Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-08-24

and offer his kand, and he will say, You
stood by me when you were we'll; now l
will not desert you when you are sick
One wave of his hand. and the storm will
drop, and another wave of his hand and
midnight shall break into midnoon. and
another wave of his hand and the cham
berlains of God will come down from the
treasure houses of heaven with robes
lustrous, blood washed and heaven CLINT
ed, in which you will array yourself for
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And
then with Miriam. who struck the tim
brel by the Red Sea, and with Deborah
who led the Lords host into the fight.
and with Hannah, who gave her Samuel
to the Lord, and with Mary, who rocked
Jesus TO sleep while there were angels
singing in the air. and with Florence
Nightingale. who bound up the battle
wounds of the Crimea, you will, from the
chalice of God, drink to the souls eter-
nal rescue.
The Beautiful Home Above.
One twilight, after l had been playing
with the children for some time, | lay
down on the lounge to rest, and, half
asleep and half awake, seemed to
dream this dream; 1t seemed TO me that
| was in far dis ant land-not Persia,
although more than oriental luXuriance
crowned the cities; nor the tropics, al
though more than tropical fruitfulncss
filled the gardens; nor Italy, although
more than Italian softness filled the air.
And l wandered around looking for
thorns and nettes, but | found none of
them grew there, And l walked forth,
and | saw the sun rise, and ! said,
When will it set again." and the sun
sank not. And l saw all the people in
holiday apparel. and | said, when will
they put on workingman's garb again
and delve in the mine and sweter at the
FORGE But neither the garments nor
the robes did they put of. And | wan
dered in the suburbs and | said, Where
do they bury the dead Of this great
city," And | looked along by the hills
where it would be most beautiful for the
dead to sleep, and saw castles and tow
ers and battlementS. but not a mauso-
leum, nor monument, nor white slab
could / see. And | went into the great
chapel of the town and | said: where
do the poor worship? Where are the
benches on which they sitf' And a voice
answered, 1--WE have no poor in this great
city" And wandered out seeking tn
find the place whore were the novels of
the destitute. and | found mansions of
amber and ivory and gold. but no tear
did | see or sigh hear. | was bewildcrcd.
and ! sat under the shadow of a great
tree, and said What am | and whence
comes all ths?" And at that moment
there came from among the leaves, skip
ping up the iowery paths aud across the
sparkling waters, very bright and
sparkling group, and when saw their
step knew it, and when | heard their
voices ! thought | knew them, but their
apparel was so different from anything
| had ever seen / bowed. stranger TO
| strangers. But after n while, when they
| clapped their hands and shouted, wei
| come! Welcome" the mystery was sOlv-
| ed, aud | saw that time had passed and
! that eternity had come and that God had
| gathered US up into higher home, and |
| said. Are all here?" and the voices OF
! innumerable generations answered, "Ali
| here" And while tears of gadness were
raining down our cheeks and the
! branches Of the Lebanon eedars were
capping their hands and the towers OF
the great city were Ginning their wei
come, we began to laugh and sing and
leap and shout Home. Home! Homer