The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-01
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PORTABILITY TIE SOULS DEMAND.
. ny THE REV. N. ANDERSON PRINCE.
.e truth is undeniable that the soul, in it's
fol state, seeks for something higher than
p 1t plumes its wings for Immortality
Res in any degree of abundance and variety
(t necessarily enrich the soul. They may
ped, and should be, to give it power to move
and righteously; but they often have the
to fetter, to corrupt, and degrade it. The
km testimony of all who have tried
most fully is, that they cannot meet
souls necessity. They can no more
the soul than mere husks the body. The
b is obvious They are not fitted to this
They can be employed as helps to furnish
the natural aliment of the soul. They can
ade serviceable in advancing the best in
s of humanity. But they can only minister
eans, not directly, but indirectly, to the
- department of our nature. We cannot
them. We cannot have safety in them.
FScomes to pass most frequently that when
khave inordinately sought afluence, and
8pbtained it, they have obtained with it
b. disappointment, oftentimes extreme
khedness. The soul is not and will not be
stsded In regard to it, all the sweat, the
md the suffering for wealth are vain. There
pen an entire failure to meet its greatest, its
Urgent need. What Interpretation is to be
pon this? Is it not evident that the soul has
be way been cheated of It's rights? That it
but from its very depths for something
For that which hath life2 When having
ID the various methods which wealth can
with the hope of deriving some perma
Atisfaction therefrom, it fails, and in dis
ecoils upon ITSELF or asks for something
and nobler, what is this but a strong pre-
tion of Immortality? 1t is an effect greatly
9esired, that where too much reliance upon
" supports has existed there should arise
mind such sense of the insufiiciency of
rs to lead it to look up and sigh for de-
nee and the life to come. 1t is a grand
on of our spiritual nature against the i'm
upon it of burdens it cannot endure. 1t
- solemn and digniGed protest of the soul
Sgalnst the effort to enslave to degrading
le energies that should ever act freely and
Inward. When it looks upon treasures ac-
Rted by years of toll, and perhaps by
konable methods, and reflects upon its own
tition, its lack of light, of power to achieve
HRood, upon its solitude and wretchedness,
"a been demonstrating to some extent its
Worth, its Immortality. In its moments of
Hon, when all its toilings are reviewed in
of reason and of conscience, in its ten
IRorts to reach out for that which is supe-
and beyond worldly enjoyments, it i'm
1ely declares that it hath found no resting
lere. 1t utters its desires for home be-
&t,n hn
earth.
Then, that are full of unrest, and discon-
ith the perishable, consider that through
|n Jesus ye may have redemption, and
IS wing, seraph's ken, seraphs power,
pphs love, q seraphs glory. Jesus has
fown wide open the gates to a blissful
tality. He floods the world with the out
hing light. He has bridged heaven and
and all who will may pass on in His
to the possession of His unsearchable
No argosy that ever sailed the
& Ocean, bearing right onward with
Dead and gilded wings to its far
havcr, carried wealth at all compare
that wherewith Jesus, the Creator
things, offers to endow you, and to send
IGward to the light, the purity, and the
afes of His heavenly kingdom. You
await with feverish anxiety the appear
of the bark laden with your earthly
You would almost worship the light
hould first reveal her to your intense
Zfd much more should you hail the coming
King OF Heaven to make you an heir of its
ess glories and unending blessedness with
itbursting joy of a freed and jubilant
What price can you set upon the soul
God hath stamped with the broad seal of
tality, and to redeem which Jesus died?