The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-20
Pulpit TIEWs or HEA ZEN.
Glowing Conceptions OF the Eternal Joys that
Await the Christian.

The Rev. Dr. james G.. Shaw Of Rochester
preached in the Rev. Dr. Duryea's Presbyterian
Church, Brooklyn. yesterday. He said that the
Joys OF heaven would be greatest to those who.
while on earth, lived the best Christian lives.
They are journeying through the Valley OF
Sorrow to the New Jerusalem, the glorious city,
the streets Of which are paved with gold. and
whore there IL no night 1t will be a blessed
privilege for the saints In Heaven to look back
to this earth life upon their good deeds-to re-
member the hearts they have made glad. the
sick they have visited. and tho naked they have
clothed The Jewish city oi Jerusalem was a
typo on earth Of the heavenly city. In
the eyes OF tho jews it was the
city whore Jehovah set up His earthly throne.
AS the Hebrew iourneyed through tho wilder
ness to the Promised Land 50 are the faithful
journeying to the city not made with hands
eternal in the heavens
Bcecher said that the round oarth with all It's
garniture is as nothing to the realm OF glory
where God is that we are nearer than many Of
us think to the blessed land. and perhaps the
gate IL open for some OF us now. There ia no.
thing moro important than tho consideration
OF mans spiritual condition in tho present and
his condition in the life that Il To- come. In his
evening prayer he said: We know not what
heaven is. or whore 1t is; we know not what Is
understand. II enters not into the heart OF man
to conceive the state Of hlessedncss that God is
reserving. oi which God is the centre-ofthe tenn
pie in which II" il the universal companion yet
we believe that there remaineth forthe people Of
God a place high ahovethe sound of thetempest
beyond the veil OF night, beyond sin and sorrow
or any such thing. where God dwcls and whcre
He Will bring together his people We know
this not because We understand y, but as those
mcr cometh. though they know not its condi-
tons. We know II as those who sail on the seas
know that they draw near the tropics, bcca,ise
- nflf A
believing IN the centre Of divine love and pow
er, know that we shall come to dwell in 1t, and
shall he comprehendcd by IL. though now we soc
through visions. and dream dreams, and
set up our own lOngings Ms the mens-
sermon. speaking of the doctrine Of blissful
Immortality. Mr. Beechcr said 1t WAS the
la kgrounl Of Christianity. 1t might bc a
question whrthcr il was intellectually proved.
Prupi II that which pcrsuades. that which psr-
suaies one man docs not persuade another.
that are not proofs to an imaginative man, and
many things are proofs 10 an mag ginativo man
that ar" not at all proofs to a man Of intuition
'Thr Widow Van co,t. in the wirc,t street
Methodist Church. Brooklyn, turned to the
choir and said. lou sing well to-day. but the
angels in heaven sing better Sh" spoke i
heaven ~ her eternal home. and slightly altered
i.4nlliar verse as follows;
NV can read my utle clear.
Ihi farewell torver, tear
Ani vine my Woepin. eyes
The Rcy. DR.. Storrs spoke Of the foretaste Of
heaven that Christians eNpcrirn'" ou earth.
We need not wait io s"e thctrmulcs IN the ~ki"s.
for wherever two or three believers are gath
cred together IN Christs name there is the
J. .rds tenple.
The Rev. Mr. Davenport. In the Catholic
Apostolic Church suil that u Is a great mistake
to Supposr that the dead. even tnos" vino died
IN the Lord. are IN glory now. and not waiting
Tor their nuMber to ice complete in the day u
resurrection. There IS no record In the Bible
ot any but ono going directly To heaven, and ne
WIS Jcsu. Christ. who said To- the thief On the
cross; This day thou shalt be with mo IN
paradise The preacher would not venture to
speculai" on what sort Of place that paradise
WAS. and preferred merely To- ihink II IL ~ tho
realm of perfect peace into which Christ went.
10 sit ut Gods right hand But he was very
sure That there was nothing in the Bih. To lend
~ q suppose that when W. die. oven II ". die
in the Lord. our spirits shall tnke their Il ght
az orce 10 heaven, into the presence of IN"
NiS NJ" God We hut follow in tho footsteps Of
CHRIS. and 60. as Christ dii. into trr h..'rt oi
IN" "atii. After g." r,surrHctuu W. Will rl~H
from the drnd t. that place which lie has pre-
pared for those who die in Him. hut oy" hath
nli Secn, ear hath not heard nor haih Tho heart
II man conceived, what sort - place Christ
hath prepared for those who lie down In tho
faith.