Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-07

speak Of the mighty chorus of heaven
That must be Il great heaven, but
what will become Of my poor head?
Yes, this half hour of my text is a still
experience There was silence in
heaven for half an hour
Glimpse of the Kings Palace.
You will find the inhabitants all al
home. Enter the Kings palace and
take only glimpse, for we have only
thirty minutes for all heaven. SIS that
Jesus"' Yes" Just under the hair
along his forehead is the mark of
wound made by a bunch of twisted
brambles, and his foot on the throne
has on the round CT his instep another
mark of wound made by a spike, and
a scar on tie palm of the right hand
and a scar on the palm of the left
hand. But what a countenance! What
a smile! What q grandeur! What q
loneliness! What an overwhelming
look of kindness and grace! Why, he
looks as if he had redeemed world!
But come on, for our time is short. Dc
you see that row of palaces? That is
the Apostolic row, Do you see that
long reach of architectural glOries!
That is Martyr row. Do you see that
immense structure? That is the big.
gest house in heaven; that is ''the
house of many mansions" Do you
see that wall? Shade your eyes against
it's burning splendor for that is the
wall of heaven, Jasper at the bottom
and amethyst at the top. See this riv.
er rolling through the heart Of the
great metropolis? That is the river
concerning which those who once lived
on the banks of the Hudson or the AL
ALBANIA or the Rhine or the Shannon
say, 1--WE never saw the like of this
for clarity and sheen" That is the
chief river of heaven so bright, so
wide, so deep. But you ask, Where
are the asylums for the old?" | an
swer, THE inhabitants are all young"
where are the hospitals for the
lame?' They are all agile" "Where
are the infrmaries for the blind and
deaf?" They all see and hear"
"Where are the almshOuses for the
poor?' They are all muItimillion-
aires ''Where are the inebriate asy
lums:' "Why, there are no saloons"
"Where are the graveyards?" "Why.
they never die" Pass down those
bOulevards of gold and amber and sap
phire and see those nterminable 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 go in and see Them you
say. No, you cannot go 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
! silence breaks up, for in your mortal
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
y
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 Wonder are the white horses be
ing hitched to chariOtS, and yOnder are
SeraphS lingering harpS as if about to
strike them into symphony, and yOnde1
are conQucrors taking down from the
blue halls of heaven the trumpets OF
victory. Remember we are mortal vet
and cannot endure the full roll of heay
emily harmOnies and cannot endure ever
the silent heaven Cor more than half
an 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 Il little longer your battles. WeeL
q little longer your griefs. And then
take heaven not in its dullest half hour
but in its mightiest pOmp, and, instead
of taking it for thirty minutes, take II
world without end.
Entering Into Heavenly Citizenship.
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 if
you have been faithful. | have a
strangely beautiful book containing the
pictures of the medals struck by the
English government in honor of great
battles. These medals are pinned over
the heart of the returned heroes of the
army on great occasions, the roya
family present and the royal bands
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 struggles
| in which Won won the day Stand III