Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-02-03

TIC WOIlO anu VIII yet 10 IOF the 0a-
tiOES it will take the thousand years Of
tie millennium to celebrate. The grand
est churches are yet to be built The
mightiest anthems are yet to be hoist
ed. The greatest victories are yet to
be gained. The most beautiful Ma
donras are yet to be painted. The
most triumphant professions are yet to
march. Oh, what world this will be
when it rOtates in it's orbit a redeemed
planet, girdled with spontaneous har-
vests and enriched by orchards whose
fruits are speckless and redundant, and
the last pain will have been banished
and the last tear wept and the last
groan uttered, and there shall be moth
ing to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
mountain! All that and more will come
to pass, for ''the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it,
SO far | have mentioned nine of the
ten strings of the instrument of graft
tude. [ now come to the tenth and the
last. | mention it last that it may be
the more memOra ble-heavenly antici-
patton. By the grace of God we are
going to move into a place so much
better than this that on arriving we
will wonder that we were for so many
years SO lOath to make the transfer.
After we have seen Christ face to face
and rejOiced over our departed kindred
there are some mighty spirits we will
want to meet soon after we pass
through the gates. We want to see and
will see David, a mightier king in
heaven than he ever was on earth, and
we will talk with him about psalmody
and get from him exactly what he
meant when he talked about the instru-
ment Of ten strings. We will confront
Moses, who will tell of the law giving
on rocking Sinai and of his mysterious
burial, with no one but God present.
We will see Joshua, and he will tell us
of the coming down of the walls of
Jericho at the blast of the rams horn
and explain to us that mira le-how
the sun and moon could stand still
without demolition of the planetary
system. We will see Ruth and have
her tell of the harvest field of Boaz, in
which she cleaned for afflicted Naomi.
We will see Vashti and hear from her
own lips the story Of her Punishment
from the Persian palace by infamous
Ahasuerus.
Delights of the Future.
We will sec and talk with Daniel,
and he will tell us how he saw Bel
shazzar's banQueting hall turned into a
slaughter house and how the lions
greeted him with loving fawn instead
of stroke Of cruel paw. We will see
and talk with Solomon, whose palaces
are gone, but whose inspired epigrams
stand out stronger and stronger as the
centuries pass. We will see Paul and
hear from him how Felix trembled be-
fore him and the audience of skeptics
on Mars hill were COMPOUNDED by his
sermon on the brotherhood of man,
what he saw at Ephesus and Syracuse
and Philippi and Rome and how dark
was the Mamertine dungeon and how
sharp the Ak that beheaded him on the
road to Ostia. Yea, we will see all the
martyrs, the victims of Ak and sword
and fire and billow. What a thrill of
excitement for us when we gaze upon
the heroes and heroines who gave their
lives for the truth. We will see the
gospel proclaimers Chrysostom and
Bourdalouc and Whitefield and the
Wesleys and John Knox. We will see
the great Christian poets Milton and
Dante and Watts and Mrs. Hemans
and Frances Havergal. Yea, all the
! departed Christian men and women of
whatever age or nation.
But there Will be one focus toward
which all eyes will be directed. His
! infancy having slept on pillow Of
straw; all the hates of the HerOdic
government planning for his assassi-
nation; in after time whipped as
! though he were a criminal; asleep on
the cold mountains because no one Of
fered him a lodging; though the great
est being who ever touched our earth,
! derisively called ''this fellow" his last
| hours vrithing on spikes Of infinite
torture; his lacerated form put in sep
ulcher. then terminated and assembled
| to be the center of all heavenly admit
| ration-upon that greatest martyr and
mightiest hero of all the centuries we
| Will be permitted TO look. Tut tnaC
among your heavenly anticipations.
Now take down your harp of ten
strings and sweep all the chords, MAX
ing all Of them tremble with a great
| gladness. I have mentioned just ten
delightsome food, eyesight, hearing.
healthful sleep, power of physical To-
comotion, illumined nights, mental fac
ulties in eQuipoise. friendships of life,
gospel advantages and heavenly antici-
pations. Let us make less complaint
and offer more thanks, render less
dirge and more cantata. Take paper
and pen and write down in long col
umns your blessings. l have recited
only ten. To express all the mercies
God has bestowed you would have to