Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-29
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falls SO it lies" Stree" is man; TO "le" is to
| continue, to abide in position or state. Exist.
ing tiIen hereafter :aS spiritual nfehS from our
veSy constitution I'VE must energise; m t.loVe,
must think, must talk, mustwortSy must hunger,
must thirst, must experience desires, aud all
precisely as in the natural body, with the differ
ence, 1Sk that the objects Of those desires, &c,
are spiritual insteadof being natural, and I'd.
that, if We have while in the natural body ele:t-
ed for Heaven, we shall become continually bet
ter and happier, or, if we have elected for Hell,
we shall become more incapable Of entering
Heavenl But Of what use these faculties and
powers unless there were present tho means Of
gratifying aud employing them2 Are the ai.
rangements for the happiness of the spiritual
man in his spiritual world less complete than
those for the natural man in his natural wOrldP
Not so! At the dissolution of the union be-
tween the soul ana the body stlie Eh9k1 iHVisi-
BILE tenant 're6n6Ves TO new lodgings in now
country, whose Inhabitants are as invisible TO
him then, as were those Of his late residence,
altho' previously he knew not Of their existcneel
| Hence he finds beings who feel rs he feels,
think as he, thinks, see as he sees consequent.
ly ne finds that he has body, MEMBERS viScera,
faculties and senses; and, perfect. Love and
wisdom make nothingaiR in vain, he therefore finds
qQfM nhoupding in nil (sPiritna) objects,
forms, properties, qualities and uses as in the
world he has just leftl And why pot2 II Rather,
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Yet, tho similar, the two worlds are not the
same in essence: The natural world is world
of ultirRates aud effects; the spiritual world is
a world, of primaries. and causes. The former
is enlivened and enlightened by the love aud
wisdom proceeding from1'the iLordeas a sun
there the naturat;wOrld is 'derivatively Gnlivcn.
ed and enlighthed by-a natural sun which is
pure fire, composed of heat and light which
correspond to their antecedents-the love and
wisdom in tho heavenly sun, By ,ahaIogy-
]
!Loye-spiritual heat. What enlightens his
mihd {? Wisdom, Truth spiritual lightI What
constitutes him man but the reception and ap-
preparation Of love andAEisdom from Heaven2
"God so loved the world -that he gave his
only begotten son, " &c, What III lie willcd to
save man, loved and desired to save him, and
yet after salvation would leave him to wander
houseless and homeless, about the Universe, a
vTpbfp2 Not Sol Ti9 Tia has provided d lovely
Paradise for him-for that being whom "He
created male and feUlule, " and. whom he will
preserce such, for the reason, that they are each
expressions Of His own natures al well as be-
cause they have distinct offices and uses in the
scheae Of creatjonla And these truths have to
be earned,' seen and Lowell, and mankind will
even here, in this hard probationary world o
births, education and developeuiGnt, enjoy q
| Goretaste Of the besSedneSS Of"the"deniZens o
that Kingdom whose sun never sets, aud whose
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admonishe1.s to- seek that Kingdom, and yet moi
to bestow i'll II How lfoolishly wicked should we
think him who would promise nrich gift in re
turn for certain duty or work performed, il h'
fuiled, wilrully fniled to execute that promise
'.In my Fathers house are many mansions:'
A mansion is place of abode and for the use
comfort and happiness 0f an occupicr; "manJ
mansions" signifies many states Or conditions
Of'abode for as many different classes and man
ners of Inhabitants. Mansions Indicate all tina
pertainsto thern-all their internal and externa
appliances, conyenienccs, uSesl An manner o
tenants pass into that kingdom of "many man
Fsions,'. and Of d surety the pccupierS win flint
apd have every variety Of beautiful and nsefp
employment therein. - - - = - - -
These views Of the future state of man ar
new, doubtless, TO many, yet, as they are bourn
out by reason and analogy, and can be proved
from Scripture, let them moi, merely beeaus
they care.opt Of our daily eexpetierteeF be de-
honnced as visionary. and absurd. "rhere ar
more things in Heaven and Earth. thln. ar
dreamed Of inthe worlds philosophy ~
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