The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-03

TO abridge the faith OF in immortality. whatever
tends 10 impair their belief in great De, onj Is
unlimited curse and Is felt by much as by
those that carry in themselves the consciousness OF
manliness and nobility. Tho belief hereafter is not
the result OF reason alone II Is the aspiration and
may say, inspiration, OF the SOUL that TO live
hereafter. No man who has lived In this world with
very large experience believes that the gilt OF the c
TO come would be prominent mercy II II were life
with the vicssudcs that into this lie Is
there anything this material world that Is III en-
blcm Of the futurcs What Is there which give
any idea OF the condition OF life In the heavenly stacs
That not simply question OF curiosity, and yet by
the very nature OF being is question that can
not be answered except in imaginaton for when the
finger inspiration wrote of Heaven; when gather
ing whatever in -pIraton had como through the old
prophets; gathering whatever had been disclosed by
Hun who brought immortality; when the revelation
true and hnal pictured the heavenly hle II drew u all
10 the Imagination, and not TO the reason They were
all pictures, and in the very drawing they were So
much merged one into another. they were so clus
:sfcl contrary 10 all ordinary laws OF rhctorchgure
against figure well ms figure with hgure-tha u was
very PLAIN they not intended TO accurately de-
scribe IT, but SIMPLY 10 wake up IN the interior OF men
generally some OF what the future lie Was 10 be.
VIZ KNOW xEGArIoS Much.
For Instance. all know that hose sources ossorrow
and trouble which "iics this world ar. to be banshed
there IL is declared that there shall IN no Wise en-
ter INTO IL anything that deneth, neither whatsoever
workc,h abomination.n Which Is saying that there
shall not be either sickness sorrow or PAIN or any OF
the things which belong 10 this physical condition Of
life II put your finger on the bulb VI tncrmom
ctcr you instantly lose the fidelity OF us record so II
you put the nger OF your hosc Illustrations
10 the Imagination you introduce soilng. destroying
element Nothing brings you more pleas ure than the
perfume OF lowers Attempt to analyzo that perfume
and you lose IT, l pity the man that upon the trst
presentation Of this idea OF future lie does not ecl
uplifting, that does not feel the grandeur OF IT, All
the way through only the Revelations but tho CO.
incident books Of tho new dspcnsalon, the thought
that the heavenly condition shall be extraordinary de-
srablc and characteristic Tor this-the disclosure
OF the divine presence; that the dvino
presence shall be In such sense central
as TO ovcrshadow nil MINOR Influences, all
collateral institutions, all Instruments by which wc
are developed. In this world We help ourselves up
from tho lower line by which como into this le
But when we reach the OF disclosure the othor
side the Divine influence will supersedo the necessity
for those lower instruments, anu God viii stand 70.
vcaled with power and glory that viii I'LL the soul
with perfect satisfaction, and VIC shall derive our life
directly IRON Him. And then, Ms " Is said In Him
shall live. move and have our being II is declared
that
VIZ SHALL SEE MS PACE
that we shall see HIM A. we never yet have. AS IN
Of the sovereign whom they have mot seen from tho
officials OF The latter who govern them and in thou
sand intermediate ways, so IN this world We draw ncar
10 God by suggestions Intmations, hints and inter-
mediate mcaDs but In the other life HIS whole person
shall be open TO and shall approach It by the
simple movement Of our own souls without the help
Of intermediary institutions or suggestions
The great mass OF happiness In this world has been
derived from social conditions. Civilization means the
recession OF mechanical and material life; the devel
opment OF social and moral life. That kind Of
refinement which leads man TO keep apart IRON his
fellow men is the devils refinement ana not Gods
The man who knows how to feel enjoyment IN the
widest sphere may begin TO claim himself disciple Of
refinement and where this comes up into the realm Of
taslc and beyond into that OF beneacton, then man
refined In tho figures OF revelation the throne"
meant glory and perfection. Oh! crcpuolican Chrs-
tians, you must dismiss the word II does not
mean any such thing We have SO bombarded II with
our logic that II Is archpoloyical-is is thing for
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