The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-11-01

fnHnn whatsoever will" and IS SO Dig
Chat 10 WIN take i'm every sinner who
comes and bows at the foot OF the
cross and who says. as did the pub
n.an of old. God DE merciful 10 me "a
sinner" And "the length and the
breadth and tho height Of II are equal
WIS never more impressed WITH
Cnr'sfs parable ~ the banquet hall OF
heaven than nftcr ! had studied TINS
revelation OF So. John. The banquei
fables are spread The invited guests
havo refused 90 come Then the mas
Tor of the house said 20 his servants
.Go ont quickly into the streets ana
lanes of the city and bring In hithet
fh. moor ana the manned and the halt
ana the blind And the servants said
Lord lt IS done as thou hast com
marlcd and yet there is room" or
.norso There is room There IS always
room in heaven Why. heaven Is sol
if- thaf Gods messengers OF all gen
ernHons can 60 into the highways ana
fhe hodges and spread broadcast the
gospel invitation everywhere, and yet
frors viii Doe room. Room I'm heaven
Room for every one that comes 10
Chrsfs name, Room, unlimited room
whatsoever will. let him come and
drink of the water Of life Room In
tho many mansions of the Fathers
house And "the length and the
breadth and the height Of 1t are equal
put There is another fact which ought
to impress you about the wall Of heav'
ON. ma that is II has twelve swinging
ratos. aud they are all gates OF pearl.
rb.~, gates are divided into four
eronps There are three gates In the
sonfh wall. three gates for the north
wall. three gates for the east wall
hroo gates for the west wall What
fo an those gates stand for? They
moan that God has an unlimited num-
Lor of ways for us to get into heaven.
ID does not matter what gate we enter
hy as long as we come through a gate
surinNod with Christs blood. And
set there are some people so blinded
hv sectarian bigotry that they think
no soul can get into heaven except
through one gate. and that the narrow
way of their own church door.
Some time ago I was speaking along
This lime I'm my prayer meeting room
When ] had finished and thrown open
the service for general discussion q
gentleman arose and spoke as follows:
n ann Congregational minister. lam
glad TO hear your pastor call attention
/ fo the fact that the walls OF heaven
have twelve gates. am glad that l.
MS member Of a different Christian
denomination. can meet and sing and
pray with you tonight Christ said.
Other sheep l have which are not OF
This fold There are many churches
many folds. but we all follow the one
Divine Shepherd. Once the sectarian
walls were built so high that the DIFF
/ feront churches could not see over
them Then time passed on, and they
were lowered q little. so that the mem
Hcrs of the different churches could
throw brickbats at one another. But
thank God. tonight those walls are low
cred SD that we can reach over them
and grasp each others hands as Chris
/ tau brothers"
"Amcn, / said to that But while
mv brother minister was talking
. Kept asking myself this question, Have
those sectarIan walls been lowered SC
much everywhere that all churches
have ceased to throw brlckbats at eacl
9thcrf I believe not. for when that
lav comes Lutheran, Episcopalian
| Presbyterian. Methodist, Baptist, Con
gregg tional and an who worship Christ
-n spirit and I'm truth will clasp hands
n Christian love. In that day there
viii not be five OF six different churches
/ fahgng each other in one little village
II 500 inhabitants There are twelve
,gtcs TO the walls Of heaven, and al
/ those gates are Of pearl.
But I want you to study the gor
reousness Of those gllttering walls Of
heaven as well as the twelve gates o.
pearl. Those walls are not made o.
common stones. as are the walls Of thu
east. Those stones Of the walls Of tn
eastern cities were not selected 70
their beauty. but for their strength
We can see from the ruins Of the ole
Chinese walls and Of the Roman wall
I'm the northern part Of England. whlcl
were built to keep out the Picts an'
The Scots. that they were not built o
beautiful stones. The stones were lift
od out of the Quarries and placed Their
TO- resist armies and to last for cen
tnries Tie walls Of heaven are no
only strong walls but they are bull
ont of the most beautiful Of preciou
stones. Wherever you examine then
their brilliant surfaces CLEAN Wit
mvriads Of flashing lights. Never di'
rainbow I'm the sky have such won
iarul mixture Of colors as those to b
found among the precious stones whicl
are built into the walls Of heaven
There I'm apocalyptic vision st. Johl
saw the Jasper. the sapphire, the chal
cedony. the emerald, the sardonyx, tn
sardius. the chrysollte. the beryl, tn
topaz. the chrysoprase the jacinth an
the amethyst Oh. the beauty. the eS
uberance, the infinite variety, OF th
coiors Of the precious stones Of tn
walls Of heavenl Why were thos
stones set In the walls Of the NeV
Jerusalem7 To teach us that when a
immortal soul passes through one o
the gates Of pearl he finds that tn
wealth Of heaven Is so inexhsustibl
that every soul Is fully satisfied an
every element of its nature has abur
dant qualification. From this we III
derstand what the Bible means by 18th
beauty Of holiness"
Surprising we should today drive u
70 one Of the great walled in cities
the east. II the setting sun strikin
its light upon fits walls turned thei