Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-10-23

While life is dear, and love is best,
And young moons drop adown the west,
My lone heart, turning to Its rest,
Beneath the stars shall whisper clear,
Good night my sweet, though none may
hear.
Shall VIC Know each Othcrin Heaven?
The saints OF earth, when sweetly they con-
And the dear favors of kind Heaven re-
hearse,
Each feels the others joys, both doubly
share
When they each others heavenly foretastes
What Joys transport them at each others
When they shall meet in cmpyreal height?
Friends, even in Heaven, one happiness
would miss
Should they not know each other when in
bliss. BISHOP KENT.
Shall we know each other in heav-
EN- T? is question often askei by the
bereaved heart with mournful inter-
est. AS we stand by the open graves
to which we commit the remains OF
our loved ones, and hear the rumble
of the earth clods as they fall upon
the coffin, reminding us that dust Is
returning to dust, and realize that we
shall no longer on earth behold the
familiar faces of the dear departed,
we turn away from the dismal pre-
cincts of the tomb, and follow them
in tender thought to the abodes Of the
blessed, for we know the grave holds
the dust only, and the spirit has re-
turned to God who gave 1t. And
while our hearts are crushed and
smarting under the desolation of be-
reavement, we hear the voice of Jesus
saying, "Be of good cheer. l am the
resurrection and the life; he that be-
lieveth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live: and wh0soever liv-
eth and believeth in me shall not die.
Believest thou this?" And our in
most souls respond, eyes, Lord, we
believe it," Our friends who have
died in Jesus are not lost, but gone to
be forever with Thee. Lost only as
the morning star when it melts away
into a brighter haven; lost as the sun
when it sets at even, gliding the wes-
tern hills with lingering beauty, In
evidence, though out of sight, that its
light is not extinguished, but still
shinining with undiminishcd gloryin
other spheres.
There isno death. An angel form
Walks o'cr the earth with silent tread:
lie hears our best beloved things away,
And then we call them "dcad."
And even near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread,
For all the boundleSs universe
Is lifc--there are 10 dead"
Butshall we know our friends again?
We can not forget them here; their
forms, their smiles, and their words
are with us, and will remain with us
through time and shall we cease to
remember them in eternity, when we
enterupon the same state ofeXistencc,
and are introduced by the angel OF
death into their immediate presence ?
All, no! it can not be. We shall re-
member them.
While life and thought and being last,
And immortality endures.
We love to think that we shall
know, not only our dear ones of earth,
but all the inmates of heaven. When
the veil of eternity is withdrawn, and
we are permitted to behold the count
less throng of the redeemed, and be-
lieve weshall know them intuitively.
Not, as one has said, by the introduce
ton of friendly angels, or the agency
of friendly spirits; but there will be
something in the countenance of each
by which they will he easily recog-
nizcd. The disciples on the mount OF
TRANSPORTATION knew Moses and Elias,
though they had never seen them be-
fore; and Moses and Elias were In
each others company, although they
knew not each other upon earth, and
had lived six hundred years apart
Some have thought that the disciples
knew them by their conversation
with Christ, hut we think It was intu-
tive knowledge. Christ taught us
the doctrine of the heavenly rccogni-
ton in the parable of the rich man
and Lazarus. Dives, though in hell
saw Abraham afar of, and Lazarus
in his bosom." Here he recognizes
not only the beggar who was laid al
his gate, but the patriarch Abraham
nor docs he forget his five brethren
who remain on earth. Ii the spirit,
who are i'm torment know each other
shall not the saints for in heaven oul
knowledge will be greatly increased
we shall know as we are known, ant
friendships ties will be more intimat,
and durable. Who does not pity tn,
limited views of the ignorant though
affcctionate mother, who, when he
pastor was trying to console her OF
the death of her only child by speak
ing of the beautiful world to which
he had gone, and the company of an
gels, said, with trembling lips, 80
yes, sir, but Jamie was always q timit
child, he will be afraid of strangers. ,
How universal the desire to be buf
led with our kindred. And why
should we have any choice I'm our bur
ial places if our friends are 10 appca
rs strangers in the resurrection ? ia
cob said, when dying, "Bury me not
l pray thee, in Egypt. Twill lie will
my fathers. Bury me in their bury
ing-placc." Mrs. SigOurncy relate
an instance of this kind i'm q very
touching manner. The dying child
when asked where she would be bur
led, cared not whether in the 'shadN
Idclp' with the violcts, or in tn,
churchyard with the white monu
ments; her all-absorbing desire wa
10 be buried with her mother.
"One only wish she uttered
While life was ehbing fast;
Sleep 10y nay side, dear mother,
And rise with me at last"
If the saints in light are never I,
renew the friendshlhs and acquain
tances formed on earth, from whenc'
comes the universal desire and long
iugs for reunion 10 the departed