. They are going out from our
circles of earth to join it-little voices
to join the anthem, little hands to
take hold in the great home circle,
little feet to dance in the eternal glee,
little crowns to be cast down before
the feet of Jesus. Our friends are in
two groups-a group this side Of the
river and a group on the other side
Of the river. Now there goes one from
this to that and another from this to
that, and soon we will all be gone
over. How many Of your loved ones
have already entered upon that
blessed place? II I should take paper
and pencil, do you think could put
them al down? AZ. my friends. the
waves OF Jordan roar so hoarsely We
cannot hear the joy on the other side
when the group is augmented.
A little child's mother had died, and
they comforted her. They said: "Your
mother has gone to Heaven. Don't
cry" And the next day they went to
the graveyard, and they laid the body
Of the mother down into the ground.
and the little girl came up to the verge
OF the grave and, looking down. said:
SIS this Heaven?" We have no idea
what Heaven is. It is the grave here
1t il darkness here-but there II mer-
rymaking yonder. Methinks when q
soul arrives some angel takes it around
to show it the wonders Of that blessed
place. The usher angel says to the
newly arrived: sThese are the mar
tyrs that perished at Piedmont; these