The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-15

of old people, spirits of middle-aged,
spirits of the young, spirits Of children,
spirits of babes who lived only long
enough to receive one kiss from the
pale mothers quivering lips; as all
these spirits go up out of their human
homes, bodies with white faces, bodies
with black faces, bodies with red faces;
as they go up Christ meets them, these
spirits, which no man hath ever seen,
and with all their corruption left be-
hind, he leads them, incorrupt, into the
presence of the Father. No man hath
seen God at any time, but every min
ute, if the Bible be true, we may be-
lieve that spirits made perfect, or
brought away from imperfection in the
mystery Of the resurrection, the rising
up, come into the visible presence of
their Heavenly Father. All people, l
believe, have revelations made to them
at one or another time of life, and this
was the revelation made to me, when
l sat alone once, amidst precious relics
of the dead, and in that anguish of heart
which comes to widowhood, cried out
for something to comfort me; then spake
voice from heaven unto me, and 1
knew my beloved had seen God, and all at
once l was folded in warm, tender arms,
and great peace fell upon me, peace
that has never left me. And SO be-
lieve, that every spirit as it leaves its
human home goes up to God, or back
to God. What God does with it do
not know, but l believe that in the
presence of that Infinite Purity, that
Infinite Perfection, in that Holy of
Holes, the scarlet shall be as white as
snow. This is what reason and revela-
tion teach men, and wish no one to
! try to teach me otherwise, for this is
| my joy in hours Of tribulation, knowing
that sin has received its complete pun
/ ishment on the earth. And then, l be-
lieve the purified spirit will begin its
| journey through worlds celestial, stu
| dent forever and ever, and always one
of Gods ministering angels.
Let us go once more to the Bible.
Let us get the testimony of John, the
beloved disciple. How does he help
us? Listenl "And God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow nor crying; neither shat there
\ he my fl0ge pain, for the former things
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Jerusalem comes to ear "a, W7ls8f t5iIsis
tianity is not only taught, but lived,
all this shall come to pass. Chris. the
King and all people Christians, then
shall there be a new earth, symbol of
the Heavenly Home. We realize this
here now when we are truly Chris
tians, when our lives are bound up in
Christ's life. God does then wipe
away our tears. He has wiped mine
away many and many time. There
too, there is no death. There is the
| absence of our friends, as when they go
over the sea, but the beautiful love tie
is unbroken, and we are hoping, nay,
expecting to go to them. There is no
sorrow nor crying in the abject sense
OF these words, no sorrow without hope,
no crying in despair; nor is there any of
that heartaehe that comes to those who
bury their hopes with the dead bodies
of their friends. To us the former
things are passed away and all things
are made new. And all this symbolizes
our Heavenly home, the home of purity
and peace, of light and love, the home
where there is no peasant, where there
is no prince, where there is no pagan,
but where all are the SONS and daugh-
ters of God.
AS Universalists it is our duty to live
out this faith, this faith that puts into
the mouth Of every one Of Gods chill
dr. these words: 1.-THE Lord is my
s .epherd, shall not want" And liv-
iIg it out day by day and year by year,
the time will surely come when these
doctrines that are so revolving to head
and heart shall pass away forever, like
the myths of geography and history
and philosophy, and in their stead shall
be those doctrines which are divinely re-
vealed to the patriarchs, the prophets,
the psalmists, and perfectly revealed,
revealed in all their glory by Jesus, the
Christ, when after having received the
baptism of the Holy Spirit he went up
and down the land of his birth and
preached the Gospel, the good tidingso of
great joy which shall be to all people.
If you ask me now what is our duty,
say to go up and down the land of our
birth, or any land where our footsteps
stay, and preach what Jesus preached,
good tidings of great joy which shall
be to all peOple-a full Gospel, a full
Heaven. CAROLINE A. SOULE.
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