Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1867-11-23
Fortba Beacon
Where Do People Go When
They Diet

tu'' Y'eS'ioh was asked by a it'll
g'rl and'r three years Of age, Wha
|, d cones Of people when they die p
Ear'Rs teeming millions for six thou.
|, and Years., have asked the same mo
t nentouS awful questiOn--wbat h.
comes OfPeople when they die ? S6.
the lnter'ogAtOry presses itself on ever,
.nF"oO'ng heart, even in infancy IN,
dreadful tomb forces the thought uoo,
the human soil. Death is certain =,
must de- but after death what then
None who have entered the grim no,
tails of the grave have returned with i
'e'l'geuce of tue beyond, the great her.
after. Severed friends, riven beo,t.
crushed hopes and blasted love. bov,
asked the tomb in vain where are lovo5
and lost ? The grave can only re,pOns
Gust to dust : the agOnized star,
back at this response and refuse its m.
swer the divinity of til. human sooI
has ever rejected the answer of III.
tomb, Where, then, can the bnrrino
tdesire TO know meet relief? WI.
becomes OF people wher they die sin
recursi The king, the beggOr. the rich.
the poor, the old. the young all of
sun 0'E themselves the fearful question.
Philosophy vainly, for centuries
sought to fashion a conf ctural answer
10 eS'ort from nature an answer to IN,
burning thought, The starry has,
was worShipped and implored the ,u,
and mon were gazed at in inopiriro
wonder il 10 response would reach ,ho
oenlghted SOL. Earth had been asked
Nhh
IN vuln, and the mighty orbs rolled on
as if in silent Scorn Of mans puny will
they acknowledged no sympathy with
he human soul Foied in its search
that soul turned within itself Ttue
II IeIt the germ of immortality bat NOR.
al corruption left no innate hone Of han
p'nesS IN IA future state. An vas nm
certain and unsatlSfyiug ; conjecture,
'ou"ded on y" known truth led to ab
surdities aud Inconsistencies that ended
IN the overthrow of their theories, on
the ruins of which grew up other sys-
TENS more baseless still, and still tire
Aum0n mind was left to grope It's way
bI'odly on in the darkness Of ignorance.
stIil every pulse Of the human heart
asked, lave | an immortal soul? Is
That soul acc untabie for deeds done in
The body? But no answer came and
'br mule ehild'S question throbted on
u tue hears Of the m,riads Of Adam,
race" what becomes Of people when
they die Generations, ages. centu
rles passed and no answer, even the
light Of the NJ sale age shed but an IN
certain beam on this momcntous ones.
lion, and The patriarch job, asked with
burning interest, =" if a lnau die will he
live again 7" Here agaiu was III" ."-'v
.1~v0'iou asked by the great and good
patriarch that was asked by the little
Oh ID" what becomes of people when
they die p At length the desire Of na
came and The worlds question was
responded TO. An obscure peasant, but
he burden of ancient prophecy, stepped
orth from Gallilee upon the walks OF
men WITH the answer on his lips. with
words OF divine wisdom life aud i'm
mortality was brought to light IN tn,
] spell, the Gulf tina. separated man
his Creator was spanned by the
Iope Of eternal life, the grave lost its
errors and the tomb became the nor,
to endless life. The desire of %
ions bad come, aud although despised
nd rejected Of men, yet bis Yords,o in,
ate with divine energy, found their
ray to the human heart aud trans
orned the fallen ace of Adam ilto the
loral image of bis Maker. Death
be swallowed up in life. THIS
Mission was fulfilled. He came to let
len know there were mansions of oter
happiness beyond the grave, and
oW' said He, | go to prepare a place
n you. | have taken the sting from
and from the grave its boaste
The little child, however young, tint tie
N ask the question, " what becomes "
people when they die I? is not to- q
'nng to be told Of Him who said, 'suf co
r little children to come unto ne for sa
such is the kingdom Of Htavei" A Isl
tie later in life this child vii ask,
will become Of me whe die ?
what would become Of 4 were ]
w 10 die y And with t4 light of
srnal tru b, the little one and all eau
Nwer, " il our hearts coDemn us not
en- have we confidence, but it our
nrfp o.n.l... n a. ".