The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-12

satisfaction when you describe the
crash of the eternal orchestra, and
they feel like saying, as a good woman
in Hudson, N. Y, said after hearing me
speak of the mighty chorus of Heaven:
"That must be great Heaven, but
what will become of my poor headY
Yes, this half hour of my text Is still
experience. "There was silence In
Heaven for half an hour"
You will find the inhabitants all at
home. Enter the Kings palace and
take only a glimpse, for we have only
30 minutes for all Heaven. us that
Jesus?" EYES" Just under the hair
along His forehead Is the mark OF
wound made by bunch OF twisted
brambles, and His foot on the throne
has on the round of His instep another
mark of wound made by spike, and
a scar on the palm of the right hand
and scar on the palm OF the left
hand. But what a countenance! what
a smile! What grandeur! what a
loneliness! What an overwhelming
look of kindness and grace! Why, He
looks as il He had redeemed world!
But come on, for our time is short. Do
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
its burning splendor, for that is the
wall of Heaven, Jasper at the bottom
and amethyst at the top. See this river
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 Ala
bama or the Rhine or the Shannon
say: "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 infirmaries for the blind and
deaf?" "They all see and hear"
"Where are the almshouses for the
poor?" "They are all multimillion-
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
sapphire and see those interminable
streets built by the Architect Of the
Universe into homes, over the thresh-
old of which sorrow never steps and
out of whose windows faces, once pale
with earthly sickness, now look rubi
cund with immortal health.
"Oh. let me go in and see them!" you
saw. No, you cannot go in. There are
those who would never consent to lei
YOU come out again. You say: Let me
stay here in this place where they
never sin, where they never suffer
where they never part" No, no! Our
time is short, our 30 minutes are al
most gone. Come on! We must ge
back to earth before this half hour o
heavenly silence breaks up, for in you
mortal state you cannot endure tn
pomp and splendor and resonanc
when this half hour of silence is ended
The day will come when you can Sc
Heaven in full blast, but not now.
am now only showing you Heaven
the dullest half hour of all the etern
, ties. Come on! There is somethin
in the celestial appearance whic
makes me think that the half hour Q
silence will soon be over. Yonder ar
. the white horses being hitched t
chariots, and yonder are seraphs III
perinp harps as il about to strike thel
|, into symphony, and yonder are col
ouerors taking down from the pit
halls of Heaven the trumpets OF vi
I tory. Remember we are mortal "
and cannot endure the full roll
D heavenly harmonies and cannot endul
even the silent Heaven for more tha
balf an hour. Hark! The clock In Il
/ tower of Heaven begins to strike, al
u the half hour is ended. Descend! Con
u hack! Come down till your work
done. Shoulder little longer yo'
burdens. Fight little longer yo'
: battles. Weep little longer yo'
l. criefs. And then take Heaven not
\ lis dullest half hour, but In its m1gn
u lest pompeand, instead of taking itf
IN 20 minutes. take 1t world without en-
le But how will you spend the first hf
e. hour of your heavenly citizenship aft
&c YOU have gone in to stay? After 20
i nrostration before the throne IN we
le ship of Him who made It possible
II YOU to get there at all l think the re
'r Of your first half hour in Heaven "
n he passed in receiving your reward
III You have been faithful. / have
'r strangely beautiful book contain
re The nictures of the medals struck
s. The English government in honor
great battles. These medals are pinr
OF Over the heart of the returned hero
er Of the army on great occasions
y roval family present and the TO;
M bands playing-the Crimean med
We The medal of the mutiny, the victo
he cross. the Waterloo medal. In W
'r' 6rst half hour in Heaven in some "
'r- Won will be honored for the cart
ny struggles in which you won the Q
or stand up before all the royal house =
at Heaven and receive the insignia WI
'er -, arc announced as victor over
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