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Chicago, Aug. % From the glitt,
ana fascination of worldly pleasur,
ana enjOyments the preacher in th
sermon directs us to the contemplatio
OF the greater joys Of the better land.
Ihe text is l Corinthians XIV. 40 "y
shall also bear the image of the beay
enly."
Nhat Is heaven? Some people thinl
that we do not know much about il
remember how my father, who loved I,
preach about the Celestial city." uset
TO say he felt when he described it.
that he was looking through ~ elos,
darkly." Some years aco one of his
dear Friends Judge Nelson. was diving
lie was Brooklyn's most honored iu-
rlst. The last time my father visited
nina the judge asked, What did YOU
preach upon last Sabbath?' Upon
heaven Upon hcavenw exclaimed
the old judge. "Will you send me the
sermon? l would like to read itp
Certainly" said my father. But that
afternoon his face wore sad smile as
he came into the house. I asked
What is the matter. father?" 'Whv."
said he, Il have been down 70 visit
Judge Nelson, who is dying. He asked
me TO send him my last SUNDAYS ser
mon on heaven. l was lust thinking
that within few days the old Judge
VIII be IN heaven. He will 90 there
just after reading my description of it. /
Then all the grandeur and glories of
that celestial city will so eclipse any
thing that l have ever dreamed of that
he will laugh at me and my sermon and
say what poor idea Talmage had of
what Christ has prepared for us. For
since the beginning of the world men
nave not heard nor perceived by the
ear neither hath the eye seen, o God.
besides thee, what he hath prepared for
him that waiteth for him. 1 guess 1
VIII not send Nelson my sermon on
heaven. 1t would make me a laughing I
stock FOR him through all eternity" (
A Glance Through the Gates. r
Ihat Is true. No human mind can p
conceive, no human voice or pen can q
depict the beauties of the celestial \
kingdom. There are however. pas. q
sages in Gods word which open the 81
pearly gates a little way, so that we $
can catch a glimpse of the supernaI
grandeur of that city of celestial glory I,
we can as it We're, pluck a rose of h
sharon or a lily of the valley and learn II
IN miniature what the fragrance of tbe n
heavenly gardens shall be. where every ri
hillside and meadowland is covered ~
with perpetual flora. Through the o.,
srevlce OF that open gate we can. as it as
We're for a moment catch a sight Of IN
the redeemed, whose garments are as bf
white as the driven snow and whose ri
Joys are limited only by their own ca ce
Daclty to enjoy the happiness provided is
Tor them by their almighty and all tig
owing Father. 1t is for such GLIMPSE int
u this heaven, to which all Christians be
re headlnS, that would open my BIZ mC
DE today and speak from the text. As ski
We nave borne the image of the earthly wo
We snail also bear the image of the cit
ea 'elli@' nor
Heaven is place of immortal resi-. It
ence. What does that imply? Why" len
nsWers some one, that means we it {
nah hve on millions upon millions of of
ears 1t means that long after this the
arth as a burning star shall flicker pre-
nd go out our spiritual existence shall of
)hUnue. 1t means a conscious life Wb
Stending TO ages which dwarf into tbe
revity the longest term even of the d
relics of the most remote Do
asst "lmmortalw exclaimed Napoleon on
ohaparte. turning to one of his gener. law
S who had applied the epither to a in I
'"Sl antiquity which had for
zen brought from Egypt TO tbe Lon. tho
e in Paris. Immortal! That is NOT ino
ilnorlal' what are the three or four qua.
ousahd years which that statue has scrir
listed IN comparison with the immor- can
nty which goes on for ever and tbot
er% anu 'ii"i
3ut the immortality of heaven is not bol
'e measured in years alone. 1t is svpl
immortality of eternal youth Old sion,
lhphes weakness of body and of Iuvu
nd In heaven there will be such cotl5,
rect renewal of our powers dav nv sam
that the passage of years leaves no and
ce of decay. - :,
No Need of Rest In Heaven. noor1
'e-fect adjustment of the raeprroote5 is',i1
" 10 It's celestial surroundings tbe
ives there is to be no fight for an and
mortal existence. Why does the fnitel
'sical body grow tired? Because II frI"
lot in perfect accord with its pbvs. an al
surroundings. In order TO make onr ,
heart pump must breathe. Yet nevor
ry time inhale the air that oxygen We :
ms up part of my physical being and A
Oh must be replaced by food ana onr q
sieal nourishment Why do tbe bors+r
1t clouds of smoke ascend from the Rnt
nels OF the locomotive and the chin. mont
OF the factories? Because those tion .
ds form component parts of wasted studvi
gies. Imperfect consumption of those
implies that the coal must be con- live al
2--J shoveled into the furnaces or tbinl
;2e machinery will stop. But in OF cat
LeaFenly land there shall be no poem
OF Sleep because the redeemed much
: perfectly adjusted to its celestial Tho re
-'-.iISs. VIII never know fatigue. IS not
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