The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . IT IS THE LORD.—From the Painting by Audlcy IMackzuorth. either side the Rhine as on both sides of the river of God the ivory palaces ! Onefor the angels, insufferably bright, winged, fire-eyed, tempest-charioted; one forthe martyrs, with blood-red robes, from under the altar; one for the King, thesteps of His palace the crowns of the church militant; one for the singers, wholead the one hundred and forty and fou
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . IT IS THE LORD.—From the Painting by Audlcy IMackzuorth. either side the Rhine as on both sides of the river of God the ivory palaces ! Onefor the angels, insufferably bright, winged, fire-eyed, tempest-charioted; one forthe martyrs, with blood-red robes, from under the altar; one for the King, thesteps of His palace the crowns of the church militant; one for the singers, wholead the one hundred and forty and four thousand; one for you, ransomed fromsin; one for me, plucked from the burning. Oh, the ivory palaces ! As I write it seems to me as if the windows of those palaces were illuminedfor some great victory, and I look and see climbing the stairs of ivory, and walkingon floors of ivory, and looking from the windows of ivor}-, some whom we knew THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. 495 and loved on earth. Yes, I know them. There are father and mother, not eighty-two 3ears and seventy-nine years, as when they left us, but blithe and young aswhen on their marriage day. And there are brothers and si
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