The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14


there be resurrection l know not. The one
dying by the light OF the Bible reads: ave
shall not all sleep but we shall be changed, for
this corruptible must put on interruption and
this mortal put on Immortality" Not that this
body as it is now-fesh. blood. bone and nerve
will enter Heaven, but it will be changed
This body is just adapted to the life here and
yonder we shall have body just adapted to
the life there. In proportion as the future life
shall be more glorious than the present will the
future body be more glorious than the body we
now have.
The pagan says, with regard to my soul
know not what will become of that. Some
times think that when die will die all,over.'
Then sometimes think that my soul will pass
into the various plants and animals. The one
dying by the light of the Bible reads: Z" The
God who gave It,"
The pagan says, know not whether my sins
be forgiven. l know that | have sinned.
have offered sacrifices but whether those offer
ings did any good know not. The one dying
by the light Of the Bible reads: "There is
therefore, now no condemnation to them that
are in Christ Jesus"
The pagan says, my friends | must leave
without hope Of seeing them again. OF
course wish TO see loved ones in the next
world but have nothing upon which TO base
such hope. He who dies by the light Of the
Bible reads that David said OF the death OF his
child: He cannot come to me but / can go to
him." What satisfaction would it be for David
to see his child il he did not recognize him?
Although there are no special teachings of the
Bible upon this question: there are 80 many
indirect illusions to it as to render it almost
certain that in the future world we will inject
the loved ones OF earth and recognize them as
kindred spirits.
On Russell street. Detroit is an old deserted
graveyard. The city no longer cares for it.
The fences are in poor condition, and all trace
Of some OF the graves is nearly obIlterated. A
short time since the police noticed an aged
woman wandering about the graves as IL in
quest of something. They inquired the object
of her search and she told her sad story. In
an early day she and her husband lived in De-
troit. Here in that old graveyard they buried
their first child, -bright-eyed little Willie. Then
she and her husband moved to California. After
many years her husband died, leaving herFal
alone in the world. With tears in her eyes she
told the policeman that she had come all the
long way from San Francisco to pay one more
visit to the grave OF little Willie, to place one
more wreath, one more bouquet OF flowers,
upon the sacred mound. But her search was
in vain, and IN sorrow she returned to her dis
tant home. Heaven will present no such spec
tacles as this. We will have there no vain at
tempts Of friend to find friend. No tears
will be shed because loved ones cannot be
found. 'And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes, and there shall be no more
death. neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain, for the former things
are passed away" "Oh Death, where Is thy
sting, Oh Grave, where is thy victory2" You
remove the sting Of the bee and the insect is
harmless. Christ hath removed the sting Of
death
6. Then the Bible was needed to teach us
our duty toward man and toward God. Closing
the Bible, to whom or what shall we look as
the guide to duty? One replies, nature is an
all sufficient teacher. One OF the cardinal doc
trines OF nature is the survival OF the fittest.
1t teaches that the powerful have ever killed
off the weak. Acting by the light OF nature
then, IL l am the more powerful, I may knock
you down as you go home tonight and take
your purse, and il you object, NAV quote one
Of natures sublime doctrines-the survival Of
the fittest Nature says love your friends and
hate your enemies. Nature says il you strike
me Will strike you back. What Judge would
excuse q thief because he were to plead that IL
was natural for him 10 steal? The Judge would
place him where he could not, for a time at
least, act out nature. 1t is absurd to say that
nature is our guide to duty.
Another replies that conscience is the only
correct guide to duty. Conscience simply says
g DO right" whenever reason says what that
right IL. Hence, you change q mans conscience
every time you change his views of what is
right. The Catholic church OF odsn time,
without any compunctions OF conscience, could
burn John Huss At the stake because they be-
lieved 1t was rig1w to thus treat radical here
tic. Faith said this is right, and conscience
simply said then do right. Let an inhabitant
Of India preach to the crowd that are throwing
the faggots about that stake and convert them
all to the Hindoo faith and you will see the
mothers throwing their children to the croco-
diles in the Ganges. They do this without any
accusing conscience, because faith says 1t is
right and conscience says do right. Preach to
those persons again and convert them all 70 the
Mohammedan faitb and you will see them
going as pilgrims to the tomb Of the prophet
at Mecca. They go with pebbles IN their shoes.
Their conscience approves of this because their
faith says 1t is right. A Catholic faith, Catho-
lie conscience, Hindoo faith, Hindoo con-
science, Mohammedan faith. Mohammedan
conscience. In America conscience teaches
the parent to care for his children. In heath
ensm conscience teaches the parent TO sacri-
fee the child to some blood-thirsty idol. In
America conscience teaches us to punish the
thief Among the Spartans conscience made
stealing virtue. In Utah conscience teaches
man to have five or six wives. In Michigan
conscience teaches O man to have only one
and IL the bard times continue, it may teach