Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-18

sternal in the heavens" This agrees
With what the Master taught, that our
future home 10 in heaven. The man
,ious Christ prepared were what the
Apostle calls building Of Cod"
house not made with hands" We are
also Informed that this house or these
are ''eternl in the heavens" "
This 10 tho blessed abode OF the happy
seraph, unsuliied glories Of the Father
will endlcssly live 10 the soul. This
thought OF the Father. house and
the many mansions the Savior went to
prepare, implies great family. my
Fathers house" is strongly expressive
Of children in intimate social relation,
enjoying many pleasures arising from
kindred sympathy and love.
We consider heaven social state
where no inroads will be made upon
our affections, but where soul will be
indissolubly united to soul aod to al
that is true. holy, just and loving.
At our Saviour's birth, the multitude
Of the heavenly host sang the glorious
melodies. They sang in the most Joy.
Gus concert, and ~ individuals-thus
providing their individual identity,
and their happiness must have been
greatly increased by the adectionate
chord Of sympathy which flowed r. m
heart to hesrt; what happiness could
there he, even in paradise, without 90
cial feelings'
Suppose we admit there is no soeia.
bility in heaven. We will 50 farther
we will admit that al humanity pos
sess an individual identity, and will
attain to the mansions OF immortality.
Without any social feeling, what could
they enjoyi The grandeur ef their sit
uation, combined with al which 10
beautiful, may be ever so great, sur.
passing all description, or oven concep-
ton, yet they could not be happy. They
would lack the very element which
prom tes happiness. They have no
sympathy with each other--no chord
Of vibrating feeling which is felt in
each heart.
We will suppose an individual here,
surrounded with everything which
can be felt in harmony with those
around him. lie is entirely issolated
in his affections. He has no knowledge
Of any such feeling. Could such an
individual be happy' How could be
lie, as he is destitute of the very element
which makes u, happyi He has no
worm,h Of affection, no sympathy, no
love for God or men. I ask sgain, how
can such person be happy or satisfied
with his situation and destiny. You
might place him in heaven, with Ill the
beauties aud glories Of that attractive
home, and as he has social capacity--no
heart to fret or love, he could not be
happy as long as he could not feel the
growing warmth of other souls.
We therefore conclude, that the
greater the feeling Of philanthropy, the
more ardent our happiness and the
more capable we are of social enjoy
ment. Do you think that disposition
or trait in character upon which our
present happiness depends, does not
exist in heaveu1
We are social beings in this world,
and the religion Of Christ has been rev
ealed to enlighten and cultivate this
nation. This what makes q heaven
here, and will anywhere. There can
exist no analogy between this, and the
future world, if heaven is not social
state. Here I am an individual, dis
tinct from all of my species. l pos.
sess q seperate identity in mind and
body, and this is true of every other
human being; and this will always be
true of me and all of our Fathers
great family.
We look upon the angels as social be.
i ings, and We are fully assurredthat their
bless depends upon the purity Of their
social constitution. Those who sang
"Glory to God in the hishost." must
have felt the inspiring glow of love,
| aud the devotion. They sang in the
sweetest harmony as individuals, iden
tical in person and spirituality.
Lock at the TRANSPORTATION on the
mount, when Jesus talked with
Moses and Elias, in the presence ol