Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-14

pastor in support Of this view OF the
case quoted from the Bible to show
that wherever there has been any
manifestation of the Lord or of spiri-
tuai beings TO men II, has been accom-.
panied by unusual light. He instanced
the pillar Of cloud, the fire Of Mount
Sinai, the radiant light that sur
rounded angels, the light that arrested
Paul and the light that accompanied
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Those who witnessed; these lights
were in state of vision; thus spiritual
sight was open and we have abundant
evidence that there Is spiritual light
and spiritual fire. After reviewing
the subject as understood by Emanuel
Swedenborg, Mr.. Giles said -" Here
is q rough, coarse piece OF sandstone.
How gross and harsh it Is how duh
in color; how rude and irregular in.
form! There is no beauty in it. How
different from q diamond! Its sub
stance Is clear it sparkles and glows
as from an inward light. The eye is
arrested and the mind filed with its
beauty" ----s---5i .- .--.-
s., There are diamonds in the spiritual
world as well as In the material world,
and they ale as much brighter and
purer than ours as an earthly diamond
is clearer than a piece Of sandstone.
Flowers give US another example.
How beautiful they arel How delicate
they are in texture, how lovely in
color! Their forms are the embodi-I
ment ofgraceful lines. What miracles
OF the divine wisdom and power they
are! l never look upon a flower
without wonder that the Lord can
make thing so delicate and beautiful
asa rose out of the coarse substances
of fearth. And yet the flowers which
spring up in the pathway Of the
angels, and I'LL their gardens and
their landscapes with SURPRISING low
illness, surpass all our bowers in
brilliany, light, variety, color, texture,
delicacy and form as much as our
flowers surpass the dead leaves in the
forest walk. They are the embodi-
ment of light, brilliancy and lovely
colors, Of delicate graceful forms,
The pastor urged that the Lord, in
His giimpses given Of heaven and
heavenly light, was showing His
children that there Is a spirital world I
and spiritual light beyond the grave I; |
that there are spiritual heavens and |
spiritual earths, and all the objects |
which make mp an earth-a spiritual !
sun, moon and, therefore, spiritual |
light and heat, spiritual cOiors and |
spiritual forms, and that the beings |
who live there are human beings in |
human forms, sustaining human re-
lanOns. i want to have |
you see that what our doctrines teach |
concerning the other life grows out Of |
what the Lord teaches, as flowers and |
fruit out of the seed. / want to show /
you as far as possible that they must |
be true, or that all that has been |
taught US is a deluslon, and that to |
and knowledge there |
is no other life. If the spiritual werld |
is filled with light, compared with |
which the light of this world is dim,
how pleasing it is to think Of our
friends who haYe gone there.
How their faces shine! What glory |
and beauty surround them How |
pleasant it is to think of going out of
the darkness of this life into the light |
Of that! Death takes the handage
from our eyes, and if they have really
been opened by a knowledge Of the
truth and life according to it, our
pathway through eternity will grow
brighter and brighter towards the
eternal dav.