The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-23
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new your youth, better stop managing
the affairs of the universe
NV text suggests that Heaven is an
eternal youth. A cycle of years will
not leave any mark upon the immortal
nature. Eternity will not work upon
the soul in Heaven any change, unless
it be more radiance and more wisdom
and more rapture. A rolling on fsDm
glory TO glory! In anticipation of tLAt
some of the happiest people on earth
are aged ChristiaR. The mightiest
testimonies have been given by the vet
Grams in the Gospel army. While some
of the aged have allowed themselves TO
become morose and cynical and impa-
tient with youth and pessimistic about
the world, and have become possessed
with the spirit of scold and fault find
ing, and are fearful of being crowded
out Of their sphere, many of the aged
have been glad to step aside that 9TH
ers may have a chance and are hopeful
about the world, expecting its redemp-
ton instead of its demolition, and they
are inspiration and comfort and help
/ fulness to the household and to tho
neigh ghborhood and to the church. The
/ children hail the good old man as he
/ comes down the road. His smile, his
words, his manner, his whole life, make
the world think better of religion.
l congratulate all good Christians
that the molting season will soon be
over and you will mount higher than
eagle ever assembled. What a good
thing that you are soon TO get rid
of winters cold and summers heat
and drenching rain and lowering
clouds and live in superbest climate
of the universe, whether it be this
world made over as TO atmosphere
and contour or in some star which
mighty telescope halls from the OBJ
servatorv or in some center around
which all worlds wheel. 1t is all
ready and has been ready, as near
as | can calculate, since 1871 years
ago, when Christ went up after say
|. ing: Il go to prepare a place for
you" What a good thing to get
rid of this worlds issitudes and
enter upon glorious certainties, and
to have no surprises except those
that are eXhilarant as when Milton
may ring a new canto or Chrysostun
Handel may render new symphony,
> for do not suppose that those who
5 were mighty on earth are going to
> oe idlers in Heaven.
/. l congratulate all Christians who
Y are in the eventide. Good cheer to
all of you. You are yet to hear the
I best songs, see the grandest sights,
] take the most delightful journeys.
i form the most elevating friendships,
= and after 10000 years of transport
$ you will be no nearer the last rap
( ture than when you were thrilled
with the first.
Y In Heaven you will have what most
e pleases you. Archbishop Leighton's
: desire for Heaven was a longing for
= Christ and purity and love, and he
o has found there what he wanted.
Y John Foster rejoiced al the thought
e of Heaven because there he could
1 study the secrets of the universe
= without restraint. and he has been
= regaling himself in that research.
e Southey thought of Heaven as a
; place where he would meet with the
y learned and the great-Chaucer and
> B 1dHN anu CEd htS 1tdIt. Ilt no uOuDA
!. has found that style Of communion.
q The great and good DR.. Dick was
= fond of mathematics, and he said he
;. thought much of the time in Heaven
{ would be given to that study, and
y have no doubt that since ascension
I he has made advancement in that
: science, The "12 manner of fruits
= spoken of in Revelation means all
d kinds of enjoyment in Heaven, for
n 12 manner of fruits includes all the
r chief fruits that are grown on trees.
= I suppose there viii be as many
y kinds of enjoyment in Heaven as
t there will be inhabitants.
You will have in Heaven just what
i you want. Are you tired? Then
> Heaven will be rest. Are you pas
sionately fond of sweet sounds
>. Then it will be music. Are you stirred
by pictures? There will be all the
. colors on the new heavens and on
- the jasper sea and the walls imbed-
ded with what splendors Are You
fond of great architecture? There
you will find the temple of God and
the Lamb and the uplifted thrones.
Are you longing 10 get oack 10
your loved ones who have ascended
u Then it will be reunion. Are you a
. home body? Then it will be home
. Here and there in this world you will
u find some one who now lives where
II he was born, and three or four gen.
erations may have dwelt in the same
: house. but most people have had sew
eral homes-the home of childhood
the home they built or rented for
y their early manhood, the home OF
ripper and more prosperous years
But all homes put together, precious
as they are in remembrance or from
present occupancy, cannot equal the
heavenly home in the house of many
: mansions. No sickness will ever
: come there, for it is promised there
: shall be no more pain" No parting
= at the front door, no last look at
faces never to be seen again, but
:, home with God, home with each