Milford chronicle., 1904-06-24
No seInshness In Henron

J, this mortal combat between the triba
> dogs Of the east? Why, it means tha
= IN heaven there are to be no famil
5 meannesses, no contemplate, merciles
2 ways such as are often found at tn
earthly fireside. 1t means that instead
of one father and one mother gather
ing their own children about them il
one mansion of light and sayins
TO one of themselves, "Shut the door
and keep every one else out: we have
enough. and more than enough now
let all others take care of themselves
as best they can" all men will be
brothers, and all women sisters. There
we shall all be sons and daughters of
one God who is the Father. and have
kinShip to one Christ. who is the Elder
Brother. Ii means that in heaven
there viii be no enviOus plebelan blood
and no distinctive. supercilious, arsto.
cratic blood, because there we shall all
have been washed in the royal blood OF
Jesus. 1t means that in heaven no
wealthy mans wife will be able to
suck out the life Of a poor sewing girl
merely because she is poor. and no en-
ployer will be able to grind his en-
ployees down until il means physical
and mental and often spiritual death.
1t means no vendetta or blood feud; if
also means no financial vendetta or
money feud
Roaming again through the dark. mar. /
row, crowded street, of eastern Pales- I
tine. l surmise. from the words of NV |
text. that heaven is to be place of /
honored and jubilant occupations. 1t is
to be place where the words me.
nial" and "servile." "scavenger" and
"scullion, "hirelng" and dependent"
'lackey" and 'underling" will be un-
known. All words signifying degrad-
ed work will forever disappear when
the leXicons of earth shall be forever
consumed upon the funeral pyre of
burning world. 1t does not mean that
heaven is to be a place of inanition and
'tagnation and stupidity. But it does
mean that heaven is to be place
where all Workmen shall be honored
like and whore the duties of one i'm
Mortal shall be respected as much as
re the occupations of other immor-
ais.
Why do ! make these two astounding
tatements! First. because / find re- !
ordcd in the eighth chapter of Rpvela- I
ion the startling fact that there was
Hence in heaven about the spacc of
alf an hour" If heaven was alwavs
still place would st. John have writ @
an that sentence in reference to the n
ay of judgment. If you would inter s
ret that passage in Il common sense II
'ay would you not practically say. q
Why. heaven is such bHsy place that Il
u the angels and archangels and re- f,
eemed immortalS are working. and W
orking all the time: But when st. in
)hn saw the books Of the Judgment q,
lened then there was an awful still n,
'Ss. Every winged messenger kent n,
Ill., every work ceased. every occupa- er
)n was suspended" As Albert Barnes bc
terpreted this passage. Then there sh
as an awful stiffness. as if all heaven hi
as reverently waiting for the develop III
ent.' Oh. yes heaven is to be a busy So
nee 1t has been very busy during 10,
the years and the millenniums thar ,rr
g past. 1t will be very busy during st,
the eternities that are to come with In,
exception of one cessation of work GO,
short time, when there shall be 90,
Hence in heaven for about the space hir
half an hour" Dl'
'gs Of the East Were scavenQers roo
following my first premise that Tho
lven is to be busy place nv sec tbo
premise IS likewise true. How do tbe
know that the busy occupations of liz,
wen will never offer despised work a.
the redeemed immortals? The ,nir
rds of my text prove that. The dogs H.
the east were the scavengers. The ON,
tern people had no wonderful svs- \,
IS OF sewerage as have we. They +bo
no means Of carrying away bv oIa
lerranean pipes the offal and refuse tho.
heir large towns. But all the refuse tbo
he Kitchens ana the homes and the si,,,
ms were and are thrown into the 49,
cts. where the dogs devour them. fro,
heaven. however we shall have ,..a.
@ OF the repulsive and abhorrent -
lpations with which earth has been H..
fNA hOlluNl lldL when | 3 oil }
into Damascus and saw lying in fontl
streets the dead body of a horse oa,,
which the dogs were fighting and = =,
| should catch rltmnse io.,
heavenly vision where there shall ~ =
o lOathSome occupations as is this -, -
OF the canine scayengers of the ra,ti
: Heaven is TO be Il place of con. a3na
al work Heaven is. however 70 .'-i, -,
place Of glorious. happy. jubilant ,to VI
red occupations
aiming again through the narrow. aSt'.
ded streets Of eastern Palestine 7 ,,.
, from the smile Of my text that ,.
Christians earthly translation is ,,.;.1,
o be horror a tragedy. a terrific ea1a. @
'ulSive ana a terror lnspirin- DE-. a,t y
When the Christian dies he does '"' O.
lie like dog. but he ascends ms u
he Saviour. He does not growl n
whine with fear, but he mounts
joy to JOY, from sublimity TO sub -.
r from eXuitation to exultation. DIS
glory 10 glory. lee'..i =.
As the Dog Dies.