Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-29

upon his own head If he digs Dit for 9th. |
ers he viii fall into il himself He will find !
as his angelic nature expands that Love is |
the angel that Keeps the door of heaven, not
Peter. and that Hate is the big devil, and
seltishness, dislike, anger, envy, vanity and
supeEcilious pride, that feeling that am bet
ter than thou, are his aid>de.damps. The
NOR ne entertalns the angel love the more he
VIII have heaven here and hereafter. So
would you find heaven? Then fight down
those feelings Of vanity and aristoeracy, es-
pecialiy that devil Envy, the most murderous
the most insinuous one Of all. He excites
your selhshness and entraps you into saving
and doing such unkind things of and to your
neighbor. And tina. little imp gossip He
is ever present trying to and generally sue.
ceeds in making mischief Remember that
silence is better than uncharitable remarks
about your neighbor. Remember that you
live in glass house your neighbor can look
IN and see its deficiencies and if you throw
stones at travellers they may return them.
but try the best you can to know and do your
duty, not that you expect a reward as hire,
but that it is right that you should. 1t is
better that you do it freely, without price If
you can, and you viii fnd your reward
greater than you ever expected.
have said that when man makes his adj
vent into this sphere of existence few
friends stand ready to receive him, and love
him and have made what preparations they
could for him with what material they have
at hand. Sometimes they make great prepar-
ations, a great display of fine work embroid>
ery etc. Sometimes there is very meager
supply of material from which to make these
preparations, so there is not much prepare
ton made. Sometimes that little is made
with difficulty. n Nv did you ever think that
it was or might be just the same when man
makes his advent into the next sphere OF ex-
istence? When a man has lived out his
DAYS here. as man should, his parents have
preceded him into that world as they did in-
| to this They with few other friends stand
ready to receive him and love him and have
made preparations for him. What out of,
| YOU say ? Yes, you ask what out of. Why
Of course, out of what they find to their hand
as they did in this sphere, and ! assure you
there is no power in the universe TO make
something out of nothing. Now what prep
ratons we're there made for you here ? Do
| you not find that man is the result of what
man was? Does not his antenatal condition
rule him here Then must not his spirit
| friends make preparations out of what he
gives them here Must not his condition
here rule his condition there Can person
that is born aud reared in howell and grown
up like weed in fence corner, uncultiyat.
! ed, step right into high and cultured society
and enjoy it +? Even if that society is willing
to receive him can he feel at home ? DOM
you see that all nature is ruled by the same
| law? It must be Tomorrow as we'll as to day
and tomorrow is in the future. But you say
| he could Ut help his antenatal condition anC
| If that rules him here how could he be ex
pected TO make much of provision for III
future ? | answer, just so, he could not. LIE
me say right here thai YOU expect tot
much Of each other here. But here is tn,
greatest reason why you should make thu
most effort to develope your resources to cul
tivate your angelic natures For rest as
sured, out of the heaven you create here, nov
while in this sphere, will your future HEAVIER
be prepared for you and your children. 0nl,
by your own sef~eulture viii your children
be improved Aud look ye well to it, tina
you do your best 10 do so, by studying al
the laws Of Nature and obeylng them strictly
Not BY saying PRAYERS and counting bead
etc, need you expect to be improved. You
need not expect heaven for the asking MAJ
in his infancy, of course, has to ask for h
daily bread, but when he has grown TO man.
estate, he must earn it by the sweat of hi
brow If he does not he is robbing his neigh
Dor and himself Man deoeives himself if ht
expects to gain heavenly condition b,
preaching alone or paying another for preach
ing for it is easier 0 preach than to prac
tice But practice he must; not only openl,
but in secret; and remember that secret pray
ers Chat is practice) reaches the farthest
So out ofypur real true secret feelings shall
your heaven here and your heaven be created
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