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Wehadalovelychild,whomwetenderlynur8ed and oared for, when He who gave him to us took him to Himsell In our weaiy watehings our hearts were wrung with sorrow as we saw him fade away. The pale messenger warned us of his approach, hut he came, as he always doest sooner than we expected. We felt his presence as he kft his image on the little fkce, •nd the dosed eye-Uds and quivering limbs told us that the sjurit had fled. We could scarcely realise that the sleep in which he had fiUlen was the sleep of death. Bending over him, we kissed his stiU warn foreb-aii. and toyed with his sUken hair, as we wert Walks m PAHAmsfi. WW* to do when he laid hia weary head to re ya our breast, like the nestling under the wing c theaotheivbird. We wooed him to speak to Jbi COM mor^ but his lips parted not, and the grav fcet «ame stealing over us again that he was deac We turned aside to weep, and said bitter thing of Him who had taken one of the lambs from ou flock. The evening shadows gathered, and word. WW6 spoken ir whispers. The joyous laugh ol Children in the .;.^t made our loss feel keener Unseen, we stole into the room where the body of oui child lay shrouded for the grave, and kneeling by the Httle cot we voiced the anguish of our soul, unheard ■•▼e by the angel-watchers in the room, then laid down our weary heads to rest The holy visions of that night we never can forget. We dreamed we w«re sitting on the banks of a river in the loneliness of night, when suddenly a gleam of light shone across the water, and a child-like form, with folded wings CQd dad in white, across the river came. We recog- niied the loved one as our dear beautiful boy -Mamma," said he, -I've come to wreathe your faded cheeks once more with smiles." We clasped him in oar armband pressed his Ups to oois; while down our dwck. the teM» were fidling fart. He took us by the *B PART, BUT MOT FOREVER. fc»i «d w. t^th„ th. rir„ c««ed; the silvery '«»»«« f«t«««ly ever t«,«hed.„d we heard th". . W. p««l through grove, of olive^ pUm, .„d fl„,,„ toi^^Ie.. «.brorf.I bower., in which wereglittcriog fcn^'-^^ »» golden h.rp^ then long the .hore. ot ^^ Uke., reflecting in their c^tal depth, the ^Ih 7'i*' Eve-ywheretheUmdhl^hed wth ««h,„t,ng beauty. Tie m.n.ion. wer« of dia- »»d «.d «^ethy,t,- the bank, of the .tream, ro^. crowed, and breathed the .weeteet odon,^ The people we met w,« fairer ««. the «n, «,d danghtej ^> fang. We „w group, of Uttle chUdr^n ZZ the evergreen, and flower.; in thdr hand, were hari H-be, we« hke those of gcamer. and white « drivj What « th« beautiful land you have bought u. tT » lovely and so bright?- -ft i, ParadL. de«' -»»u.-theinherit«.ce of the saint,. Donotgnt^ ^for »,!.„.„ happy here." •■ No, no. „y1h i" 2^1 no., we cannot sor«,w mor. ; your home i. inij. mtely more lovely than the one you had befc-e But wh«.y„„ left „, „„ h,„^, ^^^ ^^^ ^ • -t /■ I WALKS IN PARADISB. •nd we wept Mid dghed, but could not find wlirf" a wort, to him, "When you deck my g«ve with aowew, mwim^ let drop no loving te«. but think of »*Myourangel.boy,« you h»ye ««n me he«». «id wh«you come to the river brink, msy-be 111 be the ■-wnger to lead you safely here.- He thnw hi. «n.«wund our neck, and ku»ed a loved adieu, and the rapture of that moment we feel even now. No more we murmur at our lot. but are waiting for the «U^ that shall Uke us to our darling boy. in hi. be«.. ufoi* oappy hornet ith of nd ha di Id ro M I- .'!iu: •* tt» jood, l«d. witing fo, ,h, efc^^ ^ ,,^ Dr. F.y»)n, when dying, ..id : - Wh«, I r«d B«nW, d-enpton of th. M^rf of B«Mb; I ««d to do.b» r^" there w» ,„eh . p|«,, but my „„. ,_^ ««o» hM oonvinwd m. of it, nd it tnaaorndtVu ■y pwnon. ooncq)tioia. I oumot find wort, to «l»-»»7l»ppi««.- A f.w d.„ boto, h. dlrf »• wrot. . louer to hi. bdoy«l a.t.>, in whWi h. -Mt BM, 8i8i».._B I »«. to n«, th. ago»«„ *«.«.. -knd of Boalah.- b, h«. it i, UgM by d.y «d 1^ Bi^t My dn. .« .U gone. I l^m to j J «tt»«-%ht of Deity. The river of d-th. whid. "«Md «o wide, u n«n>wed to . rill, that I can rten -"-.t.^gleetride. For m. to Uv. i. Christ, but toditisgaiii. "Toonin Jesna^ - •BtowAiD Patwht* TBI AVBrUI-TO THE KING'S GARDEN. 10 TIm B«t. Dr. Winttr HMnilton. m h« flood bj the tide of hk dying fritnd Ehy, Mid: "Hera Um mj fritnd, he hMi«iii to depart Death it upon him— the change is well-nigh oome. How little intervenes between his present hnmiliation and hi» awaiting glories. I tremble to think what, in an instant^ he must be. How nnlike all he was, how extreme all he is. I bend over thee and mark thy wasted, pallid form I look np, and there is above me an angel's form. I stoop to thee, and eateh thy gasping whisper. I listen, and there floats around me a seraph's song. I take thy hand, tremuloos and cold, it is waving to me from yonder skies. I wipe thy brow, damp and furrowed, it is enwreathed with the garland of victory. I slake thy lip, bloodless and parched; it is drinking at the living foontotn— the overflowing tprii^ of heaven." All God's people have not tha aaao ttwtatio feelings and divine manifestations as Payson in their dying moments. The nnntterable blim of sodi an hour can only be enjoyed by those who live a life of holiness. What more fitting emblems of the dying Ciiristian is there than a sunset on a beautiful summer's eve f The heavens cloudless, everything hushed, and the hill-tops tipped with amber and gold. But infi- nitely more sublime is the departure of a Christian happy in (Sod—'' Diving in brighter day to rise." The 10 WALKS IN PARADI8I. •O city of - Mmj MaiuioiM " b full in W«w-« dij wboM Htreeto we pavwl with gold, and palMe walls blwhing with JMpwr, and aU ablMe with the httw of • thoiMWid preeioiie •Ioiim. Thronee tower Moand, on whieh Me aeeted kings and priests end elden waving palms and wearing arowns of light High choirs of angels, whoie white wings are flashing in the gleams of Deity, are poaring ont soch songs of harmony and sweetness as ear hath never heted. The uprising spirit, enraptarad with the lights and wishing for swifter pinions, eriea: wiafi, I Boeal, I ^, , Isthj^ Hoiyf Oh, what raptors thrills the sod as it sweeps thioagjh the shining port^ 1 How delightful will be onr first walk in Fkmdiael What scenes of beauty will rise before usi flowen bright as stars, and tremulous as a tear. FmitSk rieh and gushing, cluster in a thousand groves; lakea sparkle in the radiance, and fountains of living waten fling up into the balmy air myriads of glittering drope ; and yet with all this brightness and cloudless noon, " the sun doth not light on them nor any heat^ they need no candle, neither light of the sun." No and yet 8uch dazzling glory ! No, what orb has THE AVENUB TO THE KING'S GARDBI. ' If tfnng into tU tky iluU ooold diflbM foeh lighlf Bringt. robed in white, m they put, lalnte the mwij" Arrived eaint with uniiee of weloome; Md lenphe^ ■• they glide by on glittering wings, pdnl io higbw thronee of bliss. What n hftllowed moment thftt will be when wt Me the King in His beauty, and inherit the land that now appears afar off Christian, ponder over ibsM giMid raaUties, and tell the dnU earth that it it onworfthj of thy love. Let night cover the gemmed vanMas between thee and the Moant of Qod. Though thy life be as a vapour whic. appeareth for a little while, thy inner life is hid with Christ in Qod. Thoa shalt be enabled to rejoioe in the very presenoe of the king of terrore. Thon hast a eharm against his terron, and an antidote against bis sting. Then hast a lamp that •hall light np the valley of death, and drivo baek the •hadows, and shall shine on the plumes of the hearse which carries thy body to the tomb. When thou passeet through the river, the ark of the covenant •hall go before thee and divide the waves, and enable thee to pass through. Thon shalt be welcomed to a •tate of felieity, such as mortal eye has never seen, feel a fulneae of joy the heart of man cannot conceive, and receive a blessing ae lasting as it is complete^ Thou shak be free from tin, and deiivered from suf- 16 WALKS DT FARADISM. fering. No more toMed with tMnpert, iMWMed wHk fear, vexed with oare. ehained by infirmitiea^ i^^^-ni^ with inward wounds, and shwiowad with gaflt Hmm is a rich fruition in store for thee. It k Hhnamd with kindred spirits. It is not a vision that ahdl vanish, but is vivified with ijlorions realities. Thoa mayest be saying to thyself, such happiness ean never be mine. Why shouldst thou doubt when thv Lord has promised thee, if faithful unto death, a «Jwn of Iwe ? " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." "The pure in heart shaU see Ood." Not as we aea Him here, but in the full manifestations of His divine Klory. Let Paul's motto be yours. " This one thinir I do. foi^etting the* things which are behindfimd reaching forth unto those things which are before, I pr^ toward the mark for the prise of the high caUin^ ot God in Christ Jesus." Before his faith-Ht eye ^ flaahm^ hfe'. far goal, heaven's unfading crown of njjhteousness. and. like the Grecian athlete, night and day. might and main, body and soul, he strove and struggled onward and upward. And the end of his efforts, and the aim of all his strugglings. was progress in hohness. progress towards heaven. As he n«.ao run ye. PARADISE A REALITY. the Paradise of the pg^i ^^ " Ont and .w^, ■omewh.w. it wffl b. fouiii. ^ Owta.! Throng the PU.O. of the Ent Wh« God HuMdf Hi. aw» i. wloonZr And wJittB-wbed uint. ol^aDy ^ ,,,,,,,^ Wlww .U odertW ocrtMia, .bouiid. The Wi« of bloom, benerth the doudla. dri«. like love, unfold, to love', bewildered em Aad love', ^ft m^ melt, in deUdoo. .ound. When d»dl I ««ch th.t high «id holy duu. f My fiiend. go up in ohariot. of light, While I murt WMt for dl their hli» wblim* Hudi I Taught of God, I ri« to new delight . And, e. the kke reflect, the dde. .bov^ l^nd heeven abide., .'«» he«. in the pure h«»t of love. - Whence comes this love for the lui-en, thi. Joogiag WALKS IN PARADISE. after invisible things ; this fondness for something be- yond the barriers of oar present existence, if there is nothing bat annihilation diere? Why this casting forward the oneztingnishable thoaght into the Un- known, if being is not there ? Why these aiipirations, which are in the bosom of erery man, aftor a more ethereal and perfect natare? Why does imagination so often kindle i^ tires in the world beyond, if we are not allied to something infinitely greater than anything on earth ? Why these pantings after some lasting good, if we haTc no bond which anites as to the Holiest? Why these golden glimpses of a land garlanded with celestial flowers, which fling their odours on every breeze— the flowers of love and rest^ fall of divine ureathing and full of divine expression f Why these shadowings of the lovely and the true, the dawn streaking so often the horizon of man's sool and illuminating its mysterious abysses with glory, if we are not the sons of the universal Kin- and oni- rersal Lord? Does divine revelation give us any reason for iho hope that is within us of a future state of happiness f Baal says: " Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." "By faith Enoeh was translated that he should not sec death, and PAKADISI A RBAUTY. 11 waa not, for God took him." -Abraham, with laaao and Jacob, co heirs with him of the same promise, while on e^rth looked for a city whose builder and maker is God. All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but behold* ig them afar off, and were persuUed of them and embraced them, and con- fessed that they were pilgrims and strangers on earth. For they that say these things declare that they seek acountry. And tmly if they had been mindful of that whence they oame ont they might have had opportunity to hare returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, a hMuenly, therefore God is not ashamed to be oaUed their God, for He hath pre- pared for them a city." " The Hebrews regarded life as a journey, a pilgrim- age on the earth. The traveUer, as they supposed, when he arrived at the end of his journey, which happened when he died, was received into the com- pany of his ancestor, who had gone before him. Opinions of this kind aro the origin and ground of such phrases as ' to be gathered unto one's people.' ' to go to one's fathers.'"— John's Arehaology. Can we for a moment believe that the " great cloud of witnesses" who devoted and sacrificed their lives for the good of others, prompted by the hope of their I! ) WALKS nr PARADISE. *««**iHty. Uve been following only the light of m •Wm-o'-tha-wiap,- which «haU go oat in altar tnd •iwn^l dMknew in the grave? Nol On the eontiMttj, a^tm witnesses, whose shining nusks stretch bMk to (klmy and beyond it, shaU have their eneeding gw^ wward beyond the grava When on the Moon* of Transfiguration Christ allowed some of ffis hidden glory to shine forth, as the hUl-top on which He appeared was suddenly changed into Heaven. Pbter. in the name of W two companions, conld only ^xdaim in the excess of his rapture: - Lord, it is good for us to be here." And he would fain have pitched his tent •nd abided amid the splendours and spiritual delists of this New Presence. It was a foretaste of Heaven ■0 to be with Christ But, oh. the dilTerenoe between the glory and delight of Tabor, and the clear vision •nd bliss of Paradise. Had not Moses and Elyah. who appeared to the three disciples on this occasion, no place of abode ? The very presence of these two glori- fied saJr^s bear testimony that in some part of the nni verse there is a place where the departed saints dweU, which is called Paradise or Heaven. If there be ao Bueh place, the language of the Bible has no mean. ing. The words that indicate motion to and >om this plM^ADd residence in it are eomtanUy usmI in the in FARADI^ A REALITY. 28 Word of Ood, and that too, with reference to God, to Ohritt, to the holy angels, and also the redeemed who go from this world to Heaven. It is said that God dwelli in Hearen, that Christ came down from Heaven, that He aseandMl np into Heavea To the thief ou th« orassH* said: ''To-dajthoa shalt be with me in Para- dise' The dosiog tw^pten of the Revelationby St. John an genarally regarded as containing about all wa know of Brnmn tm a plaea John was invited by ooa of tha aqgtla !• mdm and look upon the Bride, the Lamb's wifa "And U earried me away," says tlje Apostle, "in tha spirit, to a great and high moantain and showed ma thai gnat diy, the holy Jemsaleiu." the metropolis of Earadissk Then follows a description of its arehiteetorcand the design unquestionably is, hj appeals to aU tha* Ood has implanted within as of the appreciation and leva of form, colour, order and architecture, to asta^Jish the most perfect con- viction of the reality of Heaven. The recital of dimensions uid specifications of materials, and of their orderly arrangement, all contribute to this. The foundations of the wall of the city garnished with all manner of precious stones, such as jasper, sapphire, e^ierald, topas and amethyst; and the twelve gates, every several gate of one pearl, are suited WAUB m PAKADlse. ^ to fflostraie th, inexUoatible riche. of th, *Mt Artifloer. and to portfy the honour to whiab «• tMiit. «re to be raised, when they ehall fill «d •tao e^itnte the place for which they are derigued. TM. yon will, perhaps, say. ia taking gwat libarty wMi the term place. Indeed it is; but I would ha4 J««Jfco consider that I am not the author of this a^^ T^"'r" "' ^'"P'' "^'"^ for th, Lc-d Ood Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of i»^ a diwotaees of access and a completeness of feUowdiip h Mnd. Therein an exceeding beauty Mrfitti,^,- tU. assurance. I„ the ever-open gates i. a hmMd wpwsentetion of the secu.ifcy of the place and of ito parity Christ brought Heaven, in ite elemente. down to m^ ; and being taught of Him. we have no need that the furniture of Heaven should be uncovered to «. Invited to dine with the King, it is not neoee^try to our happiness to possess, in advance, a picture of BOB palaee; nor do we need to know either its arohi^ec- ^J'J*' *^"*^''"- ^"^''^"g^he wealth and teste oltoeKuig, we are sure of kingly appointmente; and «^ our King, we know that His house i. worthy •fHi* CWtivate your teste to the utmost, and b. ""^ jTM wiU not be diaappointod. No PAKAOISE A REAUTY. u I will wvolt yon, no detected defioienej will ptin jwi The «ix days of creation inaugurated a I gnad pnieeanon of the elements of heavenly beanty. ' ^PPlyto these aU ideas of beauty and of magnificence iiBM bertowed on US. Picture to yourself the glory of «ha tttnple of Solomon. The blaze and beanty which twke upon the astonished gaae of the Queen of Sheba. h«Mdf abounding in magnificence, so oyerpowerwl her that there was no strength left in her. Having "•IwdaU this, as fnlly as may be done, and having •dded to it all the pomp and goigeouaness which your own sight or reading may have snppUed. i«member Aat the sum total of seeing, reading and imagining, is hot a feeble emblem of Ood'a reMuoM, and ol what may properly be anticipated of Heaven. Be comforted, troubled hearta-light lk>m above breaks gradually and sweetly on your darknew. See you not that all faith and hope of the world before CJhrist pointed to heaven, to the true Holy of Holies to the house of God unbuilt by man, and over which CJhrist our Lord is King ? Into that home the blood of Christ has opened to us a "new and living way," on which you may travel, and at the terminus of which you shall find, if faithful, the Paradise of God. Death wiU put us in conn.,ction with it. When the doors of WALKS IN PARADKIB: WHERE IS PARADISE? IK wktt purtimiUur part of th« universe Heaven ie iiiaated has not been revealed. It is represented M being above, whieh refers more to its greatness •odgimndeor than to its position, for by the rotation of the earth the heavens that are above us now, in twelve hoars are beneath vm. Ohristian philosophers in every •ga have tried to ascertain its identical location, bat faikd. Their qnnions are strangely diveraifled. Some ^ have located it on the earth, but this cannot be the Holy Place ol which the Bible speaks. God visits the ••rth hot does not reside here, except as an omni- piwent Being. This is not the abode of the angels, •nd glorified saints, but of probationers for eternity. Some writers belie « that after the resurrection the new earth will be the saints' everlasting abode. If this be so, Heaven where now dwell the angels and "just men made perfect" will be uninhabited, other- wise there will be two heavens, unless the Heaven that now is be united > nth the earth. There is no I f WALKS IN PARADISE. ol Athens wu burned by the Perrfmn. «. ^ ♦•Trifle, bat who «» h7 si ;! "*• "*"*•• ~ «. "US wno can deteribe the ton M fk. ^i •nnihilti^ in either thTmr ■ ""• *'"« " «p.rl.t.„I, „„„ b«„«,„, STw J: 7^'r"'" "«»» d-el. th.«ia ft .ZZ.^ ^«1 With .i„ „ .„,«„ ,.,^ ^ J_^ ^ b. .t « ttought th.t it will b, th. hZ„ of Xfat!: But th, pl«e where Jehovah h„ bow ffi. I^ »overh«ti««h.biUt,.n. So«.e di^-t ^^.t '^ •■»«» » located in «„, di.t.„ri^trt "d were koown to th. aneieo^, othe» J^o^Z by tel..oop,o «d Oar ,„.„et i. the ™.,y .^J^J^ WHIRI IS TARADlSEf •• w« know. tl»» h«, woelred its name from the Ore- •*or. The «m ie the eentre of what is known m the ■oIm •Tstem. Md though immeasarable to the finite mind, it fonns but • snuOl part of the nnirerse. Itis Mid the ran is one million four hundred thousud ««MS lMg« thMi the ewth. From this we may form ■one Mootptioii of the immensity of the solar ^.tem. laHMTwiBuypwtof it? If the heavens are to pMi ftway, how oan the abode of the sainU be located l»«wf We are inelined to think that it is in some more distant part of Jehon s domain. We may form some idea oi the magnitude of the uni- vwse by eooaidering the time that it takes light, which travels at the rate of one hundred and ninety thousand miles a second, to come to the earth. IVom the moon It comes to us in one and a quarter seconda-the sun in eight minutsa-Jupiter in flfty-two min-itea-Uranus in two hours-a star of the first magnitude three to twelve year»-« star of the fifth magnitude sixty years —a star of the twelfth magnitude four thousand yeara The light which left this star when the Iraelites de- parted from Egypt has not yet reached our earth. Some of the stars are so distant that it would take a ray of light travelling at the rate of tivelve million milea a minute, thirty aiillion yeai^ to reac. the earth. WAun or PAJUDisi. ^•«homkloftlMD.ity.» ;jy^^ ^^'^ •" '"'^•Wt^J or not |.a «,b. ject of nraoh nMaktiaii ami ^«* ""^ ww m» tub- iah»biUnto of thio world la it toomnA iT^ te«W b^o^i a., .unj h^ven.. „d b. uTLl! «n^ «oand which tte „«a.b.rle« «, "^ world, revolve, «. ifijton aaye : "Th«. thvfa k,.^ ,j^ *• it«.T«ta. WHERE 18 PARADISE? "^* -P Into A»dH- •. a th. -ttirt h«»«, •• — 1«»4 lihiMto molve nnut be OoaWc or u,oi„ M WALKS IN PARADISE. Ill that distance from ua It may be somewhere in this locality Heaven is located. The assertion cannot be proved, but there is mach probability in its favor. Here, then, maybe an order of intelligences beside the great and infinite Creator, so gifted as to be able to behold the immensity of God's creative power and wisdonv— worlds blazing in splendor, varying in swift- ness, dimensions an4 locality. Such a sight would be a source of overwhelming joy to the greatest mind and would augment the pleasure of the heavenly hosts. I cannot find any that come nearer to the sacred oracle's idea with regard to the position of Heaven than the one last mentioned. Heaven is unquestionably the place where light originated. That light existed prior to the creation of the sun is dearly shown from the fact, that on the first day God said. " Let there be light, and there was light," and the sun was not created till the fourth day. Light is the most beautiful and astonishing of all material productions. It is the great medium by which God's works are discovered, learned and understood, so far as they can be known. Qod is the ' Father of lights," and Heaven being His immediate dwelling-place, it is illuminated by His presence, which is Uiifased through every part of His boundlesi do- minion. In support of this idea that WHERB IS PARADISB? gTMit eentre of lights we nfer to Jehovah'i interview with Job. In eniimenitiiig His mi^ty worics to Hia •ervwutk to show him his ignonmoe, He asks, unong other qnestions : " Where is the waj where light dwelleth ? " This question is nnanswerabie. It does not dwell in the son, mo(m and stars— theTjsre only the medium through whieh light comes from the great unbounded fountain of light Darkness results from the absence of light, and as Qod is the light of Hes;ven, there can be no darkness there. John says: " The dty had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; and the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor unto it And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day, and there shall be no night there." "God is light «id in Him is no darkness at all.* "He only hath immortality, dwelling in light which no man can approach unto." The angels are beings of light When the angel visited Peter in prison, the cell was lit up with his presence. The redeemed in Heaven are called "saints of light" Hjaven is one infinite day, — an eternal noon thf^t knows no darkness. Though we cannot point oat rcM WALKS IN PARAinSB. wit* Wftct latitude or longitude, be Msured IliiU it w located in the most exalted and unohangeabb pwt of the universe. When we speak of Heaven It ir natural for us to look or point upward-a faet which may be illustrated by the following touching incident: Two little Itelians accompanied a man with a harp out of a certain city. He pUyed and they sang at every door. Their voices were sweet, and their words in an unknown tongue. Not knowing bow to make thebiselvee understood these chUdran when they had finished singing, shyly held oat thei^ little hands to receive what might be given to then and to take it to the dark man outside the gate, who' stood waiting to receive it. One day the hilrpiat went to sleep, and the little boy and girl being tind of waiting for him to awake, went to a ooitaga under the hUl and began to sing under the window. They sang sweetly as the voices of birds. PrewnUy the blinds were opened, and they saw by the win- dow.* fair My on a sick bed looking at them. Her •r» rf« pointed thither, as much as asking, "Do you know the good God ?" Thither we who are OhriatiMia look often through our tears to that blessed home to whieh our k>ved ones are gone, and to which we hope to aMMd. Theinfidel may smile at our so-eaUed fauatidam, and looff at our faith in the things which are unseen, but w* shaU cling to the blessed hope that beyond the shadows of the vaUey there is a home of happiness and joy—"* hodse not made with hands, eternal in the heaveBA* We will eonolnde this section by the insertion of • beautiful poem entitled the "Better Land." by Mr- Hemaofc It dcMsribas the yearnings of a lovely child who evidently denwd to leani more of Heaven when her twarote •nd h« hcMt itwned to bft Si Walks in paradisb. ** I haw thee tpMk of • batter land. Thou oOleat ito ohildmi m h»ppj band ; Mother, oh! where ia that ladiant dMia f Shall we not Mek it and weep no morat la it where the flower of the onmge Uowii Or fire-fliea glance through the myrtle boii|^ t** "Not there, not there, myehild." " la it where the featheiy palm-treea riaa, And the date growa ripe under annny ■Vj f^ Or midat the green kdauda of jittering aaaa, Where fiagraijt foreata peifame the bnaaa, And atrange bright birda on their atany wia^ Bear the ridi hoaa of aU i^orioua thia«a t * "Not there, not tiian, my ohild.'' "la it fitf away in aoma legioB old Where tha riTan wander o'er aanda of goU, Where the bomiag raya of the ruby Ai^ ^ And the diamond lighti up the leont mi»»t. And the peari i^eama forth htm theooral atraad la it there, aweet mother, that better knd ?" "Not thara, not there, my ohiU." "F/a hath not aeen it, my gantle boy, lar hath not heard ita deepaoogi of jo7, Draama oannot piotora a world ao &ir, Tot aorrow and death do not rater then, Time doth not breathe ple -««{ u^Un." on the banke of whieh the redeemed Aall walk. There i. al«, the Bl^er rf Life, on either eide of which stand treee of perpetnal v^erdura How broad and expandve i. thi. riiT There is mu«c in ite gentle flow. How di»wnft to* the rivers of earth, as to its name, source and qoaUfty It flows from under the throne of God and the T^-y and its waters are as dear as crystal Hie ri^«a of ^. th genemlly haye their eoorce in sooie motmldn « crag. They increase in width and depth by lht Walks in ^aradiml MbatwiM that flow into them. Bat th« riTtr of HI* loUt on m^Mtieally without inei-eMe or diminniioii. Its ■horat tat friDf^ed with the braaehM of the n«e of life, under whwe foliage are ((rouped angelie and glorified aainta in joyful oonceri Of thie river the prophet Esekiel saye, ** By tlie riTtr apoo the bank thereof on this aide and on thai aida, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade neither shall the fruit thereof be oonsomed, it shall bring forth new fruit according to hia montha, htflawee their waters they issued out of the sanetoary, and tlia fruit thereof shall be for meat and the leaf for medi- cine." There an u. such trees as these either tot meat, medicine or beauty. But what need is thera for medicine in a land where the inhabitants ata nofwr sick ? What need was there for the tree of knowlate of good and evil in Paradise 1 These an mjitariii we cannot satisfactorily explain. It is one of tiioaa problems which the higher life can only solve. Thin •hall be no mom sea. These words refer to a period of rest There nhall arise no shade to darken, no tempest to discompose. For in the days of our eternal youth the clouds return not after the former rain. No more dangers, hazards, likened to perils on the sea. It was on the sea-shore that St liaul knelt and piayad TUB OUNMT OT nUMOIM. « A |wtt» b«rta«Uy wnuriuk " ttMrt to lb, d„p^ »l-liMrt..Wng.«d»a«»b.nota.«lp,id,»" I. tt.y«, 1847 . »m,b« rfpow WA .„ig,«,u m ,««««« « On*. aUirf, ,hM, i, ^^^ •~-»od.«oo fo, oo^jfth rf tt. .^fc,,,„ . ' f«-«^.ta,. •0-. to ,«i» rf . «., ..ft,,^. *»|^t 0~l»««g« tlii gj wa ii bad eoBM oai into tht aoltiy midnight «br, apid tt «h« tight of tht poormothtr pound forth A pnjor to CM in that ftrvant» fifontiTt tod tloqutnt iMigoagt whith wtUt to ottwtUy from Irith lipmpfromthtwwmdtpthtof thtlrithhowi Tho woman wat toaratly aUt to ttand, bat abt tommoned all bar wtnaining alrangtb to gnidt tht mitnonary (o wbtrt the bad left btr dyii^ toa j^otM of their fellow-emifrants, tompatmonatiiy both Bwther and son, had found them a thady nook amoag the loeka and beneath ,the thelter of tooM aonibbgr, OTtrbanging fira There, lying on a bandit of dothtt or btddiag. lay a youth <^ twenty tummert. Hit man of CM kit m time in, giving the oonsolatiim nteeaaa^ to mo to star hit end. The boy was already hatf dilifioMi Bat m draught from the tool and atimoltiii^ baiiiHi hism^ by the elergyman ftttored tht tuffiHer to liwmiltijr eonacioosn^ts and vigour. Hk only tHo ia dyii^ wm about hit lonely, poor widowod mothv. But whm the miasionary prcHniitd him thai, dio ihoidd not- bo friendless, all bit tboughtt wart for Qod. * 8«i» CM bat been good to ut," the mother tai^M Ao Mt Tm SUM' or fAMABma. «r herfonWtap. UMi^bao hi. tm».^ tJii^ .„?"*•'" "*«*»*^r«« to Htaadf. If. b.l««tahi«l,pUM.o«i F«r«ti«drfU.i.w«ld. •»d tb. ddlte." And lb. fcnil, ki..,d u^ ^ *«»^to k- to tt. fafat «,kl rf th. Unt.„, ~« -. U «»fcl fc, bMh«d to th. .pJrtZh. "■•d hft thai, ,.„,|^ to tod »h«B M miMUtm po«ihl..Adtorfcomth.tani,m™i Tkebo,^ .are.dy4«d «d «,« .Iju «ig«,to w«.,M, U» d»»n«,lu. mo»h«. .Artot »l»toT» «iri« "<1 •« Uwy «»ld m U«d» rttor l«lplMi«» gh, .ail «t wiU. iMT bMk .g.fart «h. KM*. « k, h^ hft .7" !!T^v " ""•" """" P"^""^. «»PP«tfa, th. he-l of 1« «o «, W tap. «Hi tolkto, to hi«ilo • low, >»Mt ToiM, u if dM ha>M liim ia tlw Iwltor •"Id. Whn . bMMM •ww.of th. mi.ioB.w', P»-««d.k»lwl up M him .iU, hoUow. tovlM. A X eyw, Iwt with » npt egpwrioa, and a eoimt«iaiiee that iMMiMd tooehad with a light beyond tha gcave. "Ah then, Ta'ia walaoiiia your liTavanea,* aha laid. "He's a* homa now, thank God. Taa^iraathonayon are at laa^," ehe want en, looking down fondly on the calm young face of him who aeemad to alaapaoaweetly on the maternal booooL ItTa better for yon to be with God than to be thryin' to build up a eaUn for the onld mother among atrangeip. Qodll aoon being me to where you've all |ona beCaeai* Aa. aha epc^ the words fell htm her 1^ one by one wearily, almost inandibly at last The wiisaionaty, deeply moved, and trying to steel himself againat anotloii whiah took away mudi of the strength ha needed, qpoke to • the bereaved mother as tendariy aa he eonld. But Mhe heard him not^ she had fainted. Whan she reeovered cfmseioosness, it was eridant that the sirei^h of maternal love^ whidi had till then kq>t her up, was giving way to the tenibla isvar. the change from shipboard to the opsB air, and the f evw-laden atmo8{^«re of the island, with a &y and night exposure, had fearfully developed tlie germs of the disease in her systmn. The miariooaij had her carried to the little chapel near hia cottage wImm kind handa would minister to her. Before MnnltiMil THl GU>MY OF PARADISB. log the deftd body of her tall, handsome aoa was laid torert.with thoeeofmore than a hundred other vie- tfiM. in one common grave. A day or two afterwarde the poor widow breathed her laei In her own bean- tiftil and moet truthful language, she "went home." No ehastisement for the present seems tcT be joy- 008, bat grievous. Ask that mother who is sitting by the side of her pale, oold child, silent and uneonseiona. the pulsations of Ufe stopped, and the spirit fled to wtum no more-ask her if there is not a W«nne» in •ffli«tion. Ask that youthful widow whose bridal robes have been so soon dianged fi» the habiliments of mourning; whose bright visions of earthly hapi^nesi have all faded, and whose beloved companion sleepa in the grave. Enter that family where death haa pro. ceded you, and how suddenly has the voice of gaiety and the mnsie of mirth been hushed, bow changed is evwy countenance, every movement, every heart; tha spirH of melancholy broods over the scene. The vary room and furniture seem to whisper, "Tiead lightly, for a dread, mysterious messenger bath visited this famUy and laid its hopes in ashes. Wounded hearts are hero to which mero words of comfort seem formal and cold, Borrows are hero that earth cannot heal" Sin is the parent of all sorrow; as a consequence WALKS IN PARADISE. \^ «M» it bom to t(oabl«. It hu miuie this world • ^iMtMene of W99fiag; but in Heaven there in neithei ■owm nor rfghing. The head ahalJ Iwiguish no more »ht hewt ahaU throb and palpitate no more. Ther* ^ be no paralytic limU. no palsied forms, no trem- bUng nerres, bat there shall be immortal vigour and jooth and never-fading beauty. The pulse of immor- tolity shaU beat strongly in every vein. The golden h«pe Omil never drap from their hand* No chilUn. U-J. shaU ood their fervoor. No sudden showere iM extmgttidi the flame of love whieh glows and bums in their boioma Whaf God is there can be no death; where holy angels dwdl there can be nosor- row; where edetial m«i-le wU^ in rtndn, de«> and ffrand. there can be no dghing; wh«. Je«» ,««„, there can be no tear* " Oh. tiio« tosa^i with teZet uiiJ not yet comforted," thou who art driven by ad- verse winds from thy oowm and disappointed of thv hupe. when it was fondly thought thy trouble, were overl Wait awhile and thou shaU e«»pe the Wast of the tempest and enter into peace. There ikaU be no fUgkt there." He that aitteth apon the throne shall throw a lustre over the temple, ito worehippere, mansions and thrones, on whidi the mantle of darkness shall never settle. There every- THE GLORY OP PARADISE. •1 thing thai now appean dark and mysterion. diall be w- vealed. All error and prejudice shall be dispelled. The •oul shall be f omiahed with eve^r high. inteUectual and moral attainment suited to its vast and oomprehendve powers. With dear vision we shaU view and inveeti. «»te the wondrous works of crwation. providence and ffrace. Our knowledge will not be tainted bjsin or delusion. It «haU no more be ohequewi like the twi- light of morning with the shades of evwiinft but tt ■hall be dear, expansive, everlasting and divioci TU knowledge of Heaven wiU be progwssive, just as the light shineth more and mow unto the erfect day But ite progression wiU be without paia-not earned a* the azpenseof health. The mind thenwiU not ba like the flint, consumed by evcty spaik it atrike,, but we shaU drink at the free, unsealed and overflowimr fooatein of truth. ^ Think of bdng <»e of the guests at the martiaga ■upperof the Lamb, when the bride-the Churdi— b piMented to the Heavenly Bridegroom. Garth has its luxuries-luxuries for the eye. the ear. and the M» A dinner was lately given by a lady of New Torit, which was more cosUy a head than any joevi- «!• tntertainment of the kind. The contract price wmmf hundrwl and scTenty doUan for each plate. J^^:: *, t. « WALKS IN PARADISE. V IlMOitem Mnt to Florid* Md to Oentnl and South Amtria* for ftnu, palms; ivy, mandariii «nm^ and otli«r deeoiBtiona. For tmifflea ha sent to Aaaoa; and ■trawberriaH, arranged in bonqnats of are barriaa eaeh. eoat seven dollara and fifty eants per boneh. The taWe was arranj^ about a miniature lake, in whidi palms, lilies and ferns appeared to be growing; whiW tropical trees rose from the banks amid miniatvn par- tarree of flowers. Slpnall eieetrie lights with vari- wbored globes were arranged abont the UUce, and *l«*ri«% WM itttcodaaed under the water of the im- pcoviaad lake and eanaed todanee about in imitatioii of vwi-aoloQrad fish. There was a fountain in the •mnoltha lak^ and a eoloored glass ball, Ughted by diutiluitji, aputad op and down a jet of eryatal wator. »«• waa no doth on the table, and eadi of the imm^vmam aerved a* the dinner was placed before thM|M^<««nitonI palm leal The waU and room ^'• * '*^*'— fnwaHy ware of smilaz, ferns, ivy and pdB^ mandarin, banana, onwge and other twesL Hang, ing amoqg them ware hnndrwls of vary small ooloared electrio lifj^ta The individual decorations of each plato cost thirty dollars, the favours as much more, and the memu were painted to order at ten dollara each. Roman punch was served in oranges banging on the TBS GLORY OF PARADISE. natoral twe., the palp of the trait having b6« drfUy amoved, eo thu the gneett pieked their own fruit fiwii the bnmdiee forthe first time; But what are the banquets of mUUooaires, or eren d R^ty, when eompared to the banquet of the Kingof kings? The haU. if we may oaU it soch. in which the glorified saints are assembled, how Qod-like itsarehiteetnrel Its nphoWteringsnrpawiasaU earthly magnifieenoe. and it is Uinminated by the Divine pns- enoe. The altitude of its dome axehangel's pinions have never reaehed. and its length and breadth ake aa ••p^ons as the pavilion of Jehovah. Soft mnsie floats Among its ardie^, and the woid "WmuxmE" nOs out in rieh seraphie stnuna Thaia is a hdo «| ^ory around the head of eaeh gosat, anditfiOisoii tiwn •• a garmeni It is aoi an earthfy. hiA a l»«»venly feasi Only such a fsast eonld setiafy the •^pi«»tioos of soch goeats. It consists of the bea- tific vision— beholding the beauties of the King and the unfading glories which surround His presence. The unfolding of the treasures of Divine wisdom, the love His plea- snre. They are r->presented onder the symbob of boldness, setiyity, pmdenee and heavenly.mindedneea. and famished with wings that they way ezeoate the Divine mandates with the speed of %htning. Milton, in his description of the great Messiah driv- ing Lncifer and the apostate angeb oat of heaven, lays: WJdJU » FAXADI8B. X **10ffARMlMd.lHlhwUllwiMlMN|||d. % low dMfttliie ■hapM, fe«r flMM MMh Hid, woadnMM: M vilh aiMi thdr bodi« aO, 'And Wiap, MM Mlwitt «V«t, dMk i^M, tiM wlM«b Ofbi^' — . I MaajhnOM Utingi hnwhrna mid hfm. (Heb. xU. H) ™J»Ml of whom. If oommkrioBod. oonld remoTo or Mrajtho world. SevenU iartwoot •« given in the Soripluii of Migolie powmm Th« i^o JohnMw aaven mighty Mgda standing brfor. God, with Mven trampotoia their hands. As one startling peal followed another, the most terrific woee deseended and burst npon the earth. Thesky was darkened by fearfol storms, and the deep, heavy thnndi^t^ and vivid Jightnings told that the day of God's wrath was eoma. Chariots of fire were seen o^njj throngh the air. bearing the meesengers of Divine vengeanoa Boming monntains weie hurled to and feo, and eonsnmed everything in their reach • Htamfell. the sky became darkened, the sun became as' sackcloth of hair, and the moon assumed the appearance of blood. In the midst of these wild commotions ami terrible calamities, a voice was heard crying : « Baby- lon IS fallen, that great dty, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fomica- tion." He heard the crash of her falling palace«, and >aw the smoke ascending from her ruins, her haughty kings laid low and their crowns and thrones buried be&aath the ruins of the ^ty. •w WALKS nr PAlADIt& Tite altltiKlM of angdie knowltdg* muan^ bt „ mtely d«flii«d. Thora Mv rat^Mte whkh tioMd tk«ir oompralMMion. W« md tluil God "diMgw Hb Hngek with foUj." N«T«rtlMlMt ftUy mosi pot- AMt vMt •toTM of wiMbm. TlMy hftvo no •haitorod inemoriM to grappk with, dotp novor fUla upon their eves, no new luigiiiigee to aoqnin, never disheartened by miiappUed laboif, fot«rd«l by aeknen. poverty or ineompetent inetmetioii ; bat with immortal enei^ they ean pond«r, analyie and diaeam tbooe mighty matters i«> wffl «irt«» fo,^. AlUHKwh ib. «.«,,. dKi oo. rf tb* ta,tt« h.*. to H.,M to tt, ,i,. Lot .„d h„ h.,a, fc«. „,. 1 B„t th. u^ u„eif„l th..r u.uu.tr.t.00. to «„ Lort whU. H. w» «, th. ut:.* tr^"? ""^ "" ="- •«* ^ tt.blood««lfo™d.Mo,,ri,«yh,d„^g^ 1„ B^ «n«rW witb «., ^.„ ^ tt. JZV^^ J«J« «d .boot f b. «i«a by th. c™ri mob, Chri,t ri K f' •"" """"^ off *. «r of tho »rva„t of «.. high pr,..t.- "TOink^t thon not th.. I cn„,„ t now p„, to My F«b« „d H. shidl pr»^.„..y <0 WALKS IN PARADISE. H give Me more than twelve legions of angels." So ready was His Father to send them, that a word only, was needed to secure the presenee of a foroe that wonld disarm every foe. We may almost see the flaming legions pressing forward for the eonfliot ; their swords flashing amid the awful daricness of that night, their faces burning with zeal to rescue the Lord of Life. But they wehs held back by the arm of Omni- potence. No legions are sent ; no eelestial warriors are engaged in the conflict The Messiah's victory over death and hell the angels eelebrated. Their arrival is announced by the shock of an earthquake, which struck terror into the breasts of the Roman guard, and they fell to the ground as dead men. The angels watched the triumphant asoensioii of Christ into Heaven, and announced to the diadpies His return to earth again. We have several instinooo recorded of the ministrations of angels to the Christian at the hour of death. Christ' in His parable of the rich man and Lazarus tells that the beggar died and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. It is more than probable that every chamber ithsn the good man meets his fate is privileged beyond the common walks of men by the viaitatioii of M*| rri f Hundreds of dying testimonies eonftrm this. Have THE NATIVES OF PARADISE. 61 of hf, ft,t »,^ .^y , g^^^ - though «««,«„l,„rf,^,„j • r"**-" tf^ «»««-. to .p«H. .v„ . a.rwHh tt. «^ i. thrf, ,«did«l h<«^ how it would -««.tt^«,«pd«™„po„„, How w, would ta*h«k,IUiddighttotlH«bfe«edhour.l U„, 6S . WALKS IN PARADISE. th«ir eneoanging words would nenre ns for tti« halk eiMifliet ! We would aM their Inright faees throng the darkest elottd, and their fingers pointing to their .tomes (tf perfect h^ipiness. Bat it is ordained bj oar Heavenly Fatiber that no mwtal ^e slydl see or foot tread that happy land. The disembodied spirit is onfy permitted to see the King in His beaaty, and tlie kmd Uwt is afar qft THE SAINTS IN PARADISE. "After «Mi I bihaid, ooaM Qoabtr, d all the throM aad Mom I»liiw in thair Immi^ and toeorQodwblokiflMh MMlblagMiil A naUitad* wfaieb no nwii P««f**i »ad tongoca, stood bdwe **fc«d wtth wUto wb... |„^ leadvaio^nji^g. Siklvatkn ■Ma^aBtothoLMab." I^ hH»py beyond eHprM-oo. and Wntifal be- yond deacriplion. ftm do- i. oor relitttonahip to tbMB. '^ •t Ok* Okink •ko«% tata^ A°«^ anr 4MM )y Ik, ■n.»« h only o« rtep fc,*,^ „_ ^ .0.1 to «* , &.„, ^ to h„„^ ^, ^^^ ^_.__^ «« « «ipl«,d«rt, « „Jtod t p^a^ ^ to th.„. Tet ^, ^^^ ^ ^ ^__J^ John «w th. h«»«U, .lOtttad, in whit, „b«, wi.|. 64 WALKS IN PARADISE. erowns upon their heads and palus in their haiul^ and hourd Uiem singing, "Thon art worthy to take the book, and to open the aeal thereof, for Thoa wast ■lain and hast redeemed as to Qod by Thy blood oat of every kindred, and tonf^e, and pe<^le, and natimi, and hast made os anto oar Gk>d kings and priests." One of the elders said onto him: "Who are thtv^e which are arrayed in white robes and whence came theyt" He repliedi: "Sir. thou knowest" And he said onto him : " These are they whi|^ came oat of great tribolations, and have waidied thdr robes and made them white in tiie Uood of the LamU" We most admit thi^ there is a little incongro^r in this expression, " washed their robes and made tiiem white in the blood of the Lamb," the meaning of whidi is, their sools were purified or redeemed by the death of JesuH. Under the andent ritoal varioos things aboat the temple were cleansed from ceremcHiial defilement by the sprinkling of blood ; and the blood of the Lamb is said to cleanse and purify the robes of the saints. It is nxA said their robes were made white as the resalt of their saffeiings or afflictions. This referencu to the blood of the Lan^ is (me of the incidental proois ol the i^ionemenl ci CSirist that ocear so freqoently in the Scriptozes, and it eoald only be THB 8AIMT8 IN FAKAOI8& m allusion to. Mid » belief in it, ihM *he Uood of the Lamb eoald be referred to m deandn^ the robes of the saiiite in Heaven. If He abed His blood merely as other men have done, and died only •B a martyr, what propriety would there have^^en in referring to Hie Uood more than to the blou«"■»«»«'« olaariy motion, g»Tity, At^ngUtm and npaUoii, atiU bppoaad ; And dipa into tha daap, oiigiwU, Unknown a^jitarioai alanMota of thiufi. Baa how tha fiwa of araiy auditor ■ipnndB witii admiration of tha ikill, Omnip ota n oe and bonndleaa love of God I Bahold tha other band, half lifted op Balwvjn tha hiU and dale, nelined beneath naahadowa of impending loeka, 'moi« atr^ And thmidering watei^Wla and wavfag boi^ fhaft band of oomtenwaee aabliaa and aweet M WALKS DT PAlUDm X- WhoM ,jr,«, with phwfaf iiiun«)l«| 1^, Now b«Mn .OTw^ ornow bwrildwd ■*■ LoA n>U% urild or iz«d in idk fMt, WhUe fan^ Mid tli« goal •» far itom . Thow hoU tlM pMMO-Wt divlMl Md Brfor. tbm my mmmhtnA mmtmollgft iMh ptotaring to Mdi tlM hills and ikiM And teMMTMl •tOfiM of th« WOfid h« kftl* Or. gMing ott tho lOMMiy of h«i Thoj dip thoir hMdi in oolunr's And on tho ovorlMting eaavw daih Fifoirw of gioiy, imagiy divino, With gmoii and gnadmir in paif ootioa's But whatKM'wr tho tfOriu hliMod poiMM^ Whonj'or thoy go, whatovor «^bta thij m« Of gloiy and bliM thra aU tho tract* of Thm centre etiU, tho iiguxo ominMit, Whithor thejr turn, on whom all eyw Bopuae with infinite dulight, is God And His incarnate >', vow and sighing shall flee away. Nothing shall micnupt uur pleasure or decrease our joy. and our "^ jmKswmmm] Ro oion earw will att odf PWp oi rwl «wrtM». .~i 1 . ™~* •" -*'^«. "<«"-' *.«S; ,* «.JS^ of God, «d gM, 0. tt, *«n^ fc„„^ ^T~" »~»^ gloriM of ffim whom th. M«h dta^ "' «h«.. „d p«uk. of «^„u ,H«r7th. gi^ THl SAINTS IN PARADISE. 71 W. d^l lay hold of Him not by ih« trembliag l«id of fdth. imt with . flr«n^ th«» 8.*.« J7^ *»»«<» i««P^. or •ttraity nngtMp. W. Aril po«. ~ ^•^•^ '^•^*fc; «J1 Heaven', richert itornVw own ; penetmte thoee deep mine. wh«* the mph h^ W. .hoiceet treiMure., and whence .whangd. derf^ •U their good, and thence unce^ringly enrich ov ainda We diall enjoy perfect love. Behold it .p«klW fa tiw foaatrin.. flowing in the river.. «iliag iTlb, flower., bhiAing in it. fruit. Md giving •^Lkm to •veiythingl It wiU give to the MmoqAw, . «„«a •nd ddidoas fregrwce. infl^ne cor devotloii^ ihmmh It iHU be the pnncipri theme of converetion. ^ embodied in all the wng. of the redeemed. the throne. «d the onmber of them wa. ten thou.«d time, ten thon^nd and thooaand. of thou««d.. spying with a kmd voice. Worthy i. the Lamb that wa. aUin to wowve power, and riche.. and wi«iom.and .trength. and hooof. and glory and WeMing." In the grand ever- iMting fntnre new «5ene. will .trike a., and increasing tRAUl 01 rAlAOIIft »tBd iMpinw; MfthtltgklolIlM •teraal day wUl BAkt Umm OMN gkwiow tad teMt. P^nai InoorpNMiilatoteHoflMiaMiiwIoiwMif CW had Hb way ia tha whit Iwfaid andlha itorm. M»d »■ foo*pa»ht ia tba vati dMp, boi wh«n theTtil ii aplifled we ihall torn wilh miaato aUraiioo aad ex- qalaite pleamirt tha aeoaomj of diviaa wkdon, aad HtftWtt'r twMia wUi U opwB to oof view. ThatMm. inglj imgalar path of life wUl be aiade pUin, the moet perpleziag diftfealtieH eol?ed, and the «i*Tpima tuns of divine providence made kaowB. Waehallaele- biata the ineompafable wonden of divine ]ov% eon- template the aetoni«hing eompaeeioB of dirine «ood. Bei% and joia the eniaptored hoete in **aNtibiiv pnlM^ toHiBthatdtteth on the thnme aad to Iha ^^ ^\ focever." ^nthwhateestotiejoyehaUwalieliaiothe •ongeof the angeband their eeleetial mttrfpanirtif This world is fall of harmony. We hear i*hi the •atoninal winds as they sigh aaoiv the bmebeaof the leafless trees, in the roar of the whirlwind, the rip- pling of the streamlet, the wavw of «he 'm uk as they oome monrafolly rolling in along the shore, and in the mountain torrent as it leape from arag to orag, or teiokks throqgh the mossss. Theia is masie in the lea tempeitaa il kshee the troubled waters, and in THl tAUm IN PAKADI8& n th« detp diaptwnlooM of llM thoadw. TheM ToioM have beMibMid in aU agM^ and wUI eoniimM till Um power OmI odlod «Iimd foflh aliAU bmh thtm. He who gATo tbM tboMiilil ianm tlMir pulMtioos «l«o g»yototh#Widtttidr«ro,l«oktolMog; BiKjh hn, iti own Bolt tod tbgt IB Hi OP. wtj^-otTer getting btloworalioTtlbtpilah. Wlii»li«lMw,w#rter tJua the melody of biid% WMblfa«in their upward flight or MDoogthedMieliif leamf ObdhMgiTeatonuminiui'. eal fawiltietof • hIgherwdtr.ewativtMid pragteeeive We reed of the Borfe of the iphem foodirftg immen- ■Itj. WhoeMiaoiMeife^orenoeo^feotan theeflbet produced, when the gnad ontotfe of greetiou iwept ftlong the etnr-ihofei of the oaiveiM^ ralUng Uke the bil- lows of the oeeta through the nidnt of infinity f Uthe blMt of en uohengel'etnunpeloMi upheave the moon- tains, how the people of those distant woridsmnst have been thrilled and enraptured as the angelie ehams reached the foil mi^y of ite power I Whatagtovi- oils sight this eelestial ohoir most have pceeentedl No artist woold attunpt to throw soeh a aesne opon eanvas. In the oentw of the nniyerse stood the Morn- ing Stars and the Sons of Qod, their laiment brighter than the snn ; innomerable as the stars, and their voices like the soond of many watan and mighty Hm 74 WALKS IN PARAOI8I. 11 thnndering& How long this eelebratioii iMtod !■ boI revealed. Another song now emploji th* lipi of th* heavenly honts— that of adoration and rodempftioa The anticipation of seeing and hearing thoM glotiooa iniuiciana often fills ns with rapture. Wluil pearleaa masters of harmony they most bat Baeh membar most be fitted and prepared for tha poaition. John says: "No man coald sing the ioiy ha heaid mmg on Mount Zion but those who had bean Ndaamad from the earth uid had the Divine mark on hia ftwehead." Mosart's spirit-stirring "Don Oiovanni," and the lolemnity of his "Requiem." whieh do noi lose any power by too frequently rolling their divine soonds on the ear; Beethoven's gigantic oonoeptionB, ottering thair sttmn-like hwrmonles and ravishing strains of beaaty* Weber's richness in "Oberon," with its strange, nneavth- ly harmony; Mendelssohn's sweeping miyeafy and the djring cadences of his "Midsommer Night's Dream;** Baeh's immortal strains; Ci '>toh's exqoisite "F^estine;'* Porcell's "Te Deum;" Handel's stapendoos ohorasis and magnificent Dead March ; and Haydn's immortal canioneta. and his creations so foil of beaoty and lovelinesfr—these do not compare to the chimes of Ptea- dise. seraphic symphonies, angelic harp solos and the harmony of the new song. How could mortal man Tin SAnns m pakadisb. 70 compete with .nch perfect mu«ei«.? ^fle nmdcd compasitioua of e«th we olt«i inhi^momons and improperly rendered by those who tdce p«i in them but nothinir of thi. icind o« ever occur in the -temple of the Moet High.- In Heaven there i, music eveL where. Dream-like melodies floitt around tb^ saint. « they walk the b«ik. o# the River of life, or stand by the hving founUin. whcee watan fall Kke shower. In^!^ "^ *^* "^'"^ «"^ ^^ every Wl. valley and ambroaial bowr rise holy voices, divuie m thir .ubUmity. We have often felt, while uniting in the holy praiae. of God', earthly wnctuaiy a strange power moving the heart and so stirring the fountains of the soul to their v«y depth, that we were unable to engag. in the .arvioe. and the gurfi- mg tear could only bespeak what the heart felt But what hallowed rapture didl we feel, what un««ak. •We joy shall lay hold of us. when we not only listen to, but take part in. the haUel^jah. of the Heaven of heavens; while not only our lip. but our heart, are tuned to note, divine! What cBJoyment await, u. in that happy land I We have often rtood, by faith withm the shining portals of the Holy CSty. and li.-' t«>ed to the songs of the elders and the Hving one. before the throne. Is such a holy and happy pl^o to M ■•i It WALKS IN PARADISE. U our koBM foMTer? Y««, it u prepared f oma. if we only prepwe for it ; and not for ns only, but for aU who We thejir Lord and Maatar. ** gkniow lift of pMf abt lofe I Ik liffei OM op to tld^i ftbuT*. II bMn atroriiM,a(rm - ' ^w «>« W^k« w THE REUNION OF FRIENDS IN PARADISE. Um bMutifoI IDMk of theij *o talk witii onkteAil famm^ />« ,4 *u _,f^^^***^ •*»"»»■ •nd perils pMt *•»• "IPllrty Pilot 41m* lurth ito^j „*K u ■"« "••«•» wthrongh the "^jj^»°* <««« Witt ewth's fcttkro l^ If" y HE t«h^ rf a. Kbi. „ thfa «i^ i, 1^^ tte Bre^ Gree™ port, who hv^ r^ h^„^ fW 1MLU Ol PiUUOm, t^n"Ji?.'^~"^ Tl»th<»ght of mating • •od.dH.ri.c li«h» « »b. dytog mom«,U of 8oe«t«. Prt. I W hM.portrf Witt the aort »!«>( imp.. »«-.•» j-n «» «»i^7 ,« my »,. departed frijd^ yo«r UloMrKw fUb«^ ,h„.. d«„^ j ^ modem p,g«» tti. pwdou, .j «on«ii», bdirf U still held (lul eberishwL „ .k'*^';""!' '*'°«^'^ —y >» «rf, d«J«c.d from tte Holy S«iptu«^ The foUowi»jj p,..,,, ., «., , Til ^T' •*•"*"» -K"* «Jtt»P«itioa: I« th. Ita* bookof 8M.0.1. t«n^.«ghth oh.pt.,. w, n-d: "Theniwid the womu. Whom d»U I brina UD imtoth..? A«i he »id. Bring ^,8«,«d. ^t^ the w.o«, «w 8«i«l, d» «tad WW, . lood »«i«i . «d the w»»B.prt. to SmI. «,!.,,, Wlv h«t tho« <««.T.d».J F«*«i««8mI A«Ith.ki«s«id onto h«, Be «» ri^ : to, ,brt ,^ ,^^^ *• "^-" «*, 8«1.I •w,.*««di|, „j «ftte«rth. Andb.«rid«rt.h«,Wh«fa»Lh. of? An«>tt.«ld,AnoMmM,«ome«i^j««lh,|, covered with . nuitk Aai 8m1 pmrtrid thM H Art «««ta*. »h. «.tttt«u ^ t, ..^f^ ^'^JfJ"*^ ""■ * "^' >»*" hzd f 1 r' 9i WALKS Of FAKADISK. iatetti«4Iie«Milor«ad biMeif with fth« •■• .■•■!• t»««nitloii Md FtpoiieMion of ilia dapM^d laiMahwworid. Tht li*NV ttioaglil ol mtHliv Wi diUd igriii •o^^iIled tU Bojrifcl PtaiimU in i^ •iHielifln. M lie b«d «id, - H* ibiai a^ wtam to jifc witliBM.tNilIalwUg(i>to death with him." hit ndg- natiaii would have bMB iiMoiiuitaDi When would be the epeeid coaaoltaiot k the fWher*« being Wto the child, m the ehild hid been loet to ^le father, if death were the final #j|tinction of the powers ol leoog. nition and teeomy eaeh of the othet f Clearly the wopda ^ snaoeptible of no reasonable interpretation Whieh does not involte th4 dootride «ii|tended fbr. |f it be answeied. that the proof of smOi |n |mpreMidn Mng in the min4 of Bavid. is not oonolvsiTe opcm tte dosMne in qneitlBn. I woold humbly snbmit, that ^pet^Ispt im^tsssions of inspite^ »„». m\mp ti^ ^ iMftM then in iw^itnre. ate to b| tietiTed as IMite Utttb. npppn tiia iM«i airtMif •• wa m^9 «ife ?!•*• of otliif lias spiiiiitifa lig^ ifyliMle«as,a9 aotSMMtosM, hoarviwiIahsliisliiilM ■i^tDowr THE REUNION OF FlUNDS IN PARADI81. 83 Dr. Nevina in his " Prtetieal Thooghta" mju: "TVue. deftth aeparatet. bat it unites also. It takes ns. I know, from those we love, bat it takes os to as many we love." The wife of the Rev. John Evans asked her husband: "Do 700 think we shall know eaeh other in Heaven ? - He replied : « To be sura we shall ; do yoa think we sh«U be less intelKgent there thiui we •re here?" In oor heavenly intercourse we may Mup- pose some sadden surprises m«y ooear. as they do here, where one sh«U atones reeognlae his friends and h<^ not at once be recognised by them. Kindred may meet, as the sons of Jaoob met Joseph in B^ypt, and whUe regarding eaeh other as stmgm^ a sudden joyful melting of hearts may be piodaoed by some such expression as " I am Joseph your brother.* There may be also meetings in wliieli grwhial recognition wUl take plaee. like that of the two diseiples wh© feU in with Christ on His way to Bmnunis. That this world is remei bend in the worid to come is evident from th« parable of the rioh man and Lasarus. Here gers ? We do not read that they made known to him their n^nea, or that the great Hebrew Uwgiver and Eliiab were introduced to him by Jews, No doubt he reeegnbed who they were by a direct revelation from GW,.like that by which the prophets were endowed. It may be that similar manifestattons may be imparted to the saints in Heaven. Why did the- patriarchs desire to be buried in the sepulchre of their fathers ? What mean« this fellowship of the dead ? They believed that their spirits were in .«ch others society above, which l«i them to desire that their bodies.under the promiw of a blessed resurrection, should sleep the short inter- vening night together tUl the dawn of the etermU day Has not the same feeling pervaded every age? Amid the lonehness which steals over the spirit at the ap- proach of death, comes also the desire to rest with oor kindred, aa touchingly expressed by Jacob: -I will he with my fathen.. bury me in their burying plBO^ There is a beautiful instance of this Ww| THE REUNION OF FRIENDS IN PARADISE. 87 related by Mrs. Sigourney of a little girl who ex- preaaed a desire that she might lie with her mother, of which she would not be denied. She was asked in what place they should bury her, whether in the shady dell where the violets bloom, or in the old churchyard among the white monuments. But all ideas of place faded before the one absorbing idea, " Bury me by your 8ide» mother." **OiM only wish ihe attend. While life wm ebbing bmt. Bleep bjr my eide, dear mother, And riae with me at laat" CShrist said to Hjb disciples, "I go to prepare a place for you." And shall Christ's disciples, as a family, dwell to- getherin the place which He hath prepared for them and not know each other ? Such an idea is an insult to the intelligence of our race. Shall not Paul recognize his Thessalonian converts, of whom he says, " For what is our hope, or joy, or ctown af rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming ? For ye are our glory and joy." At that great gathering, when tha Chief Shepherd shall appear, is it possible that Paul and his converts shall meet and not know each other? Is this " crown," for whom he suffered and toiled to win, to be unrecognized ? M WAtKS m PARAOISI. W»y,«nly. tike a oonrtdUtion of rt«, ilOT AdI "nwnxl him. «,d h« .ball »oogni» the fci„dl» (mm « U..y rt«d in ft. p,.«n« .l^.«. another's more brilliant crown. When God a«d ,n the ancient Eden/ It is not good for man to be a^^e, there was a deeper signification in the words than could be exhausted or exphuned by the family tte. It was the declaration «i» WW noir »W m» »n«d.wtche«, •cr.eD.d by . kto% ft^j.^ ^„ everything .boat yoa tiuii woold gif* tkMi pwi ; but if you and they •» .Uk. taJb«.aad Main faithful to the end, doubt not thu* ywi ehdl know them .g.ln It were i.truge. don'tyon think, it amid the multitudes of the heavenly hoete. tha multitiMiae of the earth's ransomed onee that we a» to ■•• in Heaven, we ehould «ce all but thoee w. moal foodly and farvently long to see? Stn«Mries and listeneiJ to its raptuioua songi^ no doubt you have felt a desire to make it your home. If you We travelled much in this world, before starting on ypur journey you have gathered all the information you eonld sd the countxy to frhieh you were goiag. and the route. There is a possibility in this worid of not making proper oonn^ions, or by some unfbr». ■eap eireumstanee never reaching the Und you dewed tpvisii But the way to the heavenly Pkmdise is SQ ||^ that a wayfaring man, even a fod In huuMs tao^Mge. need not err therein. Cairist si^% " I aoi the way." Hue way is said to be imttow. At the •ftnnoe of whidi stands what is tanned the "ttraU 901* or v^VM^OMo^ through whieh all must past M«« they ma. reaeh the -New and living Way." Near this gate also stands the eross of Oulstk •■ . Ui.i.i.pil|iiM "f. i l ' M * ' too a»rcLusioif. «MiMit look al wlikh will i«li«To yoa of tho bwdta ofyonrda^MllMSftTioiirliMMid, "Look aatoll^ i^boyowved" Having ftiUj ontwtcl 19011 tiio way of lii^ 7o« wai find H io bo a way of ^i — intniHL and iii paths thooe of paaee. Aa yon advanoa il wfll grow bdghter and tho proopecl mora obcorlag. If |Wi an wilUng toba led by tho Holy Spiiil, yo« abaU tnad on High Wkkm, eallod the -Way of Holhioaa'* "Tba OMlean do«ot paai ov«r It, no Hon nor fay«loQs baasi ia^lomd than, tho ledoanod OB^ walkthda." It ia by thU w^ that tho tauon^ of tte Laid lotam to Aon, with 00^1 of ovaclMtiag joy' j^lMrhoadiL* nwi ^Mio altitadaa yon oitdia itt^paa oilha Good Lnd, and M tho bafauy btOMia m thiy at^ waftod horn tha monntaina of pocpataat bKaft li yon wiah to maka Bmrm yow hOAa yott mm^if^hf tho Wi7 of a^Gnm m% ia tha oidy ^iril^mm^mmi tonm^tedthaioadroii^at tte«%intf ttindt^ IQHiiMiHaiu, Bi^^ beftica pm» Ibiit^tf yof i«an haid mpim tha ptoulai^ "^1^ iflM* aidliiirf^ th«>r yoti ■haO o»iiooii*^ tiiat^ ind (i telbaia ahaU ba adttiidotiii