The semi-weekly messenger., 1901-11-15


a jasper stone. clear as crystal, and had a
wall great and high and had twelve gates
and at the gates twelve angels So, you
see, there viii be Al angel guarding each
gate As you go in ask the armed guard.
He saw your loved one pass through and
viii know the direction TO take and by
what fountain or in what street of gold is
the mansion prepared. The blessed Christ
knows where your departed loved one is,
and he VIII tell You If no one else viii.
Fifty ways ef finding out the where
abouts & yolr ascended one. But VIII
snreiy know him when get there. for he
-.in be - changei;T Yes. for you viii, be
Just as much changed. and the old affinity
will asser itself. The soul will be as
easily distinguished by soul there as on
earth the body is distinguished by the
body.
ANGEL of Hope Is Near.
Open that closed instrument OF music
IL your pdrlor that has not been played
or since IL" hand OF the departed player
forgot its cumming. Put up before you on
the muse board the notes Of the hymn OF
Isaac Watts and sing There Is a Land
o: Pure De-.-lt' or James Montgomery
h--r. VIII Are These In Bright Ar
ray" o- Fillmore Benefits Sweet Bye
and By or Jerusalem the Golden"
Take some tune in the major key-'Ari-
el'' or Mount Pisgah." While you play
ard sinc the angel OF Hope will stand by
you and turn the leaves and join in the
rapturous rendering. Reunion with the
loved and lost. Everlasting reunion. No
farewell at the door of any mansioni No
goodby at any Of the twelve gates! No
more dark apparel Of mourning, but
roh pf lfati
its knees, with face uplifted, but Hope
there will be on tiptoe or beckoning you
to follow, saying: ''Come and hear the
chors sing. Come and see the procession
march, Come and see the river of life
roll. Come with me over the hills that
rise into everlasting heights" Celestial
Alps and Himalayas hoisted into other
Alps and Himalayas!
From this hour cultivate hope. Do so
by reading all the Scriptural promises of
the worlds coming Edenization and
doubt if you dare the veracity of the AL
mighty when he says he will make the
desert roseate, and the leopard and the
kid will lie down in the same pasture
field, and the lion, ceasing to be carnivo-
rous, will become graminivorous, eating
STRAW like an OK" and reptilian venom
shall change into harmlessness, so that
the ''weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice's den, and there shall be
nothing to hurt or destroy in all Gods
holy mountain, for the earth shall be full
of the knowledge Of the Lord, as the wa
ters cover the sea-" So much for the
world at large.
Then cultivate hope in regard to your
own health, your own financial prosper
ity, your own longevity, by seeing how in
other people God mercifully reverses
things and brings to pass the unexpected,
remembering that Washington lost more
battles than he gained, but triumphed at
the last, and, further, by making sure of
your eternal safety through Christ Jesus,
understand that you are on the way to
palaces and thrones. This life span
long, ending in durations of bliss that nei-
ther human nor archangelc faculties can
measure or estimate-redolence of a
springtime that never ends and fountains
tossing in the light Of a sun that never
sets. May Gcd thrill US with anticipation
Of this immortal glee! (Which hope"
I said in the opening Of this subject
that my text was only the wave on the
beach, while the whole verse from which
it is taken is an ocean. But the ocean
tides are coming in, and the sea is get
ting so deep 1 must fall back, wading out
as waded in, for what mortal can stand
before the mighty surges Of the full tide
of eternal gladness? Eye hath not seen
nor ear heard; neither hath entered into
the heart Of man the things which God
hath prepared for them that love him"
copyright, 1901, Louis Klopsch, N. VI