The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-21
however, with . rapi6ly Of whicl

however, with . rspidty of which
we could form no conception
Children Who entered the next lite
a. Children would develop more
swiftly than on earth. Men Of low
culture here would there grow with
wondrous rapidi,y, so that the low
est and least would speedily out
grow all this worlds standards
Take away from man that belonged
to his lower nature, and give him
IN force al that pertained to his
higher nature, and then you might
conceive Of the aptitude with which
he would receive the lessons of the
other. He would be in . society,
too, where all would move with one 1
intent Lths ev1 gone, the tempta-,
BILE dropped out moved together
like the gulf stream, nightly, ire
sistibly. There would be also the
direct influence Of God how mighty
the influence, how noble the joy.
ux1vERsArsr DOCTRINE
We might thus see, said MIR.
Beecher, how men who, when they
died, were not very fit tor earth, 6
might nevertheless enter heaven,
andheayen might develop what earth
never would have developed. Some
times when opening up long dis
used well, men found q few old seeds
at the bottom. They had lain
there for Years. There was no
sign of life about them. They were
brought to the light however, and
the sun shone upon them They
began to grow and sprout, and soon
became healthy, vigorous plants.
One might conceive people here uns
fitted by force of animal passion for
q spiritual life, who, nevertheless,
when death took away what was
their bane on earth, might begin .
good life in q future state. Some
represented . man as taking into
the next world the nature, the dis
position he had in this. How could
we conceive . mans taking all his
sensual, rude, inchoate nature into
the other ivel He did not take it
with him. Men grew IS straw,
We could not conceive germ
which-when freed from the chat
and bettered, nurtured, and educa
ed, and glowed on by the sun Of
Gods love-would open up and
grow and flourish. On earth, all
through much sin and darkness it
lived and grew some at times. But
with q thousand hinderances shred.
ded of, we could understand how
men whom society rejects now, may
get standing room in heaven, not
high up, but starting place. #
heaven was SO rigidly pure, then
death must be great sitter. Look
at the saint of years. How imper-
feet, how deficient, how very far
down he is. What man ever walk
ed to the gate of heaven, and had
the angel lay on him that scale, and
say: Enter, because thou art pure.
Not one, though he may have been
washed by foods of tears, and sift-
ed by years Of trial, and ennobled
by acts Of heroism. No; heaven
was opened by grace-by grace
only, by Love, God let's in whom
he would, and we didn't know his
| gauge. Some might say: Is II
safe to hold such views as theseT'
Whatrighthad we to challenge God.
He said: II will have mercy on
whom I will" God refused to be
questioned on his generosity. II
the best went not into heaven be.
cause he earned it but because o1
the act of great love, why might
not the bottomest go in tooa Sc
long as man possessed, state o1
mind that was improvable, there
was . chance for him, and tht
preacher did not believe God would
. cast him away. Mr.. Beecher die
not believe there was a person on the
!. faco of the earth who had hearc
, the gospel and in whose soul ther,
q was anything improbable, whit
!. would not find an entrance int,
! heaven--low down, it might be mex
: the lowest place there, was infinite
" better than. the highest here.
t LRARNINa HEAVENS ALPHABET.
We saw ragged lad in the street
unkemps, untaught, rude, groveling
9 Our Christian sympathy was touch
q ed. Initiating Christ, we set to worl
q to transforming him, and IN cours
9 of time we had the satisfaction t.
Q see him grow up and develop in,
Z a man of intelligence, worth, an,
q piety. All this was done by ou
Is only imitating the spirit Of Chris,
e And sfonld we he ahlo fo ,,orfo~v