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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10. 1894.
THE CHIEF
A. C, Hossikii, lMltor.
I.Aitor Tait, Ait I-ocftl Editor.
WEATIlKIl rOKISCAMTS
FuriiMicd Kxprcasly for The
Chief for Wcbatcr County
CopjrlRhtca ly W. T. l'ostcr.
St. Johkimi, Mo, Feb. 10. My
last bulletin gave forecasts of tbe
Blotm wavrn to moss the continent
from Fob. 2IM In L'7th and Hie next
will rcaoli tho Pacific coast about Feb
ruary 28th, cross tlio western moiin
tains by close of Maroli 1st, the great
central vallejs from 2d to 4tb, and
the eastorn states about tho fiili.
Tho wntin wave will oioss tlio west-
. I . M.l DO. I.
cm mountains nujui rcuruury -om,
tho great ccnlrnl vallejs about March
2d, and tlio eastern states about tho
4lli. The cool wave will cross the
western mountains abaut March !5d,
tho groit central valleys about the
f)th nnd the osatern states about the
7th. Thh cool wave will grow more
moro savcro as it progresses eastward.
A largo amount of rain is expected
m most parts of tho United States
during (he mouth of March, cnuing
xtansivo Hoods in places and fanners
ahould preparo for a cold, wet, back
ward spring.
WKATIIKIl INDICATIONH.
Those who strive to find a defect in
long rango weather forecasts in order
that they may play tho critic, aro not
pursuing a coursa that will benifit
themselves or tho public. Tho time
will probably never coino when weath
er forecasts will bo pcrfeol, but enough
of tho causes have been aiscovcrcd to
mako thoso forecasts of practical util
ity and prospects aro very bright for
more rapid progress than ever before.
Not many years ago it was bcliovod
that all weather changes wcro looul,
accidental, coming from every direc
tion and with no regular periods, be
ing tho principal changes, aro given
in these weather bulletins.
It is further known that the storm
waves move around tho earth in about
tifcntv -uino days and the limois prob
ably not ycry for away when wo can
point ou', in advance, tho path of each
storm wavo across our continent,
aorcBs the Atlantic, through Europe
and Asia, across tho Pacific, again
reaching our own western coast and
boginning atiow its oensolsss round in
its allotted time, but along another
path bacauso of the changed electrical
conditions brought on by tho chang
ing positions of sun, moon and plan
ets. Tho weather student who desires to
bo benefitted, rather than to criticise,
has learned that tho woather changes
come, with a few exceptions, within
ono day of tho dates given in these
bulletins, and millions of people iu
tho United Stales tako theso weather
bulletins as thotr guides.
But those who study tho weather
signs, always hung out in tho atmos
phere, will bo most benefitted. Spe
cific rules cannot bo given for all
ontcs, and thcroforo it is necessary to
understand basio principles in order
to sojuro tho groatest benefit. Many
people, through a lack of knowledge,
violate tho laws of our country. Spo
cifin laws cannot bo mudo for every
caic, but thoso who have learned the
underlying principles of government
have a suro guido by which to dotor
mino whether nn act is criminal. So
it is in Heterology, To know a few
of tho basic principles will greatly aid
in determining futuro weather events
toiuo of which cannot bo covered by
specific forcoasts,
Tho low barometers aro fed from
tho high barometers. Ono of these
focders is located north-cast of Win
nlpog and when alow fpproaohes from
the l'aotlio ocean, tho high in western
Canada increases iu forco and after
the low passes to tho eastward, a pirt
of the Canadian high breaks away
from its moor tigs and follows tho low,
usually passing into tho permanent
high over iho north Atlantic
Wli n the lnw is passing down the
eastern slopo of tho Uockv mountains
it indm-es an inoreaso of tho north
Atlaulio high ou iho Atl.mtio coast,
usuullt south of New York, and from
this often occur mild rains ono or two
das brforo tho regular storm wavo is
due. It is nverssiry for thoso living
i tlm inu' Ih-iii slates to this feature
t ii.ii t ii ' v Jin ineliid d in
' i. ' i .f I in m s ut ern nins
' '' vi ..i i In' ilu s jrivoii in
Cio il.t I loreiMfeis us moderating or
waiuter, or tho day before tho warm
wavo is due. Cureless renders will
sometimes mibundorstand the predic
tions for cooler and olearing days or
the days on which tho cool wavo is
due. Often tho heaviest rains and
snows fall as the cool wavo comes in
and it is a common remark that we
would hnvs cooler weather if it would
rain. The revcrso is Irue, for it is tho
chango from a high to a lowj or from
a low to a high, that causes rain and
tho chango in tho temperature is n re
tail, not of rainfall, hut of tho baro
metric changes. Thisohango is caucd
iiy n rnvorsal of tho electrical cur
rent!, iho latter going up in thu low
and coming down in tho high. Most
t.i'u falls on tho lino bcMTCon those
raverso currents.
Our warm winters and hot summcis
aro caused by tho lows crossing the
oontinont far (o tho north, and our
cold winters nnd cool summers by the
lows orocsing far to tho south. Usual
ly tho winters of Kuropo aro cold
when our winters aro warm, and ours
old when theirs nro warm. Tho im
mediate cause is that when tho low
cross our continent far to tho south
thoy cross Kuropo far lo the north,
which gives us tho co'd and Kuropo
tho warm winters, and when our lows
coss far to the north thoy, on reach
ing Kuropc, tako southern paths and
then wo havo tho warm and Kurope
tho oold winters.
Tho immediato cause of theso lows
running north on our continent nnd
south iu Europe, is an incrcaso in t lit
fnrao nnd dimensions of tho perpetual
high which covers the north PacifiV
ocean and, tt tho samo time, a decrease
in tho forco and dimensions of tin
north Atlantlic perpetual high. When
wo learn tho laws that govern the
ohanges in thoso two perpetual high
barometers, wo will have tho koy to
cold and waim winters.
I inn in pursuit of that koy and ex
pect soon to more completely possenf-
it. I liaVO no doubt Unit Uin mnnn
and planets constitulo tho cause, but
somo of the combinations havo no'
yot been found,
For dotcrminin- tho laws of cold
winters t am using tho weather record
of New Bedford, Massachusetts, which
has boon recorded three times a dn
since January 1, 1813, making aduilv
record for eighty. ono jcars.
Strength nnd Ilcullli.
If you are not feeling strong and healthy
try Eleotrlo Bitters. If "L Orlppo" has
left yon weak nnd woarv. turn Klnirln nil.
ters. This remedy acts directly on Liver,
cjtomaon nnd Kidneys, gently aidimrthoa
organs to preform their fonctlom. If
yon are nfilioted with Hick Hondaohe, yon
win una speedy and permanent rolief by
tnkinc Elootrlo Hitters. On. Mil will
couvlnoa yoa that this is tho remedy yon
neou. i-arge bottles only 60o., at C. L.
Cotting's Drugstore.
Auburn baa voted $20,000 bonds for
water works.
A child of Mrs. Wm. Kelsoy.of Wnverly
N. Y., hnd contracted n severe cold. Mr
Kelaey procured n bottte of Chamberlain'
Cough Remedy which aha gave as direct
ed, with the beat results. Win havs- r i,a.
Here it to be the best I have ever used."
i Hero la no dnugor in giving this remedy
to children aa it contains nothing injnr
loua. Then it can always be depended
upon for colds, croup and whooping cough,
which mnkea it a great fnvorito with
mothors for their children. For sato by
Deyo &, Orion.
Honderson, Nabraiaku., is to havo a
creamery.
,
Mrs. Emily Thorno, who rtsides as To
ledo, Wnnhiugton, taya she has never
beon able to procure any modioine for
rheumatism, that relieves tho pain so
quickly and etTeotually as Chamberlnlu's
I'nln Balm, nnd that alio hns also used it
for lnma baok with great success. For
tale by Deyo &. Urico.
Dnninl had timo to prny threo jinics n
tiny, but pome church members think
thoy nro doing woll if thoy nruv on n
weok.
Flail's Hair Henewer cures dandruff ami
eoalp nffaotlona; aUo nil oases of bnldnaea
w.iore tho glands whloh feed the roos of
tho hair are not clonal un.
At Cohoes, N. V., 4,000 people ure out
of work owing to tho idleness of a large
number of knitting mills.
Mr. G. Merrill, cf Blair, hns purchased
tho hnrdwaro stock of C. 1 Beck, tit
Lyons.
Dlokensmado himself immortal with
la "Pickwick" nnd "chops and tomato
.nuce." If he had lived in these dnya be
would have said Haller's Suae Cure Cough
Syrup inataad of ''chops," etc. For sale
by Deyo Jfc Orloe.
-Bniley
& Starch nre moving thoir Bol
grndo -dock of hardwaro toPullerton.
filf of peopln send 'Jo to the Haller
Prop. Co., Blair, Nebr., for a sample box
nf Auxtmlian Bnlve, nnd a box frequently
cures a onae of piles. For anle by Deyo
& Grice,
Folks who bono are sonorallv folkH
who help.
A VISION OF HEAVEN.
REV. Dfi". TALMAQE'S ELOQUENT 8Eft
MON AT THE TABERNACLE.
! Drcatm n MarTClotia Mroain (if Ilenvcn
nil Dmrrllien What Itn Saw Tlifirn Tlio
SnlDtiVlioAraflrct In Heaven Names
Mot In thn Directory.
Bhooki.y.v, Fob. i. In tho Brooklyn
Tabernnclo this forenoon the hymns, tho
Scripturo lefisoii nnd tlioprnyots, ns well
as tho sermon, wero about tho futuro
world moro tliun nbout this world.
Rev. Dr. Tnlmngo took for his subject
"A Vision of Henven," tho text being
Ezekiel i, 1, "Now it enmo to pass us
1 wus among tho captives by tho river
of Chubnr that tho heavens wero opened
nnd 1 saw visions of God."
Expatriated nnd in far exilo on tho
bnnks of tho river Chobnr, nn nilluciit
of tho Euphrates, sat Kzckiol, It was
there ho had unitnmortnl dream, nnd it'
is given to us in tho Holy Scriptures.
Ho dreamed of Tyro nnd Kgypt. Ho
dreamed of Christ nnd tho coming
heaven. This exilo scnted by Unit river
Chobnr had n moro wonderful dream
than you or I ovor hnvo hnd or over will
have scnted on tho banks of tho Hudson
or Alabama or Oregon or Thames or Ti
ber or Dntiubo.
But wo nil hnvo hnd mcinornblo
dreams, somo of them" when wo wcro
half naleep nnd hnlf nwnke, so thnt wo
did not know whether thoy wcro born
of shadow or sunlight, whether thoy
wore thoughts let looso nnd disarranged
us in slumber, or tho imagination of
faculties nwnke.
Such n dream I hnil this morning. It
wns nbout hnlf past C, nnd tho day was
breaking. It wns n ilrcum of God, n
dream of henven. Ezckicl had bis drcntu
on tho bnnkfl of thu Chobnr; I bad my
dream not far from Uio bnnks of tho
Hudson. Tho most of tho stories of
henven wcro written innny centuries
ngo, nnd they tell us how tho plnco
looked then, or bow it will look con
tuiies iiheiid. Would yon not liko to
know how it looks now? Thnt is wlmt
1 nin going to tell you. I was thcro this
morning. 1 havo just got back. How
1 got into that city of tho mui I know
not. Which of tlio li) giiteu I entered is
to mo uncurtain. But my first remem
brance of tlio sceuo is that I htood on
ono of tho main avenues, looking this
way nml thnt, lost iu ruptures, and tho
nir so full of music nnd mlolcuco nnd
laughter mid light that I knew not
which street to take, when an uiigol of
God nccosted mo nnd offered to show
mo tho objects of greatest interest, nnd
to conduct mo from street to street, and
from mansion to mansion, and from tem
ple to temple, nnd from wall to wall. 1
said to tho nngel, "How long hast thou
been in henven?" nnd thonnswor came,
"Thirty-two years according to tho
earthly cnlondur."
Tlioro was u secret nbout this nngel's
nnmo that wns not given me, but fioin
tho tenderness and sweetness mid nllcc
tion and interest taken in my walk
through heaven, nnd moro than till in
tho fact of 32 years' residence, tho num
ber of yenrs siiico sho ascended, I think
it wns my mother. Old ugottnd decrep
itude nnd tlio tired look wcro ull gone,
but 1 think it wns she. You see, I wus
only ou a visit to tho city and hud not
yot tnkon up residence, nnd I could
know only iu part.
THK CIIUIICII l.V UEAVK.V.
1 looked iu for a few moments nt tho
great temple. Our brilliant nnd lovely
Scotch essayist, Mr. Druinniond, says
there is no church in heaven, but bo did
not look for it on tho right street.
St. John wns right when in his Patmos
io vision, recorded in tho third chapter
of Involution, ho speaks of "tho temple
of my God." I saw it this morning, tho
Inrgcst church I over saw, as big us all
tho churches nml cathedrals of tho earth
put together, mid it was thronged. Oh,
what n multitude! I hud nover seen so
ninny peoplo together. All the nudiciicos
of nil tho churches of till tho earth put
together would mako a poor nttendanco
compared with that nssomblngc. Thero
wns n fashion iu nttiro and headdress
that immediately took my attention.
Tho fashion was whito. All in whito,
save ono. And tho headdress was a
garland of roso nml lily nnd mignon
ette, mingled with greeu leaves culled
from tho roynl gnrdens nnd bound to
gether With bauds of gold.
And I saw somo young men with a
ring on tho finger of tho. right hnnd mid
snid to my accompanying nngel, "Why
thoso rings on tho fingors of tho right
bunds?" nnd I wns told that thoso who
woro them wero prodigal sons nnd onco
fed awino in tho wilderness nnd lived
on husks, but thoy enmo homo, and tho
rojoicing father said, "Put u ring on
his hand." A
But I snid tlioro wns ono exception to
this fashion of whito porvading nil tho
auditorium nnd clear up through ull tho
galleries. It was tho nttiro of tho ono
who presided in that immonso tomplo
tho chiefest, tho mightiest, thu loveliest
person in ull tho plnco. His cheeks
seemed to bo flushed with infinite beau
ty, nml his lorohead was n morning sky,
nnd his lips wero eloquenco omnipotent.
But his nttiro wns of deop colors. They
suggested tho curnngo through which ho
hnd pnssed, nnd I said to my attending
nngel, "What is that crimson robo that
ho wears?" und I was told, "Thoy nro
dyed garments from Bozruli, " uml "Ho
trod tho wino press nlonc."
Soon nfter I entered this templo thoy
began to chant tho celestial litany. It
wns unllko unything I hnd over henrd
forsweotucss or power, nnd I hnvo henrd
tho most of tho gient orgnns and tho
most of tho great orutorios. I snid to
my accompanying nngel, "Who is thnt
stnnding yonder with tho hnrp?" und
tho miswcr was, "David!" And I snid,
".Who is that hounding that trumpet?"
ami the answer wns, "Gabiiel!" And I
snid, "Who is thnt nt tho organ?" mid
tho nnswer was, "Handel!" And the
music rolled on till it enmo to u doxol
ogy extolling Chi 1st himself, when nil
tho worehipcTS, lower down nml higher
uj, u thousand galleries of thorn, sud
denly dropped on their knees nnd chant
ed, "Worthy in tho Lamb thnt wr.a
slain. ' I'ndcr tho ovei powering har
mony 1 full back. I said: "li-.'t us go.
This is too much for mortal earn, i can
not lenr th" overwhelming symphony,"
But I noticed as I win about to turn
uway that on tho steps uf tho altar ij
f-oniethlng like thu lacliyruuil, or tout
bottle, jw 1 had seen it iu tho earthly
iiiitsciitus,thu hiciirynmls.or tear bottles,
into which tlio orientals used to weep
their giiefs nnd set them iiwuy us sacred.
But this laehyimnl, or tear bottle, in
stead of cm then ware, m thoso the ori
entals used, was lustrous nnd fiery with
ninny splendors, and it was towering
iind of great capacity. And I snid to my
nttcndiiig nngol, "What is that great
lachrymal, or tear bottle, standing on
tho utep of tho nltnr?" mid tho angel
said : " Why, don't you know? That fa
tho bottle to which David, tho psalmist,
referred in this flfty-aixth psalm when
ho said, 'Put thou my tears into thy
bottle.' It is full of tears from earth
tears of rcpentnnco, tears of boronvo
ment, tears of joy, tears of many con
turies." And thon I saw how sacred to
tho sympathetic God aro earthly sor
rows. As I was coming out of tho tomplo I
saw nil along tho pictured walls there
wero shelves, nnd goldon vials woro
being set up on nil thoso shelves. And
I snid: "Why tho setting up of thoso
vials nt this timo? They seom just now
to hnvo been filled," and tho attending
nngel said, "Tho week of prayer nil
around tho earth hns just closed, ntid
inoro supplications havo been mndo than
hnvo been mado for a long whllo, und
theso now vials, nowly set up, nro
what tho Blblo speaks of ns "golden
vinls lull of odors, which nro tho
prayers of saints." And I said to tho
nccoinpanylng nngol, "Can it bo possi
ble that tho prnyursof onrth nre worthy
of being kept iu such henvonly shnpe?"
"Why," snid tho ungol, "thoro is noth
ing Unit so moves heaven ns tho prnyors
of earth, und thoy nro set up in sight of
theso infinite multitudes, nnd, moro
than nil, iu tho sight of Christ, and ho
cannot forget them, nnd thoy aro boforo
him world without end."
THK (IIIE.VT CIlltlSTIAN BEHS.
Then wo enmo out, nnd ns tho tomplo
is nlwnys open and somo worship at ono
hour nnd others at other hours wo
passed down tho street ninid tho throngs
coming to und going from tho great tom
plo. And wo passed nlong through a
streot called Martyr place, nnd wo met
tlioro, or saw sitting nt tho windows,
the souls of thoso who on enrth went
tluough firo nnd blood nnd under sword
und rnck. Wo snw John Wyclif, whoso
ashes woro by decrco of tho coun
cil of Constance thrown into tho river,
und llogors, who bathed his hands in
tlio fire us though it had been wator,
mid Bishop Hooper mid McKnil and
Liitimer nnd Ridley and Polycarp,
whom tho flames refused to destroy as
thoy bent outward till a spear did the
work, and somo of tho Albigenses nnd
Huguenots nnd consecrated Quakors
who woro slain for their religion. Thoy
hnd ou them many scars, but their scars
wero illumined, mid thoy hnd on thoir
faces a look of espccinl triumph.
Thon wo passed nlong Song row, nnd
we mot somo of the old gospol singers.
"Thnt is Isaac Watts,' said my attend
ant. As wo camu up to him, ho askod
mo if tho churches on enrth wcro still
singing tho hymns bo composed at tho
houso of Lord and Lady Abney, to
whom ho paid a visit of 30 years, nnd 1
told him that many of tho churches
opened their Sabbath morning services
with bis old hymn, "Welcome, Swoet
Dny of Rest, "anil celebrated their gos
pel triumpho with his hymn, "Salva
tion, Oh, tho Joyful Song!" nnd often
roused their devotions by his hymn,
"Come. Wo That Lovo tho Lord."
While wo wcro talking ho introduced
mo to another of tho song writers and
said, "Tliis is Charles Wesley, who bo
longed ou, earth to a different church
from mine, but wo nto ull now mom
beis of the samo church, tho tomplo of
God and tho Lamb." And I told
Charles Wesley that almost every Sab
bath wo snug ouu of bis old hymns," Arm
of tho Lord, Awake!" or, "Como, Lot
Us Join Our Friends Abovo!" or, "Love
Divine, All Lovo Excelling." And
while wo wero talking on thnt street
called Song row Kirk Whito, tho con
sumptive college student, now overlast
iugly well, enmo up, nud wo talked over
his old Christmas hymn, "When Mar
shnled on tho Nightly Plain." And
William Cowper camo up, now entirely
recovered from his roligiousinolancholy
nnd not looking ns if ho hud ever in de
mentia attempted suicido, nnd wo talked
over tho wido earthly colobrity nnd
heavenly power of his old hymns,
"When I Can Rend My Titlo Clenr,"
nnd "Thcro Is u Fountain Filled With
Blood."
And there wo met George W. Bo
thtino of wondrous Brooklyn pastorate,
and I told him of how bis comforting
hymn had been sung nt obsequios all
around tho world "It Is Not Douth to
Dio." And Toplady camo up and naked
nbout whether tho church wns still mak
ing usoof his old hymn, "Rock of Ages,
Cleft For Me. " And wo mot nlso on Song
row Nuwton and Hnstings und Mont
gomery nnd Horatio Bonar, and wo
heard floating from window to window
snatches of tho old hymns which thoy
started on earth nnd stnrted novor to dio.
"But," say somo of my henrcrs, "did
you seo anything of our friouds in
heaven?" Oh, yes, I did. "Did you see
my children tlioro?" snys somo ono,
"und nro thoro nny marks of thoir last
sickness still upon them?" I did seo
them, but thero was no pallor, no cough,
no fever, no languor, nbout them. They
nro nil well and ruddy nnd songful mid
bounding with etcrmil mirth. They told
mo to give their lovo to you; thnt they
thought of you hour by hour, und thnt
when they could bo excused from tho
heavenly playgrounds they enmo down,
nnd hovered over you, mid kUsed your
cheek, mid lilted your drenm with their
glad faces, and tliat they would bo nt
tho goto to greet you when you nscondod
lo be with them forover,
"But," Bay other voices, "did yoa
MPoourgloiifltd friends?" Yes, 1 saw
tlinfn ritnl It' it. nw. ...nit !.. it... 1 1
I ...,...., ...... . j mu ,tl;ii in iuu lllllll
I across which nn pneumonias or palsies
or uropMcii or typhoids ever fvc-p. Thr
aroma blows over from orchards with
trees bearing li manner of fruits, und
gardens compared with which Clints
worth in a deiort. Tho clininto is n
mingling of nn earthly Juno und Octo
ber tho balm of tho ono nnd tho tonic
uf tho other. Tho social lifo iu thnt
realm where they nro is superb and per
fect. Nu controversies or jealousies or
hntes, but love, nnlveisnl love, ever
lasting love. And thoy told mo to tell
you not to weep for them, for their hap
piness knows no bound, mid it is only u
question of timo wlion you shall reign
with them iu tho samo pulnco and join
with them in tho sumo exploration of
plnnufs nnd tho sumo tour of worlds.
But yonder in this assembly is tin up
turned fncothut seems to nsk bow nbout
tho nges of thoso in heavon. "Do my
depnrtod children romnin children, or
hnvo they lost their childish vivacity?
Do my departed parents romnin nged,
or havo thoy lost tho venerable out of
their nature?" Well, from what I saw
I think childhood has advanced to full
maturity of faculty, retaining ull tho
reslllonco of childhood, and that tho
aged had rotreatcd to midllfo, freed
from all doendenco, but still retaining
tho charm of tho venerable. In other
words, it was fully dovolopcd nnd com
ploto lifo of all souls, whether young or
old.
CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Somo ono Bays, "Will you toll us
what most impressed yon in hoavon?" I
will. I was most impressed with tho re
versal of earthly conditions. I know, of
courao, that thoro would bo differences
of nttiro and residonco in henven, for
Pnul had declared long ago thnt souls
would thon dltTor "ns ono stnr differed
from another," ns Mars from Mercury,
ns Saturn from Jupiter. But nt every
stop in my drenm in hoavon I was nrnnzod
to seo thnt 6omo who wero expected to bo
high in henven wero low dawn, nnd
somo who wero expected to bo low down
wero high up. You thought, for in
stnnco, thnt thoso born of pious parent
age, mid of naturnlly good exposition,
and of brilliant faculties, und of all
styles of nttrnctivencsswill niovo in tho
highest range of celestial splendor nnd
pomp. No, no. I found tho highest
thrones, tho brightest coronets, tho rich
est mansions, wero occupied by thoso
who hnd reprobnto father or bnd mother,
nnd who inherited tho twisted nntures of
10 gonorutions of miscrennts, nnd who
hnd compressed iu thoir body nil do
praved appetites and all ovil pro
pensities, but they laid hold of God's
arm, thoy. cried for especial mercy, they
conquered suvon dovils within mid sev
enty devils without and wero washed in
tho blood of tlio Lnmb, und by so much
ob thoir contest wus tor rifle and awful
nnd prolix their victory was consum
mate and resplendent, nnd thoy havo
taken places immeasurably higher tbnu
thoso of good pnrentngo, who could hard
ly help being good, becauso they hnd 10
generations of proceding piety to nid
them. Tho steps by which mnny havo
mounted to'tho highest places lnhonven
woro mado out of tho cradles of a cor
rupt parentage. When I saw that, I
said to my attending nngol: "That is
fair; that is right. Tho harder tho
strugglo thu moro glorious tho rownrd."
Then I pointed to ono of tho most col
onunded nud grandly domed residences
in nil tho city and said, "Who lives
there?" and tho answer was, "Tho widow
who gave two mites." "And who lives
there?" and tho miswcr wns, "Tho pen!
tont thief to whom Christ said, 'This day
shalt thou bo with mo in paradise.'"
"Aud who lifts there?" I said, and tho
answer was, "Tho blind beggur who
prayed, 'Lord, thnt my eyes may bo
opened.' "
NAMES NOT IN THE DIRECTOIIY.
Somo of thoso professors of religion
who wero famous on enrth I asked about,
but no ono could tell mo unything con
cerning them. Their names woro not
oven in tlio city directory of tho Now
Jerusalem. Tho fact is that I suspected
somo of them had not got thcro at all.
Many who had ten talents were living
on tho buck streets of henven, while
many with one talent had residences
fronting on tho King's park, nnd' a back
lawn sloping to tho river clenr as crys
tal, and tho highest nobility of heaven
wcro guests at their tablo, nnd often tho
whito horse of him who "huth tho moon
under his feet" champed its bit at their
doorway. Infinito capsizo of enrthly
conditions! All social lifo in heaven
graded according to earthly struggle nnd
usefulness as proportioned to talents
given I
An I walkod through those streets I ap
preciated for tho first timo what Paul
snid to Timothy, "If wo suffer, wo shall
also reign with him." It surprised mo
beyond description thnt nil tho great of
heavon wero great sufferers. "Not ally"
Yes, nil. Moses, him of tho Rod sen, a
grcnt sufferer. David, him of Absalom's
unfiliul behavior, mid Ahithophers bo
trayal, und a nation's dethronement, a
grcut sufferer. Ezekiel, him of tho cap
tivity, who had tho dream on the banks
of tho Chebar, a great sufferer. Paul,
him of tlio diseased eyes, and tho Medi
terranean shipwreck, aud thu Mars Hill
dorision, and tho Mamertino enduugoon
ment, mid tho whipped back, nnd tho
headman's ux on tho road to Ostin, a
great sufforor.
Yea, ull tho npostlrs after lives of suf
fering died by violence, benton to death
with fuller's club, or dragged to death by
mobs, or from tho thrust of n sword, or
by uxposuro on a barren island, or by
decapitation. All tho high up in heaven
great sufferers, aud women moro thau
men, Felicitus nnd St. Cecelia and St.
Agues and St. Agutha mid St. Lucia ami
women nover beard of outsido their own
neighborhood, queens of tho needlo, and
the broom, and tho scrubbing brush, and
tho washtub, nnd the dairy, rownrdod ac
cording to how well thoyNdid their work,
whether to set a tea tablo or govern u
nation, whether ompross or milkmaid,
I could not got over it, as in my
ilroim I saw all this, and that somo of
tho most unknown of earth wero tho
most famous iu heaven and that many
Who seemed tho greatest failures of
BBem
Mrth Were tlin rri?itoaK tmnniuicna
hOUVCn. A id n4 Wn 1.1k-lii1 nlntu rmn nt
the grandest boulevards of heaven thero
approached us a group of persons so
radiant in countenance nnd apparel I hud
to shudo my eyes with b lb Imndi lo
calise I could not endure tiio lupter, nnd
I said, "Angel, dotell mo who theyure?''
nnd tho nnswer win, "Theso nro thoy
who camo out of great tribulation and
sad their rohea washed nml mado whito
In tho blood of the Lamb!"
i:g.iui,w,t.i at last. '
My walk tliio'i.Ui tho city explained n
thousand thing'. ,:i enrth that had been
to me incxplicaljr. When 1 saw up there
tho Btiticrior delight nud tho superior
henven of many who hnd on earth had
it hard with cancers nnd bankruptcies
and pon-ooutions and trials of nil sorts,
I said, "God bus equalized it nil at last;
excess of enchantment in henven hns
moro than mado up for the deficits ou
earth."
"But," snid I to my nngelio escort, "I
must go now. It is Sabbath morning on
earth, nnd I must preach today and bo
in my pulpit by half past 10 o'clock.
Goodby," I said to tho attondiug nngol.
"Thanks for what you have shown me.
I know I havo seon only iu part, but I
hopo to roturn again, through the aton
ing mercy of our Lord Jeaus Christ.
uoouoy,"
Thon I pnssed on nmld chariots of sal
vation, and along by conquerors' thrones,
and iimid pillared majesties, und by win
dows of ngato, and uuderurches that had
boon hoisted for returned victors. And
.as I camo toward tho walls with tho
gates, tho walls flashed upon mo with
emeralds nnd sapphires and chrysoprascs
and amethysts, until I trembled under
tho glory, nnd then I henrd a bolt shovo,
and a latch lift, nnd a gnto swing, nnd
they were nil of pearl, nnd I passed out
loaded with raptures, and down by
worlds lower nnd lower, and lower still,
until I camo within sight of tho city of
my onrthly residonco, and until through
tho window of my onrthly homo tho sun
poured so strong upon my pillow that
my oyolids felt it, and in bowildorment
ns to wlioro I was und what I had seen I
awoke.
Reflect ion the Fi rst Tho superiority of
our heaven to all other heavens. Tho
Scandinavian heaven: Tho departed aro
in everlasting battle, except as restored
af tor being cut to pieces; thoy drink wino
out of tho skulls of their enemies. The
Moslem heaven ns described by the Kc
rnn: "Thero shall bo houriswlth large
black eyes likes pearls hidden in their
shells." Tho Slav's heaven: Afterdeath
tho soul hovors six weeks about tho body,
and then climbs nsteop mountain, on the
top of which is parndiso. Tho Tasma
nian's hoavon: A spear is placed by the
dead, that they may havo something to
fight with, nnd after nwhilo they go into
a long clmso for game of all sorts. The
Tnhitiun's heaven: Thodoparted are eat
en up of tho gods. Tho native African
heaven: A laud of shadows, and in speak
ing of the departod thoy say all is done
forover. The American nlinrlcitin'aVionw.
en: Happy hunting grounds, to which
Uio soul goes on n bridgo of snako. The
pnuosopnero neavon; AuiUo out of, .
thick fog or nn infinito don'tnofwrt
But hearken, and behold our heavon,
Which. thotlL'll mostlv doHrriWI liv flrr.
ures of speech in tho Biblo and by para-,
bio of a dream in this discourse, has for
its chief characteristics separation from
all that is vile; ubsenco from all that con
discomfort; presenco of ull that can grutu
lato. No mountains to climb; no chnsuxa
to bridgo; no night to illumino; no tears
to wipe. Scandinavian heaven, Slav's
henven, Tasmnniuu heaven, Tahitian
heaven, African heaven, aborigines
heaven, scattered into tainoneas nnd dis
gust by a gllmpso of St. John'a hoaven,
of Paul's hoaven, of Christ's heaven, of
your heaven, of my henven!
THE SILVEIt 01' TEARS.
Reflection tho Second You had hotter
tako patiently nnd cheerfully all pangs,
affronts, hardships, persecutions and tri
als of eurth, sinco, if rightly boruo, thoy
insuro heavenly payments of ecstasy.
Every twingo of physical distress, every
lio told about you, every earthly subtrao
tion, if meekly bomo, will bo hoavenly
nddition. If you want to amount to any
thing in heaven and to inovo in its best
society, you must bo "perfected through
suffering." Tho only earthly currency
worth unything at tho gato of heaven is
tho silver of tears. At tho top of nil
heavon sits tho greatest sufferer, Christ
of tho Bethlehem caravansary and of
Pilato's oyer and torminer, nnd of tho
Lttivarenn assassination.
Wlmt he enduroJ, oh, who can toll,
To bnveour touts from death and holl?
Oh, yo of tho broken heart, and tho dis
appointed ambition, nnd tlio shatterod
fortuuo, nnd tlio blighted life, tako com
fort from what I saw in my Sabbath
morning dream!
Reflection tho Third nnd Last How
desirable that wo ull get there! Start this
moment with prayer and penitence nnd
faith in Christ, who camo from heaven
to earth to tako us from earth to heaven.
Last summer, a year ago, I preached
ono Sabbatli afternoon in Hydo Park,
London, ton great multitude that no man
could number. Bui I beard nothing
from it until a fow weeks ago, when
Rev. Mr. Cook, who for 22 years has pro
sided over that Hyde Park outdoor moot
ing, told mo that last winter, going
tluough a hospital in London, ho saw a
dying man whoso fuco brightened ns ho
told him that his heart was changed that
afternoon under my sermon in Hydo
Park, and all was bright now at his de
parture from earth to heaven.
Why may not tho Lord bless this as
well as that? Heaven ns I dreamed abont
it, and as I read nbout it, is so benlgti a
renlm yon cannot any of you afford to
miss it. Oh, will it not be trunscendent
ly glorious nfter tho struggle of this lifo
is over to stand in thnt eternal safoty?
Samuel Rutherford, though they vicious
ly burned bis books and unjustly arrest
ed him for treason, wroto of that celc-.
tlal spectacle:
Thu King thoro In lib beauty.
Without n veil, Ui-en:
U w ero a well Bietit Journoy,
riiauyli town ik-uths lay between.
Tlio Jjunb wi(h his fair army
I'cth on Mount .Inimtanil,'
And Klory, dory dnellcth
lu Imiutnud' land.
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