Milford chronicle., 1903-08-28

: voices 1--WE were converted and save
: through those little meetings" The
! the pastors and the different congreg,
: tons will get together. and they wi
have their "reminiscences. And til
! parents and the children will get t.
gether, and they will talk over agai
the blessings which came from thei
altars. And the Bible distributors vii
tell how they were scoffed at and We
blos.ad as they distributed their tract
and sacred leaves. And Francis L
Clark and the Christian Endeavorer
will have their separate reunions. W,
shall be in that better land" Hvin.
over and over again the Christian ioy.
which we passed through when serving
Christ upon the earth. Oh. my friends
II this idea is true, that heaven is to
be place of glorious "reminiscences
ought we not all to double and treble
| our energies in the service of Jesus
Christ? Shall we not by the power of
the Holy Spirit do more and more for
! our Saviour who has done so much for
lbs, In erder to be able to drink deep out
Of thh golden chalice Of celestial pleas
uPe?
Face to Face With Christ.
But the greatest celestial JOY of all
have reserved until the last. Heaven
is to be place of perpetual worship.
Does that mean," asks some one
heaven is to be great cathedral or
church in which all the inhabitants of
the New Jerusalem shall assemble and
pray to him-and pray to him and
never cease to pray to him? In which
there shall De service with no dox-
ology and no benedictiOn, for that serv-
ice shall be without beginning and
without end?"
Oh, no, my brother. l do not believe /
you have caught the right idea of the
worship Of the celestial city. Heaven
is not to be a church, where we shall
have stated times for prayers and
hymns. st. John distinctly says in his
Apocalypse: And saw no temple
herein. For the Lord God Almighty
md the Lamb and the temple are of it
lhat means, as | take it. instead of
having buildings especially dedicated
or the worship Of the Trinity we shall
eel, wherever we may be. that we are
ianding face to face with Christ And
hen our hearts shall be so full of
ratitude to him for what he has done
OF us that our eyes and lips and
1nSues and hearts will never cease TO
raise him. 1t will not be the worshiD
intercessiOn or of pleading for the
Irdon of sin. but the worship of ad-
alton and of eternal homage.
Perhaps my thought may be simply
ustrated by a conversation I had
it'll very dear friend some time ago.
his noble Christian man turned to me
le day and said: DO you know that
ideas of prayer and worship have
eatly changed within the last few Z
arsE When l used to pray l would
axe out a long list Of petitions for
hch | would ask cd. But now I
We begun to see that ne loves me \
tier than l love myself. Therefore.
itead Of saying. o God. give me
S or that | simply say. % Christ.
~ art so good and pure: suit thy
I IN reference to my life and thou
It suit me. Thy will. o Lord. and
mine, be done" So in that heav-
land we shall have but one
Yer and one song. "Thy will. O
ID. not mine. be done" We shall
it on the street. We shall sing it
the green pastures beside the still
-ors. We shall sing it in chorus
p our loved ones. We shall sing If
IN we are alone Thy will. 0 God.
viii be dOnew In that one song.
that alone, we shall find the per
lal and never ending worship Of
ven.
lus. my Gear Christian friends.
tried to open for you little way
gates Of the glorious city of the
emed." have tried to eternallv
our lives with the immortal lives n
mr. dead. Like Christian in Bun
Pilgrims Progress" may you IN
inue 70 strive to enter into the II
lit gate" And like the Christian
IN Victoria may you hopefully and
nphantly be able to write the same
Of an epitaph upon the tomb
IS of your loved ones as she chiseI-
lon the mausoleum of the departed
e consort: Farewell. beloved
at last will rest with thee. With
in Christ shall 1 rise again" Such
gospel prophecy for all who love
Heaven! Heaven! Glorious
m! Heaven Of the living Chris
Heaven of the Christians who
Hpavpn a+arDaI o,5
ending heavenl
'yright 1893, by Louis Klopsch.l