Year: 1861

A Homo in Heaven.


There is something endearing i'll the name
Of home. At it's very mention the heart re-
spends in thousand pleasant memories
This is especially true when reference Is had
to the home of our childhood. There is no
other earthly spot that has 50 many charms
or cings to cherished memory with suci'
pleasant recolcctons. Home is TIC place
uhere We garner our choicest treasures, and
there is the centre of earthly attraction, to
which the heart ever turns wherever our
footsteps may chance to wander. But .hore
arc some on earth who are homeless wan
derors, and no favorites Of worldly fortune
there arc others who may possess iordly
mansion, adorned with all the trappings Of
worldly grandeur, who cannot long expect
home on earth. 1t may be that our early
home has already been robbed of its dearest
treasure. When you. last visited the loved
spot that your " infancy knew" there was
something wanting to give the actual charms
of living home. The familiar scenes only
pictured upon your fancy more vividly the
home that was but can never be again, en-
earth What is home to the child, without
! mother? Although young again. aud the
vacant halls echo to your tread, and familiar
objects greet the eye at every turn, there
comes over you painful consciousness.


81 have father here"


The home circle is scattered, and familiar
voices are hushed, that once made pleasant
music in your ear, and smiles and kindly
greetings that once gave you welcome back,
will never again gladden. yonr heart on earth.
So it is with all earthly homes and joys.


There is no place so deserving of the name
Of home as the mansion which the Savior
has prepared for those who love hicl. Its
maker and 6uilder is God. The great arch
: itect of the universe has laid its foundations,
and its adornings every where exhibit the In
finite perfectons of the master. builder. He
who causes the flower to blush in beauty, and
has clothed the heavens with the rich exhibi-
ton of his glory, has prepared home Tor
his saints The work has been dictated by
that infinite love, that must call forth all thc
resources of Jehovah, and make it the mas.
terpiece of his creation 1t is destined TO
stand as an endless monument Of Gods per-
fections, and ever an object of ceaseess ad-
miration to the loftiest created intelligences.
1t is not, however, in architectural beauty to
give the chief attractions, even to an earthly
home, for if those apartments do not shelter
those We love, it is but 4 splendid desoation,
without any genial sympathies for the aching
heart. In Heaven is the dwclling-place OF
Him who is the " chefest among ten thou
sands and the one altogether lovely" The
Father, Son, and Holy Sprit-the redeemed
Of earth, and the sinless Of Heaven will there
dwell. There will be no more sorrow there.
None shall say, 6 am sick" No brow is
wrinklcd with age, or furrowed with painful
care. That home never becomes desolate and
voioolcss, by the ravages OF DEATH and those
who meet and mingle there part not again


There the smile OF the Lord,
is the feast of the SOUL


There will be no jarrlng or discord IN the
: vibrations of that heavenly society, but all
will be peace and JOY forever.


Nocloud those regions know,


| Realms ever bright and fair;


FOR sin, the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there"


How obvious, then, that if we would enjoy It's
bliss, our hearts must be purified In the blood
of the covenant. We must have a nature
fitted to love and enjoy God. We never can
20 to Heaven before Heaven comes to US
If this kingdom is not established IN our
hearts, we can never become its subjects or
f relish its enjoyments. 1t is worthy of lite
of toll to gain such rest, and it must be an
unspeokoh' fortune to fail OF gaining an
r aim.