The New York herald., 1874-07-28

thoughts Of the congregation TODAY, ,sid
M Beecher be turned toward heaven.
me very light OF it seems spread over the
earth; IL seemeth 10 Us like unto the rest that
remanetn D Tor the peoples o good There is no
and new life has come to the who;e
Kingdom OF trees. The air IS iravn ant
with tne white alemDic Of The morning flowers.
But there Is "A sunshine that IL far purer and a
fragrance IN The air that is infinitely more enven-
ing 10 the heavenly ether. Let US. then, consider
the transformers OF life here and some of the
conclusions that orce themselves upon our mind.
10 oehevlng souls pass Immediately INTO state III
blessedDess DO they stand waiting for DIS
closure OF future eraS lt cannot be SAID that
me New Testament IL absolutely explicit on thus
Ger amy is that believing souls pass into a new
presence pres ice 70 pnrer consciousness OF splr-
proof Of this part OF the fifteenth verse or the
i.rSt OF Corn ;hians was read, also the
s~,ae, n,, & ., 'ne second OF Corinthians IL was
sou-hot even the waiting OF
49,, -. - TIE SEED PLANTING
ana the seed sproutng. Then there was paul.s
rlunphdht exclamation TO Timotby II have
M hnlsned my course The day SPOKEN OF then Was
tne ua} ol ms release. rhls does not precude the
idea oi q foreclosure OF the power of deve,onment
III d'nerent stages OF our existence hereafter Thas
was question that was settled by Christ in fue
story OF The woman with the seven hushands
The reiauons OF family and obligations of eurtn are
declared 10 have no abiding place there rhe
passions which continue the race the th,rst ne
hunger, That are dominant here, are not rnowo
there. There is for them manIesrix m
the higher development Then comes the vnes,o on ~,
OF the range OF the soul. lower range of s,ur
VIII no: suddenly attain to The higher Development 4
OF heaven They will only possess the beginnings oC
an undeve0ped spiritual lie. Each one will carry
with him into the ether kind OF super6csr
gravity that will graviate him TO his place WHAT
ever those gradatiOns may be we may be certain
that they viii be AS happy as their nature wax
Immensely rapid IL must be remembered. roo,
that we snail be under the direct influence or
God. 1--WE shall see Him as He is" Then men SAY i.
HOW rs THIS AS TO CHARACTER ~ssft"
and the ntness OF character iOr entrance 10
heavenY When you come TO apply this rule bow
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind.
with all thy heart and with all thy sou. y
snse Of pu over cG"a h nav aas
sure as test OF his fitness 10 enterr
Not the nobIest martyr, not tue nohlest mother
are saved by grace--by the grace OF God-by what
is called the gilt Of God. God does this because Hs
have Mercy M GOD us says in eecs viii do ss
because It peaseth me to do it.n Then the very
II one sinner is admitted, why not the second, why
no: the third, and so on unto the lasts Why NOT
the bottom one OF all, dout believe that there IS
soul living on the earth to-day upon wnom tho
face Of the Gospel has shone. and in whom there s
some indication that Gods grace has not entirety
died out, VINO will not, by the grace OF God nna an
entrance, and that that soul Will lind Itself trans.
planted there.
THE OTHER BOUNDARY OF HEAVEN
Is far better than the highest place on earth.
There sous will be brought under educative amt
inspiring induences-low grades It may be; but ii
IL better TO start at the bottom of heaven than not
TO start at all Men mourn because their chiidre n
nave died suddenly and have given no indications
oil conversion-had not joined the Church. 1ba
children had Thought "A go0a deal OF religion, and
had lived llte that was comparatively withou, re-
proach but they had given no signs OF conversion,
anu parents mourn them as lost 70 eternal life. l
don't know how 1t IS with you, but could sooner
beiieve that the sun would drop away, the stars
fade from the SKY. than believe that God wonid
cOnsign TO an eternity OF perdition such a child
should If believed tns. go wailing ali my days -.
would that ! had died ior thee" ! therefore
DON'T believe that where there Is q germ OF
development in any soul toward goodness that
tod VIII cast it away from His presence. Remem-
Der the Transforming power OF the Divine innuepce,
and let US take courage, and do not let us despsa
these truths, but work on. our salvation with !ear
and trembling, and TO remember that il is GOD that
worketh IA US to VIII and TO do Of His own good
pleasure.