The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-14
BEECHER'S FRIDAY NIGHT TALK

Renewal OF last Weeks Discussions
Brother shermnn's Idea OF Heaven-
Mr.. Beecher's Idea OF Heaven.
| Last evening Plymouth church lecture room was
filled to It's utmost capacity, and the adjoining
parlors were called into requlsition Also Alter
the usual services Mr.. Beecner said
! AS the subject which was discussed last Friday
the Scrptural revelation OF the heavenly land.
resume 1t by solicitation rather than cnoce.
Of nani on by his AND
speak. Brother Sherman said :-'You have the
advantage Of me; You expect us to call on YOU
q point should have mentioned, but confess it
has escaped my memory; SO WIN 60 back to the
lance to us here that we should have some
real conception 90. Of the world to come.
yet 1t seems to me that We can have certainty
about some things; 1t seems to me we can look
erree Of IG we O. 1ng Se W
sure to come, under some great sorrow, when we
cannot stand up. It seems to me when We leave
our bodies that spirits must recognize our innate
qualities far more readily than nere and this re-
minds me of the third point which nad forgotten.
The greatest blessing which look forward to Is
one reason out myself, and seems to me per-
1ectly consistent with the Scripture, and that Is
by bodv " on sop Waer we ARE not UNIFIED
do on earth, fly where our sympathies are. IL is my
conviction that wnen our souls are discovered
IRON our bodies, no matter by what distance we
are separated, our souls Will take as much recog-
milton OF each other as we do now; that we shall
be as close together as If we were soul knit to
soul in the same body: it seems as If we must go
In the cOmpani0nsnlp OF those with wnOm we are
w iee that 40 not mis my ie oy seventy
and am careful OF what will be thought OF me in
that length OF line. not what people VIII THINK the
by That time they will think well OF your Laugh.
terD Well, now, II wanted an lllustrat ton OF the
truth OF what SAID just what you have been say.
ing would be That exactly-the right OF a personal
adaptation OF truth to ones wants. Life and i'm
!n0tallty are brought to lie, as regards the ques
tfon OF personal Identity as 1t regards beings Who
have affected us here. So as the recognition OF
friends is concerned DO not doubt 1t. Christ
says, g! go to prepare place Tor you; where go
We shall go Also" There is no getting away rom
that
1T Is CONTINUITY
You are to recoect that the disciples took Christ
for type OF themselves, and they had faith that
when they died they should know Christ as they
did on earth. While we know we shall know each
other, yet, knowing each other, how shall we ap-
pearl II you think of friend, majestic noble,
you have been with him through good and evil re-
port, and he dies. you want to him with all the
traits and features he possessed On earth. Take
deformed and it lives through ten Or fifteen years.
suffering always, and then dies. Will she want to
see 1t as It was on earth? ..No," she
but he won't be a cripple there So what
say is this, the personal identity OF those we love
my verandah you win see few strings. They
are cematls VINE. II you go up in June they are
mass OF green leaves; later they are sheet Of
long to see the vines only Now. In this world
see you mere stems. believe shah see you
SHEETED BLOSSOMS.
believe shall see you when all imperfectlons are
taken away and shall know you. we Will appear
In the other lie with all the husks taken away and
that Will be you too In countries where parents
form connections for children the bride Is selected
Tor the bridegroom and portrait Is sent and he is
permitted TO see what he Is going to marry, and
he says that VIII do, and they are af1anced and
the DAY Is appointed ana they meet. He says,
"Good heavensl that picture is a iOoi! She is no.
bier than tnOughtP SO 1 believe shall see my
dear brethren IN the churcn and my dear brethren
out OF the church. (Laughter.) l shall see them
all III Is TINS unity OF the sense Oh relationship
with Imagination that exalts men. We are to re-
member, II we don't get exactly what we lose, 1t
Is the
SAME THING GLORIPIED.
There VIII be nothing lost that we wish to RETAIN
ana u thousand things added that we would not
lose, III VIII be better than you think.