New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-10
THE REVEALS PROGRESS
Mp Monny,s SCRANTON on HEAVEN.


ARGUMENT AGAINST Observation-Disclosures OF
HEAVEN TO THOSE WHO BFLIEvE--wHo DWELL
rIrrRE-pUuEs OF FATHERS AND MOTHERS TO
LEAD THEIR CHILDREN THERE.
With all the work that Mr.. Moody daily has
% do A. oes as n he could never say all that he has to
or rour ont all the Chrstlan feeling his heart con-
tains He is q most inexhaustble speaker and tho'e
who hear him day after day care the most TO go asl'n
and again. The Rev q. D. Mathews ana the Kew Dl'
Rodgers assisted him yesterday afternoon
He ureached on the subject of Heaven subject when
he will continue tomorrow. IL was clear ana viva
descrptionsuoh picture as could DO drawn ony oy 4"
man Who like Mr.. Moody, believes thoroughly what nc
finds in The New Testament. Flo began ny saying t''
In these DAYS there were many people who think there Is
no heaven except on earth, ard no God except Hatue
But the heaven on which he would have all hopes hA'u
vos the one above the skies the in which were Goa
the Father and Christ the Son. the angels ana the ns
who have gone before and with his Blpie III hiN n'
he read the texts on which this vision and TINS nope "e
founded He spoke Of the children-the way 10 'ca',
them the simple story and TO lead them to Goa ana al
his hearers were apparently deeply touched tnah
thew have ever seemed to be before Mr. Sankey ana MI
thatcher sang softly together Waiting and Watching
before the meeting closed
The sermon was as follows: ~
We have for our subject this afternoon, Heaven It's
not as some talk about heaven-dB lust tue ar. hnt
GOOD rnauy people now that think there Is no heaNen
only ust here ia tDs world that tus IS tr ay who
said he thought there nothing JUSTIFY us IN piels
tEerc s ans other heaven than that when We 70 h2
WoU N ts Is heaven very stTang" KIM Vi h'sT
this world OF sickness and sorrow az su III nc LILIES
th, Is really all the heaven We are sOg 20 80 81 in
The Bjbe md the Hebrews ACKNOWLEDGE III thclt "fhsS
roG nfS nv tho b3rds Nv in-that is heaven then
there il tho heaven Of tie ornament Where lne HaIS
aIe snd Ihfn tnS'e ths Is ons OF the Lord are the
mansions uf light and peace, the nome OF e .io
hnme Of the RsdeemcI, whsre e angels dwell That is
sf,, bcoN believe
want 20 tok shout to-day. We believe y Is Just as much
place and lust as ouch oy a. % nv, 20 w. ana tbat
ci,y win bdc forever. II has foundations whose builder
1iC ana tink about aud talk about heaven. was
going to meeting s0nlc time SGD WEeh We '9ae
w s,e"ra - sid y subject win be Heaven" he
scowicd and asked "Why do you lool GOT lie sald
wac in hopes YOU Wouu give Us bDihe,ii15 Pl' r.
tonight We cannot know any aDolI heH'en ~
il All erccration" Now, all Scriptures given 10 us py
The inspiration OF Cod some - ElfSh loi va 30
s0Ine for encouragement. II God aid nOs want Us ~
think about Hcay and talk about III down hsr' mere
would not bc much said about iea'th ~ ~ 80
Tucre would not he 80 many promises nnoa' ~ "o
thought moro about those mansions that S1oG ~ e
inc for NJ. would 30 thinking mo.o OF tiins aOo'o
ana less OF things 81 TINS earth. .,.,
Ike to locate heaven and find ont all about u cln.
expect to live there through effnlly " ~ h'ts s
10 dwell in any place in this country were SohE 10
make & Iny home would want TO inquire an andi lli3
riscc abot ITS climate, about what Eh'l Oh
was going 10 have aJOul lhe SENIORS i"' ~, riI
mn ,"a-r~, r. II any OF you VINO are rcrc
wr-r Going 10 cngrate going off to some other country
MT w
learn abont ia Would you then he looking around to
rr@s wcr ncfc and what People Thinking
about WON'T You would he all Interested IN helihs %
tbi1 nayiiIne about the latest fashion about some
womaus bonnet. II is true tbat we are gol- 70 spcH
eternity IN another world aud tAbt Coz Is ihN'bA az
S1Sn 4 viii m shall we not look ami listen aui nnd
ont where lie Is and who is there ana now VIC ar
10 get tEercl Soon after L was converter on
iuadc got hold OF ne one day. ana nc a. .ht
me Why I looked up when prayed. lie sald tnat
4tID.H IN
,.avcn was cyeFywlorr. Wen, l was greatly Devil
la or fine uest ,tne prayed IL did though
wa traripg into tho air. Ills words had s1wed Inc
,jcd viii, the Bile hut I have 60 to SEQ that
heaven il above us. II supyard. II You viii tuin to
the I7th chapter Of Genesis viii see that D. says
tHo+ God ven i from Abraham. IL the Sd chapter OF
Inn i'm the wonderful conversation that Christ had with
N.codenus III told thcn that Iie ratI3 uO"9 I" ,
" Thoy saw Him 10 up into heaycn'-iot dYWIi--
ana tnc clouds received Him out OF Their
on LIST Kings, "Oth verse, Will SHOW yoa lE1t
God has dwelling place giea. many p "ol,G
lave gone upon their reason until they haze reasoned
away Cod They sag God rs not a person that We can
ever sec. He il God Of Mature. And hea[kcn Ihon 70
f1c y,l,!u..lcu OF TEy servant, ana % my ienpe -
rIe, when they shall pay toward tis place; aud near
Thon in ho9yen Thy d"eni N%o' anu " to Ind ont
ami wondering how FAR heaven /, away theIe Is one
thing about that il rs th"tit is net 80 iar aw"5
but OIL hear Us when We pray mere j. MY ~
sigh goes ~ 10 Him bus that iio he1is u ne near
ciildfpg NheL they cry. God mas tAiouc ad d"ei-
hE fac. III Iea en- ~ ~ Nv ntcr which arc called b.
Nv ra!te shall humble themselves and pray and sgor
Ny race and from their wicked "hys' men Gll !
Lt; rn he,y u, and viii forgive t-cr sin ana VII
heal tuclf ldhu'
GODS DWELLING PLACE.
There arc good promises given Us to encourage
us 70 pray ana teach that God hcas Us wien We DO
pray that lie is not far away Int thar H. hears no.
When Christ was earth they came To HIM ahd SAID
.Tcach lis how 10 pray to or heavenly Father He
taught them prayer. Ii began "Onr FatLcr which arr
not on caIth--ro but "our Father which art IN
heaven" Now. when We 60 70 heaven Ne wa be YIN
our rather Himself II yo1 WI TN 80 ~ ~ - -
JIoy Ghost. looked mp stcldiastly INTO heaven amt saw
ie 7io's 81 = ,s TAI IeayI H. no. SO Iar ayay Int
faat GOd can allow Us 10 lock INTO II, II lie VIII
ana sayng, Lord jesus receive my spirit
thus We have it clearly established nom
riae ef God tAr her but of Jesus Christ the son.
Great many THINK that there /, Tut one person Ihere
F,;Ifs Goa the Som ana God the Iinly thJst Whom
get 10 heaven expect 70 $50 them an tef ie,o ~
Christ standing the II ht hand OF Cod stephen t@"
nm, W. .s G Ut hris was hrre ITonid be u-
bapny when GOT to heaven could not find Hin there
Who redeemed me, who died Tor me- who bought mo
with His own blood some one asked Christian man
heaven. He said he expected 10 sQehI NC
fret thousand ana Ees oha SoF t Sor a. Peter and then
for James and for John and ali the time he could CON
ceiye of would be oyuy hlled WIN ioohlS ul'h ct
Jesus Christ will more than reward us tOr All that we
@ I'el 'HH lake for Him iuSi to see lin; ana not
only that but wo shall become Ike finn when wo once
soif Jess inc savior world, Will be there. We
shall Him face to face.
II won't the peafly gatos; It won't be the Jasper
walls and the streets paved with transparent gold .nat
shall make heaven FOR US These WOld not satisfy us
IN these were ALL would not want 10 stay there FOR
ever heard tho other day OF child whose mother was
very sick and she lay very low. one OF the neigh
bOrs took the ciL away 10 stay with her until the
mother should DO wei again. Bat Instead or getting
better Size mother died aud they thought they would not
take the child hOme until tho funeral all over and
would never tell her about her mother being dead 30
white asterward thCy brought the little girl home.