The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-10

Shall we Know Each Other i'm Heaven
The doctrine of future recognition is
not SO often positively stated in the
Word of God, as implied, and you know,
my friends, that that is after all the
strongest mode OF affirmation. Your
friend travels In foreign lands. He
comes home. He does not begin by
arguing with you that there are such
places as London, and Stockholm, and
Paris, and Dresden, and Berlin. But
his conversation implies it; and so this
bible does not positively state this
theory, as all up and down its chapters
take it for granted. What does nay test
implyH Il shall 60 to him." What
consolation would it be to David to 20
to his child If he would not know him
Would David have been allowed to
record this anticipation for the inspeco
ton of all ages, If it were a groundless
anticipation Weread ia the first book
of the bible, Abraham died and was
gathered to his people. Jacob died and
was gathered to his people. Moses died
and was gathered to his people. What
people7 Why, their friends their COM
rades, their old companions. OF course
it means that. 1t can not ne can anya
thing else. 30, in the very beginning of
the bible, four times that is taken for
granted. The whole New Testament is
an arbor over which this doctrine creeps
like luxuriant vine full of the purple
clusters of consolation. James, John
and Peter follow Christ into the noun
tain. A light falls from Heaven ON that
mountain and lifts it into the glories of
the celestial. Christ's garments glow
and His face shines like the sun. The
door of Heaven swings open. Two
spirits come down and alight on that
mountain. The disciples look at them
and recognize them as Moses and Elias.
Now, if those Disciples, standing on the
earth, could recognize these two spirits
who had been for years in Heaven, do
you tell me that we, with our heavenly
eyesight, will not be able to recognize
those who have gone OUT from among US
only five, ten, twenty, thirty years age7
II those disciples could have recognized
those two who have been gone thou>
sands of years, will not we be able to |
recognize our friends, our relatives, who |
have gone only short space of timer
[Dr. Talmsge further argued ia favor
of such recognition, basing his reasoning
ON the scriptures and on the universal
hope and expectation OF the human soul,
and then concluded as follows:]
My idea Of heaven is while you are
seated there with your family talking
and enjoying the evening hour, there is
3 knock at the door, and the door opens
and there comes in a brother that has
been long absent. He has been long
gone for years you have not seen him,
and no sooner do you make up your
mind that 1t is certainly him, thar you
cap up, and the question is, who shall
give him the first embrace That is my
dea OF heayen--a great home circle,
where they are waiting for US. Oh, will
Tou not know your mothers voice there?
She who always called you by your first
name long after others had given you
he formal " mister" You were never
anything but James or John or Mary or
Florence to her. VIII you not know
your child's voice. She Of the bright
,ye and the rudy cheek and the quick
'tep, who came in from play and flung
aerself into your lap, very shower Of
nirth and beauty. Why, the picture il
worn in your soul. 1t cannot wear out.
4 that little one should stand on the