The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-03-22
"Abraham's BOSOM" the same rs tho psr'
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Now oh..,v, ,h., one of the lessons TO
be learned from mi, pornble, and the ,o'6s
one is thi,. namely tina, the conditions In
this life and the mex, arc sometimes vsfy
unlike. The happy man here, 70 far o.
riches tend to make happy. wssvery un.'
happy In the eternal word, his condition was
reversed, whilst the suffering man hsro i
was happy in eternity, and this fact 10 the
question Of all question respecting tho dead.
For could friend return to US from the
spirit world, and we could question him
about Il. our first inquiry would, Doubtless
be concerning the condition Of those who
have died. And hep We find this very
question answered, and answered by him
who alone could possibly answerit for us.
And do not you my hearers wish to know
and understand the answer, and tho reason
oft? Other parts Of tho b'blssag'vs the
reason for the different conditions OF the
soul in The future world, but this account OF
our Savious gives US tho reality. 'us tue
question about which SO many are ANXIOUS
to know the answer Here VIC arc permit
ted to look upon the conditions oftwo d'f.
ferent persons in eternity whose circlimstan.
ces in lite had been very unlike. Ana my
hearers you can each see your own future
condition in the ono or the other OF those
two.
And now what ore they? First, their
conditions are very unlike, one Is happy and
the other is miserable, how much 30 we
mus, learn for ourselves. Secondly. u'ey
are separated, and separated by an impassi.
bic gulf, nhd this gulf is fixed, not some.
thing temporary, but an eternal FIXTURE
Hence this separation will always contin.
ue-no passing from one to the other.
How clearly and c'npha,icully is this stat.
ed by our Saviour. @And besides all this,
tctweenu us aud you, there is a great gulf fix.
ed, SO that they which woukl pass from
hence to you. cannot neither can they pass
to us that would come from thence"
Another fact taught us by the parable is,
that no aid can be rendered by one to an-
other, in that world. Lazarus in Abra.
hams bosom could do nothing for the suc
(eriur ricl, man, for he was no longer rich
but poor, and suffering and needy. The
term rich WINS his earthly rnisnomcr, his true
name was Door, when he was falsely called
rich. when in his true state where no found
himself when weighed in Gods balances;
IN could neither l,e belped nv Lazarus, who
wn, now rich. nor by any other. God. arm
IN mid dill not reach 10 far as into eternity,
when il had no, been sough, for in time
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