Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20

ton OF society. Competition is the master
deVll OF the human race. Reverse the pic
lure Let all men set upon the great truth
! OF Bfotherhood embodied in Christ, and make
the good OF our common Race their highest
object, and the world would produce thon-
sand fold more of the comforts of physical
life than it does in the present state Of fend-
ish social warfare. Three-fourths of the la
Dor OF the world-labor to develop untold
sources OF physical wealth-might be driven
by machinery-mach set in motion, not
by beastlal lust of avarice, but by the all
over-arching spirit of Christ. Just as certain
that matter is the servant Of mind, so certain
is 1t, that were men to seek the development
OF their highest nature, all the forms of ma
terlal wealth would be moulded to their
Will and the Earth no longer hell, become
first the gateway of Heaven, and soon Heav-'
en-Heaven itself the dwelling place of the
God.
IX.-THE DEATH OF SIN.
The extinction of sin is part of the great
idea of the Bible. Vicious and depraved per
sons neither here or hereafter shall enter the
kingdom of God, but the vice and deprayity
shall be swept away, and the re-created and
redeemed persons. stripped of their sins
stripped OF all that clogged their growth
shall enter into the kingdom rof God. shall
attain the highest development of their i'm
mortal nature. Take away the idea Sin will
be annihilated, Evil will die ! and the harmo-
ny of the Bible is discord, the great Truth
which Christ came to embody is a wreck and
a ruin. Where in all the world will you find
Truth Of divine heighth, framed in words
OF more 'deathless melody than this: "And
John, saw the holy city New Jerusalem,
coming down from God, out of Heaven, pre-
pared as bride adorned for her husband.
And l heard great voice out Of Heaven,
saying, behold the Tabernacle Of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them and they
shall be his people, and God himself shall be
with them and be their God. And God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes and
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain, for the former things are passed away
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold
[ make all things new.''
X.-EARTH A HEAVEN.
These are words of power They clearly
point to the time, when the earth shall be-
come Heaven; when rising from the tempta-
tions Of his grosser nature, and freed from
the circumstances that now clog his progress.
Man shall even on the earth, realize the high
est step OF Developments and take the angels
by the hand, and feel his bosom swelling with
the loftiest truth of God The social redemp-
ton of the race, the reorganization of socie-
ty, the application of the brotherhood of
Christ, to the plainest facts of our everyday
life-these all are limited at in these words of
power these all are part of the vast har-
mony Of the Book of God. When this comes
to pass. then indeed, shall the veil between
our earthly life Of the spirit world be swept
away. Men and women shall be angels, for
angels are but men and women, in the divn-
est stage of development as from an opened
window Eternity will shine down upon this
world, the very presence of the living God.
The former things-what, misery, guilty
wealth, and haggard poverty, debasing cir
cumstances, and maddening temptation, shall
pass away, and all things shall be made new.
Sin Will be destroyed but man will be saved.
The Tabernacle of God shall be with men,
and will dwell with them, and be their God.
This is no vague dream of the enthusiast. 1t
is part of the great Law Of God-Progres-
sion-by which he governs all worlds. 1t is
the very ultimate Of the work of Christ. And
as God lives it will be-