Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-10

are the innrmaries for the blind and
dcafr "Tbey all see and hear"
Where are the almshouses for the
poorT' "Thcy are all multimillion-
aires" "where are the inebriate asy-
lumsr' "why, there are no saloons"
where are the graveyardsr' "why,
they never de-" Pass down those
boulevards Of gold and amber and sap
phire and see those interminable streets
built by the Architect of the universe
into homes, over the threshold of
which sorrow never steps and out Of
whose windows faces, once pale with
earthly sickness, now look rubicund
with immortal health.
"Oh, let me 60 in and see themr you
say. No, you cannot 60 in. There are
those who would never consent to let
you come out again. You say, LET me
stay here in this place where they new
er sin, where they never suffer, where
they never part" No. no! Our time
is short, our thirty minutes are almost
gone. Come on! We must get back to
earth before this half hour Of heavenly
cAiCASV III ca NO W. AL yOuA hOIt dl
state you cannot endure the pomp and
splendor and resonance when this half
hour Of silence is ended. The day will
come when you can see heaven In full
blast, but not now. am now only
showing you heaven at the dullest half
hour of all the eternities. Come on!
There is something in the celestial ap-
pearance which makes me think that
the half hour Of silence will soon be
over. Yonder are the white horses be-
ing hitched to chariots, and yonder are
seraphs lingering harps as II about to
strike them into symphony. and yonder
are conQuerors taking down from the
blue halls of heaven the trumpets of
victory. Remember We are mortal yet
and cannot endure the full roll Of heav-
emily harmonies and cannot endure even
the silent heaven for more than half
IN hour. Hark! The clock in the tower
Of heaven begins to strike, and the half
hour is ended. Descend! Come back
Come down till your work Is done.
Shoulder a little longer your burdens
Fight little longer your battles. Weep
little longer your griefs. And Their
take heaven not In its duilest half hour
but in its mightiest pomp, ard, instead
Of taking II for thirty minutes. take II
world without end.
Entering Into Heavenly Cftizenship.
But how will you spend the first half
hour Of your heavenly citizenship after
you have gone in to stay? After your
prostration before the throne in wor.
ship of him who made It possible for
you to get there at all l think the rest
Of your first half hour in heaven will
be passed in receiving your reward II
you have been faithful. have q
strangely beautiful book containing the
pictures Of the medals struck by the
English government IN honor Of grea,
battles. These medals are pinned ovel
the heart Of the returned heroes Of til,
army on great occasions. the roya
family present and the royal band.
playing-the Crimean medal, the med
al of the mutiny. the Victoria cross
the Waterloo medal. In your first hall
hour In heaven In some way you will
be honored for the earthly struggle.
in which you won the day. Stand ~
before all the royal house Of HEAVIER
and receive the insignia while you ART
announced as victor over the drafts
and freshets of the farm field, vtcto
over the temptations Of the Stock Eek
change, victor over professional allure
ments, victor over domestic intellect
ties, victor over mechanics shop, vic
tor over the storehouse, victor owe
home worriments, victor over physica
distresses, victor over hereditary de
pressions. victor over sin and dealt
and hell Take the badge that cele
brates those victories through our LORI
Jesus Christ. Take it in the presenc
Of all the galleries. sanity, angel
and divine, while all heaven chants
"These are they who came out Of grea
tribulation and had their robes washe'
and made white In the blood of tn
Lamb"
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar
| And seize II with their eye.
copyright. 1902. by Louis Klopach.l