New-York tribune., 1870-10-10
-.rrvnv WARD REECHER ON HEAVEN.


neither marry are given Ia marriage but are at e
aneeIs Of God in Heaven"
The philosophy tho jews said Mr. Beechcr consisted
largely % puzzles and riddles and cUcnas and proverbs
and dark sayings. According TO their land So stem by
which property was 20 he kept in the several families #
man died, his widow taken t0 his next brother ana
she became his wife Here Is specimen OF the way III
which they thougnt. They propounded a case There
we're seven brothers, and IN turn they all conveniently
died. the purposes OF the story, ana she passed
from @ n one y6w to anoagGG G +Pd tSy became the 0 OdT
lfe whose shall she be OF the seven 2" Tne
TALLY You are set OF ignorant fools" Ii was coucned
in other language than this bat at IS what 1t amounted
To- "Ye do err" ne said mot knowing the stIlplurSs
nor the power of God For in the resurrection they ne
ther marry given In na1iage put are s , W. a
gels Of God" How is thatt He don't say ne HkenGd M
them 10 the angels, and then did not te us no" % in
gels were The reply OF our Master TO tS f t s,s
respect 10 the future state is reinarkape io Wlt W.
and | think quite remarkable FOR what IL itdses ui-
said When you come 10 analyZe IN the hght OF H0u
philosophers and modern kloWeaPt' , A,H W., ,cct
struck with how little isactuay taught US WIN respect
10 Inc future state in the Bible.
The question of continued existence s only recognized
In the 0ld Testament II is not taught Inc Whoe MO-
sale economy lies open before us, ana theIe s ol Oe
single instance ia it where motive is addressed to man
in consequence Of Immortality; all the motives are
its reward and wickedness in this life shall bring its
punishment That you know Is the key mote TO that SUD
fine drama OF job In which, arguing from that OASIS h
friends OF job said TO him. "Snce wickedness spuushcd
in this life and virtue in this life rewarded and you are
herrby punished it must be that you have been nor
rby wicked and IL quite vain for you to say you have
not been" Ten thousand men live in our day borne
down by oboquy, their lives made dark by suffering;
denied everything that life has TO make itself sweet and
Memorable and vet You and revere them. Wlyi We
them bear suffering and We sOrrow for Their ~tke
What the method adopted by Christ ana lis Apos-
ties I'm regard to this instruction that III Ills hands rst
into authoritative disclosure and was taught as
positive truthf There is no attempt in the New lesa-
nent TO determine whether Heaven is condition ora
place That is left for modern speculation IherG
nothing definite taught in respect to the relations OF TINS
condition or place TO the universe lhere no account
gwen of its Materials Of its occupations, what changes
will pass upon nature Are we to 20 into the leaV
! euly state III bOdleSf Paul declares expressly no.
| Flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom
| of God He declares that there sha,l be q
! form corresponding to these bodies. How any
believe in Che resurrection OF the physical b0dy
cannot understand when the Apostle debdrs IT, But
what shape 40 our poIles ASSUME Ihat - no. 5,
II sent from his arms child 10 Heaven DO you
not suppose he followed that infant with mAEad OF
| thoughts How Will it find its way there VIII the
angels take OF IL Will It grow as II would nave
we give Heaven There is not line to tell Us in the
| New Testament. Surely do not suppose that the
representing actual life in the future world That We
10 be sci in the ranks that We are at stated Tunes
mat eoud he eI1povcd because drawn from the very
depth Of human exIercnce But il is not the method Of
Christ his apostles after him tO give what may bc
called definite physiological philosophical knowledge
c0yerip ne whole orrd al tie nature of Heaven and
the nature OF occupations and conditions when we
shall reach il. But you must not suppose that the
heavenly existence is practically anuhated and all
comfort taken away the belief Of IT because IL is
realities of the heavenly state are taught are thousand
| times better adapted TO promote zd aud enihu
been taught in a philosophical method , IN IN
it from childhood the things that are beyond
| themselves when they have special knowledge. Now
We here children, not competent to understand
yOnd the reach of our experience Of That other me
Therefore AL instruction gwen 10 us on lhs Su9tct II
method II is The tTuth of God addressed 10 our Lcfrts
rather than and to affections through our
| ina gination ThatH eaven which you think Of and
Imagination is the pathway the flesh and the
spirit 1t Is that which gyes to every man s5md%GH
We taught that 1t Is not safe TO build On bu aver
has been instructed through its imaginaton than
through its We not to suppose that there Is
"A aHe-hterally, place Of fire and birthstone. don't
believe it, you don't believe it, aud you ought not to
is really paved with golden paving stones. No one be-
eyes il II they did there would be more misers anxious
T for their souls srlvatOn lAmuSementl The great
trouble Of symbols that they first represent then hin
der II isposSible for the Bible itself 10 stand IN
the Christian TO interpret the but spirit Of
revelation, and many good people will no doubt be
shocked " hear me say that you may t5he 'ne teoI
on which the Scripture was employed TO represent
Heaven and then, instead of those figures yOd may take
your own ana make your own hgurcs OF hSt.cI. SoW,
Mary not mentioned in the Apocalypse but the Mary
you never forget; and then, when your old father
who was prophet. priest lover ard friend TO You ci.a
peared sight and went 10 Join other friends in
flDiiiar facs and Uesven Teeins 10 rt f OF people
and You have made Of Heaven vast land Inhabited by
HE reason, then. o>the indistncness Of teaching in
the New Testament apparent. We are not developed
We not prepared to undertand the things thar lie
by shall see face 70 face For instance the owcr
classes of society-the gross and animal, and even
viciOus-cannOt understand the higher states ot society
They cannot understand the condition OF pure Wr,
OF society cannot understand the top; but the top
! can understand the bottom. because the higher
always includes in it the developments of the lower 80
cannot interpret that which l. above although that
which is above nterprets us clear down to the bottom
come il might be We here to suffer, We
here to earn We are here TO be wrought upon You
] y1 e S o, ~ 'G ] fe 6ap R has tr % of I1onS
more manly on EARTH He has no fit Heaven
whose Heaven makes him efeninatc. He
has struck the true way Of making Heaven whose Heaven
makes him strong, hopeful, sweet gentle, anahe and
teachable the present life Now, may God grant that
every one may look not simply dt Scripture. but
through Scripture into Hte itself, that We may fashion
for ourselves Heaven that Is so near to Us that II may
ever distl ccC -tiIl influence upon uS.
CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA.
The Rev. Oscar Hugo, a Hungarian exile,
| preached protestant Rights in Roman Catholic
Countries" yesterday morning in the seventhst. VI. E.
Church. The people Of this country said he Will be
called upon distant day the question Of
Catholic Trial for supremacy. The Pope having lost the
temporal power which he has long held in Italy, will
endeayor to control less in future, the political
Interests OF this country From the first hour Of the
premacy Of the House OF Hapsburg in Austria, heavy
hand was laid upon Professionalism. The second cOncOr-
dat issued Feb H. 1851, the final stroke at the small
amount Of religious liberty which had been previously
enjoyed II was hard TO submit without effort and
General SYNOD called NAV 1851. and committee
o. ave appointed 10 wait upon the Prince and petition
for some slight relief from the obnoxious compact with
the Roman Church The Jesuit advisers OF the Prince
demanded that all those in synod
! scmt-ed had been adiudged by the Pope
! 10 have been given up entirely to the devil, they
| should therefore he al seized and committed to
prison On the oath day of the month a vcnera-
bic divine was leading N PRAYER, the Synod inter
rupted by the firing Of muskctry and opening the
doors OF the church they found planted in the
street ana lse armed iOrce surrounding the building.
They all captured and escorted TO prison; but
though tyTants mprson, torture and murder they
stop ihe spread of Professionalism Nv father
who member Of the Synod, sentenced to
] .hnl he M tnr