Dodge City times., 1888-04-05
THE FUTURE LIFE.

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Job an Edomite-the descendants of Esau-;
strong pc nple-though al varience with the famil,
| of Jacob they made great progress To them
Sir Isaac Newton traces the origin OF letters
navigation and astronomy.
Job Was evidently philosopher, the above
question shows reflectisn Man has always be
lieved in a future state, even in the re-hstorit
state. modern research and discovery attest
Al first ideas were crude and simple, When the
ChGldeans bnried their dead they placed in the
sepulcher food and wine. The Greeks and Ro
mans believed the soul lived in Ire grave with the
body. They dreaded not being buried far more
than they did death; believing that the spir;; of
those who were not entombed horered around the
p ace whore the body died, in g:eat distress and
suffering. Only great men went upward their
spirits dwelt with the gods above the stars, and
after while, all who died wer. assigned an
etheral home
De"ei in future life has developed as the hu
man mind has advanced, but only Christ brought
life and immortality TO light.
All ultimate truths are mysteries II is ditficult
10 prove that which no one has experienced: and
while we do not know how WHY we live here
after we tell il Others. we have an inward
conviction that we DO live We cherish that CON
victlon: we are inspired by it, and we would be
miserable without it,
Nowis II a. all probahle-is it not unrea sonable
TO suppose. that the Great Creator will implant in
the soul this intuitve principle only to disappoint
1t? The squirrel that has never seen a winter,
intuitively buries nuts for the snow.
Man is-the crownng work of 'creation. For
ages the earth was being prepared for'hs habita-
ton Gods love and mercy abounds for him on
every side. His body is marvel Of perfection
1t serves and Obeys the slightest motion of the
soul' 1t made for the souls 1t is all the
time changng-the body Of today is not the body
of last month. The soul-the Spirits above the
body. It's energies-its developement-is far
superior to physical growth Is it reason
able thatswhen the body changns-for death is
only a change-thp spirit ceases to exist?
Observe the brain: its molecular arrangement
is affected by thought-that is easily demonstrate
ed See it'at'work- and Won cannot deny the ex-
istance Of an unseen, intangible power that con-
trolls it. If Won cannot annihiate the matter Of
the brain. is Unreasonable TO suppose that you
can annihilate tho power that onarates it-that
superior agency for which the brain was created: :
tn'H T'u Creator H''1lH0 'lHCOWDitIe II tuls
life in the body finished? How have the very
best men expressed themselves at the approach
of death? No; this earthly sojourn SIS Of few
DAYS and full of trouble
See analogies around us. There is a worm on
that leaf long it is chrysalis, and then after
a few months or weeks, according to it's environ
ment, it becomes a bright winged, graceful
butterfly.
The tendency in nature is to higher conditions.
Mans body is only hydrogen, oxygin, potash and
few other mutable constituents wonderfully
combined, making vehicle to carry the spirit
through what we call time. The vehicle changes:
we remain. Is it illogical to suppose that when
the body-the vehicles broken and worthless,
that we go on developing in a higher life in
better brighter condition Dynamics and statics
show that nothing is lost-no matter how materi-
al or force may change in form, it cannot be
destroyed
Let us observe another thing. The soul does
vigor and greatness. Alexander Sterens intel
lect increased in strength while his poor body
weakened So with Robert Hall, Dr. Charming
and host of others.
The condition of the soul may be changed, but
it is impossible to extingush it. We cannot even
think of humiliation. We can divide and subdi-
vide, but we cannot grasp the idea Of utter ami
hilation The effect of belief in future life.
First:-Examine the daily living Of men who
are pronounced atheists. Voltaire, gifted but
sensual: brilliant, but venal and depra we'd, at
last died calling on God for mercy. Tom Paine
unhappy, suspicious, envious. He denounced
Washington bitterly. His last days were full Of
misery. He ordered this epitaph, which is on
his tombstone at New Rochelle, N. Y, 81 hope
for happiness beyond the grave
CLook at the living men. Ingersol, at the home
Of sorrow and in the chamber of death, "hopes
for the rustic Of an angels wings beyond the
grave.
Look at the effects of faith in God. See how 1t
devolopes moral worth aud human eXcellency.
Hold up good men truly Christian men, not the
sabbath school teacher who ran off to Canada
defaulter, the preacher who stole his brothers
wife-we know there are Williams in the church
wolves in Sleeps clothing. OF the ten virgins
who went out to meet the bridegroom, five were
foolish and had no oil in their vessels. The inf-
dels who cry ont against the hypocracy in the
church remind me Of dogs who preferred to lick
Lazarus sores
Jesus Christ hath brought light through the
gospel Make Christ the model to live by.
Exert yourself to do He did and obey his teach
ing, and you will be happier in this world, and
make everybody else happy around you.
The man who lives for the present alone must
be selfish, and if he does not live hereafter he
must be miserable failure. So admirable is the
philosophy Of the word of God SO perfect is the
character of Christ. that man is happier if he be-
eves them, even if for the brief space allotted in
time.
We do live, death is only a conventional term |
Doubts do not change the result. Excuses avail
nothing. You live, you will be judged by deeds
lone in the body. Then by the endless life Of
your soul plead with you. accept the offered |
pardon. Abandon your rebellion and misery
Come as did the poor prodlgal and a similar
welcome awaits your
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